#5 Is Smackdown’s roster too thin for a Money in the Bank PPV?
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Having the brand split can be both a curse and a blessing. On the one hand, you have the space to give opportunities to people lower down the card such as the Fashion Police and Dolph Ziggler. On the other hand, it will soon become very obvious when the roster is being stretched out too thinly.
Too many of Smackdown’s PPVs of late have felt like slightly exaggerated episodes of Smackdown Live itself. Too few of the main event match-ups do not feel PPV worthy because we have seen so many variations of them before. This was especially true last night, to the point where one had to question the wisdom behind giving Smackdown the MITB PPV rather than RAW.
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When you do MITB, you essentially tie half of your roster to just two matches, and normally you want to put your best talent in these matches considering what is at stake. This ends up leaving far too much room that cannot be filled by the other members of the show. This became very apparent when the Fashion Police came out to wrestle the Ascension.
Normally you’d expect to see this on a pre-show to a PPV, but last night this was actually forwarded as one of the main card's attractions. This is not to say anything against the four men involved, but in the grand scheme of things, they were never going to be able to get the crowd interested, and this really hurt the show overall.
MITB used to be a nice way to open Wrestlemania, and considering how flat this show felt, maybe it’s time the WWE thought about putting it back where it actually belongs.
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