If Vince gave you full Control of Smackdown what would you do?

[quink987]

if Vince turned around and hired you as GM and gave you full control where you could hire anyone change the style add titles or get rid of titles , fire people basiclly do whatever you wanted what you do?

.you can either sign someone from TNA just 1! or
.Rehire an non-active wrestler but who can still wrestler and put on 4-5 star match are just allowed! (Austin,Rock,HBK,HHH belong to raw)
. Booker T can become an Active Wrestler fulltime if you choose!!
.Kevin Nash is classed as a non active wrestler so its up to you!
.if you bring a top talent from Raw you must either Transfer one of your top talents or trade 3 mid carders!
.you can sign 2 people from ROH and the independent circuit if you want!

(for the record lets be honest here i dont want people saying im going to hire all the main event guys and the most popular guys because that would work lets be honest lets make this as real as possible!)

fire

Heath Slater ( the guy is shit)
JTG (he isnt that good as a singles guy)
Tyler Reks ( even thou i like him i dont really see a future in the WWE)

Transfer to raw transfer from Raw to smackdown
Kofi Kingston Evan Bourne
Kane Tyson Kidd
Big Show Sheamus
EZekiel Jackson Mason Ryan
Edge (because ive got Kurt Angle)


From TNA
Kurt Angle (his contract is up in August so fingers crossed)

from ROH
Chris Hero
I would push Sheamus as the only monster on Smackdown and have feud with Undertaker over a 6 month period.

I would put Sheamus, Drew Mcintyre, Wade Barrett, Mason Ryan as a stable because all of them are from the countrys which make up the UK.

I would have kurt Angle, Alberto Del Rio, Christan, Rey Mysterio, Wade Barrett, Drew Mcintyre, Jack Swagger feud through out the year with each other over the World title some great possible matches there.

I would turn the way the IC title matches are into the style of cruiserwieghts fast paced matches with loads of spots and high flying moves.
in this i would have Sin Cara, Evan Bourne, Tyson Kidd, Cody Rhodes, Chris Hero, Drew Mcintyre, Justin Gabriel, Trent Barreta

what would you do?

 

[DForce]

There is a simple way to solve all problems in prowrestling and it's something that TNA should consider. The great solution is the tournament. If I had full control of Smackdown, the first thing I'd do is establish myself as a heel authority figure; then, I'd strip everyone of his or her title; lastly, I'd set up tournaments for those titles.

Naturally, throughout the course of the tournaments, I'd have feuds start. As for younger superstars, or other superstars with potential, who have never gotten proper recognition, I'd establish them throughout the tournament by having them do all sorts of surprising things, like upsets and interferences. The tournaments would last a year and culminate at Wrestlemania, but in the meanwhile, on the show, I'd let feuds play out that were started during the tournament. I'd have bracketed matches on the show as well, but I'd save the more exciting tournament matches for PPVs. That's it; whatcha' think?

 

[rkofan2010]

Fire
- Rosa Mendez
- Hornswoggle

Ban from smackdown! -
MICHAEL COLE

Trade
Alberto del rio - Randy Orton
Kane - Sheamus

From TNA
- AJ Styles

Booker T will wrestle

Longer diva's matches and better storylines for the divas
Bring back the women's championship

NO ONE FROM RAW IS ALLOWED OVER! THIS WILL BE JUST LIKE THE BEGINNING OF THE DRAFT! STAY ON YOUR OWN BRAND

 

[G-ram026]

- I would also put Sheamus, Barrett, McIntyre and Ryan together and have them take over smackdown and have Sheamus WOrld Champ Barrett IC and Ryan and McIntyre Tag champs.

- I would bring back the Cruiserweight title and make that a both show title and have a big tournament for it including Bourne, Kidd, Gabriel, JTG, Chavo, Mysterio, Sin Cara (debut), Kaval who i would re-hire and any other cruiserweight i missed.

- I would bring back Haas and Benjamin and Hire the MCMG, and have Edge and Christian Reunite and really bring a huge role for the tag division.

- Another couple of people i would bring back is Vance Archer and Sean O'Haire (Last i heard he is now a personal bodyguard) and put them in a group with Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks. Make them a group who is Nexus like but guys who feel they never get the respect they deserve.

 

[mikead]

Theres two things I would consider.
1. Bring over a big guy or two to feud over the WHC. Triple H if hes still wrestling after WM, or Orton, maybe CM Punk. Have the top guys of the company battling for the WHC, and have some real battles over the IC title. Ted DiBiase, Sheamus, Morrison. Make the IC title a true prize, maybe even have HHH go for it. Bring back the Cruiserweight belt and do the same with that. Make the unified tag titles a real title on both brands and have the champs go back and forth. From time to time there will be a tag tournament on either brand to get a title shot.

The problem with this is there isn't a whole lot of Top tier guys right now. On Raw you have Cena, Punk, Orton, and I guess Miz. I wont count HHH here. On Smackdown you really only have Edge, and I hope Del Rio after WM. I won't count Big Show or Kane here because they aren't used in a high main event capacity and I won't count the Undertaker because he is off and on, deservingly so.

Now I am not saying that there is not talent that deserves to be in the Main Event, I am just saying that this is how it is right now.

Because of that I propose:

2. Treat it like a good premier/championship Soccer League. There is no "brand" but instead levels. There are superstar rankings, and if you are below a certain level you are on Smackdown, above it on RAW, if you are in a third category you are on Superstars or whatever third show there is.

Imagine the Storyline. With Sheamus right now, he loses, gets demoted, and a fresh guy from Smackdown who is hot comes up. Sheamus/Miz/Morrison (it can be anyone) has to work his way back up after being demoted. In European Soccer leagues a team will bust their tail the last two games of the season if they are on the bubble for being demoted, for their fans, for the extra money, and to remain at a high level of competition. It could be interesting in the short term.

I think it would go along way to put over all of the talent that is in the middle. Cena will need a vacation at some point, and its unclear whether Miz is over with everyone. If Edge retires, you can't just have CM Punk and Orton there at the top, theres got to be more. The talent is there, I think this is a way to get more people over and in the spotlight.

 

[stmarks2002]

First and Foremost, I would:

Trade For:
CM Punk, Jomo, Sheamus, Tyson Kidd, Evan Bourne, Daniel Bryan, Melina, Zack Ryder, Maryse

Release/Trade Away:
Kane, Slater, Reks, JTG, Khali, Hornswoggle, and others who I can't seem to remember at the moment

Raid TNA for:
Beer Money, MCMG, Angle, AJ Styles, TBP

Creative/GM:
Heyman, Ross

Announce Team:
Lawler, Joey Styles, Booker T

Titles Brought Back/Added:
Cruiserweight, Women's, Tag Team, TV

Interviewers:
Coach, Joel Gertner

First PPV:

Heavyweight Title (Elimination Chamber)
Punk, Sheamus, Barrett, Jomo, Edge, Angle

IC Title (Battle Royal)
McIntyre, Kofi, Christian, ADR, AJ Styles

Cruiserweight Title (Ladder Match)
Kidd, Bourne, Daniel Bryan, Gabriel

Tag Team Title
Beer Money, MCMG

TV Title (Fatal 4 Way)
Ryder, Cody Rhodes, Mysterio, Swagger

Womens Title (Battle Royal)
Laycool, Phoenix, Natalya, Melina, Maryse, TBP, Awesome Kong


After the PPV, the creative ball will roll!!!!!!

 

[Ricky]

- Edge, The Undertaker, Rey Mysterio to RAW

- John Morrison, Skip Sheffeild, Daniel Bryan, & Sheamus to SmackDown

-Disband The Corre

-Fire Heath Slater.

-Bring Wade Barrett back into the World title picture.

- Bring in Alex Riley to make a name for himself and do his thing in the upper mid card

- Make Kevin Nash SmackDown's GM (in a face capacity)

- Finally give Christian the WHC title seeing how he is the only real 'seasoned veteran' on the roster (besides Big Show who has had his share of world title runs)

- Give Justin Gabriel or Daniel Bryan the IC title....let them feud with each other....incredible matches would be the result.

-Somehow write Kane off of programming where someone burns his face and he returns months later with his mask back and to seek revenge.

 

[Sohaib]

I'd bring Kurt Angle back, Sheamus as face, Walimiadir Kosolve as heel, Orton as heel, Y2J.

And most of all get rid of PG rating and turn into Rated R show!! ;p

 

[Newman]

Talents Out >

Big Show
Drew McIntyre
Rey Mysterio
and some other undercard talents

Talents In >

John Morrison
some other undercard talents
and Sheamus to an extent

Main Event Heels > Alberto Del Rio, Wade Barrett, Sheamus

Main Event Faces > Edge, Christian , Undertaker, Kane, John Morrison

Reunite Edge and Christian
Reunite The Brothers Of Destruction (it doesn't make sense but WWE succeeds in not making sense anyway)

This way the Tag Team Division would be relevant again. They can have E&C turn heel. They can have members of both teams hop back and forth around the title scene.

Alberto Del Rio is the main guy that will hold the WHC for a long long time, kind of similar to what JBL was back in 05'. He can feud with Morrison, Christian, Edge and Taker. That's the reason why I have only 3 ME heels in my list.

For me, this is the most realistic option without drafting the likes of Cena and Orton. Veterans like Edge, Christian and Taker should get people to tune in even if Taker cannot be around all the time. E&C should do the trick.

 

[iwinulose]

-well, imediately cole is banned from smackdown perminantely.
-cruiserweight championship belt is being reinstated big 10 man royal rumble, let creative decide the winner.
-i would take john morrison back and give them del rio or some other shit wrestler (cause you know, thats like mid-card trading for mid-card right?) and you know, ive morrison a big push and then give masters his overdue push and have them feud for awhile.
-put booker t into a match every now and then, maybe once every 3 or 4 weeks (just so he has variety instead of just being an announcer).
-i dont know how, or what i would do, but somehow kurt angle is returning to wwe, more specifically to smackdown.
-i would break up the corre and can wade's sorry ass.
-sorry but bye bye jtg (im just not feeling it anymore, more an uneeded pay cheque), bye ricardo.

i would call that a day.

 

[CelticCorey]

I would sign Kazarian from TNA. This guy, despite being X Division champ, doesn't get a lot of screen time unless he's with Fortune and very little match time. He deserves better treatment.

I would sign Roderick Strong and Chris Hero. Have Strong work on his mic skills and Chris Hero with a lot of wrestlers would be a good fantasy match.

No RAW. I'll just make do with what I have.

Fire

Tyler Reks (Sucks)

Kelly Kelly (brings nothing other than some cute face and a smile)

Drew McIntyre (Let him be big somewhere else. Don't wanna waste his time. McIntyre doesn't have "it" in my opinion. Or let him sign with RAW)

I would do everything I can to make the IC title worth having. Long reigns, strong booking and common defenses. Someone like a Cody Rhodes, Kazarian or Ezekiel Jackson would be perfect for this.

Get rid of the added in sound, so I can see who is really over and who isn't.

Christian, Del Rio, Edge, Sin Cara and Wade Barrett are who I focus the WHC around, with Cody coming in once he is done being a great IC champ. Maybe even Kazarian.

Definitely needs a balance of wrestling and segments. Balance it out to have something for everybody

 

[InfamouzGtBoy21]

If I was given full control of Smackdown, I would totally fix around this brand and revive it to the way it was in the the 90's and early 2000's.

Main Event Title Picture:
Alberto Del Rio
Edge
Undertaker
Wade Barrett
Jack Swagger
Rey Mysterio
Chris Jericho
Kane
Sin Cara

World Heavyweight Champion: Chris Jericho
feuds with Edge, Kane, Mysterio, Swagger, Undertaker, Wade Barret, Sin Cara.
- Good amount of veterans & new faces!

Women's Division:
Beth Phoenix
Kaitlyn
Kelly Kelly
Layla
Michelle McCool
Rosa Mendes
Natayla

Womens Champ: Natayla

Upper Midcard:
Big Show
Booker T
Kofi Kingston
Christian
Cody Rhodes

Intercontinental Champ - Christian
Feuds with Rhodes, Kingston, Big Show, Reks, Chavo.

Midcard:
Brodus Clay
Chavo Guerrero
Chris Masters
Drew McIntyre
Curt Hawkins
Ezekiel Jackson
Tyler Reks
- Brodus Clay & Jackson & Reks, monster heels.
Masters, Hawkins, Chavo are faces.

Tag Team Division:
Cryme Tyme : R-Truth, JTG or JTG and Shad Gaspard (resigned)
The Corre - Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater
Trent Baretta & Caylon Croft

- 3 Tag teams on Smackdown battling at the chance for the WWE Tag Team Champs!

 

[xStraightedgesoldierX]

okay firstly i trade edge for cm punk(cm punk mark=hes on my show)
second i hire austin aries and roderick strong from roh
from tna i hire madison rayne(duh)
i fire:michael cole,hornswaggle,jtg etc
i hire paul heyman as an helper to me
booker t wrestles

now the championship would be held by punk while mainly feuding with barrett(barrett is face and the corre is over)
ic title would be feuded over justin gabriel and austin aries to start
divas championship madison rayne vs natayla vs michelle 3 way feud
i add in another title and have strong and big zeke feud over it
the tag titles leave tht to raw

 

[hello_im_average_23]

Before i explain anything i want to make it clear that if i were running smackdown it would be back in the attitude era!

These are the things i would do, then i'll say my proposed storyline:

Trades:
I would trade Edge to RAW and bring in Randy Orton.

Booker T Is the seen GM of SmackDown, he also gets involved during the storyline

Leave Kevin Nash

Hire from TNA:
AJ Styles


The Storyline (WWE is already back in the Attitude Era, i cant be botherd to inroduce it):

Booker T is announced as the Smackdown GM 2 shows away from Summer Slam, (I am the GM obviously but to make matters simpler im having a fan favourite being the seen GM), He comes out at the beginning of the show and explains how he's going to change Smackdown and how he's going to be the best GM and how Smackdown is going to overtake RAW, Then he says that the main event is a World Title match with Smackdown's newest addition facing the (Heel) World Champion Edge for the title. Edge's music hits, he rages at Booker how it's unfair how he should have to defend the title 2 weeks before a PPV and spears him. As Edge walks away, Booker rises up and tells him that if he loses the championship then he's traded to RAW. In the main event, Edge comes out first and who's music hits but his former tag team partner, (Face) Orton comes out to a wild audience, the bell rings and Orton hits a quick RKO to become the new World Champion and send Edge packing.

The next week, Orton comes out to a standing ovation, Booker cuts him off and tells him that his match at Summer Slam will be a Steel Cage match and that his opponent for Summer Slam will be determind in a No DQ, Fatal 4 Way, Falls Count Anywhere,#1 Contender's match in the main event of the night. Booker again says that apart from Mysterio (Face), Big Show (Heel) and Kane (Heel), the other opponent is the newest member of the WWE and won't be announced untill the match. The main event arrives, the 3 wait for their final opponent to emmerge, then all of a sudden who else's but AJ Styles's music hits? The crowd go nuts and AJ wins with a massive Style-Check through the announce table on Big Show. AJ celebrates then Orton comes out and strikes AJ with the WH Title and RKO's him on the concreate floor (Orton's Heel Turn).

Summer Slam
Orton comes out to a ringing of Boo's, Styles comes out to a roar of cheers. The match see's AJ's high-flying style come into play with high risk moves off the top rope and steel cage. The match ends with a Style-Check to Orton and AJ climbing over the top of the cage to become new WH Champion.

The night After, Styles comes out and for the first time talks to the WWE Universe saying that he came to WWE for the World Title, then from out of nowhere Orton, Kane and Big Show come out of the crowd andput the ultimate beat down on Styles, putting him through the announce table and beating him with numerous objects.

The next week, Booker comes out and says how Styles is incapacitated to compete for another year, so therefore the title is forefited and a new champion will be decided in a No DQ match between Orton and the Undertaker at the next PPV.

Orton wins the match at the PPV by cheating as Big Show and Kane come out and beat down taker, ending with an RKO.

Orton retains the title for the next few months, being an ultimate heel in the process, he beats the Undertaker several times, Mysterio a few times and becomes completley hated by the fans and Booker T.

Royal Rumble
Entrance #35- AJ Styles's music hits and to the shock of everyone AJ has returned and wins the Rumble.

The next Smackdown, AJ says that he wants to challenge for Orton Title at Wrestlemania and takr revenge on Orton, Big Show and Kane for taking him out of action. Orton, Big Show And Kane come out and tell Styles that if he wants a shot at the title then he will have to beat Kane and Big Show in a handicap match at the Elimination Chamber, AJ accepts the offer and the beat down begins when Mysterio and Booker T! come out to save Styles, Mysterio 619's Kane whilst Booker takes out Big Show with a chair. Booker announces that he is going to be the special referee for Stlye's handicap match.

Elimination Chamber
Styles goes out to Fave Big Show and Kane in a handicap match, Booker pisses off the two giants by slowly counting their pins, eventually Big Show nails Booker through a table and Kane takes out Styles but when he goes for the pin, no one's there, Kane gets angry that Big Show took the ref out and Kane chock-slams the Big Show. When Kane turns around he gets nailed with a Style-Check and Booker crawls back into the ring for the 3 count.

Orton announces the next night that he wants Styles in a TLC match at Wrestlemania, again Styles accepts and the two spend the next couple of weeks getting cheap shots at eachother after their matches with Tables, Ladders and Chairs.

WrestleMania
Styles Vs Orton in A TLC match for the WH Championship. Styles exceeds in flying off the ladders at Orton but everytime someone gains momentum they get cut off with a chair shot. Orton is down by the Pyro and Shane McMahon like AJ goes to the top of the lights and drops onto Orton. The two eventually stagger back to the ring, Orton stacks 4 tables on top of eachother and lifts Styles onto the top of a ladder, Orton goes for an RKO to send Styles through the tables but out of no-where AJ counters and on top of a 20 foot ladder Style-Checks orton into the tables, AJ staggers back to the top of the ladder, grabs the title and becomes the new WH champion.

Took me an hour to write that

 

[Skairipa Matrix]

hmmm good topic first of all id fire hornswogle & JTG i c no talent in them sorry to people who r fans of them

id make a few trades with RAW:

Alberto Del Rio to raw in return for CM Punk
Kofi Kingston to raw in return for Evan Bourne
Rosa Mendes to raw in return for Melina
Big Show to raw in return for John Morrison

Booker T would wrestle and Micheal Cole would be BANNED from ever being on smackdown!

after i did all that i would have all the titles vacated,set up tournaments for all of them and the winners of the tournaments would be......
CM Punk- World Heavy Weight Title
Evan Bourne- IC Title
id leave the tag titles with Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel because i like them as a team personally. then id have Edge,Christian,John Morrison & CM Punk fueding over the WHW title and during the fued all 4 men would have the title and id end the fued at mania with a fatal 4 way match and John Morrison would walk out with the WHW title around his waist.

i would break up Lay-Cool and turn Michelle face,let her have a small fued with Layla then have them both go into the title picture which reminds me id also bring back the Womens Title! it would be up for grabs in a match between Melina,Michelle McCool,Layla,Kelly Kelly,Beth Pheniox and Rosa Mendes maybe a 6 diva elimination match with Melina winning the title after Layla screwed Michelle out of winning (to officaly end Lay-Cool and set up their fued) and id also make Corre look like a unstoppable force with Wade in the title picture,Zeke destorying bourne to win the IC title so at some point Corre would have all the sd titles besides Womens. and finally id bring in AJ Styles and have him debut at Rumble winning it!

 

[MrHashasheen]

Using your rules...

I recruit AJ Styles from TNA and Christopher Daniels from ROH as my possible outside signings.

I transfer Chris Masters, Drew McIntyre and Jack Swagger to Raw in exchange for Ted DiBiase and Sin Cara. Swagger could get a push with Cole backing him and Masters could use a mid-card title feud there.

I release Rosa Mendes, Hornswaggle, Brodus Clay, Tyler Reks, JTG, Ezekial Jackson and Heath Slater.

My new roster would look like this:

Main Event: Undertaker, Edge, Christian, Alberto Del Rio
Upper Card: Rey Mysterio, Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Sin Cara, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels
Middle Card: Ted DiBiase, Justin Gabriel, Big Show, Kane, Kofi Kingston,
Lower Card: Chavo Guerrero, Curt Hawkins, Trent Baretta,
Divas: Beth Phoenix, Kelly Kelly, Kaitlyn, Michelle McCool, Layla
Tag Teams: Edge & Christian (semi-active), Kane & Big Show, Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes (give them a new name), AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels (give them a name), Los Luchadores (Sin Cara & Rey Mysterio), and Dudebusters 2.0 (Curt Hawkins & Trent Barretta).

Booking:

Continue the Edge, Christian, Alberto Del Rio angle as the main-event storyline as Undertaker returns to rehabbing his injuries after 'Mania. Give Christian his time in the sun, hopefully.

With Slater gone, organize a tag-title tournament including Santino/Kozlov from over on Raw. The tag-teams would be Rey Mysterio/Sin Cara, Cody Rhodes/Ted Dibiase, Kane/Big Show, Justin Gabriel/Wade Barrett and the newly signed AJ Styles/Christopher Daniels.

This tournament continues and evolves the feud between Rhodes and Mysterio into a tag-team one including DiBiase and Sin Cara, the latter who feels jealous of all the hype Cara’s getting in comparison to his own debut, while Cara is backing a man he very much respects and looks up to in Mysterio. Neither team will win the belt because their feud simply doesn’t need it.

Finally, there’s the new signing of AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels, who will be the ones winning the tournament. They’re going on a long run with the belts, feuding with the face team of Kane and Show as the two giants come after them, while the new blood believe that the aging giants are past their time and need to be put down.

Kofi starts his chase of Wade Barrett, who’s interest in his recently acquired Intercontinental gold and not helping Justin Gabriel regain tag gold kills what’s left of the Corre, as Gabriel decides to take Barrett’s belt in a three-way feud.

Finally on the Divas side, McCool and Layla finally split up and have their fued, with McCool as the heel and Layla as the face. *Yawn*

There. Five feuds and a title tournament to take place post-Wrestlemania. Someone ask me to do Raw.

 

[Kermit]

I can't believe no one has mentioned the following two things.

Moving it to a different day. If the WWE switched to PG, and wants to target a primarily youthful audience, then they need to move it off of Friday. Because that is when a lot of youth will go to hang out with their friends. Thursday would be better for Smackdown.

Moving it to a different network. I mean, come on guys. Its the Sci-Fi network; they must of crapped their pants when they landed Smackdown. Smackdown needs to be on a better network that doesn't draw just geeks and weirdos.

 

[MrHashasheen]

I can't believe no one has mentioned the following two things.

Moving it to a different day. If the WWE switched to PG, and wants to target a primarily youthful audience, then they need to move it off of Friday. Because that is when a lot of youth will go to hang out with their friends. Thursday would be better for Smackdown.

Moving it to a different network. I mean, come on guys. Its the Sci-Fi network; they must of crapped their pants when they landed Smackdown. Smackdown needs to be on a better network that doesn't draw just geeks and weirdos.

.... As opposed to dumb redneck wrestling fans?

Sci-Fi's a decent network, and a change to another day is hardly needed to improve the content of Smackdown. It irrelevant, really.

 

[Kermit]

.... As opposed to dumb redneck wrestling fans?

Sci-Fi's a decent network, and a change to another day is hardly needed to improve the content of Smackdown. It irrelevant, really.

I'm not talking about improving content, i'm talking about improving ratings. Are you saying that you disagree that more kids go out on Friday than Thursday?

My real beef with Sci-Fi is that its a poor man's network. Filled with badly made Sci-Fi movies and tv shows. A network like USA has a variety of shows, and Raw commercials show up during those shows, where as Smackdown you are advertising to someone watching a gore movie. I just don't think the Sci-Fi network fits the wrestling business.

 

[MrHashasheen]

I'm not talking about improving content, i'm talking about improving ratings. Are you saying that you disagree that more kids go out on Friday than Thursday?

No, I'm not. But we're just being asked to change the roster and do things like we want. Not change the ratings or the day of showing.

My real beef with Sci-Fi is that its a poor man's network. Filled with badly made Sci-Fi movies and tv shows. A network like USA has a variety of shows, and Raw commercials show up during those shows, where as Smackdown you are advertising to someone watching a gore movie. I just don't think the Sci-Fi network fits the wrestling business.

1. It's Syfy.
2. What network does fit the wrestling business? ESPN? USA? Spike TV? Wrestling is unique in that it can be booked to appeal to any demographic, therefore it doesn't matter what network it's on.
3. Those Syfy original movies don't cost much to make, which is why they have them there to plug the schedule.