Smackdown! down the tubes??

[dirthymouthjerk]

hey guys wouldnt you agree that it;'d be a good idea to merge smackdown and raw and have only one show of raw every monday with all the wwe superstars on it and then have ECW on friday??? smackdown's ratings are falling just like its talent i feel it'd be a good idea to merge the superstars together. plus think of all the high quality matches that could be had.


in my oppinion i feel they should merge the shows and have WWE on monday (live) and ECW on friday (taped or live)

-tk :trouble

[M180ss]

i dont think they should do away with Smackdown but bring it back the way it was unify the belts and have one roster not two.

[kdcausey]

i dont think they should do away with Smackdown but bring it back the way it was unify the belts and have one roster not two.

I totaly agree!!!!!



Can't wait for BATISTA!!! :punch:

[jimmyslilfella]

Why would Vince do that. Instead of 2 flows of cash he'll have 3 now.

[Panic! At The Forum]

First of all, WWE will never do such a thing for what lilfella just said - Vince has 2 almost completely separate sources of income. That means he can sell twice as much merchandise, sell twice as many tickets. Merging the two shows back together will effectively erase all the effort they've put into the brand split over the past couple years. Also, if they did merge back together, you'd probably never see 25-35% of the current roster again, and eventually released because they'd have nothing for them, because there would only be room for X number of storylines, not X times 2. It's a bad idea businesswise and would probably result in a lot more problems than solutions.

[MORSN417]

That'll never happen. It took to much work to split them to just put them together again.

[MrAwesome]

smackdown generally sucked .. except when Paul Heyman was in charge of it

[MORSN417]

I like it the best as it is now. When Heyman was in charge, it was boring, but with Teddy Long it gets interesting.

[RMLegend]

smackdown was amazing when brock lesner was there and now it sucks but things may change with the push on lashley and when mr.kennedy is back from injury things will defenitly turn around

[MORSN417]

smackdown was amazing when brock lesner was there and now it sucks but things may change with the push on lashley and when mr.kennedy is back from injury things will defenitly turn around

I agree. Lesner was my favorite when he was around and if he knows what is good for him then he will beg Vince for his job back. And Lashley seems to be getting a main event push. WWE should have another draft to mix things up. Maybe give another big star to SD!

[RMLegend]

ya thats a good idea cause right now raw has all the big names

[Jono]

Well i say vince the wwe will never do that i mean raw is the better brand but that ll be bull shit like panic! and lilfella said theyll never do that i reckon what they should do is have a nother draft lottery thing but all the superstars
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[RRated Deadman]

Yeah, i personally never wathced Smackdown but I when all their injures subside, then they will have a decent product. They have Undertaker, Batista, Booker T, Benoit, Lashley, Finlay, Rey Mysterio, Mark Henry, Khali and MOST importantly, Kurt Angle. SD has just fallen on hard times.

I am also in agreement with the few of you, it would be ridiculous if Vince were to merge the two companies back together.

[eagles_rulz]

when you compare the rosters now, there isnt really that much separating the two brands.

Youve got HBK*, Cena, RVD, Big Show & Carlito as faces on Raw plus Triple H, Edge, Kane, Benjamin, Masters & Umaga as heels.

Smackdown has Mysterio*, Angle*, Batista*, Taker, Benoit* & Lashley as faces and Orton*, JBL*, Booker T, Kennedy, Finlay & Henry. Khali means nothing to me or the future of smackdown if it is to be improved. The stars are injuries or suspensions.

Samckdowns talent is far better than Raw's. The only reason it is not performing is due to injuries and mainly bad booking. Even if Mysterio, Benoit & JBL take time off youve got Batista, Orton & Kennedy to come back soon.

Having MNM split up also cannot help smackdown's cause as well as Mexicools likley to go to ECW.

[SteveAustin]

Mexicools never made Smackdown great,....

the things that'd make Smackdown great:
-Undertaker's full-time return
-Angle, Batista, Kennedy, &Benoit's return from their injuries
-giving the world title to somebody else (Angle,Benoit, or Taker)
-take the gymini & those boring matches out
-put in better storylines than those stupid ones, RAW has far better storylines
-the last interesting storyline was Jillian vs Melina feud, put in more Divas matches
-Smackdown doesn't have promos at all, put in great promos & segments
-have interesting main events, either a great match, or as a great funny match segment(kinda like what's happening to RAW lately)
-Mysterio was better off in the mid-card

[james]

vince could merge the both brands together cause he's bringing back ecw so he will have 3 shows (raw,smackdown,ecw) so he will be bringing more income and people would watch smackdown to follow the storylines from raw. Plus it would be wwe vs ecw.

[eagles_rulz]

Mexicools never made Smackdown great,....

That is true but they could be used in such matches as TLC ,matches with Hardyz if Jeff were to return along with MNM (although theyve split up) and smackdown could then at least have a decent tag division which is important IMO

[cactus87]

I agree something seriously has to change with the Smackdown brand. It was a far more exciting show before the first draft. The only decent thing to happen on the show since 2002 was the time when the ring collapsed during the Brock lesnar and Big Show match.

[james]

i remember that like it was tomorrow my jaw dropped when it happened

[MORSN417]

i remember that like it was tomorrow my jaw dropped when it happened


It was all set up ya know...:chairshot

[SteveAustin]

I miss Brock Lesnar, he was the guy that made me wait for Smackdown, I still watch it, but not "wait" for it everyday,....however, Taker's full-time return might solve this,..he's too old ya know!

[BBman]

wwe needs brock lesnar lol

[UTisNUM1]

Not really he really wasnt all that great like WwE made him out to be. His gimmick was generic and it didnt have alot of depth

[The Joker]

do away with ECW and spit ther roster between smackdown and raw with CM PUNK cummin to friday nites

[Hades]

Merging the roster would be bad at the point. Image seeing Cena, Batista, Lashley, Umaga, etc on both shows. Brrr. People like Benoit, Regal, Finley, CM Punk, and RVD will be held back evem more. Their so called "Main Eventers" ( Translated as no talent hacks) will be shoved down our troats even more. Better to have three shows and see the talented stars actually on them.

[newerest]

Not really he really wasnt all that great like WwE made him out to be. His gimmick was generic and it didnt have alot of depth

Since when does that stop someone from being entertaining? Wrestling shouldn't be about gimmicks...

[Kid]

^ good point. That's what made Lesnar intruiging - his gimmick was he was a no-nonsense Bad Ass.

[Juan Miguels]

Mexicools never made Smackdown great,....

the things that'd make Smackdown great:
-Undertaker's full-time return
-Angle, Batista, Kennedy, &Benoit's return from their injuries
-giving the world title to somebody else (Angle,Benoit, or Taker)
-take the gymini & those boring matches out
-put in better storylines than those stupid ones, RAW has far better storylines
-the last interesting storyline was Jillian vs Melina feud, put in more Divas matches
-Smackdown doesn't have promos at all, put in great promos & segments
-have interesting main events, either a great match, or as a great funny match segment(kinda like what's happening to RAW lately)
-Mysterio was better off in the mid-cardThe Mexicools own. Lucha Libre > everthing else on Smackdown

[Trixie Dominatrix]

Bad idea to merge the brands. I like watching two different shows every week. Besides, Vince would have less PPV's, less talent, less merchandise sales which ultimately means less money.

Raw is probably one of the worst brands, SD! is by far the better brand. The only reason why people say Raw is good is because of their endless promos, horrible entertainment and lack of real wrestling matches. SD! is better because you see decent wrestling matches.

About the draft, it'd be a great idea for them to mix things up on the shows. But you have to remember there's not that many people that could be moved from Raw to SD!. So until Raw starts making more main eventers, we wont be seeing a draft anytime soon and if we do we're gonna see the same people transfered over.

Bad idea to merge, they're better seperate. You have two completely differents shows to watch every week including ECW(if that even lasts). Merging would just make every show the same, which would be boring.

No to Merging:lame:

[UTisNUM1]

I say yes to merging because it would cut down on how many PpVs WwE is putting out every 2 weeks it seems and it would bring more people into the title picture where we can have great feuds and have more time to bulid them up.

[newerest]

I say yes to merging because it would cut down on how many PpVs WwE is putting out every 2 weeks it seems and it would bring more people into the title picture where we can have great feuds and have more time to bulid them up.

But every PPV would have Cena headling. Not worth it.

If Vince wasn't trying to kill the PPV industry...he'd make 10~ ppvs a year. More buildup for the matches and people will have the money to spend on each ppv.