10 Reasons WWE Fans Should Be Worried About Brand Split 2016

10. History Repeating Itself

WWE doesn’t exactly have a great track record when it comes to learning from mistakes. Look no further than Roman Reigns: Vince McMahon’s latest hand-picked poster child, whom WWE continue to shove down fans’ throats despite their continued rejection of him as the company’s leading light.

Despite the previous brand split’s mid-2000s successes (when Smackdown in-particularly was churning-out quality wrestling matches on a weekly basis), WWE’s last attempt at roster reorganisation ended in failure. Smackdown inevitably reverted to the “B Show” that WWE have always regarded it as, Raw became a nightmare of sports entertainment’s very worst tropes, and towards the end, wrestlers were appearing across multiple shows regardless of the split, thus rendering it redundant.

While the split might bear a number of short-term benefits, history suggests that this won’t last. Just think about how quickly the “New Era” has regressed.