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I eagerly await the TNA debuts of a bunch of immobile guys grunting in Punjabi.

followed by TNA finally morphing into Ring Ka King.

 

As long as they merge with GFW so wealthy american businessman Jeff Jarrett can make his grand return.

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Taz and Borash will presumably move to India for this promotion, followed by Taz becoming a Bollywood star for his movies where he suplexes villains while engaging in a highly choreographed song and dance routine with dozens of Indian extras.

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Taz and Borash will presumably move to India for this promotion, followed by Taz becoming a Bollywood star for his movies where he suplexes villains while engaging in a highly choreographed song and dance routine with dozens of Indian extras.

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"Yambag Yahtzee, The Musical" starring Bill Alfonso and Joey Numbahz

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Getting sick of Facebook telling me about Marc Mero.

 

How in the hell did Marc Mero become a "famous" inspirational speaker? Who in the hell wants to take life advice from MARC MERO?

 

 

Counterpoints:

 

1) he made more money than I'll ever see in my life

2) he got to smash Sable for a bunch of years

3) he's as pretty as a picture

4) he looks just like Little Richard

 

I'll listen to pretty much anything that dude has to say

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I really don't think another brand split would fix anything. That was part of the problem that got things off the rails in the first place, in my opinion. Two shows, two world titles, two champions, one show always being the "B" show, one title always being the "B" title, half the PPVs being "B" PPVs & then trying to act like it was a big deal when two mid-card jobbers faced against each other, one from RAW & one from Smackdown. Then the shows feature replays of the other shows & both start with opening diatribes and it just didn't do anything for me.

 

How would that help anything? That just means that instead of watching a 3-hour RAW, which most agree is too long, you would need to tune-in to Smackdown & it's 2-hours instead of just ignoring that it exists.

 

"Bring back the brand split!" is up there with "re-hire Vince Russo!" for me. Just something that I will never be on board with. That's not the problem. You would still have the same creative teams just spread EVEN MORE thin and trying to write for two more hours every week.

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Getting sick of Facebook telling me about Marc Mero.

 

How in the hell did Marc Mero become a "famous" inspirational speaker? Who in the hell wants to take life advice from MARC MERO?

 

 

Counterpoints:

 

1) he made more money than I'll ever see in my life

2) he got to smash Sable for a bunch of years

3) he's as pretty as a picture

4) he looks just like Little Richard

 

I'll listen to pretty much anything that dude has to say

 

 

Brock Lesnar did 1 and 2 and those are the most inspirational aspects of his story. 

 

I'd probably pay a lot of money to see Lesnar as a motivational speaker. 

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The best things about the brand split to me was that it gave a LOT of guys TV time they otherwise wouldn't have gotten and gave midcarders stories/feuds, stuff like London vs Kidman getting an extended feud with a featured PPV match. And that it also felt like a big deal when certain guys from opposing brands crossed paths like when Angle got drafted to RAW in 05 and faced off with Triple H, it really felt like it had been years since they'd been in the ring together or Cena's memorable draft to Raw or when Evolution and JBL's cabinet had a backstage confrontation in passing at one of the joint PPVs. But I also understand not wanting it back these days.

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Getting sick of Facebook telling me about Marc Mero.

 

How in the hell did Marc Mero become a "famous" inspirational speaker? Who in the hell wants to take life advice from MARC MERO?

 

 

Counterpoints:

 

1) he made more money than I'll ever see in my life

2) he got to smash Sable for a bunch of years

3) he's as pretty as a picture

4) he looks just like Little Richard

 

I'll listen to pretty much anything that dude has to say

 

Don't be fooled by his looks thought.

 

He's got a mean left hook.

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I don't understand why the "brand split" can't just be an unofficial thing, like A and B house shows. Just make it known that Thursday nights are going to be dominated by Bryan, Ziggler, and Barrett in the mains every week, with the IC and/or US as the top title instead of bringing back the WHC.

 

To be honest, I think Smackdown should be moved to Mondays and become the main TV show. I mean, sure, Raw has been on Mondays for 22 years, but "Smackdown" is in the dictionary! It's now part of the American cultural lexicon. Everything from car commercials to shitty, low budget campaign ads for local politicians employs the word Smackdown. Why not take advantage of that?

 

As a matter of fact, an idea would be to run Smackdown on Mondays, and then Raw is live on the network on Tuesday nights-- If the perception is that Raw is the #1 show, this will definitely get some subscribers who have been holding out for better stuff. Then just have Thursday be Main Event or Superstars or whatever on SyFy

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The reason for the brand split is largely about Cena. I get why WWE keeps Cena as the face of the promotion. He brings in tons of dough and is a great ambassador. That's being said, he panders to children and a large percentage of the fans are sick of him and want something different. 

 

Why not give it to them? Treat Smackdown as an A-show for adults.  

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