Green Ranger
I Am Legend
What would help smackdown is going live and actually having story lines progress and stop having tag team and DQ finishes for every main event.
WWE Hopes Brock On Smackdown Will Help Its Image
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Announce shyt is gonna happen on Smackdown in promos on Raw instead of in passing on commentary.
Back to back weeks? Wtf...lol
This should be promoted big time..this is ridiculous.
LastManStanding
Veteran
this is and always has been Smackdown's problem. never understood why even during WWE's best financial years back in the day they didn't air Smackdown live on Thursday nights.
they're on the road 5 day a week anyways. why not just shift the travel schedule from Friday-Tuesday to Thursday-Monday?
Going live costs $$$$$, otherwise I'm sure WWE would want it to be live
Golayitdown
Veteran
Until you can miss an episode of Smackdown and actually miss something continuity wise, there's no use in wasting time watching it. Add in the fact of it not being live with spoilers readily available and it's a perfect situation for someone who doesn't want to sit through a full show.
They would have to go live and do some wild shyt like a WWE title change before I waste time watching it consistently (or even at all since its been well over 7-8 years since I watched a Smackdown episode)
They would have to go live and do some wild shyt like a WWE title change before I waste time watching it consistently (or even at all since its been well over 7-8 years since I watched a Smackdown episode)
It doesnt necessarily need to be live, during its best years it wasnt live. But there was many reasons to tune into it.
Hell make Reigns defend his title on there. Have John Cena actually have matches there, if the wrestlers aren't gonna tell people to tune into Smackdown why should anyone listen to the commentators?
Hell make Reigns defend his title on there. Have John Cena actually have matches there, if the wrestlers aren't gonna tell people to tune into Smackdown why should anyone listen to the commentators?
LastManStanding
Veteran
but going live would also boost ratings. especially in this day and age when everyone already knows the results.
Would the slight boost in ratings offset the cost of going live every week? That's the question WWE asked themselves and they said no
I don't even think going live is Smackdown's biggest problem.
Pre 2002 brand split, SmackDown was a can't miss show. Storylines that started on RAW always continued over to Smackdown.For example, a babyface gets beat down to end RAW... Then the announcers hype Smackdown.
These days, they just announce a random match for Smackdown outta nowhere, call it a day, then spend half of SmackDown being a RAW recap.
Pre 2002 brand split, SmackDown was a can't miss show. Storylines that started on RAW always continued over to Smackdown.For example, a babyface gets beat down to end RAW... Then the announcers hype Smackdown.
These days, they just announce a random match for Smackdown outta nowhere, call it a day, then spend half of SmackDown being a RAW recap.
LastManStanding
Veteran
well considering they didn't go live back during wrestling's boom period and today they are so cheap that every PPV set looks the same other than Mania ....no. they probably won't ever do it.
just sayin.... if the show was live it would automatically get higher ratings and add more excitement to watch. imagine if the NFL or NBA started taping games
the ratings for those games would drop drastically, but hey they would still please the shareholders by saving 15% on production cost.
well considering they didn't go live back during wrestling's boom period and today they are so cheap that every PPV set looks the same other than Mania ....no. they probably won't ever do it.
just sayin.... if the show was live it would automatically get higher ratings and add more excitement to watch. imagine if the NFL or NBA started taping games
Shareholders come first when you public, harsh reality
dakidbanks
Superstar
Lesnar being on Smackdown won't help anything unless he starts having matches on it
I used to look forward to seeing Angle, Eddie, Rey, etc deliver every single week on SD
I am not looking forward to more Reigns/Ambrose vs 2/4 League of Nation member tag matches every week
Most Raw main events are rematches from the previous Thursday's SD anyways
I used to look forward to seeing Angle, Eddie, Rey, etc deliver every single week on SD
I am not looking forward to more Reigns/Ambrose vs 2/4 League of Nation member tag matches every week
Most Raw main events are rematches from the previous Thursday's SD anyways
Vinny Lupton
Superstar
Having the storylines from Raw continue onto SD (storylines, not just feuds) would help more than going live. Besides, Raw is live and it still feels canned. But if [part 1] happens on Monday, then the next Monday everyone is clearly on [part 3] of the story because [part 2] happened on SD, people would get the point that stuff happens on SD
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