If you took over WWE tomorrow...

[Ricky]

Who would be on your RAW show? Who would be on your SmackDown show? Who would you sign to WWE?

First off all, I'd bring back a few superstars to broaden the roster and try to make them as equal as possible.

Jeff Hardy, Chris Jericho, MVP (as a heel), and Colt Cabana. Also, I'd bring Mr. Kennedy back and put him in a long program with Orton stemming from their real life problems.

Next, I'd do everything I could to sign the biggest name to have never wrestler in WWE....Sting. Sting versus Undertaker would be a huge draw and a great way to cap off these two legends careers.

I'd release the dead weight of the WWE and guys I don't see a future in. Maybe one day these guys will prove me wrong but Ted DiBiase, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Drew McIntyre, Ezekiel Jackson, JTG, Mason Ryan, and Yoshi Tatsu would be nonexistent in my WWE Universe. Plus, I need to make room for the new talent anyway.

SmackDown would be moved LIVE to Tuesday on USA Network. To make sure the people know how big the move is...none other then John Cena will move to SmackDown. In return, Undertaker returns to RAW before his career ends and the program he works with Sting will make up for it to any upset fan about Cena's RAW departure.

My RAW roster would look like-

The Undertaker
CM Punk
Triple H
The Miz
Chris Jericho
Sting
Daniel Bryan
Jeff Hardy
Zack Ryder
Dolph Ziggler
Wade Barrett
Colt Cabana
Brodus Clay
Kane
MVP
Skip Sheffeild
Tyson Kidd
Alex Riley
Evan Bourne
Kofi Kingston

I really think with CM Punk, Hardy, Miz, Ziggler, Ryder, and Jericho could hold RAW together and bring something new to the table. Also having Triple H, Taker, and Sting there make things interesting as well as something brand new. Imagine Taker/Sting, Sting/HHH, Punk/Hardy 2011, Taker/Ziggler, Jericho/Ziggler, Ziggler/Ryder, Byan/Jericho, Jericho/Punk, Punk/Bryan. Lots of new feuds and matches.

My SmackDown roster-

John Cena
Randy Orton
Cody Rhodes
Sheamus
Alberto Del Rio
Rey Mysterio
Mr. Kennedy
R-Truth
Mark Henry
Christian
AJ Styles
Big Show
Jack Swagger
Justin Gabriel
David Otunga
Sin Cara
Jimmy Uso
Jey Uso
Primo
Epico
Hunico

SmackDown had to get beefed up. It got Cena, Mysterio, Del Rio, Kennedy, Styles, and R-Truth to help even things out. I think it opens the way for a lot of never before seen feuds such as Cena/Rhodes, Mysterio/Sheamus, Orton/Truth, Mysterio/Styles, Christian/Styles (in WWE atleast). Also, I'd align Del Rio with a stable consisting of Rosa, Epico, Primo, and Hunico.

 

[MarcoMarquez]

Well I would hire a new creative team, get rid of the PG era, Change the entrances,send a couple guys down to FCW and repackage them. Expand my company into untapped wrestling markets, reinvent the tag-team and bring back a hardcore and cruiser weight division but as far as rosters go I would keep them the way they are now except turn Smackdown into my A show simply because of how much better it's doing than Raw right now I would also bring in WWE superstars sort of like a 3rd show for the unseen wrestlers but put them on TV and also reduce the number on pay-per-views.... just my toughts

 

[wrestlemaniac]

Had to comment just because of the title.. i'd probably be done watching wrestling if this were to happen. I really only have watched the last 10min of raw for the most part of the last 2 years...started to watch it again during punk/cena angle which they dropped the ball. so yea i'd probably be done with wrestling unless ROH was actually on a national network (dont get it here). I'm so not willing to pay to watch ROH on a damn laptop

 

[terrylee]

You make it sound so easy... As if with a snap of his fingers, Vince McMahon could do the same thing you could and is just choosing not to. They tried to get Sting. He didn't want to come. Why would he join if you came in? Would you offer him a ton of money? Then you're an idiot for wasting money on a wrestler close to retirement.

You wanna bring back Hardy? Well good luck - you'll probably need to get rid of the wellness program, one of the few great things about the WWE. You wanna get in Kennedy? Good luck with that happening, considering that Orton won't want to work with a guy that nearly killed him - don't get me wrong, personal problems into storylines can work (i.e. Edge & Lita vs. Hardy), but when it comes down to working with someone that has nearly severely injured you in the past, and could do it again, do you think Orton would want to do that?

Furthermore, the Undertaker only has a few more matches left in his tank - do you think he'd be willing to go full time as one of the faces of the Raw brand? If you want him to work just one program with Sting, then your whole "Undertaker replaces Cena" plan is pointless since once the feud is over, he'd retire.

I love Colt Cabana, but just because CM Punk mentioned him doesn't make him this huge star. He's a talented wrestler, but he's nothing incredible. Furthermore, the only people that'd know who he is would only make up a tiny percentage of the WWE's audience - most of the people would go "Who is he..?" or say "Hey! It's Scotty Goldman!".

The WWE doesn't need to sign any of these people, or bring any of them back. They already have great young talents in FCW more than ready to step up into the big time - Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Richie Steamboat, Cesaro...

You're daydreaming, buddy. And it's not even realistic daydreaming.

 

[wrestlemaniac]

then again...I guses i could go back to watchin AAA or CMLL since i get those on tv, i mean that's how I got into watching wrestling in the 1st place

 

[SickJames]

If I took over WWE tomorrow, I'd go Attitude Resurrection Era


Smackdown! would be equal to Raw and live as you said, Sting would also be my top signing priority to face Taker in their final match at Mania, that is the best way.


I would rehire Trish, Lita, Melina, Sable, Mickie James, Sunny and try to get back Miss Tessmacher from TNA. I would also hire Chyna back and any other former Divas I could get my hands on and take the division back where it use to be and elevate the new girls with it. But the first thing would be to bring Naomi Knight, their best Diva going today, up on the main roster fro, FCW

Trish would shock the world by winning the WWE Championship and the Divas would be competing with the guys on equal grounds and it wouldnt be so forbidden as it is today

Deathmatches would be allowed in WWE if I ran it and there'd be no match we wouldnt do

I would bring back The Godfather and all his old hos as well as new hos and a new pimp and have a Pimp War on Raw

There would be an all Divas show on Thursday nights for 1 hour and 30 minutes and Heat would come back on Sunday nights, live though.

FCW would be gotten rid of altogether, we would take from all indy promotions equally and have no sole base for training, why not bring ppl from all over on the road with us so they can get use to that life and just have them perform on Friday nights.

Saturday night would feature a recap show of everything Raw & SD! so we dont have to keep running recaps during the actual shows with overkill when we could be doing better things. And back to the days where a guy could be cutting a promo in the south left corner of the screen as another wrestler makes his or her entrance


Back to Bra & Panties Matches, Blood, and REAL Hardcore Wrestling being okay, blood doesnt have to ooze every week, but HIAC wont be cheesy and Divas will be able to be sexy and great wrestlers like in Trish and Lita's time and the specialty bouts wont be light hardcore wrestling at all like we get at times



WrestleMania will be 5 hours and every 10th (WM 30, 40, 50 etc) will be 10 hours


Along with Rock/Cena I'd try hard to book Hogan/Austin, Sting/Taker, Bret/Angle (whatever we could get out of it), Shane/HHH (for control of WWE), Goldust/Cody (Career vs Title) w/Dusty as special guest referee, Rey/Sin Cara, Trish/Lita (WWE title), Melina/Naomi (60 minute Iron Woman Divas title bout), Chyna/Beth, Y2J/CM Punk, Henry/Bryan (World title), Orton/Kane, Sheamus/Ziggler/Ryder/Del Rio (US title), Show/Shaq, Sable/Sunny/Kelly Kelly vs Natalya/Kharma,Tamina, Miz/Mankind, Air Boom/Usos/New Age Outlaws/Head Bangers (Tag Titles) and I personally would try to get Mayweather/Pacquaio on the card and ensure a great buyrate and have a 8 hour Mania for WM28 and make it the biggest WrestleMania of all time and top it at WM30


Stephanie would be back on TV all the time on both shows. Edge would be GM of Smackdown! Vickie would be GM of Raw and their history would make for a nice brand vs brand warfare until a match between their stars at SS in November 2012 sees Vickie lose her position and HBK take over as Raw GM

John Cena would lose cleanly more often and not touch a world title for 5 years so that it means something and really is a moment the next time he does and wouldnt main event a Mania for a while

Jericho would at some point hold the WWE title for 2 years straight and get beaten by an up and comer

Drew McIntyre would become a World Champ within a month and lead a Kliq-like stable with three guys, maybe Drew/Alberto/Otunga and McGullicutty (with his real name)

Hornswoggle would be fired and we'd replace him with Bridget The Midget

Muhammad Hassan would be brought back and win a World title and dominate with an arab faction

I'd bring back Ariel under Gangrel and a brand new Vampire, hell maybe Drew McIntyre as a vampire

Bischoff vs Vince in a match would finally occur




Raw brand:
The Rock
Triple H
CM Punk
Chris Jericho
Randy Orton
The Undertaker
Kane
Kurt Angle
Trish
Lita
Melina
Naomi
Alicia Fox
Mickie James
Michelle McCool
The Sandman
X-Pac
Road Dogg
Mr. Ass
Muhammad Hassan
Wade Barrett
Drew McIntyre
Ariel
Gangrel
The Miz
Mankind
Otunga
Alberto
Michael McGullicutty
Ted DiBiase
Jimmy Uso
Jay Uso
Jack Swagger
Cody Rhodes
The Godfather
The Godfather's Hos



SD! brand:
Stone Cold
Hulk Hogan
John Cena
Ric Flair
Bret Hart
Jeff Hardy
Matt Hardy
Alex Riley
Sting
Chyna
Beth
Kharma
Sable
Sunny
Kelly Kelly
Eve
Layla
Winter
Tamina
Rosa
Daniel Bryan
Kofi Kingston
Mosh
Thrasher
Mr. Kennedy
Big Show
Mark Henry
Tyson Kidd
Natalya Hart
Sheamus
Sin Cara
Rey Mysterio
Unico
Epico
Primo
Justin Gabriel
Jinder Mahal
R-Truth
Christian
MVP
Carlito
Mordecai



Not brand exclusive:
Vince
Steph
Shane






I would have Punk and Angle in an incredible feud putting on excellent 5 stars classic wrestling matches through SummerSlam 2012




PPVs would be

Jan- Royal Rumble

Feb- No Way Out (with the Elimination Chamber Matches thing kept going)

March- none

April- WrestleMania

May- Extreme Rules

June- KOTR

July- MITB

Aug- SummerSlam

Sept- Cyber Sunday

Oct- TLC

Nov- Survivor Series

Dec- Revelations (new PPV)

 

[mrpops]

1. I would either fire half the roster on both shows, send them all to FCW, or they can stay but only do house shows and get no TV time unless they are jobbing to the wrestlers that are actually good. Hey...actually that sounds like what wwe does now anyway....LOL.

2. Id fire Kevin nash. Freaking useless. Horrible on the mic. Only has a job because he plays butt pirates with HHH and can suck a mean dick. Seriously CM punk was 100% right. Nash has one of the shittest careers in wrestling history yet this asswad has this huge ego like hes some hot shit. Hes not.

3. Enforce the wellness policy for the top stars. This means people like john cena will have to stop using steroids, get suspended without pay. He needs to learn his lesson. I dont care if hes the top star. He's killing himself with all those drugs.

4. Give the wrestlers more time off and give them better contract deals. These guys are killing themselves out there 5 days a week. Thats not healthy. They deserve more time off to heal and more time to see their familys.

WWE NEEDS to do this. If WWE/vince wasnt such a prick we would still have wrestling greats like Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle. Why not just let them work once a week? They cant handle the brutal 5 day 24/7 on the road break your back lifestyle. Why does HHH, shawn, taker, Jericho etc get special treatment but not kurt and brock? WWE dropped the ball on this and it needs to change.

 

[cmedge]

I'd bring up some of the talented superstars from FCW. I'd take away the PG rating but I'd still have some of the same rules from the PG rulings like no chairshots to the head and a few incorporated ideas. I'd make Smackdown be a live show and have it on Tuesdays or Thursdays instead of Fridays. I'd hire a new creative team to try to create edgier stories and gimmicks. I'd try to create innovative ideas for a fresher product, rebirth to the tag division, rebirth to the divas division. Make the Intercontential and US Titles prestigious (Dolph and Cody are doing a great job though). I'd turn John Cena heel and properly build up Alex Riley, Jack Swagger, David Otunga, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, The Miz, Wade Barrett, Brodus Clay, Alberto Del Rio and a few other talented upcoming stars to be the FUTURE.

 

[reed214]

i would seperate the brands and send cena down to fcw for a few months to learn how to wrestle and give pushes to guys that can be great in the ring. take away some of the ppv's so there isn't one every two weeks, but bring back clash of the champions (and leave the ramp to go right to the ring)...loved that to happen twice a year on cable,and SNME a few times. i would sit down with my creative team and have the next few months planned out so raw wouldnt be re-written 5 times. i would purchase ROH to have another developmental territory along with having deals with companies in japan to get a better product.

i would sign john morrison to a 10 year deal and let him take a hbk time off (minus the rehab) with pay.and then give him a long run with a world title b/c he can have a HBK-like '96 run with the belt with a match against punk at wrestlemania. i would actually encourage the lightened schedule for older wrestlers and guys that went to tna b/c of it. the big names need to stay in the big company. i would keep cena out of the main event picture and have him push the young heels to the next level. i would go after some of my favs (RVD, Shelton, Brian Kendrick) and give them pushes with titles b/c i will be a little selfish.

that is all i have for right now, but michael cole (and others) are lucky this couldn't happen b/c he would be fired...(wwe ruined what could have been interesting...it is rediculous that his character is still going on when it is way too obvious they have no clue what the f they are doing)...id fire all the creative people they have now...and re-hire freddie prinze jr...just to fire him....

 

[kidmetal24]

If I were to take over WWE I would first eliminate the PG era of wrestling because its stupid and senseless. I would have Teddy Long work behind the scenes because don't like him. Holla at that playa. Then bring back the King of the Ring. Give it some prestige and the winner would challenge the champion of his choosing at Summer Slam. Bring back JR and send Cole anywhere else. Turn Cena heel and see what happens. Most people hate him anyway so its worth the experiment. Next I'd have to beg Jericho to come back to give the people the Punk vs Jericho match they deserve. Next I would build up Ziggler, Rhodes, and Barrett to main event. Then let Taker go. He can't go like other guys and I think Taker is the face of SD! and he needs to be there doing something. Fire Johnny Ace and bring back Edge as the Raw GM. Give Zack Ryder the US Title and let him run with it. WE NEED WWE ICE CREAM BARS!!! Fuck Twitter. It needed to be said at some point. Start having 2 or more Survivor Series elimination matches. Quit putting over R Truth. the TRUTH is, Ron Killings is a terrible wrestler, has violated wellness policies, and has had his moment. Little Jimmy was funny. Congrats Truth, you are 1 step above Santino. Sign talent from TNA like Samoa Joe, Velvet Sky, and Gunner. TNA wont give them the push that they are capable of so why not capitalize on it. Tons more ideas but cant type them all. Those are just a few.

 

[Jamey]

If I took over WWE tomorrow, I'd go Attitude Resurrection Era


Smackdown! would be equal to Raw and live as you said, Sting would also be my top signing priority to face Taker in their final match at Mania, that is the best way.


I would rehire Trish, Lita, Melina, Sable, Mickie James, Sunny and try to get back Miss Tessmacher from TNA. I would also hire Chyna back and any other former Divas I could get my hands on and take the division back where it use to be and elevate the new girls with it. But the first thing would be to bring Naomi Knight, their best Diva going today, up on the main roster fro, FCW

Trish would shock the world by winning the WWE Championship and the Divas would be competing with the guys on equal grounds and it wouldnt be so forbidden as it is today

Deathmatches would be allowed in WWE if I ran it and there'd be no match we wouldnt do

I would bring back The Godfather and all his old hos as well as new hos and a new pimp and have a Pimp War on Raw

There would be an all Divas show on Thursday nights for 1 hour and 30 minutes and Heat would come back on Sunday nights, live though.

FCW would be gotten rid of altogether, we would take from all indy promotions equally and have no sole base for training, why not bring ppl from all over on the road with us so they can get use to that life and just have them perform on Friday nights.

Saturday night would feature a recap show of everything Raw & SD! so we dont have to keep running recaps during the actual shows with overkill when we could be doing better things. And back to the days where a guy could be cutting a promo in the south left corner of the screen as another wrestler makes his or her entrance


Back to Bra & Panties Matches, Blood, and REAL Hardcore Wrestling being okay, blood doesnt have to ooze every week, but HIAC wont be cheesy and Divas will be able to be sexy and great wrestlers like in Trish and Lita's time and the specialty bouts wont be light hardcore wrestling at all like we get at times



WrestleMania will be 5 hours and every 10th (WM 30, 40, 50 etc) will be 10 hours


Along with Rock/Cena I'd try hard to book Hogan/Austin, Sting/Taker, Bret/Angle (whatever we could get out of it), Shane/HHH (for control of WWE), Goldust/Cody (Career vs Title) w/Dusty as special guest referee, Rey/Sin Cara, Trish/Lita (WWE title), Melina/Naomi (60 minute Iron Woman Divas title bout), Chyna/Beth, Y2J/CM Punk, Henry/Bryan (World title), Orton/Kane, Sheamus/Ziggler/Ryder/Del Rio (US title), Show/Shaq, Sable/Sunny/Kelly Kelly vs Natalya/Kharma,Tamina, Miz/Mankind, Air Boom/Usos/New Age Outlaws/Head Bangers (Tag Titles) and I personally would try to get Mayweather/Pacquaio on the card and ensure a great buyrate and have a 8 hour Mania for WM28 and make it the biggest WrestleMania of all time and top it at WM30


Stephanie would be back on TV all the time on both shows. Edge would be GM of Smackdown! Vickie would be GM of Raw and their history would make for a nice brand vs brand warfare until a match between their stars at SS in November 2012 sees Vickie lose her position and HBK take over as Raw GM

John Cena would lose cleanly more often and not touch a world title for 5 years so that it means something and really is a moment the next time he does and wouldnt main event a Mania for a while

Jericho would at some point hold the WWE title for 2 years straight and get beaten by an up and comer

Drew McIntyre would become a World Champ within a month and lead a Kliq-like stable with three guys, maybe Drew/Alberto/Otunga and McGullicutty (with his real name)

Hornswoggle would be fired and we'd replace him with Bridget The Midget

Muhammad Hassan would be brought back and win a World title and dominate with an arab faction

I'd bring back Ariel under Gangrel and a brand new Vampire, hell maybe Drew McIntyre as a vampire

Bischoff vs Vince in a match would finally occur




Raw brand:
The Rock
Triple H
CM Punk
Chris Jericho
Randy Orton
The Undertaker
Kane
Kurt Angle
Trish
Lita
Melina
Naomi
Alicia Fox
Mickie James
Michelle McCool
The Sandman
X-Pac
Road Dogg
Mr. Ass
Muhammad Hassan
Wade Barrett
Drew McIntyre
Ariel
Gangrel
The Miz
Mankind
Otunga
Alberto
Michael McGullicutty
Ted DiBiase
Jimmy Uso
Jay Uso
Jack Swagger
Cody Rhodes
The Godfather
The Godfather's Hos



SD! brand:
Stone Cold
Hulk Hogan
John Cena
Ric Flair
Bret Hart
Jeff Hardy
Matt Hardy
Alex Riley
Sting
Chyna
Beth
Kharma
Sable
Sunny
Kelly Kelly
Eve
Layla
Winter
Tamina
Rosa
Daniel Bryan
Kofi Kingston
Mosh
Thrasher
Mr. Kennedy
Big Show
Mark Henry
Tyson Kidd
Natalya Hart
Sheamus
Sin Cara
Rey Mysterio
Unico
Epico
Primo
Justin Gabriel
Jinder Mahal
R-Truth
Christian
MVP
Carlito
Mordecai



Not brand exclusive:
Vince
Steph
Shane






I would have Punk and Angle in an incredible feud putting on excellent 5 stars classic wrestling matches through SummerSlam 2012




PPVs would be

Jan- Royal Rumble

Feb- No Way Out (with the Elimination Chamber Matches thing kept going)

March- none

April- WrestleMania

May- Extreme Rules

June- KOTR

July- MITB

Aug- SummerSlam

Sept- Cyber Sunday

Oct- TLC

Nov- Survivor Series

Dec- Revelations (new PPV)

hired.

 

[King of the Words]

If I took over the WWE tomorrow this is what I would do.

#1. Make RAW R Rated or what ever it was rated back in the Attitude Era.

#2. Make Smackdown the PG show lead by John Cena, Rey, Big Show, all the kid loving wrestlers.

#3. I would do my best to get Austin to be the Raw Gm and Hulk Hogan as SD Gm. because they would represent their respected shows great and they also would draw huge ratings from grown up and Kids.

#4. Basically, Raw is the adult show and Smackdown would be the kids show.

#5. I'd split the roster and put each where they would be best suited. Punk, Orton, Kane, etc.. to lead Raw.

I would have 12 PPV's a year as follows...

January, Interpromotional Royal Rumble,

February, Raw ppv,

March, SD ppv,

April, Interpromotional Wrestlemania,

May, Raw ppv,

June, SD ppv,

July, Raw ppv,

August, INT. Summer Slam,

September, SD ppv,

October, Raw ppv,

November, INT. Survivor Series. Every year Raw brand would battle SD brand in a Traditional Survivor Series 5 on 5 Elimination Tag match, for bragging rights.

December SD. ppv.

So, it would be 4 Raw ppv`s a year and 4 SD ppv`s a year, and 4 Interpromotional ppv`s a year which would have a bit from both shows. I`d offer a 1 free PPV each year. One year it would be a Raw ppv and the next year it would be a SD ppv, and so on....

6. I`d have King and Foley as the raw commentators, and J.R. and Jessy Ventura as the SD comentators.

7. Cole would become a Heel manager, Run a group with Miz as the leader.

8. Rater R Heavyweight Title on Raw along with Hardcore title, Divas title, and a Tag Title.

9. PG Heavyweight Title on SD along with INC. title, Cruserweight title, and a Tag title.

10. Hogan and Austin would finally have a match at Mania, even if it is a 10 minute lame street fight with Vince as referee.

11. I`d get the best talent I could afford to get and make sure everyone on each roster has an important purpose on the shows.

12. I`d have a free for all match before every ppv.

13. To keep things interesting, I`d switch wrestlers from one brand to the other at the proper times.

14. Most importantly, I`d do my best to keep things fresh. I`d give adults and kids exactly what they want as much as possible.

A lot of this sounds pretty far fetched, I know. But I would love to see the two brands have different ratings so it`s something for everyone and not the smashed together clusterfuck product that it is today.

 

[bb0i8o8]

Get rid of the the roster split, put all wrestlers on on both shows none of this raw brand smackdown brand.

 

[Ricky]

^^ Too much talent too just have one brand and one world title.

I'd like to see Karen Jarrett General Manager of SmackDown. I find her so hot...I'd love to see her in WWE that little ho

 

[Nate DaMac]

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