[Y2J The King Of The World]

OK, anyone who's read my posts on here knows I'm probably too analytical for my own good, but what the hell - as long as my brain's working like that, I might as well throw out there what I'm thinking.

This is a really big concept that WWE would honestly never go with, but that I think would help put an end to the following things:
1) Matches with no meaning due to the outcome not impacting anything
2) Premature pushes into the spotlight before a wrestler is ready/over
3) The devaluation of championships (caused by brand new wrestlers taking the belt in their first/second match or by them not being defended or by them being defended too often)
4) Creative "not having anything" for a wrestler
5) House show matches would mean something

Sound too good to be true? Probably is, but bear with me here.

1. My thought is that WWE would recombine both rosters into one. In general, I like the brand extension, but it wouldn't work with this concept, so it'd have to be scrapped.

2. There would be the establishment of five divisions: the World Heavyweight, the Intercontinental, the Cruiserweight, the World Tag Team, and the Women's. Each division would have its champion, obviously, but would also have a limited number of spots within the division. Including the champion, there would be room for 10 total wrestlers in each division. Nobody could be in two divisions at the same time.

3. Within each division, there would be a scoring system to determine who the top contenders are - kind of a like a win-loss record, but more sophisticated. All matches, televised or not, would count towards their score. 2 Points for a Pinfall/Submission win, 1 Point for a DQ/Countout win, 0 Points for a draw, and -1 Point for a loss.

4. Any wrestlers who are in the "top 10" of their division would be eligible to earn points based on their matches against other people in that same division, but would not earn points for matches across division lines. For example, if HHH was in the World Heavyweight division and defeated Orlando Jordan, who is in the Intercontinental division, HHH wouldn't receive any points for that, or vice versa. This would help to keep guys apart from each other, keeping potential future feuds from happening too soon (much as the brand extension does now).

5. There would be eight pay-per-views a year. Going into the PPV, the #1 and #2 point leaders in each division would face off to determine who'd get a title shot at the PPV. This would make more logical sense as far as who is a legit challenger vs. who WWE is pushing too fast. Plus, the other contenders within the division will compete against each other at PPV's to try to move up the ladder. This would ensure every title gets defended at PPV's, since that's what they're there for. Title matches wouldn't happen on free TV or at house shows.

6. On the flip side of the coin, the bottom two of each division would have to put their spot on the division roster on the line against a challenger who isn't in the division currently (either on the "bench" or wanting to switch divisions). This would drive storylines, as guys who aren't in a division currently could challenge the bottom guys for their spot in the hierarchy, coming up with creative ways to build heat amongst each other.

7. After every second PPV (presumably one of the "big four"), everyone's points would be halved - allowing for guys who had momentum to still maintain a lead, but also making it fair to newbies to a division, and also to not keep the same guys in the pole position all the time.

8. Current champions would still need to compete in non-title matches within their division, as they would need to keep their points up in the event they were to lose the title. Of course, arrogant champions could always blow that off and then drop like a rock when they lose the belt...

9. Guys who aren't currently in any division (e.g. on "the bench") could earn points within the bench, in order to determine who gets to challenge the bottom guys, but that might be overkill in keeping track of scoring, etc.

I'd like to see what you all think about this. It'd be a HUGE change for WWE, and it would somewhat limit flexibility, but it would freshen up the product, and that's what's needed now more than anything else.

[Danny Diamond]

That is simply brillant stuff.

Absolutely awesome idea.

I looked for holes and didnt see any.


I really like the idea of the divisions and people not being able to compete outside of the division for titles. The tag team division could really take off as well.

[Necro]

I think its a cool concept, but a lot of fans watch wrestling for storylines, and might get confused by all the divisions, and such. I actually have thought of a similar idea, and think it would be cool.

[The Animal]

Cool ideas there.

[3D]

Wasn't there a similar league concept many years ago in WCW/NWA/WWF/something, I remember seeing that somewhere..

Wrestling should be about feuds and storylines based on wrestling and wrestlers trying to achieve things, and this would create meaningful feuds. I like it, and it'd work for a period.. but I think after a couple years, it may go stale. Of course, it could then be scrapped.. but I like it.

[Y2J The King Of The World]

I had more of a thought as far as the "bench" goes. They could make that some kind of a tournament, battle royal, round robin, gauntlet, etc. for each division to determine who'd be able to challenge for a spot in the division at the next PPV. If someone was in the I-C division and wanted to challenge to get into the World division, they'd have to earn it by entering the "bench" tournament.

I agree with you, Sabac, I prefer that they actually book storylines, but WWE seems to have a 3-storyline-for-2-brand limit in that department right now, so this would help make the rest of the show not involved in one of those storylines meaningful. But, there isn't any reason that storylines can't center around this.

Say, for example, back about 10 months ago when Evolution was still together and Randy Orton, still in the Intercontinental division after having dropped the belt recently, decided that he wanted to challenge the #10 person on the World Heavyweight roster. He would have to win whatever tournament/etc. that was decided to determine who'd be the next challenger for the bench spot (they could even have the finals for this at a PPV, setting up a match for the next PPV in advance - gasp!). HHH, of course, wouldn't be happy about this at first, until he realizes that he can keep his own score up by having Orton lay down for him. Orton wins the #10 spot on the World Heavyweight roster. Once in the division, HHH would make Orton his pawn, intentionally getting DQ'ed, counted out, and lay down for him to allow HHH to keep his score up when he needs to maintain his #1 or #2 contender ranking. This could go on for a few months, with HHH continuing to be unsuccessful at winning a title opportunity while maintaining a #1 or #2 position in points, and Orton having to fight off a challenger trying to take his bottom spot on the ladder. HHH would eventually win the belt, and like the arrogant heel that he is, stop worrying as much about points because he thinks he'll be champion forever (e.g. Orton would stop doing the job). Gradually, Orton would start to work his way up the ladder to #2, since he wouldn't have to do the job to HHH any more. HHH would drop the strap and be the #3 contender points-wise. He'd need a win over Orton to move back up to the top 2, so he could have a shot at the champion at the next PPV. He tells Orton to lay down for him. Orton acts conflicted over it and acts as if he's going to lay down for him, when he surprises him by rolling him up for the win. Orton would get kicked out of Evolution from that point, obviously, become champion, and then HHH would make it his business to make it back up the ladder to challenge Orton. Wouldn't that have made for a better, less-rushed end to Orton's tenure in Evolution than the shotgun storyline they did?

[Necro]

The thing about ranking & numbers. Everyone knows its fake, so why try to make it legit with rankings. I think with rankings, numbers, etc it would make people bored within several weeks. Once they got past the first few scenerios it would seem everything has been already done. I just think WWE needs better storylines. Dont get me wrong in a way I think in a way this is correct. Only thing not released to the public. Maybe if they made a top 5 of each division, and actually stuck to it, and gave people chances etc...

[AudioSavior]

I agree with Sabac on this one. I didn't want to say anything because when I disagree with someone, people tend to get pissed off or something lol.

[Crocker]

Ida why the fuck do you always disagree with someone you brown nose suck up.........just kidding


I agree too, it would be intresting the first couple of months but would get boring after a month or two and we will all be moaning again

[Blitzkrieg]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

I agree with Sabac on this one. I didn't want to say anything because when I disagree with someone, people tend to get pissed off or something lol.

Yeah I agree that it would get boring after a few months...If you want me to go into detail I will...but I didn't really feel like it..lol