Is It Possible For WWE To Have TOO Many People On The Roster?

[JerseyBoy23]

So I was reading an article about the latest WWE signings and this question popped into my head. Lately WWE has been on a signing spree but at the same time only giving deavors to people who request a release or are a backstage nuisance.

This had led to probably the biggest WWE roster ever with Vince signing checks people on RAW, SD, NXT, 205 Live, WWE UK and now the Women's Tournament participants.

Now let me say this, I think it's awesome that these wrestlers can earn a consistent paycheck. With that said, I notice especially on the main roster that healthy people will go missing for weeks and months on TV simply because creative has nothing for them. So my question to TSC is are there too many people on the roster to properly give TV time to?

 

[Breh Obama]

Its possible. You have top guys and lower midcard guys all missing. Like where the fukk is Sin Cara or American Alpha?

 

[jackswstd]

Yes

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Competent writers could make it work

 

[infamousred]

If they aren't all being used then yes. Stop having the same opponents face each other week in and week out. Especially when the stories suck.

 

[Kang Deezy]

Its possible. You have top guys and lower midcard guys all missing. Like where the fukk is Sin Cara or American Alpha?

Why can't wrestlers have an offseason? They deserve these breaks

 

[Breh Obama]

Why can't wrestlers have an offseason? They deserve these breaks

Thats not what they signed up for

 

[R=G]

Not quite considering how many shows they got and weird Network specials...

 

[R=G]

Competent writers could make it work

I think a board member like @Dog Based Gremlin could write both Raw and Smackdown shows in under an hour.

 

[Cartier Murphy]

I'd say yes but at the same time if you focus on all your talent and try to give them storylines and screen time then I don't think it's an issue. There's a whole cruiserweight division yet you wouldn't know it since they only use a handful of guys at a time. SD's tag division has been MIA in the past, sometimes for weeks. Not everybody needs a match and not everybody should have a match. What I think everybody, atleast all main roster superstars should have, is promos and vignettes to build characters and feuds. Hell even the guys getting match time could use more of that.

 

[Da King]

Trash is trash, doesn't matter if the roster is at 10 or 100


Draw Lesnar, Diet, Orton, Kang, Cena, AJ, Reigns, Goldberg, only people really worth watching

 

[JerseyBoy23]

I'd say yes but at the same time if you focus on all your talent and try to give them storylines and screen time then I don't think it's an issue. There's a whole cruiserweight division yet you wouldn't know it since they only use a handful of guys at a time. SD's tag division has been MIA in the past, sometimes for weeks. Not everybody needs a match and not everybody should have a match. What I think everybody, atleast all main roster superstars should have, is promos and vignettes to build characters and feuds. Hell even the guys getting match time could use more of that.

Agreed and those damn RAW / SD Fallout's that less than a million people on YouTube watch is not cutting it.

 

[mrken12]

I'd say yes but at the same time if you focus on all your talent and try to give them storylines and screen time then I don't think it's an issue. There's a whole cruiserweight division yet you wouldn't know it since they only use a handful of guys at a time. SD's tag division has been MIA in the past, sometimes for weeks. Not everybody needs a match and not everybody should have a match. What I think everybody, atleast all main roster superstars should have, is promos and vignettes to build characters and feuds. Hell even the guys getting match time could use more of that.

This so much. It makes their matches a little more special since it's not every week. For example, Smackdown could have had the Highlight Reel segment without the unnecessary tag team match. It helps build up the PPV and frees up time for other people to wrestle.

 

[DoubleJ13]

WWE has somewhere around 200 people signed right now all together, so yeah they have too many people.

New class started at the Performance Center yesterday though & their more than likely about to sign some more guys like Adam Cole & reDRagon in the next month or so, so eventually their going to have to start cutting some of these people.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

WWE has somewhere around 200 people signed right now all together, so yeah they have too many people.

New class started at the Performance Center yesterday though & their more than likely about to sign some more guys like Adam Cole & reDRagon in the next month or so, so eventually their going to have to start cutting some of these people.

That's such an absurd number. I bet half the people on the roster just get paid to train in Florida.