Quoted By:
No, I won't prove it. No, I don't care if you believe me. No, I'm not saying everything here will happen in this exact way, but a lot of it will. I know more about the women's side of plans because that's what I'm currently working on the most.
>The current strategy moving forward is make Raw the "entertainment" focused show, and Smackdown the "wrestling" show
>The parts of each show considered weakest internally are the Raw tag division, and Smackdown women's division
>USA Network is more involved with Smackdown than anyone outside knows. USA is heavily dependant on Smackdown as their only real key piece of original programming on the network, and is much more "hands on" than Netflix is with Raw
>USA wants more "stars" on Smackdown, especially on the women's side, as internal metrics for female viewers is very bad
>Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan, Becky Lynch, or Iyo Sky have all been thrown around as someone to be the face of the Smackdown women's division after WM
>Rhea is scheduled to be taking time off after WM, so it probably won't be her. She's had numerous nagging injuries and needs R&R. She was supposed to have a longer time off for her wedding, but stuck it out because of how chaotic the Raw women's scene was at the time
>USA is extremely high on Trick Williams and personally requested him on Smackdown
>Gunther and Bianca Belair are planned to win the Rumble. Current WM plans are Cody vs Gunther, Punk vs Roman, Cargill vs Belair, and Vaquer defending in a fatal 4 way against Ripley, Sky and either Morgan or Perez
