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Post by Iceman on Sept 1, 2005 19:25:35 GMT -5
Do you want 1 Roster or like having RAW & Smackdown with 2 different rosters?
I think they should combine both RAW and Smackdown rosters and just have WWE like they used to. Never really liked the idea in the first place of having 2 different rosters.
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Post by "The Tie-Dye Dream" Ricky Cool on Sept 1, 2005 19:33:00 GMT -5
One Roster or one brand is going to die.
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Post by Wrestling Chick on Sept 1, 2005 22:15:02 GMT -5
Like I said in the RAW discussion topic, I'm all about two brands. Both offer something unique to the fans, and both offer a chance to newer wrestlers to get a chance to show what they can do. If it was still one roster, the same guys would be dominating the same spots, and you'd run out of feuds to go through. That's what happened with WCW; it got bland because they weren't doin' enough with the newer guys that they had available to them. WWE learned from WCW's mistake, and this brand split is a great thing...obviously I'm on my own on this one, though.
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Post by Iceman on Sept 1, 2005 22:25:18 GMT -5
Lol, that's ok that you always disagree with me Wrestling Chick, that might even be why I like you more, who knows, lol. You always have good opinions and thoughts behind them so that's always cool, you can always disagree with me if you want, lol.
I understand what your saying how newer talent might not get the chance to come out as much, and I agree with you on that. But isn't that what Velocity and Sunday Night Heat is for? Also until WWE and WCW mergered didn't WWE have only one roster and that worked? I actually thought WWE went downhill since the Merger. Back in the "Classic WWF" days, 1980-1992 , they didn't just let anybody Wrestle, now a days Vince will through anybody out there, that's why the talent and chrisma isn't there as much, too many Jobbers Vince turns into Stars (or trys too, lol).
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Post by Wrestling Chick on Sept 3, 2005 0:33:52 GMT -5
I understand what your saying how newer talent might not get the chance to come out as much, and I agree with you on that. But isn't that what Velocity and Sunday Night Heat is for? Also until WWE and WCW mergered didn't WWE have only one roster and that worked? I actually thought WWE went downhill since the Merger. Back in the "Classic WWF" days, 1980-1992 , they didn't just let anybody Wrestle, now a days Vince will through anybody out there, that's why the talent and chrisma isn't there as much, too many Jobbers Vince turns into Stars (or trys too, lol). It took me a couple days to figure out what I was gonna say to this. LOL Sunday Night Heat and Velocity are shows that give newcomers a chance to showcase their skills, I'll agree with you there. But they're also shows for veteran Superstars to keep on television, and give them something to do when they're not in a big storyline on RAW/Smackdown. And I agree that Vince will throw just about anybody on WWE television (look at Gene Snitsky LOL). However, I still think that having two rosters has more benefits than it does costs when you look at the larger picture. It would've taken guys like John Cena and Batista twice as long to establish themselves if there was still one roster. Guys like Scotty 2 Hotty and William Regal (who have a great feud right now on Velocity/carrying over to Smackdown) would never be on television if there was still one roster. If there was still one roster, you'd see the same guys fightin' the same guys...after a while, you run out of creative things to do with the same pool of talent, which is why I think Vince did the brand extension in the first place. Lastly, I don't think there's a lack of talent/charisma. If anything, I believe there's more choices available because of the two rosters. Sure, some guys are more successful than others, but isn't that what the wrestling business is all about anyway, trial and error? |
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Post by Iceman on Sept 3, 2005 2:10:51 GMT -5
It would've taken guys like John Cena and Batista twice as long to establish themselves if there was still one roster. Guys like Scotty 2 Hotty and William Regal (who have a great feud right now on Velocity/carrying over to Smackdown) would never be on television if there was still one roster. If there was still one roster, you'd see the same guys fightin' the same guys...after a while, you run out of creative things to do with the same pool of talent, which is why I think Vince did the brand extension in the first place. Lastly, I don't think there's a lack of talent/charisma. If anything, I believe there's more choices available because of the two rosters. Sure, some guys are more successful than others, but isn't that what the wrestling business is all about anyway, trial and error? Well in my opinion guys like Batista shouldn't be Champions or headliners, same as JBL, those 2 leagues gives us less talent and forces the WWE to make some guys that are not worthy of being Champions, Champions. "Same pool of talent", that's just my point, we need some talent, in a bigger pool with more Stars in it. Guys like Randy Savage vs Steamboat. Hogan vs Andre. Andre vs Big John Stud. King Kong Bundy vs Hulk Hogan. Rock vs Stone Cold. Worked for years. We don't need to change story lines so quickly, we just need good story lines to start. William Regal should be on bigger events, and he used to be, I like Regal. That's just Vince's doing not having him on them. Vince has his favorites, right or wrong (wrong) as we all know and can see. |
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Post by OR619 on Sept 3, 2005 3:49:01 GMT -5
One roster for me , anyone outside the established stars (and even some of the established stars !) would get lost in such a huge roster.
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Post by terminator12 on Sept 3, 2005 9:38:23 GMT -5
I WOULD DEFINTLY CHOOSE 1 ROSTER!
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Post by Wrestling Chick on Sept 4, 2005 19:29:48 GMT -5
Well in my opinion guys like Batista shouldn't be Champions or headliners, same as JBL, those 2 leagues gives us less talent and forces the WWE to make some guys that are not worthy of being Champions, Champions. "Same pool of talent", that's just my point, we need some talent, in a bigger pool with more Stars in it. Guys like Randy Savage vs Steamboat. Hogan vs Andre. Andre vs Big John Stud. King Kong Bundy vs Hulk Hogan. Rock vs Stone Cold. Worked for years. We don't need to change story lines so quickly, we just need good story lines to start. Of course we're all entitled to our opinions. Certain guys appeal to some people more than others. I happen to believe that Batista has developed into a nice champion; he certainly has the look and charisma. Sure, he's got a ton more growing to do, but that's not to say that he can't. Same goes for John Cena. I guess my point is that we're in a different era of wrestling, and have been for some time. There aren't guys who have a certain character that just clicks with the fan automatically anymore, like Hogan/Austin/Rock did. Now, it takes a guy/girl more time to develop that relationship. He/She can't develop it if there's too many big-named people hogging the shows, which is what IMO happened when there was one roster. Now that there are two rosters, we can watch the future of the business learn their craft, essentially having to hit the ground running. That's just the evolution of the business. |
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Post by Amber on Sept 5, 2005 10:58:57 GMT -5
Might as well not even post, lol. Wrestling Chick has pretty much said everything that I would have said. I'm with the separate rosters for RAW and Smackdown for the same reasons.
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Post by Cena Fan on Sept 18, 2005 21:41:42 GMT -5
they should just have 1 roster. less confusing for me 
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Post by msdavis on Sept 24, 2005 3:16:54 GMT -5
1 roster would mean that many superstars would be released, but I would still like to see 1 roster, and that way, they would just have 1 World Champion, and have more possibilities for feuds, which can be limited at the moment, especially in the IC, US and Tag divisions.
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Post by Cradle Shock on Sept 24, 2005 12:38:57 GMT -5
I have actually been mulling this over for quite some time, and I do agree with Wrestling Chick's arguments, but I have to say one roster. Not because it's too confusing to have 2, because most wrestling fans do a stellar job of keeping up with the two. My reason is from a creative standpoint. I believe that the WWE Creative team would have more time to develop characters if there was just one roster. Also, there would be just as much TV time so there would be no excuses for not giving TV time to wrestlers.
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