5 things RAW does better than Smackdown Live

RAW has some things going for it that SmackDown Live can’t claim

#2 Different types of segments

Pre-taped interviews can be a very powerful tool

SmackDown Live does have Talking Smack, which is very unique, but that’s after the show is already over. RAW does things like the segments with Rusev and Reigns standing in front of the black screen and talking to the people as well as pre-taped interviews, like the ones with Sasha and Charlotte as well as Seth Rollins a few weeks ago.

This is the kind of thing SmackDown could really use in order to maximize their content within the two hour window they have. The roster is weak only because the “opportunity” that Shane McMahon promised has not been delivered.

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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.

I am also the co-founder of the RBR: Weekly Wrestling Talk podcast, which started in the summer of 2005 and is still going strong today, almost 15 years later. Due to school, work, and family commitments, I left the team in 2011 but still remain a part of the family.

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