WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with his latest blog where he gives his thoughts on the WWE brand split and more. You can check out the full entry here along with some highlights below.
How the brand split will effect the title picture:
The WWE Title can be made to be even more special if the top dog appears occasionally on both shows but not over exposed on either. Obviously, another primary title can be reinstituted as it was in the past in the form of the ‘World Title’ but that would not be my preference at this time. By default, if that scenario was utilized then the top two, weekly featured titles would be the IC and US Titles respectively on each brand. That does not offend me.
What to do with the announce teams:
I’d suggest the two broadcast teams need to be entirely different as well which could see Michael Cole, JBL and Byron Saxton manning the RAW side while Mauro Ranallo, Jerry Lawler and Cory Graves could do the same on Smackdown. The two separate announce teams would help add a competitive element to the process that could include competition from two, separate creative teams as well and the rosters if the proposed brand split comes to pass as expected. We had competition when King and I handled RAW while Cole and Taz broadcast Smackdown back in the day. It was healthy competition but competition nonetheless and it helped make both teams better. Ditto the writing teams.
Seth Rollins’ promo on Raw:
Enjoyed Rollins antagonist promo as that’s the role that he’s being cast to perform. Some fans are such huge Rollins fans that they want Seth to be a fan favorite and I’m curious to see if those Rollins fans will support him in his anointed role or still defiantly cheer him.
