5 things RAW does better than Smackdown Live

#4 More good matches each week

The Best of Seven produced some very good TV matches

Of course RAW has extra time, with the benefit of having 3 consecutive hours on the air, which translates to 45 more minutes of programming time than SmackDown. But with their lack of following up on stories, SmackDown could wisely use their time to have an extra match take a little more time.

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Some stories can be told differently if the matches are given 4-5 minutes longer. Smackdown can probably use the extra time.

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I got my first big break writing for 411Mania back in 2004. I did a small spot in a big weekly piece that was written by one of the site's top writers. I quickly added the duty of being the live recapper for episodes of SmackDown, and in 2005 was given my own weekly column, which I did for a few years. I gave up writing (mostly) to start a family but got back into it, still at 411, a little over 3 years later. For another couple of years, I wrote 2-3 columns per week for the website before finding paid work elsewhere, and eventually wound up at SportsKeeda.

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