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Who is going to benefit most from brand split

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Obviously with the roster so big now some guys have been lost in the mix as of late who do you guys think is going to benefit most from being on just one show? I think guys like Miz, Del Rio, and future NXT stars are going to benefit most just think about guys like Apollo Crews and Tyler Breeze have been doing pretty much nothing since arriving they are going to be able to showcase just one time a week now. As are guys who are lost in the shuffle of this "New Era".
 
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Re: who is going to benefit most from brand split

Anyone that ends up on the show opposite of Reigns
That's really the only answer that can be given. Even ending up with Cena is a mercy compared to ending up with Reigns, because at least they're secure enough in Cena to let him drop the title once in a blue moon without people thinking he's not a star.
 
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Neville - only if SD brings back the Cruiserweight Division
The cruiserweight division is a joke lol. It just encourages characterless high-fliers that won't ever amount to anything. Guys like Jimmy Wang Yang, Jamie Noble, Gregory Helms, the boring list goes on and on. We already have/had guys that are capable of pulling all the same moves. Guys like Zayn, Cesaro, and Owens will put on a much better showing than the cruiserweights.
 
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Ambrose, Owens, Styles, and Wyatt. If these guys are on smackdown, and there is no Reigns, (Cena is okay) you know these guys would become the next smackdown 4 and would be remembered, hell both owens and Ambrose always do better on smackdown rather than raw. They and Cena could make the World title special again.
 
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Ambrose will be the one who will benefit more from the brand split, is clear WWE don't want him to win the WWE WHC as heel, they want him to win it as face, everybody knows that is way more difficult to win a world title in a clean way (face way).

If he goes to Smackdown, even with John Cena as biggest name on the brand, he will be the de facto biggest face act, and Johnny Boy will not have a long title reign because his upcoming title reign will put him even with Ric Flair's title wins and his next title win probably will be save for WM, that means there will be a long time in between where someone else will be WHC, and the other face options are: Ambrose and AJ Styles.

AJ Styles is not a guy WWE made but Dean Ambrose is.
 
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Ambrose will be the one who will benefit more from the brand split, is clear WWE don't want him to win the WWE WHC as heel, they want him to win it as face, everybody knows that is way more difficult to win a world title in a clean way (face way).

If he goes to Smackdown, even with John Cena as biggest name on the brand, he will be the de facto biggest face act, and Johnny Boy will not have a long title reign because his upcoming title reign will put him even with Ric Flair's title wins and his next title win probably will be save for WM, that means there will be a long time in between where someone else will be WHC, and the other face options are: Ambrose and AJ Styles.

AJ Styles is not a guy WWE made but Dean Ambrose is.
That's a dangerous assumption, just assuming that he ends up on SmackDown. It's not out of the realm of possibility that Vince keeps him on Raw so when he gets desperate enough, he can pull Shield bullshit out of his ass when Roman desperately needs it.
 
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Cruiserweight is Passe. I mean these midgets are in the main event scene LOL. So you know. Who well benefit the most from the draft? Well we don't know who exactly is going to be on what brand. And who well be champ. But based on reports. I well say Cena and Roman. I would like Cena and Roman to both be on Raw. Roman be the WWE champ. And have Cena in Upper Card putting over the talent. And then Have the Brays, Ambroses, Ortons on SD. Bray could do what Taker did for SD in 05ish. But that won't happen.
 
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Maybe in minority here. But I Really hope to see Wyatt as WHC on SD, at some point. But if they are going Cena SD, Reigns Raw. Well they well both be champs. THat would be horrible imo. I hope like hell, it is going to be both Cena and Reigns on Raw in the draft. Then you can have Ambrose, Wyatt, Owens e.t.c. Doing their own thing on SD. So you got that balance. YOu can have your Superman fest on Raw. But if you want a second options. Want to watch some psychology and I don't know some good matches. Go watch SD. I Think that's the best thing to happen to WWE in ages. IF it ends up like that. And of course it seems like all the women are going to SD.
 
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Everyone and anyone who isn't a Vince guy or a HHH pet. The way WWE has been for a while now only those who firmly have either HHH or Vince in their corner go anywhere, everyone else is ignored. Now those ignored talents might actually have to be used again for a change.

I'd really rather that one of the shows dont have a superman babyface on it though.
 
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I think out of everybody it's going to be Kevin Owens & Bray Wyatt because they'll be at the top of the heel chain on a show. They're both behind Seth Rollins and whenever Lesnar & HHH show up. They'll probably get to Smackdown and be the 1# bad guy. Honestly though I think Cena and Reigns both remain on RAW or will be at Mania time. I think it's going to be set up with RAW set up for the "casual fans" while Smackdown will be set up for "smarks". I think it's going to be a kind of a study on how much "smarks" really matter in terms of dictating what the WWE has to offer nowadays.
 
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An article over on F4 says one show will be headlined by Cena (most likely Smackdown) and the other by Reigns. The objective is to dig Smackdown out of the category of missable tv and on par with RAW. In other words, this isn't being done because they have so much talent now that they can, but rather because they more or less have to due to poor ratings for Smackdown.

After reading that, I get the feeling it was a directive from USA to either fix it or lose it. I also get the feeling more and more that Smackdown will basically be a clone of RAW with different names. Same bullshit booking and writing, same nonsensical and incoherent story lines, same talent getting pushed and buried, same asshole announcers.

Oh well. One don't watch much of either of them now, so likely no big whup when I'm not watching much of either of them later.
 
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I don't know Ambrose could have comp from Bray for face of SD potentially. But you know the pro of having a live SD. And Reigns only on one brand. I agree ^, only having to see Roman once. And maybe I well just watch SD, and won't have to see him at all :D
 
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Luke Harper might be able to do something if he can get away from The Wyatts when he recovers.
 
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Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn if they got split up lol. But I hope not...


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#24 ·
I'd be down for splitting them up on different shows, for them to have the first interbrand match at wrestlemania

standard one costs the other one the Royale Rumble sorta fued (ie Owens isn't in the match, comes down and throws zayn out due to jealousy over how big hes gotten on smackdown blah blah blah) culminating at mania :mark::mark::mark:
 
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