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Forgot about the original post:
I was thinking that they should do something along the lines of lifting the ban on having guys appear on both shows.
However, that would mean the WWE would have to cancel all their Monday SD house shows, and I dont see that happening, even though they dont draw all that well.
The main problem with bringing the rosters together in any form is that you will have say 4 weeks of TV where there will be potential RAW vs SD matches. That means that people will get to see lots of the so-called fresh matches in a short period of time, which would make them less special say at the next PPV.
Take Goldberg, and I dont think there should be any rush to move him to SD. Right now he and Brock have only had one physical altercation, and that was Brock F-5ing Goldberg. Thats a great way to build up Goldberg's desire to get revenge on Brock. If Goldberg switches right away he can get that revenge on SD for free.
I'm a huge fan of matches where we haven't seen the guys touch each other. I know this isn't a fair comparison but if you watch the promo where Rock and Hogan sold the Mania main event, the atmosphere was crazy, in part because there was an illusion that we were seeing something so special because these guys haven't touched each other. The angle was amazing, and then when they did the huge elabortae beatdown it got less and less over. Now, the match was still a huge success, but even still, I think they only had like 2 or 3 altercations leading into Mania.
Brock needs to be kept focused on Eddie because they have a PPV to sell in February. Perhaps after the NWO PPV they can move Goldberg, but the longer they hold off the more special it will seem when Goldberg finally gets his hands on Lesnar.
The same is true for Kane and Taker but for a different reason. I love how they are progressing the fued right now, but I think if their on the same show people will exposed to the con that is going on, and that is Kane vs Taker is not a 'special' match, its been done a hundred times, and it wont be any different at Mania. However, that little tease had one of my friends who I would call a casual fan, saying "I gotta see Wrestlemania". The illusion of 'whats going to happen when they fight' is far more valuable then having both guys on the same show doing the paint by the numbers booking where guy A beats down guy B week 1, then they reverse that in week 2, and so on and so on.
By keeping guys on separate shows it makes the matches, and Mania itself seem even more special.
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