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**The CyNick** · 12-30-2003, 01:14 PM

I dont think Jericho and RVD will ever gety a shot at the top regardless of who leaves RAW.

I agree that the WWE has unbalanced the two shows with Rock, Foley and now Austin all on RAW for consecutive weeks. And at the same time nothing of similar value happened on SD.

However, there hasn't been any proof of ratings increases on RAW due to the appearance of Foley and Rock (we'll se how Austin's returned fared). So really SD is stil ahead in terms of actual viewers, and RAW still continues to pull in a better number in terms of percentage of people who have access to either show.

SD will get a boost with Angle coming back very soon, and in time Taker as well, so maybe everything will even out. And Ive said in another post, I like the idea of Goldberg jumping to SD, so that would also help to even things out.

However, guys like Foley, Rock, Goldberg, and even Austin will not be on the road every week, and thus wont have a real impact on the overall success of their brand. In the end its going to come down to how they push the full time guys. IMO, SD is far superior when it comes to guys who will be on the road week in and week out. They have Angle, Lesnar, Eddie, Cena, Benoit, Taker and Edge who outweigh HHH, Kane, BT, RVD, Jerihco, Orton and HBK (who is a part timer). I mean you could argue one way or the other on which brand has the better workers, but nobody in their right mind could argue SD is far behind. Like I said I would rank the SD as being better.

So yeah right now RAW looks like the place to be (in terms of star power), but thats just until Mania when most of these guys either wont be around, or wont be in a wrestling role, and thus of little or no value. If the SD roster can stay healthy I think they will seem more dominant after Mania.

12-30-2003, 01:14 PM	#7
The CyNick Make the IWC Great Again Posts: 8,922	I dont think Jericho and RVD will ever gety a shot at the top regardless of who leaves RAW. I agree that the WWE has unbalanced the two shows with Rock, Foley and now Austin all on RAW for consecutive weeks. And at the same time nothing of similar value happened on SD. However, there hasn't been any proof of ratings increases on RAW due to the appearance of Foley and Rock (we'll se how Austin's returned fared). So really SD is stil ahead in terms of actual viewers, and RAW still continues to pull in a better number in terms of percentage of people who have access to either show. SD will get a boost with Angle coming back very soon, and in time Taker as well, so maybe everything will even out. And Ive said in another post, I like the idea of Goldberg jumping to SD, so that would also help to even things out. However, guys like Foley, Rock, Goldberg, and even Austin will not be on the road every week, and thus wont have a real impact on the overall success of their brand. In the end its going to come down to how they push the full time guys. IMO, SD is far superior when it comes to guys who will be on the road week in and week out. They have Angle, Lesnar, Eddie, Cena, Benoit, Taker and Edge who outweigh HHH, Kane, BT, RVD, Jerihco, Orton and HBK (who is a part timer). I mean you could argue one way or the other on which brand has the better workers, but nobody in their right mind could argue SD is far behind. Like I said I would rank the SD as being better. So yeah right now RAW looks like the place to be (in terms of star power), but thats just until Mania when most of these guys either wont be around, or wont be in a wrestling role, and thus of little or no value. If the SD roster can stay healthy I think they will seem more dominant after Mania.