Brand Splits or Not??

[Tomato Can]

What are your opinions on having BRAND SPLITS in your game? Do you use them and do you find them helpful? Do you find it harded to put on quality TV with your roster split? Just wondering...

[Renegade MMA 037]

Brand Splits are midcard workers dream come true, with a brand split ppv i get to put on A and A* level shows and filling the ppv slot usually gives midcarders feuds and its great for them, also it makes it easier for an upper midcarder to break into Main Event. If you have the talent do it it may start out bumpy but you will see mid card workers with programs and fueds starting to get over because theyre given the chance

[Tomato Can]

When doing a brand split that obviously means two seperate shows. My question is should both be "A" level shows or should one of them be a "B' level show?

 

If one should be "B" level, is it okay to have more of the lower card (Midcard down) on that one and not have ratings tank?

[Mr Rager]

I can definitely see the advantages of having a brand split, because it opens up more storyline opportunities, more opportunities to push midcarders, and the chance to have a lot more talent on your roster (obviously). I tend to get impatient if I have to book two shows every week though, with eight shows between each PPV, I just find it doesn't progress fast enough.

 

But if you've got the patience to run with it, I think it's a good idea.

[CamillePunk]

If you want more time for your midcarders couldn't you just make your show 3 hours and your PPVs 4+ hours? WCW Nitro used to be 3 hours.

[Teh_Showtime]

It would hardly accomplish anything IMO because if you have two 2 hour shows, with the main event getting 1hr and the entire undercard 1hr that is 2 Hrs per week.

 

Dont think you would have 2hrs of midcarders on a 3hr show

[Remianen]

Brand splits aren't really necessary IMO. My rosters are usually massive and I don't use a split. I use B shows to the nth degree. B shows headlined by upper midcarders (beating midcarders) and anchored by midcard and below allow me to use much of my talent. I guess a B brand would help keep folks happy but then I'd have to run non-televised shows to keep the B brand active.

[20LEgend]

I agree about slow progression but I really feel it adds to my game, but I hav a huge roster with almost every over guy on the game thanks to being owner of USPW (Sam's retirement meant it was open) and the fact making money with USPW is a doddle. Even though I make a loss most months, but an extra payperview every 6 months saves that

[LoganRodzen]

Without brands my WCW game would be completely chaotic. I'm able to evenly spread workers out amongst my brands to fit exactly what I need for each show. I have 130 workers on my roster and each of my brands have specific purposes: Mayhem is our traditional old-school brand that includes a womens division, Takeover focuses on high-flyers and the cruiserweight division (the overall traditional basis is still there though), and Stampede is a mix between the two that also includes a womens tag team division.

 

I'm able to use all of my workers throughout the month because each brand has 2-hour shows. Lots of attendance revenue by having brands setup. I don't suggest rushing into brands unless you have a lot of top workers to carry each show.

[UkWrestleFan]

I was thinking about a brand split but just went for the B show. The B show allows me to have talented people who don't make the A show on the card as well as build up young talent (especially tag teams)

 

I also use the B show to further my storylines and gain them more heat. Then, on the final B show before my monthly PPV I have epic 4 vs 4 or 3 vs 3 matches. In my TCW game, I had a huge 4 vs 4 which featured my World, International & Tag Team champions. It's becoming somewhat of a trend going into PPV's.

[Boltinho]

I was thinking about a brand split but just went for the B show. The B show allows me to have talented people who don't make the A show on the card as well as build up young talent (especially tag teams)

 

I also use the B show to further my storylines and gain them more heat. Then, on the final B show before my monthly PPV I have epic 4 vs 4 or 3 vs 3 matches. In my TCW game, I had a huge 4 vs 4 which featured my World, International & Tag Team champions. It's becoming somewhat of a trend going into PPV's.

 

This is a fine idea. I run a split like this in HIW where people who didnt get used on the big shows are put onto the secondary brand and get to face talented guys who would get slated by the fans on our big shows.

 

My justification is I basically phone them up and say "Dont bother coming to Birmingham tonight. Youre not on the card. BUT Ive got a nice win next week for you in London"

 

That way I have a happy dressing room and lots of exposure for talent.

 

It does make it a slower process (as youre not using your stars every night)but I prefer that style of play anyway

[James Casey]

I have an A and a B brand, and A and B shows in my SWF game. It's just easier all round, although there's plenty of crossover between the two (I think there's only about 15 workers on the A brand, for example, and they need someone to beat)

[The Masked Orange]

In my heyday, I was running 3 shows a week and the monthly PPV, with the two A shows each being 3 hours and the B show being 2 and a half hours.

 

It got to the point where it was Herculean to get through a year. I got through four .