So, Smackdown is leaving the CW

[NeanderCarl]

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.

[Lord-Of-Darkness]

Originally Posted by NeanderCarl 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.

I download Raw almost every week if I can be bothered, but I only read the results of smackdown and ECW. In fact, I've probably only watched about 3 ECW shows, and none of them since D2D.

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by NeanderCarl 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.

Among other things, I think the fact that not everyone gets Cable in the US (Broadcast only) and the fact that not everyone who does gets Sci Fi (or even CW) would suggest a lot of people probably only watch one show.

But yeah, I watch 0 shows, but before I was watching no WWE, I watched Raw only. While there are a lot of people I like on Smackdown, they haven't managed to book the show in a way that has made me care about them in ages. Wasted talent.