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Really? *Possible Live Smackdown Spoiler*
WWE Champion The Miz will face off Randy Orton on the special live edition of Smackdown. And who made this match? The RAW General Manager! It's like the brand expansion doesn't matter any more
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He's Here
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The point is to draw ratings and attention for the live show.
The brand split hasn't really mattered much since the WHC was introduced. Sure, it REALLY doesn't matter now because WWE's major shows are all on Universal stations, but still, it hasn't mattered in like 7 years. |
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President of Freedonia
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The brand expansion hasn't mattered since 2005.
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You know that’s right
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Guru Dave, maybe you can answer this question for me because I've never gotten an answer from anyone who brought this up: why does the brand extennsion matter at all? It's a gimmicky concept from 2002. It has no purity to it. It has no history that it must honor. Why is maintaining its integrity important to you in any way?
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You know that’s right
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I mean honestly, if this is what you're complaining about, then you're just bitching for the sake of bitching.
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Get a poke on
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Just to play along with your complaint (which is stupid), it's involving 2 Raw Superstars anyways.
Since it's being promoted as a special split-brand event, I would think the Raw GM would have some jurisdiction over his talent anyways. Not that it matters at all, anyways. |
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my other rides your mom
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Next week Smackdown gets to make the Raw Main event
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BAY BAY
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It's also good for a company to draw ratings when they've got a new timeslot as a one off and need to promote it. The only way they have to promote it is on their own programming, so promote it to Raw fans with a Raw match. Perfect.
And lol at your list of people who wouldn't have made it. That's the list that would have surefire made it. |
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In 2002? Really?
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Doin' It Right
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Doin' It Right
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Also,, I swear Dave's made this thread before.
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Wrestling Marks Rejoice!
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Also, we would have the same show opening that was dominating the airwaves pre-split; either HHH or a McMahon domineering the first 35min of a show with an in-ring promo, and some drawn out main event for the last 35 min (plus the overrun) featuring that same McMahon and/or HHH. |
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It's High Noon!
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Don't they always swap guys back and forth like this on both shows between post-TLC and pre-Mania?
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doesn't care about Big E.
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ITS TIME TO SHAKE THINGS UP AGAIN!!!
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I personally agree with Dave's point. Yeah, guys float around a lot even today (Ezekiel Jackson has randomly changed brands, and we've seen one or two random RAW vs. SmackDown! matches on Superstars for no reason at all), but I do get what they are trying to do. SmackDown! occasionally gets random matches on RAW's special shows (although the RAW GM apparently makes those matches, too). The goal is to get people interested in SmackDown!, but I think they could have done something a little different. Why not The Miz & Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton & Rey Mysterio?
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It's High Noon!
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"Ask him!"
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No Cena, Orton and Batista in the main event? Wait... that doesn't sound so bad to me.
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Last of a Dying Forum
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Smackdown is so terrible they have to have Raw matches on it to make it watchable. This is a surprise to you?
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Narc stole my star
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Smackdown guys have been appearing on Raw and vice versa since Bragging Rights. This is not a new development.
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Samurai Rocker
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Yeah, I'd say abandon the Brand Extension once and for all.
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He's Here
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The brand extension still has its place. Without it, guys would get lost in the shuffle even worse than now. While they can go between shows at will, there's still a sense of separation.
They have nearly 15 main eventers at the moment. They would wind up dominating the shows, leaving the undercard even more fucked. Plus it's less travel for the brands, at least for TV. It may not mean anything really, but the brand extension still has its place. |
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As over as Crystal Pepsi
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Doin' It Right
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Thanks for clearing that up for us, 450.
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