What are three things you would change to make WWE better?

[Ace Sleeper]

Just a disclaimer. I'm talking about current WWE. Not what you would of done like "not have John Cena win the title!". Everything that has happened stays the same. If you can't think of anything other than "make it not PG!" (unless you have something meaningful to add to it), don't say it.

Now, a lot of fans don't appreciate the WWE for what it is today. A lot of fans pray and pray for a new Attitude Era. Of course there are more people who tend to be on the more intellectual side of the argument though. They know that another Attitude Era isn't what's going to make wrestling "good" again. In fact, most of those people are happy with the product, and realize that change and new era's are a good thing...but needless to say they would like to change some things too.

I'm going to go a bit more unorthodox in my answers (maybe they won't be for some of you) just to give you an idea.

#1. New ring announcer. This may seem silly, but I think it's one of the major improvements that the WWE could use. Lilian Garcia is decent, and she makes a good ring announcer on RAW. Justin Roberts on the other hand, doesn't have a good vibe in my opinion. A ring announcer is a major part in selling a finish to a match. When Howard Finkel was around, big moments stood out more to me. He had a way of using the right tone, even though he was always emotionless. Small? Maybe. Important? I think so.

#2. Better crowds. Now I know for a fact this isn't something that the WWE could change itself, but it would be a great change. Take your big shows to arenas that are always loud. Do it somehow. A crowd makes a match as well. You can take any classic match in history and mute the crowd only, and it'll take away from the match. It adds atmosphere and creates more tension, whether you realize it or not. I think the crowd gets burned out by longer shows as well. Who knows. I don't think RAW Active is a way to get a crowd more pumped, I think you need better build up to matches, and good filler between big matches. I don't know. A quiet crowd is going to be quiet. More involved crowds make everything better though.

#3. Personal feuds with blood. Wait a second. This isn't a case for blood in every match, or extreme rules in every feud. In my opinion however, blood and more violent feuds make for better story telling in some cases. Take for example, Brock Lesnar's most recent outings. His beat down of John Cena was great, and it made him look like a monster. He took the face of the company and battered him to a pulp. The blood in that match (even better since it was real) made it look better and tell a more graphic story. I think it made it better. Maybe that's just me. The next part to this are the personal feuds. It seems like nowadays every big feud is either for a belt, or filler for said title feud. Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H is the last good personal fight without a belt on the line I can think of, and I'd argue it wasn't even that special. A few years back, Randy Orton taking out the McMahon family was another great example that had a "meh" ending. I think there needs to be more feuds that brew for months over something besides the gold. Something that accumulates to one final match. A final encounter. Something that makes you want to pick sides that doesn't have to include arm chair booking on who you think WWE "wants to have the belt". Shane McMahon vs. Kane is a good example. A ton of people didn't like that story line but that's not the point. They would go back and forth for weeks doing sinister things to each other. Their matches were always brutal because of their "hatred" for each other. The ambulance match and last man standing were excellent in my opinion. Too brutal? Even something like Chris Jericho vs. Christian back in 2003/2004 was good. Christian, and eventually Trish Stratus turning on Jericho made it personal, and it put a lot more investment in their feud. Guess what? No belt to be found. Just some "hatred" that needed sorting out. Matt Hardy vs. Edge is another great example, even though that was more real. I feel like there's a ton of room for something like this in current WWE, but everyone's wrapped up in title situations and dance offs. Even with 3 hours on RAW, WWE still doesn't fit anything like this in there.

So there's my giant rant. What do you guys think? I'm interested to see what the lot of you think. Maybe the people behind the scenes will see this and make some changes.

 

[thomasgj]

1. More investment in the Divas division. Could cater to another type of audience, and as proven, when the Divas get treated seriously or even semi-seriously it pays off. Less restriction in their movesets also.

2. Going back to two separate brands. This way both shows will feature different talent, superstars and Divas will get more time attention, and you're guaranteed something different each show. It's alright to have people from RAW have a match or two on SD, but not for them to take away the spotlight from the brand's top people and vice versa.

3. Good rivalries for each division simultaneously going on. As opposed to devoting 2 1/2 hours on Cena, Punk and Rocky and setting the mid-carders, tag division and Divas on the back burner, give a (unofficial) guaranteed certain amount of time to each division. Of course the main eventers need more time, but with 2-3 hours, there should always be at least an hour or two to give the others something of value to do.

 

[sharu7]

1. More investment in the Divas division. Could cater to another type of audience, and as proven, when the Divas get treated seriously or even semi-seriously it pays off. Less restriction in their movesets also.

2. Going back to two separate brands. This way both shows will feature different talent, superstars and Divas will get more time attention, and you're guaranteed something different each show. It's alright to have people from RAW have a match or two on SD, but not for them to take away the spotlight from the brand's top people and vice versa.

3. Good rivalries for each division simultaneously going on. As opposed to devoting 2 1/2 hours on Cena, Punk and Rocky and setting the mid-carders, tag division and Divas on the back burner, give a (unofficial) guaranteed certain amount of time to each division. Of course the main eventers need more time, but with 2-3 hours, there should always be at least an hour or two to give the others something of value to do.

I'm sorry but 2 seperate brands? Really?
Imagine if we had 2 seperate brands in the attitude era we would have had Rock on Smackdown and Austin on Raw. How shitty would that have been?

Do you even know why the 2 seperate brand thing was implemented? It was because of WWE's over saturation of talent back when WWE bought WCW and ECW.

We need WWE like it use to be BEFORE the brand extension, Why do you even want a brand extension? Show case what talent? Before talents were made without the brand extension, now that there aren't many talents like there were in March 2002, the brand extension is the last thing that we need.
the Ruthless Agression era consisted mainly of Attitude Era. This roster has talent and is big enough for the brand split but it lacks star power and the butts in the seats factor, now if they even bring back the brand exclusive PPVs where you have 50 percent of the roster missing it would be the ultimate nail in the coffin and btw nobody of the PG marks will order a PPV without Cena so the SmackDown PPVs will suffer.
Maybe if WWE buys TNA one day the brand split will make sense again

How awesome would it be for ADR, Mark Henry, John Cena, Sheamus, Ryback, CM Punk, Randy Orton, etc etc going for the same prize? We'd have better and new feuds and we'll also have number 1 contendership feuds.

This can also bring prestige back to the IC and US titles.

A Main-Eventer holding a IC or US title does not mean they've been shifted to Mid Card.....Triple H was the IC champion back in 2001, was he Midcard? Ofcourse not, he brought some prestige to the title since he was holding it....And that can happen now too.

Oh yeah I forgot to add...For God Sakes, change the sets of Raw and Smackdown, it no longer has that feel of two different shows....Its just one is red and the other is blue....

 

[dtroppe]

This is pretty easy.

1. Cut Raw back to 2 hours and Smackdown to 60 or 90 mins.

2. Remove 40% of the recaps that air during WWE television- they are a waste of time.

3. Remove all female performers and Divas- they offer nothing but bad acting.

4. Remove scripted promos- all the promos are generic and predictable

5. MOST IMPORTANT: Push the little guys like CM Punk back to the midcard. They don't draw- they look horrible and their mic skills are hardly impressive. I would recruit 50 builders and strong men from around the country -all with different looks i.e. long hair, bald, beards, ugly, handsome. I would have them train for a year and practice mic skills. The guys that cut the best promos would be moved to tv to see if they got over.

 

[InstantAttitude]

1. NEW TV -14 Era(Not full on Attitude Era, just a Era similar to the content for the Ruthless Aggression Era.)
2. Brand Split(Due to the fact the WHC is being treated as crap)
3. Cena Heel Turn
4. CM Punk Anti-Hero Face

 

[Strong Style X]

#1: I would move SmackDown! to a live format and make it a more prominent part of the weekly programming on-par with SmackDown in the early 2000s.

#2: To make this more effective, I'd unify the championship belts so the champion can be featured on both shows.

#3: House show DVDs. It would make a nice amount of income for the WWE and would be cheap to produce if only using one camera and no commentary. Fans would eat this up.

 

[Bookerkingston]

I can't really think of anything that hasn't been mentioned already, but here's a couple things that's on my mind.

Make some heels that people really actually hate. I think that would bring more emotion to the show. Maybe like a new Sergeant Slaughter or Muhammad Hassan character that really gets people sensitive and makes them hate them. Something different than all the "cool" heels like Ziggler, Orton, Edge, Punk, The Shield, Miz, etc.

And lower the prices of the pay per views. They don't need to have shows like every 2-3 weeks and charge 40-50 bucks for them.

Edit: Oh yeah, please let Lawler be a heel commentator again.

 

[teampunk]

1. intensity. we need more of it. I don't care if Cena is good or bad, but he needs to up the intensity. so does everyone else.
2. get rid of faces and heels. it's an outdated concept. let the crowd decide to cheer and boo who they want. you know, different shades of gray.
3. better theme music. for the wrestlers, and for the ppvs. more hardcore metal and rap, less pop music crap that lame pousers listen too.

 

[lowandmighty]

1. Make Kane way more dark and dementedly bad ass again and have him kidnap more people and set them on fire etc and give him a proper wwe title run to close out his career.

2. Have more Divas matches but don't make them more serious, just make them more sexy and tongue in cheek, basically exploit them for their looks, it might be sexist but thats the only way the divas are entertaining to me.

3. Bring back Kung Fu Naki.

 

[LascoX]

1-As Strong Style X stated - Move Smackdown to a live format - this tops my list as well. I have always liked Raw better simply because it was live and I have always enjoyed the live Smackdowns better. It's the next best thing to being there is to catch the show live on TV

2- Refine out the Womens division and feature women that can actually wrestle in the ring instead of eye candy that just looks good. Scrap the Divas belt and go back to the Womens Champion. (They won't ever change the belt as they are trying to glamorize thier talent but at least do the first part and focas on in ring talent. Wrestlemania last year could have featured Beth and Natty going at it in the first ever diva's ladder match yet what we got was a bathroom break where Beth had to job to a TV personality - It was totally lame)
3-Bring back either the cruiserweight or light heavy weight belt - Ok , So Vince felt the belts limited the wrestlers and made it seem like they never qualified for the WWE title or the WHC title. In one way he had a point but in another it lost the oppertunity to have good championship matches with people that otherwise would be stuck in midcard anyway. This belt would be a great prop for workers like Tyson kid , Syncara and any of the other talent that can work the ring good but lacks the size to ever fit the mold the WWE universe sees as the main champions.

 

[King of the Words]

Three things I would change about WWE to make it better are as follows:

#1. Make Raw TV-14, and keep Smackdown PG for the kids. Raw is on a school night anyways so have that show for the adults and leave SD on Friday as PG for the younger audience.

#2. Have 2 separate brands. The superstars best suited for tv-14 like Orton, Punk, and Ziggler would be on Raw. Superstars best suited for pg tv like Cena, Mysterio, and Daniel Bryan would be on SD. 2 separate shows for the 2 separate, main audiences.

#3. Cut Raw back to 2 hours, 3 is just too long.

And an extra one would be to have 2 new Gm's. For Raw, have an Attitude star like Edge, Jericho or possibly Austin, Triple H. or HBK to go with the adult themed show. For SD have a PG star like Hogan, Bret Hart or eventually Cena as the gm for the kids.

I think WWE needs to do this separation for the 2 different audiences. The product now is a cluster of both and neither audience really gets all they deserve.(IMO)

 

[I am Mr. Excitement]

1) More edgier/Controversial programming. Like most people have said, not so much attitude era exactly but just a little different in pushing the envelope where people think what's going on is actually real and not scripted. Though guys like Swagger w/Colter, CM Punk, Heyman and Brock Lesnar have already started doing things like that.

2) Smackdown to go live. Either on Friday nights or Tuesday night or whatever night they decide I think it needs to go live.

3) Bring back the unpredictable storylines. Back in the day you could never guess what was going to happen in storylines. Now a-days you already know whats going to happen and pretty much spoiles everything.

 

[TheBadGuy92]

1. TV-14 keep the kiddies watching saturday morning slam and let RAW be for the real fans.
2. Live Smanckdown, Idk about you guys but i havent watched an episode and actually been into it since the early 2000s (The spoilers on tuesday dont help the case either.
3. Solid tag division. Bring in some bad ass tag teams like APA LOD Brothers of Destruction no more mid card floater teams REAL ONES

 

[Mr. HD]

My turn.

1) Cut RAW back to 2 hours. 3 Hours should be for special occasions only like for the RAW before WrestleMania, or Anniversary shows.

2) Bring back JR. I've had just about enough of Michael Cole. Put him and leave him on SmackDown with JBL. He could make a sad Divas match sound epic.

3) Build feuds with substance, mic work, and character development. Make me care about why these superstars are fighting each other.

Ex: Miz and Cesaro. They've been feuding for how long now? They've only had ONE back and forth on the mic and the only interesting thing that's happened is when Cesaro swung Miz into the barricade multiple times last week on RAW. I need more mic work, show some intensity, make some gripping TV for God sakes.

 

[BillAlfonso]

1.) Fire the "Creative Team" and higher one booker so that the feuds and storylines have a consistent narrative. Let the guys cut their own promos so their personalities come through and they don't feel so generic. The only cookie cutter thing about the big guys that the then WWF had in the '80s was their size, those guys were all unique. It doesn't need to become Attitude again just better put together.

2.)Unify the World Titles and define it as heavyweight as it should be with a weight floor, if you're not over 225lbs you're not a heavyweight and can't be World HEAVYWEIGHT Champion. I don't understand how people can't see how strange it is to have someone like Punk, Daniel Bryan, or Mysterio be Heavyweight Champion. Just because you aren't a heavyweight champ doesn't mean you can't be a or the "top guy." I'd also have a set tier and definition to each title so that they aren't just appearing all of the time so the World Titles(Heavyweight/Tag Team) can be defended any where, there are no limitations to when a match can be set but there's a lot of work to be done to get the match in the first place. The second tier belt, the Intercontinental Championship, can only be defended in North and/or South America. The third tier, the U.S. Championship can only be defended in the U.S. I'd add a television championship that can only be defended on television and not PPV. I'd also have a cruiserweight/light heavyweight division to keep the crowd's attention and give those guys a reason to stay out of the heavyweight ranks.

3.) Bring back kayfabe. I don't know how but they really need to. It added to a lot of the drama and made you care about the matches.

 

[Maimed]

1) Different divisions for superstars to contend in:

- Bring back the hardcore divison. Make it a pseudo cruiserweight/lightweight division with more gimmick matches (ladder matches, four way elimination, etc) similar to the X-division in TNA. It will bring a renewed interest in the mid-card/undercard that is badly needed.
- Same goes for the Tag division and Women's division ONLY if they're going to have real women wrestlers, not wannabe porn stars & models who can barely pass for a wrestler.
- Get rid of having both a World Heavyweight Championship and the WWE Title. It sends a mixed signal, especially since there isn't a need to pretend the roster is still split in half. This also applies to the Intercontinental Title and the US title. I respect the histories of all of the respective titles listed above, but it severely diminishes any sense of accomplishment and prestige when 1/5 of the active roster seemingly has gold around their waist.

2) Programming:

- Announcers make & break a match. Most of the garbage being spewed by the announce team takes away from a match. They aren't allowed to call moves likes they used to, and it makes a big difference in how engaged fans at home are when watching WWE programming. Don't believe me? Listen to oldschool matches with the sound up and the match itself minimized. Then watch a recent match under this new "era" and tell me it sounds more exciting.
- This also applies to the crowd. This has even been an issue prior to RAW converting to a 3 hour format, but the crowds sound pretty dead nowadays. Even the monster pops seem underwhelming compared to a decade ago.
- 3 Hours of RAW shouldn't feature four or five matches where 2-3 of them are spread over two segments. More TV segments should directly corrolate to more matches. There should easily be approx 10-12 matches in 3 hours of RAW. There's plenty of divisons to make this work.

3) Predictability. One of the biggest draws (to me, personally) to watching wrestling growing up was the seemingly unpredictable nature of matches:

- Every tag team match has the good guys (or faces) hanging out in one of the corners closest to the ramp, and the bad guys (or heels) closer towards the announcing table. The end of every tag match has the same lead-in towards the finish... the face makes a heroic attempt and manages to tag in their partner, and all hell breaks loose.. 2 minutes later, match is over.
- If a match goes to commercial mid-way through, and it involves midcarders I'm not all that interested in to begin with... I end up fast forwarding about four minutes in. Sorry but Kofi Kingston may be a gifted athlete but can't tell a story in the ring to save his life. Even as a dedicated wrestling fan of nearly 30 years, my attention span only goes so far with lukewarm interest. Extended matches should be reserved for true classic matches. Anything else is clearly being milked to fill time.
- I think it's okay for a heel to win clean against a top level face. It's a bit sad when main event heels can only win clean against mid carders, but always have to cheat against the main eventer face. I stopped counting the time on CM Punk's title reign when he relied on Brad Maddox, and The Shield on numerous occasions to pull him through. He lost credibility at that point.
- If I can consistently call how a match and/or segment will end then I start getting disenchanted with the product. I went a couple of months of spending no more than 4 to 6 minutes watching Smackdown programming and not having missed a single thing (it doesn't help that it seems like a quarter of the show is based on recapping what happened on RAW and earlier on Smackdown).


I'm sure I said enough to bring on the drama. /flameon

 

[ADLegend21]

1.) Better Divas division. This needs to happen because 4 minutes matches aren't cutting it. Have the Divas wrestle just like the guys. Hell in the games you can put them in the same gimmick matches as the Superstars so the TV should be the same. Bet the Divas title would mean something if it was hanging 20 feet above the ring. Better wrestling women, longer matches, feuds.

2.) prominent non-white Talent. The Rock is nice because he's got attitude era and hollywood cred with him, Del Rio's face turn is great as is Mark Henry, who's finally a main eventer after 17 years, as the monster heel. That said, if Kofi has to be here 17 years before his first WWE/WHC title reign then that's ludicrous. the PTP talking about how guys like Henry, Booker T, and Ron Simmons give them advice was nice, but they haven't been on TV in sine the Rumble when they were jokes. Give Kofi a feud like his Randy Orton feud. Him beating Randy all over MSG, getting jacked up by Legacy only to vandalize Randy's tribute from NASCAR in response was great! He's one Title shy of the triple crown and his style could bring out the best in guys like Bryan, Punk, Del Rio, Cena, etc. The PTP, Usos, and Primo/Epico could be in a tag titles feud similar to the E&C/Hardys/ Dudley's rivalries from the early 2000's and give the new Tag division something to build off.

3.)Split the shows like the brand extension with some tweaks. I hate when "Smackdown GM" Booker T is making Raw matches. It's not his show! Smackdown main eventers taking time from Raw mid carders sucks as well. It might get Raw cut from 3 hours, it might not if Raw has more guys and gals than Smackdown. You could dedicate more time to the first 2 points I made with the extra hours. the tweak is not having show exclusive PPV's. That was cute the first time but it didn't give feuds any help when they had to be two months between PPV's so both shows get every PPV and it could bring back bragging rights for some good elimination tag matches. When the divas and Tag tema divisions are thriving they can split the titles in two and have show exclusives for all titles. The Draft would also be for NXT rookies only, with Trades happening during the year for talent switching shows. Another optional tweak is making Smackdown live like Raw, Not sure of he logistics on that one but it could be something special especially since they're asking fans what they think about spoilers.

That's my list.

 

[The 1-2-3 Killam]

Shake it up. And I mean like, shake it ALL the way up. Like when they first announced they were going to split the brands and held a draft. I'm not saying that's what they necessary need - and WWE has taken huge steps to unify their entire product - but they need to find a new way to do something big. Something never done before. Or done before, but in a new way.

Results, or resignations. That's what Vince reportedly said several months ago. I love the Rock and Brock Lesnar. But their part-time status and lack of commitment to the industry has resulted in me not being invested in Rocky's title win, and only wanting Brock around for high profile wrestling matches. I don't get excited about either of them actually being on Raw or Smackdown anymore. They have 5 hours of normal programming, plus Main Event and Superstars to build up their undercard.

Here's what I want. It's simple. It doens't require 3 points or a bulliten of suggestions. All I really want WWE to do is hire a creative writing team that does something. We all know Vince, Trips and Stephanie are main figures, along with the top writers, that piece together the World title pictures, and segments with part-time draws like Rock and Brock. So what in the hell is their creative team doing? What's going on in the lower and midcards any of us couldn't do. Person A + Person B for 4 weeks leading up to the PPV. Rinse, wash, repeat. There's a whole team of writerss; use them to develop stories in ALL THE ROSTER. Simple. WOuld turn the C product into a B product over night.

 

[MCMG]

I'm sorry but 2 seperate brands? Really?
Imagine if we had 2 seperate brands in the attitude era we would have had Rock on Smackdown and Austin on Raw. How shitty would that have been?

um...WE ARE NOT IN THE ATTITUDE ERA. Maybe its time to move on? Realistically, I'd argue there is better depth in the current roster. Of course in the Rock/Austin era there was a top 6 or so but there was a huge gulf in quality thereafter. We don't have that anymore. Late 90's the WWE championship went from Austin to Rock back to Austin than back to Rock. Than HHH got in the mix. Kane/Mankind/Show had brief reigns, even Taker, and that isn't what we have now. There are many credible world champions in the current roster. Moreover, there are two world titles so a brand-extension makes sense. There needs to be a showcase of all the talent rather than the same shit on Raw and than 4 days later on Smackdown.

Blood was also a very good point. It really does add in making a feud feel epic and showing that these guys actually want to hurt each other. There was another thread the other day which was grading Punk/Rock feud. Ultimately, I was saying there was something missing and blood is an example of that.

JBL on RAW he is their best commentator by a mile. He should be on the A-show.

 

[CB420]

I think you are bang on with the ring announcer.. Howard Finkel is truly heaven and earth above those who have followed in his footsteps... just look at how effect Bruce Buffer is for the UFC and likewise Bruce Buffer with boxing... a kickass ring announcer really does lots for kickstarting a crowd! Well thought!

 

[LoudClearVoice]

Not ranked in order of importance:

1) Stop showing the same replays over and over and over again within the same show. Show the replay maybe once after it happens, once before a promo, interaction, or match related to the replay. Maybe go back to a show on Saturdays devoted exclusively to recapping and replaying the week's stories and matches.

2) Unify the WWE and World Title. Now that they've re-designed the WWE title, it's time to unify the belts and make that new belt the "WWE World Championship." The World title has become pretty much pointless now.

3) Every match should have a story or angle. I'm sick of the random matches every week. If you have to just keep having random matches, it's because you have a show that is too long. I'm not asking for big elaborate stories for non-main event matches but at least give me something.

 

[IWC's AntiChrist!]

Not ranked in order of importance:

1) Stop showing the same replays over and over and over again within the same show. Show the replay maybe once after it happens, once before a promo, interaction, or match related to the replay. Maybe go back to a show on Saturdays devoted exclusively to recapping and replaying the week's stories and matches.

2) Unify the WWE and World Title. Now that they've re-designed the WWE title, it's time to unify the belts and make that new belt the "WWE World Championship." The World title has become pretty much pointless now.

3) Every match should have a story or angle. I'm sick of the random matches every week. If you have to just keep having random matches, it's because you have a show that is too long. I'm not asking for big elaborate stories for non-main event matches but at least give me something.

Agreed. You just stated the most important things that WWE need right now. I would add just one thing.

Change the style of wrestling, its too slow. I know thats the style of wrestling WWE is doing for Decades after decades, but its killing it. If you dont have good storylines atleast give us some good wrestling. WWE has the big feel look but they just dont have the edge-factor right now.

 

[Papa Pillman]

5. MOST IMPORTANT: Push the little guys like CM Punk back to the midcard.

Wait, what?

They don't draw-

The amount of Hell in a Cell buys, and the lack of TLC buys seem to diagree with you. But, assuming those could be special circumstances, please provide me with some tangible proof Punk doesn't draw.

Also Punk's size is comparable to the likes of HBK, Hart, Jericho, etc. Do you want to tell me how those "little guys" didn't draw either?

they look horrible and their mic skills are hardly impressive.

Aside form Cena(since that's a matter of taste) name one larger superstar on the fulltime WWE roster with more impressive "mic skills" than Punk.

I would recruit 50 builders and strong men from around the country -all with different looks i.e. long hair, bald, beards, ugly, handsome. I would have them train for a year and practice mic skills. The guys that cut the best promos would be moved to tv to see if they got over.

Vince, is that you?

Big statement coming: This is the most ridiculous thing I've read on this site in weeks.

You really think dropping the majority of the most talented in-ring performers in the company and replacing them with bodybuilders with one year of ring training is the best way to improve the world's premiere pro wrestling company??

Wow. Just wow.

As for how I'd improve things...

-Cut the fat...
Cut the fat from the shows(excessive recaps), Cut it from an over-exposure point of view, Cut most of the comedy bits(Go the SNL-route; test them first and if they don't work then scrap them), and most importantly cut the fat from the roster. I'd immediately sever ties with the majority of the following: A-Ry, Camacho, Otunga, Ezekial, Hunico, Curtis(both of them), JTG, Mason, and Dibiase. There is no reason to have this much "talent" on the payroll who have no spot on any card. Also pretty much all of the Divas. You can keep them around as eye-candy but not as wrestlers. If you want to feature women's wrestling go out and get women who wrestle, not models with a few months of ring training.

-If you're gonna have this much TV time, use it to build all of your divisions. To that point, maybe scrap a mid-card title, so that the remaining one can be focused on properly.

-Continue to bring up the best of the NXT-crop at a steady pace.

-Continue to transition more control to Triple H and away from Vince. Instead let Vince focus more on being an on-camera charater.

-Let the talent write the majority of their own promos. If they aren't capable then tell them to find new employment.

-Quit allowing so much "win-trading". Increase win-loss importance, and establish a better grasp on the mid-card pecking order.

-Create some fresh fueds.

-Less squash matches. Some Raws feature three or four of them. Is that really why we needed a third hour??

-Dump gimmick PPVs, and let those gimmick matches happen organically so that they seem special again.

These are just some of the most basic ideas that I think would help organize the product and make it more palatable to the fanbase, instead of me just sitting here musing on who they should and/or shouldn't push in which division. I also know this is more than three suggestions, but whatever.

 

[ramblinroy682]

I think I'd do a handful of things, some have been mentioned, some haven't.

1. I'd unify the titles like a lot of others have stated. It doesn't make sense to have two now that the rosters aren't really split. The WWE World Heavyweight Title. There's no real comparison between the two any way. I'd make RAW the show where the Title was the focus. It's the number one show now anyway. You could have the champ cut a promo on Smackdown every once in a while, but it should be the RAW title. This leads me into number two...

2. While I wouldn't split the brand back into two rosters, I'd make the shows very different. RAW would focus on the WWE Title, US Title, Diva's Title and the guys who would be next in line for a title shot. For example, if Rock versus Cena is the Main Event for the WWE Title and focus of the story, then whoever is next in line for a title shot would be on raw. Maybe like CM Punk versus Randy Orton.

Smackdown would focus on the World Tag Titles, Intercontinental Title, and I'd add a cruiserweight title. This would require actually a shift of a few things. One, you'd have to focus on building up decent tag teams that could carry a show. If they were viewed like they once were you could really make it the main event of the show. You couldn't just use a tag team to build a singles star, you'd have to build a tag team for tag team's greatness. Also, I'd take the guys who are on the cusp of maybe becoming main eventers or guys that just can't quite carry raw and let them carry the IC Title Division. Guys like Barrett, Miz, Ziggler, Sheamus, or Del Rio. Now, let them prove they can be a singles draw. Give them the time to talk. Occasionally have them wrestle on Raw, but Smackdown is where they need to focus on the feuds. Finally, have the cruiserweights on Smackdown. Create a division with a different style. Nobody wants to see Henry versus Sin Cara. Take Sin Cara, Mysterio, Kidd, Kofi, Gabriel, and add a few of the guys from NXT/Indy's. Make it a noticeable difference when these guys hit the ring.

This would offer something different between the shows and could cut down on the replays from RAW.

3rd: I think this could cut the time off of RAW down to 2 hours. I just can't watch 3 hours when so much of the extra hour is crap.

 

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Three things I would change to make WWE better are:

1) Increase the female roster and have matches like a ladder or cage match involving the women. We need more women in the division, because seeing the same two women fight each other every week is getting obnoxious. And why not challenge the women? It's about time they have a ladder match or a cage match.

2) Fix the camera work. The current "style" of shooting a match is HORRENDOUS! Enough with the dizzy shots, STOP with the frigging bouncing of the camera when an opponent gets slammed to the canvas. STOP with the jerky cuts when Sheamus is in the corner wailing on a guy for those ten count punches. Tired of MISSING the in/out ring action because the stupid camera man is whipping the camera around like he's having a epileptic fit. People don't realize how much they missed since they introduced this current "style". The Elimination Chamber last Sunday alone they botched at least 4 MAJOR spots.

WE ARE NOT 4 YEAR OLDS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO FALSIFY ACTION TO KEEP THE VIEWER INTERESTED. We watched it for decades WITHOUT these stupid camera "tricks". It's NOT HIP or INNOVATIVE. It's ANNOYING!. It's GARBAGE! ... It's TNA

3) See number 2