Dangerously Crazy

the roster will be split in 2, what are your thoughts on this?

MMB

This will change everything the WWF ever knew or was ...

I think it's good and bad ... it's a new good thing, new story lines and all ... but it's bad cause they're gonna make some matches impossible by this decision ... I'm curious to see how this will all turn out ...

I_wuv_britney

on my opinion I think it is going to suck major ass

Stone Cold

i don't like it. it will take care of some of the problem with having too many guys at the top and not knowing what to do with them but things can be split badly and such.

NDD

I can see the positive and the negative in both.

Keeping the roster together will ensure the survival of all tag teams and groups. It will make any match possible at any time. However, it limits the availability for new talent. It also limits the number of superstars available to compete on television since all the major players have matches on TV.

Splitting the roster is good because it will provide the opportunity to bring up more available talent. It will also provide the opportunity for matches involving the lesser exhibited superstars. But the problem is that teams could be split up because of the draft and certain wrestlers will only have the opportunity to face eachother at PPVs. If Austin is drafted to RAW and Kurt Angle to Smackdown! for example, they would only be able to face eachother at a PPV unless one is the champion.

I like the fact that the Heavyweight Champion and the Women's Champion will be on all shows, with the exception of Jazz in this case.

My number one concern is whether the WWF will keep all the tag teams together or not. I don't see how they could break them up. That would be a huge blow to the Tag Team division.

PapRoach123

I dunno what to think of this. It would be a good strategy for PPV sales and anticipation excitement. The UD belts will get a new meaning. Cause when you're champ, you're not just the Champ anymore. You reached a new level. A level in which you're able to face a larger scale of opponents than without it.

For example, RAW has the Undertaker, Austin and the Rock. SmackDown has Triple H, Kevin Nash and Kane. Now, Nash in a feud with Kane, defeats him. Then moves on to Triple H. After a big feud, he defeats him too, becoming the UD Champ. That provides him with more challenges, for he'll now be able to defend it against the Undertaker. When the Taker wins it, Nash won't be able to face Austin until he regains the title. So in other words, the whole thing is gonna look like one big game. When you beat level 1, you get to face the difficulties in level 2. When it's game over, you have to start all over again.

But because we aren't used to that kind of playing, it'll be a little getting used to. We might not even like it one bit. I dunno. We'll see, I guess.

ZackMack

my initial reaction is that this is gonna suck, BIG TIME!!!
but i can understand all the good things that people have listed in this thread. i just think it will limit possible matches and how the hell can they build up fueds between people from different groups when they cant even go near each other until the PPV. i hope the WWF knows what they are doing because this is a HUGE gamble, and could result and the ratings absolutely plummeting straight down. i have yet to come across anyone who is totally behind this idea, and usually fans get really excited about major storylines, but this one just doesn't excite me at all, infact it worries me a bit, but hey if i'm wrong then i'll admit it.

MMB

They say they'll divide the roster in 2 and that they won't be able to switch from Raw to Smackdown anymore ... well so what ???

Rules are made to be broken ...

PapRoach123

Good point John. Anything can happen in the WWF...


I'm not 100% sure either. I understand where you're coming from. It's quite risky. I hope they won't screw it up.

MMB

Certainly

With the nWo rules are of no use ... cause they make their own rules

And then Stone Cold ... well he doesn't even know the meaning of the word 'rule'