Ok, this is my first time writing an article and I gotta say, it's tough to come up with something. However, I figured I'll give my opinions on how to help WWE. That's what everyone else has been doing with their own "so and so vs. this guy" right" Well, this is what WWE should do. Humor me and read, then please send comments if you wish. First off, I've written out the current roster for Raw and Smackdown. This will help me to my main goal of the article, here they are...

*RAW
Batista, Candice, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Edge, The Coach, Snitsky, Christian, Christy, Chris Nowinski, Eric Bischoff, Eugene, Garrison Cade, JR, Jerry Lawler, Hassan, Ivory, Kane, Daivari, Lilian Garciea, Lita, Maven, Simon, Randy Orton, Rosey, Hurricane, Matt Hardy, Maria, Mark Henry, Mick Foley, Molly Holly, Rhyno, Flair, Conway, HBK, Benjamin, Stacey Keibler, Stevie Richards, Rock, Tyson Tomko, Tajiri, Grenier, Todd Grisham, Triple H, Trish Stratus, Val Venis, William Regal, Victoria

*Smackdown!
Amy Weber, Akio, Big Show, Al Snow, Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley, Eddie Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero, Booker T, Hardcore Holly, Billy Kidman, Bill Demott, Carlito, Charlie Haas, Daniel Puder, Danny Basham, Dawn Marie, Doug Basham, Funaki, Heidenreich, Josh Mathews, Luther Reigns, JBL, Miss Jackie, Rene Dupree, Paul London, Orlando Jordan, Nunzio, Scotty 2 Hotty, Michelle McCool, Mark Jindrak, Micheal Cole, Kenzo Suzuki, Joy, Kurt Angle, Shannon Moore, Torrie Wilson, Rey Mysterio, RVD, Tazz, Teddy Long, Spike Dudley, Undertaker

First thing we need to do is to get rid of some of these people on the list. Yes, I understand they have families and they're loyal emplyees of WWE, but keep in mind, if yo're paying $3 million a year for a wrestler, you're not gonna have much for the Creative team to come up with interesting ideas like they have in the past (anyone remember the rain of blood on Austin")

From Raw, I'd release Mark Henry, Maria, Val Venis, Candice, Nowinski, and Daivari. Reasons" Mark Henry may be the "World's Strognest Man" but how did that help bring in any ratings" Last time I saw Henry, there was really no purpose of him being there except to fill in time. For Maria, we only need one ring announcer per show and my vote goes to Lilian. Besides, I thought that in contests, only the WINNERS get the prize, same goes for Candice. The only interestign thing about bringing her in was for a feud with Christy. Now that they're done, she's done. Val Venis has been a loyal employer for quite a while, but lets face it, there were only two interesting angles he had. The "me choppy choppy your pee pee" and the Right to Censor role. Other than that, he's been reduced to nothing more than a space-waster. Daivari may be a tag partner for Hassan and a manager or translator, but he has no purpose on Raw except to speak gibberish on the mic. Hassan seems to be able to get the crowd hatng him without Daivari's help, so he should continue doing so and leave Daivari behind. As for Chris Nowinski, last I heard, he works backstage. He should stop wrestling part time, if any time, and start earning a different paycheck. He hasn't done anything interesting except for the short angle with Maven and the longer angle with Tommy Dreamer. With these cuts, it wouldn't do much damage to Raw's tv time and actually may help it.

From Smackdown, here are my choices. Bill Demott, Joy, Michelle McCool, and Orlando Jordan. Reasons" Bill Demott hasn't done anythign except train, that's what he should do, open up a school somewhere else. He doesn't get much, if any, TV time so there won't be any damage done. Joy adds eye candy, but she doesn't really do a damn thing. Ok, so she's with Big Show, big deal. She doesn't wrestle and if she does, I'm sure it isn't worth much, she's a waste. Michelle McCool" A personal trainer" Shwoing RVD how to stretch" RVD is most likely the most flexible male on Smackdown! He took gymnastics, he took kickboxing, he knows this stuff. McCool is, again, a giant waste. She lost in the Diva search and WWE decided to fire a few people so they could pay for her. She really shouldn't be deserving of a spot on Smackdown. Orlando jordan" Yes, I like him, I think he has potential. Thing is, he's a waste. He's a jobber who loses to wrestlers who don't want to lose. Whatever happened to the times where two top wrestlers had to face each other and one had to win while the other had to lose" JBL vs. Big Show on Smackdown, not Big Show vs. Jordan, it's a waste of time and space.

I know what some of you are thinking. "Jesse, these guys work in dark matches and on shows like Velocity and Heat." Well, WWE should cancel Velocity and Heat to begin with. Four wrestling shows a week of one company, that's too much. It's different if it were just a review of the past week like Superstars. As for dark matches, they can have wrestlers who arn't going to be on the show wrestle in dark matches. For example, say Rosey was going to wrestle Simon Dean on Raw, but usually when there's Rosey, there's Hurricane. Well, Hurricane can wrestle Stevie Richards in a dark match before the show. So they show get rid of Velocity and Heat and still keep Raw and Smackdown.

As for the brand extension, I love it! I mean, think about it, WWE has no real rival. TNA is no real threat, because their TV time during the day really hurts them. Unless TNA gets itself a better time then WWE has nothing to worry about. What I do think, however, is they should come up with two different teams of Creative. One team is Raw and the other is Smackdown. This way, one team doesn't have to fry their brains by thinking up ideas for both shows.

It also helps if the restrictions the shows get are pulled away. Stop being political and start being controversial. Who remembers the time Pillman pulled out a gun on Austin" That was freaky at the time, yet hilarious now that I look back. We need to stop crying over these different political views and start being RAW. As far as moves go, let the Creative think of how the finish is supposed to go and let the wrestlers decide what they want to do in their matches. I'd much rather see Ric Flair and Shawn Micheals improvise an Iron Man Match rather than watching Kane and Snitsky go through a "chain match" with written out descriptions on paper. Let the wrestlers decide how to go through the match and let the Creative decide the finish. Same goes for the promos. Thank you for your time.

by Jesse S...