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HOW TO BOOK A WWE BRAND SPLIT, DID THEY DROP THE BALL WITH TAKER VS. STING, THE SHIELD IN A TRIPLE THREAT AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2016-03-21 09:59:00

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If the plan is to have the brand split again, how you handle it this time based on the previous attempt?

If they were to do it, I would make Smackdown focus more on the in-ring product, character development and less talking to see if I could get the viewership up.  I would call up some of the ready talents from NXT and give them a chance to continue what they were doing down there without being misused on the main roster.  While not going back to an Attitude Era type of product, I would focus on appealing to teens (while also staying with the parameters of TV 14) and make sure that I had a continuity editor to keep storyline holes from happening.  If viewership for Smackdown grew, I would know that I should make similar changes on Raw.

If Cesaro wasn’t hurt, whom would you want him to face at WM 32?

How I would book him is different than how WWE had booked him.  I see his as a guy that I would have already tried at the top of the card, to see if he could have gotten over as a top act.  I think he would have definitely been in the top five or six talents on my roster, so he would have been in one of the three main events.  Shane McMahon picking Cesaro to fight for him against Vince McMahon and The Undertaker sure sounds interesting to me.

Did WWE drop the ball by not having Taker vs. Sting at WM 31?

I think so, yes.  Vince wanted to have HHH beat Sting, for whatever reason (and I think that is to show that WWE was always superior to WCW).  He could have done the same thing with Taker beating Sting.  Now, we will never get to see it.

Early prediction for Taker’s opponent at WM 33? Early prediction for the main event of WM 33?

It's way too soon to say.  That is a prediction I wouldn't even try to make.

Thoughts on a potential Triple Threat match for the World Title with The Shield members once Seth Rollins comes back?

I could definitely see that happening at some point.  Honestly, it seems like a no-brainer.  

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