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CAN RAW BE MUST SEE AGAIN, THE GREATNESS OF AJ, BRINGING BACK THE BRAND EXTENSION AND MORE

By Dave Scherer on 2014-10-27 09:59:00

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Do you think that part of the reason that Raw isn't 'must see' like back in the day (apart from the booking, etc.) is because now you have DVR, you can watch replays online the day after, you can read spoilers/reports, etc. so if you miss Raw it's not as big a deal as back in the day when none of these things really existed?

It probably is to some people, that and the fact that there are more options now than there were 15 years ago, but I still believe that if the shows were hot, like they were then, that would bring back the must-see aspect. If things were hot, people would want to see the show as it happened.

Say what you will about the current state of the Diva's division, but I personally believe that they've created a shining star in AJ Lee. She took the torch and has helped carry the Diva's and at least shows she can hang. My question is in a Diva's dream match, who wins between AJ and in my opinion, the greatest Diva of all time, Trish Stratus! Your thoughts?

Whoever Vince McMahon books to win. It’s a work! But I agree on AJ, she is great and I love watching her work.

Would WWE do better financially and with the fan base with brand extensions like they used to? Like when Smackdown was a legitimate brand  in itself with a completely different roster/champions instead of random midcard wrestlers in weird match ups and a few story filler matches a night with no point. I miss having separate brands. Will that concept ever return?

WWE killed the brand extension because it wasn’t working any more. They haven’t pushed enough talent to the top so they don’t have the big names to carry two brands at this time. They can’t even consider it until they get more guys over. You need top guys to carry a brand.

With Taker as a trainer now in NXT, do you think he'll still have on the dead man gimmick going on? It would be very hard to pull off at this point unless he passed it on to one of the NXT guys, but I think he would be just as effective as Mark.

I don’t see WWE ever giving that gimmick to anyone else. Even. It would get booed out of the building when fans realized it wasn’t him playing it. So if/when Taker wrestles again, it will be him as The Dead Man.

CM Punk hasn't appeared in front of a live wrestling audience in almost a year and I understand why he decided to do that and don't think we'll see him wrestle again for a many years (personally, I think he'll eventually make an HBK like comeback). Let's say Ring of Honor were to create a HOF & CM Punk was one of the first inductee's, do you see Punk attending the ceremony?

I think it’s too soon to say. It depends on how his relationship with WWE ends up in the next year or two.

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