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EmperorWu wrote:Well I'm the only one here who said they liked the split, and I've always liked it so no one is chancing their mind on that. Unless you're referring to some other website or topic, where these "people" are, I don't know what the heck you're talking about.
The Legend wrote:They brought back the brand split. You have NXT and the main roster.
Hanley! wrote:The brand split is a dumb idea. It worked for a while after WCW folded, but the roster couldn't sustain it for long. It invited a whole bunch of problems too. Having two world champions diluted the prestige of both. The same could be said for the tag titles. Wrestlers had less opponents to work with, so things got older quicker. And it was harder to push people up the ladder, as there was less of a support system for putting people over.
I'm not saying wrestling is perfect right now, but bringing back the brand split is the last thing that would help. One roster and one world champion makes everything so much better.
The brand split probably ended fully a couple of years ago when Orton & Cena unified the championships. So not that long ago. The Authority storyline was already well under way back then. I think the rosters were officially unified for a while at that point, and they had been unofficially unified for a while before that. The company's resolve had been slipping in terms of the brand split for years before they actually brought it to an end. I think they realised that it wasn't viable anymore, so I don't think we'll see it return any time in the near future.
Even NXT has too much cross over at times for it to be a fully separate brand. As much as I love NXT for its original match ups compared to Raw, it still feels connected to the main roster at times.Hanley! wrote:NXT doesn't have the same kind of numbers watching the show, and its roster is seen as a development system to the main product. That's not the same as there being two brands that are theoretically on par with each other.
I guess NXT is a second brand, but I don't think they could ever leverage it into a second brand that's on par with the Raw brand. It would just dilute the product and make everyone seem like less of a star.
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