So, Smackdown is leaving the CW

**NeanderCarl** · 02-08-2008, 03:00 PM

I can't be the only person here who only watches one show. For me, I watch Raw every week, partly because it's live, and partly because it's just the most convenient show for me to catch. I record ECW and SmackDown on my Sky+ (Tivo) but usually only skip through them or sometimes delete them without ever watching them.

My main regular exposure to SmackDown and ECW's roster comes during PPV shows.

Now, if I'm enjoying a feud, and there is a chance that will carry on over on ECW or on SmackDown, I'm far more likely to actually make a point of watching it as it airs, or at the very least actually sitting and watching my recording of it.

There is no reason why WWE can't continue to promote two seperate house show tours, and make a point of promoting different guys on different shows without making them show exclusive, with only a few select guys/feuds making air more than once in a week.

Example... a feud between, say, Shawn Michaels and Triple H may get hot and spill over across all three shows. But should Umaga be booked for Raw, he won't be on SmackDown that week. Should Kennedy be booked for SmackDown, he won't appear on Raw and so on.

The whole reason for the brand split (as well as promoting seperate PPVs, which failed, and seperate house shows) was to build new stars... there's no reason why they can't limit their guys to one show per week, without maintaining a brand split at all.

02-08-2008, 03:00 PM	#11
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	I can't be the only person here who only watches one show. For me, I watch Raw every week, partly because it's live, and partly because it's just the most convenient show for me to catch. I record ECW and SmackDown on my Sky+ (Tivo) but usually only skip through them or sometimes delete them without ever watching them. My main regular exposure to SmackDown and ECW's roster comes during PPV shows. Now, if I'm enjoying a feud, and there is a chance that will carry on over on ECW or on SmackDown, I'm far more likely to actually make a point of watching it as it airs, or at the very least actually sitting and watching my recording of it. There is no reason why WWE can't continue to promote two seperate house show tours, and make a point of promoting different guys on different shows without making them show exclusive, with only a few select guys/feuds making air more than once in a week. Example... a feud between, say, Shawn Michaels and Triple H may get hot and spill over across all three shows. But should Umaga be booked for Raw, he won't be on SmackDown that week. Should Kennedy be booked for SmackDown, he won't appear on Raw and so on. The whole reason for the brand split (as well as promoting seperate PPVs, which failed, and seperate house shows) was to build new stars... there's no reason why they can't limit their guys to one show per week, without maintaining a brand split at all.