WWE RAW 1st August 2011 - LIVE Discussion

[Troy]

Half an hour left. Will HHH and the title announcement be next or is there time for one more match?

 

[Troy]

Yeah they need to clean house or start another brand not sure how another brand would do since it didn't do to great last time course that was trying to be something it wasn't. maybe a weekend show.

Well ECW as doing alright but they replaced it with NXT and that rated worse and now isn't even on the air. I think that they should streamline the rosters and I don't think they have enough big stars to carry three brands. If they use the time better they should be able to use more wrestlers each week.

 

[Andrew]

Time for ADR tbh.

 

[Andrew]

We get a highlight of earlier tonight

Too many promos tonight, Wrestling has sucked but overall I don't mind the promos used.

 

[Troy]

Josh Matthews interviewing CM Punk backstage. Nice to see that Matthews has interviewed all the big names in this mainevent story.

 

[John McHenry]

Well ECW as doing alright but they replaced it with NXT and that rated worse and now isn't even on the air. I think that they should streamline the rosters and I don't think they have enough big stars to carry three brands. If they use the time better they should be able to use more wrestlers each week.

I think Cena gets a show Punk gets a Show Orton gets a show then you can build up people Sheamus Ziggler Miz Kofi etc.

 

[The New F'n Show]

Good call on Del Rio. They needed him on the show.

 

[SoccerBoy]

Wrestling was poor tonight, 2 tag matches and a divas rumble.

With only 30 minutes left plus overrun so who knows what is next.

Great promo from Punk here like always.

 

[Andrew]

Finally a wrestling match, ADR vs.. ??

 

[Troy]

I think Cena gets a show Punk gets a Show Orton gets a show then you can build up people Sheamus Ziggler Miz Kofi etc.

They will be diluting the Smackdown and RAW brands a bit if they do that. I wouldn't mind a third brand if it is mainly for up and comers and guys like McIntyre, Masters, Gabriel etc. are on there with guys like Kofi and Barrett maineventing it. Just not sure if WWE have enough talent to do it.

 

[Andrew]

WWE has plenty of talent, scrap Superstars.

They have guys they never use like DH Smith... Hasn't been used in almost a year. It's so sad, I wonder what he's up to.

They can bring in the NXT / FCW guys.

 

[Troy]

Wrestling was poor tonight, 2 tag matches and a divas rumble.

With only 30 minutes left plus overrun so who knows what is next.

Great promo from Punk here like always.

It has been very wrestling light show and I am glad they are putting on one more match.

Who will face Del Rio though? Evan Bourne?

 

[Troy]

WWE has plenty of talent, scrap Superstars.

They have guys they never use like DH Smith... Hasn't been used in almost a year. It's so sad, I wonder what he's up to.

They can bring in the NXT / FCW guys.

But they need guys that the fans want to see to get them to tune into the show. It would take time to build them up on RAW and Smackdown before they do the split. DH Smith should just be released, waste of a paycheck since he is never used.

 

[John McHenry]

They will be diluting the Smackdown and RAW brands a bit if they do that. I wouldn't mind a third brand if it is mainly for up and comers and guys like McIntyre, Masters, Gabriel etc. are on there with guys like Kofi and Barrett maineventing it. Just not sure if WWE have enough talent to do it.

They call that WWE Superstars lol

I think they'd have enough to carry all the brands look at how many guys were on the roster back in the day when RAW and Smackdown had the same Roster. WWE keeps people on payroll purely to prevent them from going elsewhere.

 

[Andrew]

Tonight, they didn't make Punk or Cena wrestle.

It could have been a good way to do a tournament for the US title instead of just putting Riley there if you get me.

More wrestling is more utilizing.