The biggest mistake with rosters

[eCo]

I am all for the draft just to let everyone know. During the Vince v/s Flair times the roster was well balanced. However once the GM times came Raw became overbalanced. When top superstars from Smackdown! such as HHH and Jericho went to Raw, that show had more big names. Then came along Steiner, and Goldberg who were also on Raw. One year ago Raw had Goldberg, Nash, HHH, HBK, Orton, Flair, Batista, Stiener, RVD, Kane, Brooker T, The Rock and Stone Cold, while Smackdown! had Kurt Angle, Beniot, Eddie, Cena, Rey, Brock and Cena. Raw had a surplus of big names while Smackdown! had a surplus of emerging talent.

This to me was a mistake, mainly at the expense of Smackdown! The WWE put so much trust in the wrong individuals on Smackdown! Hulk Hogan left because he wasn't sadisfied with the WM19 payoff. Later on Brock left! well at least Smackdown! has Kurt Angle, but wait he was on an injury. So the WWE was desperate and they made a gamble giving Bradshaw a heel push and making him JBL. After WM20 Raw was just more perfered than Smackdown! Raw had entertaining gimmicks and fun storylines while Smackdown! had Kurt as a GM, and Rene Dupree bouncing around with a poodle. At first it seemed like a good idea to put so much interest into Brock and Kurt, but it totally backfired.

Superstars on Raw were also negatively affected by this. When Raw had a surplus of big names many superstars who were main eventers were pulled down to the mid card league. Jericho coming to Raw seriously hurt his career. Because of that he was always the pick of the litter. He always fueded with the leftover face who was a big name such as HBK on WM19, Goldberg at Bad Blood, and the fued with Nash during the elimination chamber times. Brooker T also suffered, Goldberg coming to Raw virtually screwed his career. Not only he lost his chance to become the world heavyweight champion at WM19 but also he was pulled into the mid card league.

I just think that it was a mistake to have both brands become unbalanced.

[shinnstheory]

Personally, I never agreed with split brands to begin with.

You're right. It is hugely unbalanced.

[Cactus]

They need to sit down and find the correct balance for the 2 brands and as a side note they need to use the CW division better

[Scream]

They def need to balance the rosters. It almost seems like Vince is pushing Smackdown as a rival to Raw. I read somewhere that Vince was pissed that Smackdown beat Raw in ratings one week. Personally I liked it better when they wrestled on both shows BUT i do think it gives Eddie Guerrero, Cena, Booker etc. better opportunities. Except what happened with RVD???

[eCo]

I personally believe in the draft. I liked the draft because it seemed like both shows were seperate companies. This is why I think the two greatest GMs were Eric Bischoff and Stephanie McMahon because they were competative against each other. I was hoping that the WWE would spend the money in making names for both of the shows rather than naming them after the show. I have nothing against the draft I just think the draft was done inproperly. On Smackdown! they put so much invesent into Brock and out of the blue he left. Other big names Smackdown! relied on such as Angle and The Big Show had injuries which left them dry on big names. Thats why they got so desperate with the JBL push, it was a gamble and an act of desperation.

One of the worst nights of lately was when Kurt Angle became GM. It was beyond me why they lead the fans on how HHH was going to Smackdown! I still can't figure out why they lead the fans on like that. I also think that both RVD and Brooker T should be on different shows because they are both faces that could be big names, instead of jamming them together as tag team partners. I am glad that Brooker T is heel again because that is what Smackdown! needs.

[LK]

I liked the idea of the regular draft with Vince and Flair, but the draft lottery was really horrible, like 6 superstars got switched, oh my god! I think everyone, but the champs, should of been freed, then have a regular draft.

[eCo]

Yeah that really let the fans down. I was hoping for some "new era" but it didn't happen. The re-draft really was a huge let down. The part that annoyed me the most was how HHH was sent right back to Raw after leading the fans on and all.

[LK]

I was happy with Triple H going to SD!, but I was really dissapointed when the dudleys and Booker got traded for him, it would of got a lot of ratings for SD!.

[KillerSundin (Formerly HBK)]

I agree with Little Kokirin 100%

[LK]

Thank you hbk!