20 Jul 2016 09:49:15
Lets look at the "main eventers" for both raw and smackdown live
Raw
Rollins
Reigns
Lesnar
Balor
KO
I would put Zayn but I don't really dig him and I think Balor will be pushed harder

Smackdown
Ambrose
Styles
Cena
Orton
Wyatt

Theres no denying the future is bright with this young top talent guys (Rollins, Balor, KO, Zayn, Ambrose, Wyatt) those are the 6 guys that I think should lead the company into the future.

Now its obvious to me at least that Balor is going to join the club, Ambrose will drop the title to Rollins. Shane and DB say smackdown deserves to have its own championship and brings back the world heavyweight championship, Cena and AJ will battle for it at Summer Slam AJ wins. I'd like AJ to then fight Ambrose for it, if the fights are good and I think they would be it should be best of 5. I wouldn't care if the title changed 2 times in that series if the matches where it changed were close. Best for business imo would have AJ and Cena fight for the title on smackdown. i'm ranting too much but I honestly think smackdown definitely has the better of the main eventers

1.) 20 Jul 2016
20 Jul 2016 10:21:56
I still feel like its watering down both titles if they bring back another belt.

If someone like AJ Styles finally gets to the top of the WWE after a 15 year career it seems horrible that it wouldn't be the "proper title".

I mean does anyone feel like Swagger or Ziggler have ever really been World Champion?

You'd be better off pushing the US or IC titles to the top of the card on the show that doesn't have the World Heavyweight Belt.

I'm with you on Seth or Roman bringing the belt back to Raw though (Unlikely Roman after his recent error) .

Balor will surly interact with the club, but would it not be a touch predictable if he just takes the AJ's role.

I was pretty gutted Samoa Joe didn't make the draft, who is more ready?

Health Slater getting missed off? Could he be picked up by NXT? or will he be tuning up at both shows begging for a job?

2.) 20 Jul 2016
20 Jul 2016 10:51:26
Bessex they are trying to make it like 2 separate brands so having there own titles makes sense.

3.) 20 Jul 2016
20 Jul 2016 10:52:22
Surely if Ambrose loses he will be the one to fight for it? Or maybe an elimination chamber match?

4.) 20 Jul 2016
20 Jul 2016 10:51:26
Bessex they are trying to make it like 2 separate brands so having there own titles makes sense.

5.) 20 Jul 2016
20 Jul 2016 10:52:22
Surely if Ambrose loses he will be the one to fight for it? Or maybe an elimination chamber match?

6.) 20 Jul 2016
20 Jul 2016 11:49:24
I am 100% with Bessex on this. There should only be one title and that can be decided on the PPVs and between the brands at the 4 big ones. IC title and US titles must be ramped up in importance.
As for the draft itself? I am a little disappointed that the 'big' names have been more or less evenly drafted. I would have liked Smackdown to have the larger number of newer names aand then be aable to build them up to prominence. This happened the last time when the likes of Eddie and Benoit rose on Smackdown.

7.) 20 Jul 2016
20 Jul 2016 15:04:09
I understand the idea of totally separating them as company's and inviting a new world champion, tag champions, and an additional women's title to the opposite brand, but for me it devalues it.

I remember how it was during the last brand split, and subsequent multi world champions, one will always get devalued.

You'd have never seen a 9 second Wrestlemania opening match for the world title if it meant anything, it was on a par with a IC title throw away.

The World Champion should appear at every PPV even if he is on SD and its a Raw PPV.

Now with the network they can pretty much just televise a house show if they want to put a big title match on.

The Champ should be the top guy in the business, and his antagonist should be after him, it doesn't work with WWE controlling two belts as one will always be slightly better.

8.) 20 Jul 2016
20 Jul 2016 17:31:59
There was an extremely big difference between the way the World title was treated in the beginning, and the way it was in the end. 2 titles worked in the early years because they kept things separate and each show had people putting effort into making their show the best. By the time guys like Swagger and Ziggler got the World title, Smackdown was not only the lesser brand, it was barely it's own brand at all. People were starting to show up on both shows, others were moved from one show to the other without any real explanation, and the show became about building people up to feed to Cena and creating new mid-card talent.

As long as they actually keep things separate, I think each brand should have their own set of titles. Especially if they treat things more like it's Nitro vs RAW.

9.) 21 Jul 2016
21 Jul 2016 10:15:47
If they rebranded Smackdown as WCW and made Tuesday Nitro I'd agree, but its not, Raw and Smackdown will still work together for the betterment of the company as a whole.

They won't be run separately, they may be written separately, but over all if they decide Raw needs some Cena they'll just swap him. Smackdown won't be allowed to just say "No, let Raw die" like they would if it was really competitive.