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With all the releases being made recently, does anyone else think that the roster split could be coming to an end?

Coupled with the releases there are the shockingly poor PPV buy rates and weekly ratings for RAW and SD. House show attendances are at such a low that more and more are being cancelled, and some going ahead in front of 600-700 people.

Hardly surprising for SD, as it just has no appeal anymore, but RAW is becoming more and more mundane.

The rosters merging could be the best thing to happen. this way, we would have plenty enough main event heels (which both shows lack), there could be a nice few heel turns (too many faces on both shows), and a few dreams matches as well.

Benoit Vs Eddie for the wwe title perhaps?
Kurt Vs HBK
Cena Vs Orton
Y2J Vs RVD
Y2J Vs Kurt
Kurt vs Orton
Taker Vs HHH
HHH Vs Cena
London Vs Shane Helms (Hurricane)

That is only off the top of my head. It could re-invigorate the CW division, merge the US and IC title.

Who knows eh?

Ph3n0m

the only way forward for wwe is indeed to merge back into a single roster - however that is not the ultimate solution to wwe's problems

writing - over the past 2 years the writing team for wwe has been piss poor to say the least, with outrageous and at times completely unbelievable storylines. coupled with the fact that mcmahon still loves his shock tv - this problem is a central part of getting wwe back in

backstage politics - ah yes the time old arguement - but in a fresh way this has to stop. guys who have been on top for ages (i am looking at you HHH and Taker) need to step aside and realise, that yeah you have given us years of entertainment, but dammit we want fresh blood in the mix, not just the "next big thing", personally i want to see a ton of mid-carders elevated - so many have been over-looked, it borders on criminal

i mean look at who they have already - chavo, hurricane, paul london, rhyno, christian, jericho, rvd and there are plenty more to boot.

and then look at who they did have - mike awesome, lance storm, jerry lynn, jamie noble, ultimo dragon and they didnt do a damn thing with them

yes the wwe has a lot of problems to fix, but merging the rosters wont solve them all

D-FENS

Ph3n0m wrote:

the only way forward for wwe is indeed to merge back into a single roster - however that is not the ultimate solution to wwe's problems

writing - over the past 2 years the writing team for wwe has been piss poor to say the least, with outrageous and at times completely unbelievable storylines. coupled with the fact that mcmahon still loves his shock tv - this problem is a central part of getting wwe back in

backstage politics - ah yes the time old arguement - but in a fresh way this has to stop. guys who have been on top for ages (i am looking at you HHH and Taker) need to step aside and realise, that yeah you have given us years of entertainment, but dammit we want fresh blood in the mix, not just the "next big thing", personally i want to see a ton of mid-carders elevated - so many have been over-looked, it borders on criminal

i mean look at who they have already - chavo, hurricane, paul london, rhyno, christian, jericho, rvd and there are plenty more to boot.

and then look at who they did have - mike awesome, lance storm, jerry lynn, jamie noble, ultimo dragon and they didnt do a damn thing with them

yes the wwe has a lot of problems to fix, but merging the rosters wont solve them all

By the looks of things, with about a dozen people gone in a week, it looks like the one roster is the plan.
And if it does happen, there'll be some conflicts backstage as Kurt , Taker and Cena etc. will all want the big storylines/angles , along with the likes of HHH, Orton etc.
And unfortunately , what HHH wants, HHH gets.
As terrible as it sounds , any other wrestlers best plan is to become bussom buddies with him, and he might let them hold his belt for a week or two.
But they better be carefull with it, damn it ! and hand it back as soon as he says so !
Taking everything else into account, roster size and writing team etc. , he is the main reason viewing is done , people just don't have the faith in a challenger to him wheither it be Orton, Cena or anyone, because they know he'll be right back as Champ some time after.
I don't he'll be happy till he's beaten Flair's 16 time record, and i don't think he'll stop altogether till his hepped up on goofballs, five moves in a match body finally clapps up on him.
Sad fact of life.

moongoose

remerging is not the best idea the best thing to do at this point would be to either have trades more frequently or to have smackdown invade raw or vice versa. just think of jericho v christian and out of nowhere kidman hits a shooting star for christian and then london comes out to fight him off. existing fueds they may be but at the unexpected times and combinations could give things a kick start in the right direction . will it fix everything no, for that to happen they need HHH out of the way [i know, i know they'll sooner get rid of bin laden then him] but still they need to review politics and get back to what it's all about. the fans, the people who tune in week in week out. or with recent stroy lines once a year in once a year out. here's to hoping vince goes crazy and does the right thing but i seriously doubt it