Your point?
RIP Brand Split: This Wildcard Rule is trash
- Thread starter RammerJammer
- Start date
The Prince of All Saiyans
Formerly Jisoo Stan & @Twitter
Bischoff is/was full of shyt. He thought being “edgy” was going to bring WCW back and AOL said no. WCW is a lesson that if a network doesn’t want your type of product on their channel, it doesn’t matter what your ratings are.
Playaz Eyez
Veteran
It’s been real SD. Ain’t no way they’re gonna get 3 million on a Friday night. May as well start promoting The Legacy Of Smackdown DVDs and Network specials.
Playaz Eyez
Veteran
I knew the brand split bullsh!t wasn't gonna work when they screwed raw out of their top talent the first go round of the shakeup to compensate for the lack of interest on smackdown.
It's gotten so bad I can't even get into raw no more.
Raw is the only show they need to worry about & they took their focus off of it.
If push comes to shove you can put SD on the WWE Network or something.
3 years later and you’re still pulling this garbage
I’ll give you one thing, you’re committed
Why the fukk WWE still doing live events at the same time as Raw.... This company is sooo fukking stupid.Vince McMahon's new WWE Wild Card Rule could end up leading to issues for the company, as described on Wrestling Observer Radio today.
As noted, the rule will see four RAW Superstars appear on SmackDown each week while four SmackDown Superstars appear on RAW each week. The gimmick was created as a response to ratings pressure from NBCUniversal (USA Network) and Fox. Vince did not want to give up the idea of separate brands, but the networks want star power on both shows and there has been a feeling that the brands don't have enough star power individually. Furthermore, it was also reported that Fox wants RAW and SmackDown storylines on the blue brand show when it goes to their network on Friday nights in October. There has been pressure from both networks to have the top WWE Superstars work both shows.
The Wild Card Rule will potentially cause issues for WWE live events, such as false advertising. Due to the way WWE creative operates these days, WWE likely won't plan out these weekly Wild Card Rule appearances in advance, which could lead to incidents where Superstars have been advertised for live events, for weeks or even months, but they're pulled from those live events to appear on TV at the last minute.
While WWE likely won't plan out the Wild Card Rule appearances in advance, it was noted that Roman Reigns is expected to appear on both RAW and SmackDown often. We noted before how NBCU recently asked questions about why WWE gave up a star like Reigns to SmackDown in the 2019 Superstar Shakeup.
All good points in this thread, but its stuff we've known for years.
WWE caters to an audience of one, and until he dies or is on the brink of bankruptcy, nothing will change.
and maybe this is it. But we'll see, I've gotten my hopes up before.
edit: Also, has there ever been a form of entertainment that's had such open disdain for its fanbase like wrestling? Willfully going against those that the fans organically choose. Taking shots and making fun of the marks/smarks. You don't see Disney / Marvel and any artists doing this.
The bolded is really the most important thing. For a company that is on record saying that they think they can be bigger than Disney (
), they really don't appear to have learned anything at all from them.Despite being a huge Marvel fan, I largely can't stand Disney, but I respect that that know exactly how to get every dime out of their customer base: pay attention, and just give them more of what they want. The Avengers just pulled in over two billion in TWO WEEKS simply because they built up goodwill for their customers to have faith in them, and then rewarded their trust with a movie that was largely three hours of fan service. Three really good hours of fan service, but fan service nonetheless. They basically have a money printer until they just say fukk it and start cranking out non-stop garbage.
How WWE hasn't figured that out from other companies is absolutely beyond me.
NYChase718
Veteran
This week's WWE SmackDown episode, featuring WWE Champion Kofi Kingstonretaining over AJ Styles and Sami Zayn in the main event plus the crowning of new SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan and Rowan, drew 1.931 million viewers, according to Showbuzz Daily.
Oh my
NYChase718
Veteran
AquaCityBoy
Veteran
Laugh now until Kofi gets squashed by Roman and Brock goes on another year long title reign. 
Laugh now until Kofi gets squashed by Roman and Brock goes on another year long title reign.
Ratings will still suck
shyt is systemic
NYChase718
Veteran
We all know roman will be getting the face of the company push again especially when the fox debut comes
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
The funny thing is they’ll be shocked when it backfires