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with smackdown just got a new low this past Tuesday. Do you see WWE giving up on the Split if the ratings keep going down like they've been for the last few weeks?
If Ratings Keep Going Down Will The WWE Get Rid Of The Brand Split?
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Apparently ratings going down means nothing and will change nothing. And if USA doesn't want them to end the brand split they are going to have to do some hard work to convince them since it was USA that talked them into doing it again to begin with. It was a SERIOUS mistake to put it on Tuesday, I know it was better for them logistically, but really it should have stayed on (Maybe Wednesday since Thursday is travel). Too much all at once.
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Smackdown would lose even more viewers if they stopped the split and Raw wouldn't gain enough for it to be a smart business decison. Really don't see the point in stopping the brand split if your reason is the ratings.
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They can't go live on Thursday because I think they begin house shows on Friday. That would be to much.
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Raw is Raw but Smackdown's main problem at the moment is they have a jobber as #1 contender get Jinder out of the title picture and put in AJ and I think Smackdown will be fine and ratings will go back up cause ratings was fine when AJ was Champion.
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The ratings has been falling for more than ten years. Don't blame the division just because you don't like it. Accordingly, SmackDown's ratings are higher than before the Brand Split.
Also, you should be grateful for the existence of the brand split. Without it Alexa would be a jobber.
Also, you should be grateful for the existence of the brand split. Without it Alexa would be a jobber.
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I wouldn't say there's a single hot feud in the WWE today.
Orton vs The Indy's is miles better than anything the WWE have done in a year at least.
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Now ratings for both shows are tanking because they can't tell stories or entertain to save their lives :lol
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Real delusions about KO/AJ right now, whether it be people saying that KO is being mistreated
lmao) or saying that this dead feud is hottest in the WWE.
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And that's the problem with the brand split right there, people say the split gives talents time to shine but the truth is the talent just isn't there to begin with.
Mediocre Talents like Bliss, Naomi, Bayley, Balor, Jinder, Bray Wyatt, Ambrose, American Alpha and even James Ellsworth have all had time at the top of their divisions because the talent pool is so shallow with a brand split.
There isn't enough interest or talent to put out 5 hours of high quality programming a week and in a time when attention spans are dropping like they are in this day and age people aren't prepared to sit through 3 hours of garbage to watch what interests them.
The brand split was and still is a terrible idea, and it's made even worse by having 2 world titles and 2 women's champions it's painfully bad.
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WWE will do whatever USA Network tells them to do. There as to be a ratings floor below which they won't fall. I just don't know if they've plumbed that depth yet.
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Without Eva Marie's suspension she'd be a jobber :lmao
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Actually Smackdown had low ratings at times with AJ as champion too. John Cena returning is what brought the ratings back up.
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I can not disagree. :grin2:
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Cena had an impact on the ratings, but are we supposed to pretend that had nothing to do with WM season either? One of their highest rated shows on the road to WM was headlined by AJ and Orton which was only announced late week.
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They should have never done the split to begin with,was a sure fire way to run off fans. And makes your talent stale faster.
There's no need for separate rosters.
Also the other issue is the Triple h pet project era,and WWE is over run with very "average" people,the under dog syndrome if you will.
You got Corbin a dude who looks badass losing to Sami and Kevin Owens. Hell even Randy losing to bray would turn a potential fan away.
Coupled with Charlotte, Nakamura,Naomi,Becky all geographic boring and acts that will never get a new fan to watch. SD is screwed.
There's no need for separate rosters.
Also the other issue is the Triple h pet project era,and WWE is over run with very "average" people,the under dog syndrome if you will.
You got Corbin a dude who looks badass losing to Sami and Kevin Owens. Hell even Randy losing to bray would turn a potential fan away.
Coupled with Charlotte, Nakamura,Naomi,Becky all geographic boring and acts that will never get a new fan to watch. SD is screwed.
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