| thedamndest |
11-07-2009 04:53 PM |
For the most part, I like the lottery. If I changed anything about it I would actually send guys to ECW instead of just taking all their talent and then calling up the new guys. Also, if a guy wants to go to Raw later in the year, I would have the GMs actually make a trade instead of "Well, okay, see ya, Sheamus."
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2) Establish GM's for each show (lengthy periods of time).
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Yes. The guest hosts are terrible. These are probably some of the most forgettable Raws of all time. Not even exaggerating. Teddy Long is consistently good on SD. Tiffany has improved on ECW, and I see what they are trying to do with her.
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3) Create brand identities and make each show as discernible as possible
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For the most part these exist. ECW is the new guy show. Raw is the A-Show. Smackdown is like Raw, but with wrestling. Raw has given itself a new identity for right now in using the guest hosts, and it isn't a good one. I can't see anyone looking back on this period in Raw history and talking about how great it was when they had Sharon Osbourne on. I'm sure the ultimate goal was to get publicity, but after so many weeks of doing this they've already received about as much publicity as they will get and the numbers haven't gone up. When will they get the message?
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4) Create major brand rivalries
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This would be interesting. We saw this when Stephanie and Eric feuded. Steph was a face and Eric was a heel, but when Eric interrupted Billy and Chuck's wedding he got a huge pop. The fans made the call.
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5) Bring back KOTR (winner of KOTR from RAW goes against winner of KOTR from SD)
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Absolutely. Regal is still being announced as the 2008 KotR. Come on.
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6) At Survivor Series, have your top 5 wrestlers from RAW go against your Top 5 from Smackdown.
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Yes.
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7) Create a mega-stable on one of the shows. The Wrestling industry has always done well when there's a mega heel stable running things (i.e. nWo, Hart Foundation, Corporation, McMahon-Helmsley faction).
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I think so. They seem afraid to build big heels right now. It's a very kid-friendly era, and that means when a heel gets big, it's only because the face is going to knock him over in a few weeks.
During the McMahon/Helmsley Era they were all about the face belt chase. HHH had the belt and you tuned in every week to see Rock get a little closer to taking it from him. It was the same with Goldberg and the nWo too. But now you've got John Cena. He just has the belt. There's no real conflict. Somebody comes along and he fights them. He's been built up too much. |
