Should Superstars become a "Roster Show"?

[Lewb]

Another brand would be pointless. I think Superstars is pretty much being used the best way possible now, but there should be a break-through incentive Like if they had like King of the Ring style tournaments, and the winner goes to do a challenge on raw/smackdown to prove their worth. It would be interest in the matches on superstars so i think more would watch then.

 

[Keith]

Smackdown has better wrestling than RAW...it'd be stupid to get rid of it.

Your missing the pont Prodigy, because if they only had one main brand, and cut the right people, then the wrestlers who can wrestle, would be on Raw. If they hadn't made such a pigs ear of promoting SD as Raw's equal, then I wouldn't be against them keeping the Blue Brand, and chopping Raw, but the reality is that Raw has the major history, and that is the show, that the fans take more serous.

 

[Prodigy]

Your missing the pont Prodigy, because if they only had one main brand, and cut the right people, then the wrestlers who can wrestle, would be on Raw. If they hadn't made such a pigs ear of promoting SD as Raw's equal, then I wouldn't be against them keeping the Blue Brand, and chopping Raw, but the reality is that Raw has the major history, and that is the show, that the fans take more serous.

Yes but RAW already has the great wrestling talent but it's booked to look god awful with half the show filled with needless promos and beat downs.....There's no need to remove Smackdown at all, WWE has tapped into a market here, and these two shows do better than any of the competition, cutting one show would be stupid as Smackdowns audience clearly differs from RAW and a lot of SD fans wouldn't want to tune into RAW>

 

[Troy]

Another brand would be pointless. I think Superstars is pretty much being used the best way possible now, but there should be a break-through incentive Like if they had like King of the Ring style tournaments, and the winner goes to do a challenge on raw/smackdown to prove their worth. It would be interest in the matches on superstars so i think more would watch then.

I would like to see some relevance to what happens on Superstars to what that wrestler is doing on RAW/Smackdown as well. Too often the matches seem random and aren't part of a feud on the main brands. Not sure if they should have a tournament but something that makes Superstars seem worthwhile and more than a filler show.

Your missing the pont Prodigy, because if they only had one main brand, and cut the right people, then the wrestlers who can wrestle, would be on Raw. If they hadn't made such a pigs ear of promoting SD as Raw's equal, then I wouldn't be against them keeping the Blue Brand, and chopping Raw, but the reality is that Raw has the major history, and that is the show, that the fans take more serous.

If they went back to one roster they would still keep both shows since it is a huge money earner for them. They get about $30 million a year just for having Smackdown on SyFy each week. They would do what they used to do in having one roster appear on two shows each week.

 

[Keith]

First of all I don't agree that Smackdowns audience is that different from Raws, I think there is a core audience of WWE fans who watch both shows, and then there are a number who watch one or the other, because they have not been given enough of a reason to watch both.

And the only reason those shows have out sold the competition, is because there is no competition, just because SD does much better than Impact that doesn't mean it has been sucessful enough.

 

[Troy]

In my opinion something that has lasted 13 years and 613 episodes has to be considered a success. WWE make a lot of money from it and it has allowed them to promote more talent especially since they split the rosters.

 

[Keith]

Fine, but that is because WWE are muti-million Dollar company living off their past, and because at the moment they have no threat. I am not saying that there hasn't been spells, when SD has had great ratings, but if WWE are going to look more long term as a company, and try and solve the problem of having too much talent, and not enough ideas for four hours of Prime Time TV each week, then something drastic like this has to be done.

 

[Deezy]

Take out Smackdown, you got nothing but Ortons and Cenas over the wholoe show and it would more stagnant than it is today. Are you high?

Smackdown makes the stars, Raw uses them.

To take it out would be Blue, plus the fact that the roster would be cut and massive layoffs would ensue. Which in turn would make their developmental leagues without a chance to look at and evaluate potential new stars.

What are you thinking?

 

[Keith]

But the thing is I never said there wouldn't be problems, any time you take a gamble to try and make things better, there are risks, and there are things that need to be worked out, I don't claim to have all the answers, but then it is not my job to, I just think things would be better for the future if there was just one A-Brand.

One thing I will pick up on however, is where you said that SD makes stars, and Raw uses them, well don't you think that is a bit of a problem to start off with. I mean the idea is that they are both supposed to be A-Level Brands, in other words equal, but they never have been. Another thing is that apart from the fact that Smackdown is more wrestling based than Raw, can you really tell me than you see much of the difference, because I can't. Some of the crap we saw with Teddy Long, and The Undertaker last year, is just like the stuff you might see on Raw. SD is not on the same level as Raw, it is like a lesser version of it.

Also in a way if SD was cut, and there was huge cuts to talent (which there needs to be I don't care what anyone says), then don't you think the developmental guys and girls, are likely to get more of a chance, because actually it would mean there were less people stading in their way. Besides developmental takes care of itself, it is the future of the company, and the talent there should only be called up when ready anyway, so I don't that this makes that much difference to that.

 

[Andrew]

As in the other thread; relevant to Cruiserweight Division or TV Title at best.

Works for me in all honesty.

 

[Keith]

Yes it is time to get back on topic, isn't it?: