Eelementary
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Guys,
I'm sure you've all noticed this, but WWE's continuous downsizing is, in my opinion, crap to say the least.
I mean, in the last few years, we've seen the ECW go (ok, perhaps not the biggest loss), but on top of this, we've had the Womens title go, the World Heavyweight Championship go, the World Tag Team Championship go, along with the Hardcore and European titles, and in my opinion, it's only a matter of time before the US title goes (in favor of the IC title).
Let's look at the shows now.
I used to like it when it was Raw vs Smackdown. We'd have the draft that was AWESOME, and now that's gone. Despite this, all the big names still appear on Raw mainly, not SD. What about commentary? Remember back in WM 2008 we'd have 4 announce tables? The Spanish announce team as well as Raw, SD and ECW? Now we're only down to 1 English announce table, and JR, the best in the business, isn't even there anymore.
What about the ring itself... remember when Raw and Smackdown used to have the red and blue ropes... making it look a lot more modern and appealing? Now we're down to the ugly lifeless whites ropes. These little things make a big difference.
Who knows which genius decided to get rid of the Elimination Chamber, one of the most exciting PPV's of all time. What now... only 1 MitB briefcase match? The least they can do is make 1 for the WHC as well. Again, this is another victim of them downsizing the titles.
There's NXT which is a great way to find and develop new talent (no argument there), but everything else that WWE has wasted in my opinion, isn't very good at all.
Personally, I feel the Hardcore Championship is no loss - if I wanted to see that, I'd watch backyard wrestling.
JR...well, SOMEONE had to lose their job over the Flair fiasco, and unfortunately, it was Ross.
The ropes make no difference to me, personally. Nor do the PPV's.
I would make one change:
RAW > SmackDown! > NXT
NXT stars would work their way up the ladder in this manner.