Still means SD is missing a ME-level guy.
Didn't have to go to Raw. HHH made that call.
Show was busting his ass, and was pulling his own weight in non-Brock feuds. He was a legit ME/upper card guy on the show.
Riiight. He carried Brock the whole time.
They may or may not still be on Raw, but the fact is they moved them to SD, and then dropped the ball on each. These 2 could have been used to freshen up the ME/upper card, but instead get buried in go-nowhere positions in the midcard. And, IIRC, we did hear reports that Book was unhappy with jobbing to Taker, but by now he's likely resigned to the fact that they'll never give him a serious push.
And reports are that Brock was going to play job boy for Taker, and that they had no set plans for him post-WM. Bottom line, the WWE had plenty of opportunities and options to make up for the loss of Brock, and failed to come through on all of them.