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I won't even say it's time to end the brand split, because it has already effectively ended. But the belts need to be merged.
These past couple of weeks we've had the WWE championship no.1 contender flip to smackdown and become the WHC no.1 contender and vice verca for Daniel Bryan as the WHC no.1 contender.
We then had Sheamus (even with injured arm) defeat Daniel Bryan (the new WWE title no.1 contender) completely clean, and then on the following raw, we had the previous no.1 contender for the wwe title defeat Sheamus, effectively clean..
So now I'm left feeling incredibly confused, which title is more important? The wwe championship no.1 contender appears to be weaker than the whc champion and the no.1 contender, and yet CM Punk is clearly being booked stronger than all of them.
It completely de-values the prestige of both titles, and I'm completely confused as to who the 'top guy' is supposed to be.. So here's what the WWE HAVE to do...
1) Merge Both Titles
2) Establish a hierachy - Make the WWE Championship feel like the most important thing on the show, book it so that it's the WWE champion vs everybody else.
3) No more non-title feuds as the main event, the WWE championship should be the most important thing on the show NOT John Cena.
4) Roster cuts - if Raw and smackdown is going to merge to become one roster, there has to be roster cuts, its a shame but it has to happen. This will also strengthen the mid-card as some of the main event guys will have to move down to compensate for the increase in established stars.
This could even lead to an invasion style storyline - maybe Raw vs smackdown? As guys 'compete for roster spots' - this will also allow for new stars to be created from the feud.
Basically the wwe has 2 options.
1) Merge the titles - make it one roster.
2) Re-establish the rivalry between raw and smackdown, raw guys appear on raw, smackdown guys appear on smackdown, the end.
But what I know for certain is that we can't continue flipping between brands, challenging for different titles from different brands.It just doesn't make any sense.
Yes it feels like fantasy booking, but at this point its completely necessary. We need One Main Title.. One Mid Card title - possibly a return for the hardcore or the cruiserweight title. Then the Tag titles and the divas division.
Thoughts?
These past couple of weeks we've had the WWE championship no.1 contender flip to smackdown and become the WHC no.1 contender and vice verca for Daniel Bryan as the WHC no.1 contender.
We then had Sheamus (even with injured arm) defeat Daniel Bryan (the new WWE title no.1 contender) completely clean, and then on the following raw, we had the previous no.1 contender for the wwe title defeat Sheamus, effectively clean..
So now I'm left feeling incredibly confused, which title is more important? The wwe championship no.1 contender appears to be weaker than the whc champion and the no.1 contender, and yet CM Punk is clearly being booked stronger than all of them.
It completely de-values the prestige of both titles, and I'm completely confused as to who the 'top guy' is supposed to be.. So here's what the WWE HAVE to do...
1) Merge Both Titles
2) Establish a hierachy - Make the WWE Championship feel like the most important thing on the show, book it so that it's the WWE champion vs everybody else.
3) No more non-title feuds as the main event, the WWE championship should be the most important thing on the show NOT John Cena.
4) Roster cuts - if Raw and smackdown is going to merge to become one roster, there has to be roster cuts, its a shame but it has to happen. This will also strengthen the mid-card as some of the main event guys will have to move down to compensate for the increase in established stars.
This could even lead to an invasion style storyline - maybe Raw vs smackdown? As guys 'compete for roster spots' - this will also allow for new stars to be created from the feud.
Basically the wwe has 2 options.
1) Merge the titles - make it one roster.
2) Re-establish the rivalry between raw and smackdown, raw guys appear on raw, smackdown guys appear on smackdown, the end.
But what I know for certain is that we can't continue flipping between brands, challenging for different titles from different brands.It just doesn't make any sense.
Yes it feels like fantasy booking, but at this point its completely necessary. We need One Main Title.. One Mid Card title - possibly a return for the hardcore or the cruiserweight title. Then the Tag titles and the divas division.
Thoughts?