>... I mean it was obviously going that way anyway

Seems like the announcement is a wash in that case. They can still build anticipation toward the event, but they're not great at doing that these days anyways.

>- all three Shield members and Bray Wyatt stay on Raw. Those
>are your "core four" stars of tomorrow and Raw is your
>cornerstone. All four of those guys must stay together.

I think separating them is the better route. Roman is Vince's current toy and he's doubling down on that every week, which means none of those guys will really get a shot to run at the top outside of a program with Reigns that puts each of them on the losing end.

IMO it's far better to put at least two of those guys on Smackdown, elevate them to the top of that brand, and build to the inevitable clash with Raw/Reigns down the road. I think everyone is better served by not hoarding the core to one brand.

>- Raw goes back to two hours. You'd still be giving USA four
>hours of live well-performing programming per week, that's
>enough.

Not happening.