5 Reasons WWE should end the brand split, and 5 they should not

Should end the brand split: Everyone knows it's not a real rivalry

One of the most exciting things about the Monday Night War was that, even though the matches and angles were scripted, there were real-life stakes. Major league, life-altering real-life stakes.

At stake was the very existence of both wrestling companies. For some time--nearly three years--WWE seemed to be sinking into the abyss, as all of its major players ended up signing with WCW for more money working fewer dates.

WWE lost the rating battle every single week for those three years, and sponsorship and media attention gravitated to the WCW. Monday Nitro had major celebrities like Jay Leno and Dennis Rodman, whereas WWE had...Ben Stiller.

But all that money spending was keeping WCW just barely operating in the black. They were also gambling their entire existence on the rating war.

Fans knew that even though the wrestling may have been scripted drama, the wrestlers themselves were fighting for survival. The problem with the brand split is that the fans know good and well that there are no real stakes. When the two brands face off, the winner will be whoever WWE has scripted it to be, and that means there really are no real-world stakes for fans to become invested in.