SmackDown Is a Better Show Than Raw


By Radi Lewis
Raw is a terrible, terrible show. It is 3 hours of nonsensical, horrible, and outright bad booking. SmackDown meanwhile is a nice and quick two hour of great wrestling. When Raw is over, it feels like you watched a marathon of the worst show on television. When SmackDown's done, you long for more, not less. Also, SmackDown has another thing over raw, which is the face General Manager; The heel authority figure is so overused in wrestling. On SmackDown Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan are nice guys who want the best for their show. They talk to both heels and faces and by default, give everyone an equal playing field. Much like William Regal in NXT, they are the kind of people who could run a real wrestling promotion, and it's great to see. The announcing is another thing that SmackDown has over raw. Michael Cole controls the broadcast booth and has the boring and stale Byron Saxton on the other side of him. However, On SmackDown we have the excellency of Mauro Ranallo in charge and he is good. He reminds you that wrestling is a sport and even with JBL, he turns SmackDown into a program that it is worth listening to, not just watching. The last thing that SmackDown has that raw does not is that in the first few weeks: Baron Corbin, Kalisto, Becky Lynch, and Apollo Crews have all been important parts of the show. On Raw, they were overshadowed and often enough, ignored. On SmackDown, these wrestlers get a chance to shine. They have a spot for themselves and show off their talents/abilities. The more talented performers on TV each week, the better, and SmackDown looks like they are all set to hand the ball to a few of them already. SmackDown is a four-star show that continues to be better as each week passes. Meanwhile, Raw continues to get worse and worse, honestly, it does not seem like it will get any better. Hopefully, Raw steps their game up and tries to outshine SmackDown, but for now, SmackDown is the superior show.

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