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Essentially I thought the roster split was a great idea. The WWE was already an in abyssmal period, so why not try anything? The answer was the roster split, which in theory is a incredible idea. When the WWE does take off with the next boom period, they will be able to captialize on revenue stemming from 2 PPV's/month, and house shows. Although currently Smackdown is far superior to Raw, I don't doubt that changes to the brand can be made to improve the show. If I had to point out to the nadir of the Raw brand, it would definately be the Raw show when Jacky Gayda screwed up big time. A week removed from that show saw McMahon come to the ring and kill off the nWo, stating the nWo will NEVER appear in the WWE ever again. Vince took drastic changes to make sure the Raw brand didn't fail, and his favoritism towards the Raw brand is evident in the moving of Orton, Christian, HHH, Batista to Raw in return for...the Big Show? Clearly that shows Vince would rather see Raw succeed than Smackdown. However, it is in the WWE's power to make Smackdown a watchable show, and not a show that is second fiddle to Raw.
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