WWE Brand Split is coming

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Seen as the Brand split is official and coming

Whats everyones thoughts?

think it will be good to highlight some under utilized talent

Brilliant_yep wrote:Yeah but NXT wouldn't be live.

You keep facepalming valid points.

Your point was he can appear on both shows when he has made what 5 appearances in 4 years in NXT?

Heres some valid points

NXT is one of the cornerstones of the Network, taking it off it hurts the Network and the company
USA want LIVE content, this is why Smackdown is going live
NXT has lower productions costs than Raw, putting them side by side hurts NXT

The specials would still be on the network,but putting the weekly show on before Raw gets more eyes on it and helps the drowning 3 hour raw which is ridiculous.

They're getting 4 hours of live wrestling in whereas at the moment there are only 3 so I fail to see how that is an issue.

Either that or they improve raw drastically.

Brilliant_yep wrote:The specials would still be on the network,but putting the weekly show on before Raw gets more eyes on it and helps the drowning 3 hour raw which is ridiculous.

They're getting 4 hours of live wrestling in whereas at the moment there are only 3 so I fail to see how that is an issue.

Either that or they improve raw drastically.

So now you want NXT plus 3 hours of Raw?

Maybe you can tell us how it helps Raw and how it works when USA want live content and going live means the producer of both shows cant be at both shows?

No no, 2 hours live raw 2 hours live smackdown.

It helps raw because raw is horsepoopie when it's 3 hours.

USA Network are due to get 5 hours of live WWE now you want to cut it to 4? Some real valid points in there

Live content is gold dust for networks now because of TiVo and playback etc plus spoilers for wrestling and they are losing money for advertising which pays their bills so that extra hour is worth a lot to WWE and USA, it will not be ditched.

But they've had just 3 hours for years and years with no real upset.

You think they'd be annoyed at getting one hour more live content and a better all round product?

Brilliant_yep wrote:But they've had just 3 hours for years and years with no real upset.

You think they'd be annoyed at getting one hour more live content and a better all round product?

They have a deal to air 5 hours from July so its not one hour more it'll be one hour less

The tv landscape has changed over the last few years, networks revenue is falling for numerous reasons they are tapping into a valuable market in the WWE. They want Smackdown live because it has value, you think they would give away one of their most valuable hours of tv in the weekly schedule?