How to Avoid Having a Lame Take on the Raw/Smackdown Split
This morning, Entertainment Industry Press Release Aggregator Variety broke the news that WWE is re-doing the much-reviled Brand Extension. While the term "Brand Extension" was wisely avoided, Variety 's echoing of WWE press materials report indicated that the new WWE will have all of the traits of the old Brand Extension era: separate rosters, separate writing staffs and separate angles. WWE's press release focuses on the fact that Smackdown will now air live, but that's hardly the big news to wrestling fans. The bigger news is that Smackdown is moving to Tuesdays and that the roster is being split up. Luckily for wrestling fans, WWE's burying of the lede will have no effect on the volume of commentary on the Raw/Smackdown split. Countless podcasts, websites and, yes, this blog, will happily provide takes for fans' perusal. This blog is going to let the news sink in and save its take on The Split for another day. Hopefully that take will be j