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One of my biggest pet peeves of brand extension is when a new champion or big event occurs in the world of Smackdown, and it isn't the lead off of Raw.
I know this is because of the seperate brands, but Raw traditionally captializes off of buzz like this before brand extension and was always great because it adressed the topic while it was hot.
In a better time, todays buzz would be culminated with Jeff Hardy kicking off Raw, and maybe even a big answer to the hotel attack.
Thing would go places while they were still fresh in peoples minds.
Instead, we watch a show by the same promotion that has nothing to do with the PPV's defining moment, and the buzz is lost.
It's practically an afterthought by the time friday rolls around.
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