Should WWE end NXT and start up a new brand?

[osborne79]

I was thinking lately about all the wasted talent not being used and thought maybe the wwe should start up a new brand.
Features of this brand sould include:
It being taped in a tv studio rather than a massive arena, like what wcw did and tna do.
Have a championship to headline the show such as the European or US title.
Have some of the wrestlers do apperances on RAW and SMACKDOWN
Have some wrestlers appear on the new brand
It should have the commentators joey styles and jim ross
The GM could be HHH if he isnt going to wrestle anymore or some other former wrestler
The roster should be: Koslov, Christian, Jericho,Matt Hardy, R-Truth, William Regal,Ted Dibiase, Big Show, Cryme Tyme, Chavo Guerrero, and a few divas like Tiffany, Gail Kim and Maryse.
It should have long lasting rivalries.
It should be shown as a whole new concept and energy compared to raw and smackdown and not be classed as the 3rd rate show.

So what do you think about a third brand of wwe, but with a completely different feel and energy and if you could create this brand what would you do?

 

[CuddleBuns84]

I would like to see a show mainly based on Tag Team Division matches. It would be a good way to rebuild the division, and make tag team matches important for main events.

Then I would also throw in the Cruiser-weights division on the show. And that's it. It would be a good way to get the unused talent of the WWE back in TV. And also bring back a dead division, such as the Cruiser-weights could be a great thing.

That way, I won't have to worry about bad matches like John Morrison and R-truth going against Dolph Ziggler and Drew Mac for a crummy match on Raw.

And get guys like Evan Borne and Kaval more air time. Sure the third brand would only have an hour or so a week. But you can fit in a promo, and maybe three matches. Rather see the Tag Division and Light weights on a different brand. It won't get buried by the other shows due to time restraints.

 

[Tyler44]

So like ECW, but a success?

ECW was built of young stars and unused talent, and that was certainly not a good result. Now you want all new energy, with long last rivalries and not a 3rd rate show? A better solution is do that to RAW and SmackDown and improve on those. I watched the 900th episode of RAW, and in the time I began watching, there were only 2 complete matches and 1 of them consisted of some guy (sorry, don't watch as often anymore) coming down in a car and beating up Evan Bourne. You can't use and showcase all talents on a 1 show where 2:45 hours of the show consist of commercials and promos/segments..not even including how these segments are not even close to being entertaining. Your idea of a new brand is not a good one, there is already too much WWE on tv and that is barely holding on. This product as it is needs the energy, not just 1 other new brand.

 

[denny_j]

This is a great idea. After a 3rd season of NXT bring back a ECW type of show on tuesdays like it used to be. I gotta question for all of wrestlezone. Power Control or was it Power Control. because... In a "Miz" thread i was only saying that he was AWWWEEESOME in wrestling and in MTV (road rules/real world) challenges. And i was cautioned for spamming... seems like a power control problem to me.

 

[hunterXhunter21]

It being taped in a tv studio rather than a massive arena, like what wcw did and tna do.

TNA and WCW do/did this as a way to save money. I think doing so would make it look 3rd rate, which is what you said you want to say away from

Have a championship to headline the show such as the European or US title.

If you want it to be on the same level why not make it another world title. Or just call it the '3rd brand' heavyweight title

Have some of the wrestlers do apperances on RAW and SMACKDOWN
Have some wrestlers appear on the new brand

I thought ECW did this with Smackdown?

It should have the commentators joey styles and jim ross

I would like Styles to get back on TV.

The GM could be HHH if he isnt going to wrestle anymore or some other former wrestler

I don't know why people think just cause HHH took a office job he is done wrestling. I never say that bit of the story anywhere. I'm sure he can do both.

The roster should be: Koslov, Christian, Jericho,Matt Hardy, R-Truth, William Regal,Ted Dibiase, Big Show, Cryme Tyme, Chavo Guerrero, and a few divas like Tiffany, Gail Kim and Maryse.

I guess you could build the show around Jericho but with him coming and going so often it is hard to do.

It should have long lasting rivalries.

I like this idea but I think the problem with that would be the matches from this brand would have to not be on every PPV. I think if that happened it would make it look less important than the other 2 brands.

It should be shown as a whole new concept and energy compared to raw and smackdown and not be classed as the 3rd rate show.

Like I said above while doing it in a smaller sound stage would be different it would look 3rd rate.

I think trying new thing in wrestling is hard. WWE did it with NXT. TNA did it with reaction. I like the NXT idea and would like them to keep doing that. I would have the seasons be longer. Maybe 10 rookies. Also get bigger pros. Cena, HHH, Edge, Jericho and other main eventers. That way people can tune in to see this bigger stars and WWE can advance story lines also on the show.

But if they try had to make a 3rd brand I would make it a 2 hour show. Make it travel on its own. Redraft every wrestler so we get an even amount of wrestlers on each show. Give it its own world title and midcard title.

In the end I think trying to make a 3rd brand would be a bad idea. Like i said above I would just keep NXT running or even make a small ECW like brand.

 

[I_Am_Electro_Boy]

I can't really see the show being a success if it's going to be what ECW was like in it's last run. I think it needs maybe 2 or 3 top stars if it's going to be a success because it will get higher ratings with just having 2 or 3 top stars. Or you could just have it dedicated to the tag team division, I really like tag team wrestling and WWE has been suffering as of late with their tag division so making some teams, bringing in some new tag teams and having the teams they've already got (Hart Dynasty, Curt Hawkins and Vance Archer and Santino and Kozolov, sod The Usos) and having them all on one show would be pretty good. I think it would be pretty good to have it as a tag team show. Anyway I think it needs to get rid of NXT because it's boring and has been since season 2 (season 1 was pretty good).

 

[barclayteo]

i like this idea alot a few guys said some really great things such as 1 it would have to be a 2 hour show cause obviously nxt and superstars dont have enough time to build anything good and they dont make their own storylines. 2 definitly bring back the cruiserweight division. and tag division isnt so hot. and i think they could bringback the hardcore division and have random title matches.
but as 1 guy said u would need a few big stars or else not so big ratings like nxt has been doing. all in all replace the superstars show and nxt and replace them with the new brand i like the idea cause if they did do that it would be a much easier way to give the under used talent a hugh push and then they can transfer back to raw or sd without taking away time from jc or randy orton.

 

[gbaby_steve25]

Ok so heres a question for you..... In what appears to be WWE blending back into 1 brand over the next year and unifying all the titles... why on earth would they create another show for the midcarders???? While it is a good idea much like WCW Saturday Night was, the only way it would work is to use an established show already. There isnt enough time slots open for them to use. I'd say if this is the rout you want to go you would need to talk to WGN about adding an hour to superstars and take that show against TNA and then if a show thats taped half on raw and half on Smackdown tapings can beat TNA it would be a success. But the show would NOT have its own titles. It would be used to defend the intercontenental/us title. This way you can use the show to highlight your younger talent, give the mid card guys more light, leave your two main shows Raw and Smackdown for your bigger stars, make everyone happy by giving them some sort of viewership, and then not spend more money on a 5th show during the week, some weeks 6 with the ppv. And to top it off you could use two big stars to wrestle a non-title match, say Cena vs Randy Orton one week, or Edge vs Jericho one week. And you could do this every few weeks just to keep people interested.

But spending more money for a show just for midcarders when it appears that WWE is going to unify everything is, has well in better terms..... No Chance, It's Got No Chance in Hell.....

 

[Jeff]

I said this before in another thread but I think WWE should make one brand that is strictly in a TV Studio. I understand TNA does it to save money but WWE should do it for one simple reason...keep people from jumping to TNA! If people jump to TNA it is for two reasons. 1) They got cut from the WWE and in that case who cares or 2) they want a lighter schedule so they can pursue other areas such as music, MMA, acting, etc. or 3) They just do not want to travel anymore (still apart of lighter schedule though).

If WWE created a brand that was similar to TNA where it provided all these things, yet still allowed these wrestlers to be apart of the big time PPV's like WrestleMania, why would anyone want to jump ship to TNA ever again.

 

[World_Series_Attiude]

What if the WWE did a third show for the WWE Universe about the WWE Universe !

A one hour show "day in the life of a WWE Superfan" where the WWE follows around fans like us for 24 hours talking wrestling, watching wrestling, maybe even some backyard wrestlings. The WWE can also include the IWC, by doing cyber shows over skype or youtube.

What do you guys think ?

 

[SFC]

This is essentially ECW Version 2.0 (sorry Dixie). There's a reason ECW didn't work...it had no draw.

What you're saying (in theory and ignoring the fact that they may re-brand in total) would seem cool, but of the people you said, what would make me want to turn that on? I see Jericho (who may be on his way out of the company), so count him out. Is the Big Show your huge draw? Because for some reason I remember him being a draw for some other project that failed...

Anyway, what you say would be cool, and it would be a nice way of putting over some mid-carders and some tag teams, but logistically it just doesn't make sense.

 

[Jeff]

What if the WWE did a third show for the WWE Universe about the WWE Universe !

A one hour show "day in the life of a WWE Superfan" where the WWE follows around fans like us for 24 hours talking wrestling, watching wrestling, maybe even some backyard wrestlings. The WWE can also include the IWC, by doing cyber shows over skype or youtube.

What do you guys think ?

I think non wrestling WWE shows could be nice, just don't see the huge draw for them. You are focusing on strictly the hardcore wrestling fans. The casual fan would never watch it. If WWE wanted to do a non wrestling show it has to be a show that the casual audience would want to watch, something like Tough Enough or maybe a reality show that brought you into the WWE headquarters and backstage of WWE events and showed you what was going on. However this would only work if it truly showed you what was going on and not a keyfabed show. I think non wrestling fans would watch a show like that. Or even if they did a show at FCW showing the backstage stuff.

Lastly WWE will and SHOULD NEVER do a show that featured backyard wrestling. Two reasons for this. First off we all know WWE doesn't even acknowledge the fact that their is other wrestling out there nor should they. Secondly, why would the WWE want to promote to wrestle in your own backyard. They always tell people don't try this at home, so why would they make a show promoting trying it at home.

 

[mister_b1LL]

Nah, I'm actually having fun with the current season of NXT. The first episode was definitely not what I expected and I actually want to see what's gonna happen for the rest of season 3. I do hope though that NXT goes back to the old format for season 4.

If anything, I would just improve on Superstars. On occasion have a couple of main event talent show up on Superstars and have their feud spill out even onto the C show. It gives some element of surprise to those guys that still watch it and could possibly give incentive to the guys who don't.

 

[sTyLnK]

What if the WWE did a third show for the WWE Universe about the WWE Universe !

A one hour show "day in the life of a WWE Superfan" where the WWE follows around fans like us for 24 hours talking wrestling, watching wrestling, maybe even some backyard wrestlings. The WWE can also include the IWC, by doing cyber shows over skype or youtube.

What do you guys think ?

I think that would never work because you know the WWE would just focus on kids and not older people like myself. It is an interesting idea though.

As for ending NXT, I actually don't mind the show. The most important thing is you know NXT focuses on up and coming young talent and I really like that. Keep it going for as long as possible I say. When it starts to slow down maybe then switch to a new or past brand. For now the show is still to fresh and new IMO.

 

[CAPT SPAULD1NG8]

absolutely not. in my opinion i think wwe should stop the brand split and everyone should wrestle on both raw and smackdown. if wwe decides not to do this i believe having a new brand is way to much. i believe wwe should stop airing nxt and hold the competition during raw and smackdown like they did on smackdown with tough enough a few years ago. also i think they should air 3 hour raw every week expetially if the unification of all the titles are true. this will be good for some of the talent that arent always used during the 2 hour raws. finally i believe wwe should are smackdown live. i think this would be good because i think this will draw more viewers. with smackdown being pretaped and the results being posted on the internet i think this loses viewers.

 

[xdrewmcintyrefanx]

I personally cannot stand NXT. The beginning is okay but when it comes time for the rookie challenges NXT becomes almost unwatchable. Plus i stopped watching NXT when i found out that Vickie Guerrero is a pro and because its all divas. WWE treats the Divas Division like shit anyways. They only get one match a night at best and it is usually short. So i think WWE should start a brand for mid-carders or bring up all the people from FCW and have a good show with them and gradually trim down the shitty wrestlers *cough* Eli Cottonwood *cough*. So lets start with my first idea for a brand:
1. A brand of Mid-Carders: This would be a show like the Dying ECW where the mid-carders get a chance to become a main-eventer in the future (when taker, jericho, edge, and mysterio leave). Here is my layout for the show.
Roster:
Evan Bourne (he rarely gets a match and when he gets one its a squash match with Sheamus)
Alberto Del Rio (he is really good in my opinion and could be a good world champion in the future)
Primo (He rarely does anything and he has good talent but it is wasted)
Yoshi Tatsu (He has a good fanbase and is rarely used)
Kaval (all he will do on Smackdown is get wasted away)
Cody Rhodes (he is really good right now)
Drew McIntyre (good talent just not doing much right now)
MVP (HE IS DOING NOTHING)
Fat Hardy (He is being wasted)

The brand also needs a championship so i say either give them the US title or create a new title for that brand

Commentators
Joey Styles
Jim Ross
Now that is possibility number 1

2. A FCW Brand: A brand using all the talent from FCW. That also would be a good brand because FCW has TONS of talent that they could be using other than DIVAS! Tell me what you think

 

[mr_dna]

New Brand? no

Replace the show? Yes

Maybe bring back heat or velocity

If WWE are indeed bring the titles together they could have the show for the tags titles and maybe a cruiserweight or even european . As i can see haveing a brand split with 3 titles going . So have like the old days lesser no1 contender and title feuds as WWE see them on the Superstars and new show and main titles and feuds on others

Then u can have next promos in any of them shows. The old tough enough was better then NXT it was real or seemed it this is just all scripted crap

 

[The Calgary Kid]

I've been a proponent of doing another legit show for a while now. Once they canned ECW, there were a lot of guys left with absolutely nothing to do, except for the occasional Superstars match. Treating it as a "developmental" show for young guys wouldn't be the right move. One reason for watching ECW was the inclusion of guys like Christian (one of my all time favorites), and if they did a third show, having star power would be mandatory, with a couple of well known, possibly main event guys to establish additional feuds leading to the world title picture. The reason why people didn't give a shit about ECW and to some extent NXT is that they don't know who the hell the guys (in the case of NXT3, girls) on there are. The way that Smackdown has been more of a "B" show in recent months has made their ratings drop for similar reasons. Do the masses care more about Cena and Orton or Big Show and Swagger? Someone suggested making the third show about tag teams and cruiserweights, but again, the problem is that most people won't give a shit. They're going to reestablish Smackdown next month, which should more evenly distribute talent, and if the unification rumors are true, there will probably be roster cuts. I think that this is more likely than adding a third show, but lots of guys who aren't released are still going to have nothing to do. I watch NXT, but preferred ECW, even if it was half-assed. If they changed format so that the third show was with more established talent, I'm guessing it would happen next year, rather than any time soon.

 

[GameOver]

They already have a show that they showcase some people that didn't have enough room for airtime on Smackdown/Raw, it's called Superstars

Certainly don't need another show, be better off just extended Raw and Smackdown for another hour

 

[GameOver]

What if the WWE did a third show for the WWE Universe about the WWE Universe !

A one hour show "day in the life of a WWE Superfan" where the WWE follows around fans like us for 24 hours talking wrestling, watching wrestling, maybe even some backyard wrestlings. The WWE can also include the IWC, by doing cyber shows over skype or youtube.

What do you guys think ?

Im sorry but thats a horrible idea, there's already too much stuff that has nothing to do with "wrestling" personally don't care about what someone else's day in a life of a fan. You aren't there to entertain me and vice versa, the WWE is meant to entertain us.

and no chance in hell they'd ever show any backyard wrestling, that would be suicide for them as far as criticizm.

but back to topic they already have a show that they people that didn't have enough room for airtime on Smackdown/Raw, it's called Superstars
Certainly don't need another show, be better off just extended Raw and Smackdown for another hour or make Superstars the jobber-mid card show, but 2 hrs like Raw and Smack and god no not another brand

 

[Jeff]

2. A FCW Brand: A brand using all the talent from FCW. That also would be a good brand because FCW has TONS of talent that they could be using other than DIVAS! Tell me what you think

I think FCW brand would be a bad idea. The reason for this is because FCW is a training ground for WWE. Training is the keyword. They need a place where they can fool around with their character and gimmick. Have you noticed that when a superstar takes the leap from FCW to WWE they often have a name change? or a different gimmick? Or a different background story? The only way I can see a development territory get it's own show is if WWE creates ANOTHER development territory that is below FCW where they can still develop their character. Also I will end it with this comment... their is a reason why FCW talent are not on TV. It is because they are not ready. However like I said before, a reality show that brings you into the FCW territory and backstage with the writers, in the locker room when superstars are trying to figure out their character and all that good stuff. That would be a great show.