10 Reasons WWE's Brand Split Doesn’t Need Saving

One of the few criticisms levelled at the Brand Split has been that it’s never going to work out with the rosters being so unbalanced.

Obviously this is a result of Raw receiving three picks for every two of SmackDown, but given the varying lengths of the shows; does it not make complete and total sense for Raw to get a larger piece of the pie?

Now that I’m writing this it seems like I’m stating the obvious somewhat, because it just wouldn’t make sense for Raw and SmackDown to have had the same number of picks. That would have resulted in either a surplus on SmackDown and therefore guys not being used, or a shortfall on Raw which would be even more problematic.

SmackDown and Raw don’t need even rosters in terms of total picks, they need even rosters in terms of their proportionality to the running time of each show. After ads, SmackDown really only has 90 minutes of television to fill per week, and from what I’ve seen so far they seem to be doing that just fine with the hand they were dealt in the Brand Split.

Apologies if I’m overstating the obvious, but unbalanced rosters isn’t a sign that the Brand Split needs saving, rather it’s a sign that Raw’s simply an hour longer than SmackDown.