4 reasons why SmackDown Live is faring better than Raw

4. The competition between the heels and the baby faces

The even contest between the heels and the babyfaces on Smackdown Live

No sport can afford to have one-sided contests on a consistent basis. This is especially true for professional wrestling, wherein the compelling back-and-forth action is the backbone of any particular storyline. Smackdown Live has been able enough to fulfil this necessity in each of its storylines.

With hard-hitting wrestling at the forefront, the blue brand has managed to keep storytelling and wrestling side-by-side. There is no dominant force per se on the show. The babyfaces and the heels are able to get their sweet share of the pie alternatively in a battle of wits and muscles.

The dominance of the heels on Raw

On Raw, however, it seems we have a plethora of heels who convincingly dominate the babyfaces on a weekly basis. The central storyline of Raw at the moment is the dominance of Baron Corbin and his associates, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Lashley.

Due to the recent injury to Braun Strowman, we currently have a situation wherein the only challengers to Corbin's reign of terror at the moment are Finn Balor and Elias, both of whom have not been established as main-event stars by the WWE creative through their inconsistent and at times, illogical booking decisions. This means we witness total dominance by the heels on a repeated basis which is certainly making the product stale and predictable.