QUESTION - Should RAW & Smackdown have more discernible identities just as NXT does?

**Heyman** · 03-07-2010, 06:11 PM

QUESTION - Should RAW & Smackdown have more discernible identities just as NXT does?

Converting ECW into NXT was one of the BEST things that the WWE could have done in my opinion. For years now, I have been saying that ECW needed to be "about something"...and couldn't be just a show that was "WWE light." Due to the PG label, it was also impossible for the WWE to push ECW in the way that many 'oldschool' ECW'ers wanted (i.e. extreme rules, more violence, etc.). I'm really happy that the WWE has finally given NXT an identiy (i.e. a show that is geared towards showcasing future talents of this company, and is now OPEN about that). Unlike ECW, there is now an EXPECTATION that wrestlers on this show will eventually graduate to either RAW or Smackdown. Long story short: I am very happy with the WWE's decision to convert ECW into NXT. The show now has a 'discernible identity', and is very unique in its own way. It's no longer just "WWE light" that pretends to be an actual competitive brand (when in reality, it never was).

So with that in mind, do you think Smackdown and RAW should do the same thing as NXT? (i.e. be a show that is ABOUT something....and is completely and utterly discernible in its own way).

Now obviously, RAW and Smackdown are already discernible in their own way as we speak. However - do you think the WWE can do MORE to make this distinction?....without it being at the expense of the other brand? (So for example - completely stacking one of RAW or Smackdown with Cena, Batista, HHH, Orton, Undertaker, Edge, Jericho, HBK, etc., could completely ruin the other show). What if Smackdown became about completely catering to Smarks? For example - Guys like Jericho, CM Punk, Shelton Benjamin, Yoshi, etc., etc., could all work on Smackdown. This of course, is just an example (may not even be a good one). Anyway - what do you guys think? Should RAW & Smackdown have more discernible identities just as NXT now does? If so - how could they go about doing it?

View Poll Results: QUESTION - Should RAW & Smackdown have more discernible identities just as NXT does?
Yes - Make RAW and Smackdown even more discernible than it is now	16	80.00%
No - Keep things the way they are now	4	20.00%
Voters: 20. You must log in or register to vote on this poll.

03-07-2010, 06:11 PM	#1
Heyman Father of Hinduship Posts: 21,083	QUESTION - Should RAW & Smackdown have more discernible identities just as NXT does? QUESTION - Should RAW & Smackdown have more discernible identities just as NXT does? Converting ECW into NXT was one of the BEST things that the WWE could have done in my opinion. For years now, I have been saying that ECW needed to be "about something"...and couldn't be just a show that was "WWE light." Due to the PG label, it was also impossible for the WWE to push ECW in the way that many 'oldschool' ECW'ers wanted (i.e. extreme rules, more violence, etc.). I'm really happy that the WWE has finally given NXT an identiy (i.e. a show that is geared towards showcasing future talents of this company, and is now OPEN about that). Unlike ECW, there is now an EXPECTATION that wrestlers on this show will eventually graduate to either RAW or Smackdown. Long story short: I am very happy with the WWE's decision to convert ECW into NXT. The show now has a 'discernible identity', and is very unique in its own way. It's no longer just "WWE light" that pretends to be an actual competitive brand (when in reality, it never was). So with that in mind, do you think Smackdown and RAW should do the same thing as NXT? (i.e. be a show that is ABOUT something....and is completely and utterly discernible in its own way). Now obviously, RAW and Smackdown are already discernible in their own way as we speak. However - do you think the WWE can do MORE to make this distinction?....without it being at the expense of the other brand? (So for example - completely stacking one of RAW or Smackdown with Cena, Batista, HHH, Orton, Undertaker, Edge, Jericho, HBK, etc., could completely ruin the other show). What if Smackdown became about completely catering to Smarks? For example - Guys like Jericho, CM Punk, Shelton Benjamin, Yoshi, etc., etc., could all work on Smackdown. This of course, is just an example (may not even be a good one). Anyway - what do you guys think? Should RAW & Smackdown have more discernible identities just as NXT now does? If so - how could they go about doing it? Last edited by Heyman; 03-07-2010 at 06:16 PM.