Would this be possible?

**Mr. Nerfect** · 09-25-2004, 10:05 PM

I'm not a television expert, but right now the WWE has 8 hours of WWE programming a week. IMO, four of those hours are wasted at the moment. Heat & Velocity are great shows, but their ratings aren't exactly high at the moment (quite frankly RAW & SmackDown!'s are fairly low at the moment, too). WWE Experience, although I really know nothing about it, to my understanding is a two-hour catch-up show. I think Todd Grisham & Ivory host. Anyway, most people think that the slump of things right now is the residue of lack of build-up or the rushed angles. The original plan for the roster split was to give superstars more exposure, and let's face it, if we still had a one unit WWE, guys like Mark Jindrak, Luther Reigns, Randy Orton would never get a chance to shine. I think for the most part the roster split has been successful.

Anyway to the point. Would it be possible for the WWE to work something out with a television network to have two two-hour shows dedicated to each respective brand a week? Do you think it would work? I'd enjoy maybe a two-hour RAW broadcast on Monday nights, then a two-hour Nitro program on Wednesday nights. For the SmackDown! brand, a live two-hour SmackDown! on Tuesday, and a two-hour Velocity on Thursday or Saturday. This would allow for more of a competition thing going on between the two brands, and could establish more superstars, and inseatd of having the re-bounds air on an opposite brand, RAW can recap Nitro and vice-versa. And using this method, the WWE doubles its time to show off superstars, and build-up feuds. PPVs could be held much more often. I think it would be possible for each brand to have a PPV a month with about 16 hours of build-up a month.

I could see the PPVs being setup like this:

January
Royal Rumble (Both)

February
Road to WrestleMania (RAW)
No Way Out (SmackDown!)

March
WrestleMania (Both)

April
Backlash (RAW)
Judgment Day (SmackDown!)

May
Bad Blood (RAW)
Mayday (SmackDown!)

June
King of the Ring (Both)

July
777 (Both)

August
Summerslam

September
Unforgiven (RAW)
September to Remember (SmackDown!)

October
Halloween Havoc (RAW)
No Mercy (SmackDown!)

November
Survivor Series (Both)

December
Vengeance (RAW)
Armageddon (SmackDown!)

Anyway, do you think it could work. 8 hours of mainstream WWE programming a week, 4 hours for each brand could really re-build interest in the product, IMO.

09-25-2004, 10:05 PM	#1
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,517	Would this be possible? I'm not a television expert, but right now the WWE has 8 hours of WWE programming a week. IMO, four of those hours are wasted at the moment. Heat & Velocity are great shows, but their ratings aren't exactly high at the moment (quite frankly RAW & SmackDown!'s are fairly low at the moment, too). WWE Experience, although I really know nothing about it, to my understanding is a two-hour catch-up show. I think Todd Grisham & Ivory host. Anyway, most people think that the slump of things right now is the residue of lack of build-up or the rushed angles. The original plan for the roster split was to give superstars more exposure, and let's face it, if we still had a one unit WWE, guys like Mark Jindrak, Luther Reigns, Randy Orton would never get a chance to shine. I think for the most part the roster split has been successful. Anyway to the point. Would it be possible for the WWE to work something out with a television network to have two two-hour shows dedicated to each respective brand a week? Do you think it would work? I'd enjoy maybe a two-hour RAW broadcast on Monday nights, then a two-hour Nitro program on Wednesday nights. For the SmackDown! brand, a live two-hour SmackDown! on Tuesday, and a two-hour Velocity on Thursday or Saturday. This would allow for more of a competition thing going on between the two brands, and could establish more superstars, and inseatd of having the re-bounds air on an opposite brand, RAW can recap Nitro and vice-versa. And using this method, the WWE doubles its time to show off superstars, and build-up feuds. PPVs could be held much more often. I think it would be possible for each brand to have a PPV a month with about 16 hours of build-up a month. I could see the PPVs being setup like this: January Royal Rumble (Both) February Road to WrestleMania (RAW) No Way Out (SmackDown!) March WrestleMania (Both) April Backlash (RAW) Judgment Day (SmackDown!) May Bad Blood (RAW) Mayday (SmackDown!) June King of the Ring (Both) July 777 (Both) August Summerslam September Unforgiven (RAW) September to Remember (SmackDown!) October Halloween Havoc (RAW) No Mercy (SmackDown!) November Survivor Series (Both) December Vengeance (RAW) Armageddon (SmackDown!) Anyway, do you think it could work. 8 hours of mainstream WWE programming a week, 4 hours for each brand could really re-build interest in the product, IMO. Pfft