Woah, you want HHH, Bradshaw, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, etc. in the main-events on both shows while Benoit and Eddie drop the belts and get demoted to the mid-card with Jericho and feud with wreckless slugs like Tyson Tomko? Because that's exactly what would happen if the brand split ended. You would think it wouldn't if you were booking so that you could open up the possibility of more feuds between good wrestlers, but you know how Vince and the creative team function, and they're not going to change anytime soon, unfortunately.
Fair enough, I forgot who I was dealing with. I've just been watching old RAW's and Smackdown's etc. and enjoyed it a lot more than current programming.
But with the lopsided quality these days, it's probably a good decision to keep it going.