Thread: Should WWE bring back the brand split?
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Old 04-27-2016, 04:29 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by XL View Post
I'm a "Brand Split Guy" so in principle yes. I just wouldn't do it right now as the roster doesn't have enough depth.

Some of that is due to injuries, and maybe the roster would feel more fleshed out when Cena, Orton, Rollins, Wyatt, etc are back, and if Taker/Brock/HHH were to have short runs, but right now the roster feels really flimsy.

The original Brand Split came at a time when the roster was quite "top heavy" and there was enough Main Event talent to carry two brands, it just doesn't feel that way right now.
I get what you are saying, but when you look at the pipeline, it is actually quite congested without much breathing room. You have Cena, Orton and Rollins all as former World Champions likely to be returning within the next six months. Roman Reigns is finally getting his proper title run. The League of Nations are likely to split and you've got three singles acts that need room. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn are about to kick up a blood-feud. Cesaro is hopefully about to get a mid-card title and will need some guys to chew up. Where the fuck is Zack Ryder? Baron Corbin and Apollo Crews are both being built up. Dolph Ziggler, The Miz and Jack Swagger are former World Champions without much main event value right now. Kane, Big Show and Mark Henry are still officially on the roster but are nowhere to be seen. Bayley is more than ready to be called up, but you also have Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Natalya as babyface girls trying to gain traction. Alicia Fox isn't doing anything. Paige isn't doing anything. Lana isn't doing anything. Enzo & Cass are a new tag team, The Vaudevillains are a new tag team, The Usos are kind of just buzzing about, The Dudleys are kind of just buzzing about, Kalisto has his foot in a few different doors, and The Colons are about to return and do...something.

Sorry for the large block of words, but having separate writing teams with separate shows with separate focuses could really change some things up. I'm against the idea if one show is just a feeder for another, but even so it would have its merits. Bring Bayley up to SmackDown and let her make some waves there before she is ready to join the RAW brand, with Becky Lynch or someone jumping over for a prolonged run on SmackDown a year later or something.

I'd be completely for the idea if they handed creative to someone like Paul Heyman or Zeb Colter -- or at least gave them some sort of input in the decision-making process. I'm not sure how interested either would be, but the idea of competition would help propel things forward.

I also think they need to do something other than "RAW vs. SmackDown." The time for that has come and gone. I'd give the Thursday show a complete reboot with new packaging and maybe even a new name. Give the show a completely different aesthetic feel.
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