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Formerly Ġohâń3k
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Brand Extension
So, I'm on wwe.com and realizing there's no superstar page for Raw and/or Smackdown stars
after some google searching, I realize the brand extension has been over since August 2011? Are Raw and Smackdown fully integrated now? If so, I have a few questions -why did this happen? (i mean insider details, did vince finally realize the brand extension was a horrible idea?) -has WWE been better since? -do a lot of wrestelrs still only appear once a week, or is it pretty consistent they're on both? -why are there still two titles? is one considered "better"? has there been any attempts to unify or have a title vs title match? this actually may get me back into wrestling again.. it's one of the reasons I lost interest |
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Best Poster
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There are two titles mainly so the WWE can run more House Shows. Having two World Champs allowing them to split the rosters and run two cities in the same day while still having a World Champ wrestler.
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Grim Fandango
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It's usually the same guys working both shows every week with sporadic appearances from jobbers. Cena and Punk rarely work Smackdown.
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You have a bunch of top line stars who are rarely on Smackdown, yet anybody from Smackdown can be seen on Raw. It's a bit of a weird mis match becasue those who headline Smackdown are often in upper Mid Card spots on Raw.
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Its still in effect but its been almost meaningless since they started to promote the idea of "supershows" especially for Smackdown. They stopped actively promoting the shows as supershows but still have wrestlers showing up on both.
In terms of WWE.com itself, they started to gradually merge the roster pages around the time of the redesign. |
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Out Of Step
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Think I'm one of the few people that thought the brand split was a good idea.
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King K Cool
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I liked it, but I didn't know how much I would miss it until it was gone.
I spoke about my thoughts on post brand split WWE a few weeks ago. In a nutshell, I said I preferred the WWE when it was split, as it felt like I was actually watching different shows and not just one big one like it feels like these days.
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King K Cool
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If anyone cares to read my original post about it....
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Out Of Step
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It just seems kinda daft, they've got PPVs designed for factions (Survivor series/Bragging Rights/KOTR) and even the rumble match, yet they blow it off on TV. Just seems like they could book 3 or 4 months of tv around the inter brand thing leading up to the Rumble and the RTWM, and if you're not getting the Raw vs Smackdown matches for free it might boost the buyrates.
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Formerly Ġohâń3k
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I think you two just got too used to the extension over the 8 years it was going.
In my opinion it's a lot better to have them mixed. This means less payperviews (meaning more MEANINGFUL payperviews), more possible feuds between superstars (I remember during the split, if you wanted to see, say, Cena vs Triple H, you had to wait for the June 2005 draft), more time to build up story lines and feuds for each month's pyperview. When the split first started, there was only one champion who worked both shows, and the title meant so much more. I really think they should unify. It sounds like they are still a little split because the big name wrestlers got used to only having to work the one show, which sucks |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Grim Fandango
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What do you think Daniel Bryan would say if they tried to make him go to rehab?
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Out Of Step
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No, no, no...
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Out Of Step
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I'm ashamed of us both.
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Oh god. You two make me want to throw up.
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Out Of Step
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I said I was ashamed, feel like this could make James Steele reconsider his award now...
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Grim Fandango
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I feel no remorse
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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NO SYMPY! NO SYMPY AT ALL!
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President of Freedonia
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Yeah, the split is for house shows only now. A Raw house show ticket will get you Cena, Ryback, Punk, etc. and a SmackDown ticket will get you Orton, Sheamus, Big Show, etc. That's the only purpose it serves. They did away with the draft because it was no longer necessary, and they just switch people between rosters (WWE.com does actually keep an updated roster list - you need to select Raw or SmackDown in the drop down menu) as needed.
I miss the days when the split really mattered. Sure it limited potential feuds throughout the year, but that was kinda the point. You had two unique rosters that seldom intermingled...and I found the separation intriguing. When somebody actually did "invade" another show, it actually felt like a big deal. Also I loved the drafts during those years because they'd only move like 6 people per show, so you got some fresh feuds without doing a wholesale roster change. |
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RIP SABU
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Kinda hope that maybe one day soon we’ll see the WWE and WHC titles re-unified back into the Undisputed Championship and bring back the Undisputed Championship belt, and have it be like the original brand split where only the Undisputed Champion can show up on both brands.
Probably a pipe dream, but still... |
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RIP SABU
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