[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by MMercM 3: Smackdown might have longer matches, but they also have too many squashes, with unknowns, even. If they only had, say, 4 matches. Last week's Smackdown contained the following... Batista def. Sylvan Sylvester Terkay def. Scotty 2 Hotty Mr. Kennedy def. Tatanka Lashley def. Finlay (DQ) Undertaker def. The Great Khali (Last Man Standing Match) Vito def. Scott Fowler Batista vs Sylvan, S2H and Terkay, Vito vs Fowler... All unnessecary. Tatanka-Kennedy, Lashley-Finlay, and Khali-Taker all were either good matches, or served a purpose to further a storyline. Now, Sylvan and S2H may have had a good match, but putting Batista vs Terkay, that could culmonate (spelling?) into a good feud, with some watchable matches. There may be less matches, but the unnessecary squashes need to go.

The WWE no longer has Velocity, or another show to showcase their talents, so they need to get guys like Sylvan and Scotty 2 Hotty on the card, somehow. Terkay vs. Hotty was a pretty decent match, with a neat Muscle Buster by Terkay at the end. It certainly went towards putting him over. I think Terkay could find a better submission move than the armbar, though.

Batista vs. Sylvan was kind of a waste, but I think it was more there to warm up the crowd, get Batista used to the feel of the ring, again, and to build some "Oh, he's going to kick ass" momentum heading into Summerslam. It was barely a match, so it could probably not be counted as much a match as a promo.

Vito vs. Scott Fowler seemed good to me at the time (I think they may turn Vito into a parody of Goldberg should he sign with TNA), but I do agree this match could have been scrapped. I do like the idea of having as many matches as possible on TV, though (it's what seperates it from RAW and ECW), so I'd have replaced it with a match that would be a little more poignant. KC James & Idol Stevens vs. Scott Fowler and some other guy? James & Stevens made an appearance earlier, and it is obvious the WWE wants heat on the guys. They may be slowly doing that, but they could have taken it even further by having them defeat two jobbers with their Catapult/Missile Dropkick finishing move (I bet they call it something like "The Indefinite Detention"). It would have been another squash, but it would have added to the show, and James & Stevens actually need to be put over. Paul London & Brian Kendrick could have run out afterwards and beaten down James & Stevens to add more tension to the feud.

If you wanted to use someone who hadn't appeared earlier on the show, Gregory Helms or a returning Hardcore Holly would have been a better choice. But still, it's good to see some consistency within the WWE.

I think the problem with SmackDown!, is that the WWE doesn't know which talent should be there, and which talent shouldn't. Jillian Hall needs to make the jump to RAW, ASAP. Kristal Marshall could probably go, too. Have Layla El become a part of SmackDown!, seeing as they will likely want to keep the Diva numbers up. Matt Striker would fit in with Michelle McCool's boys (why would they want to send him to ECW?). Shannon Moore should really be trying to help the Cruiserweight Division there. With heel World Tag Team Champions, I think Matt Hardy should leave SmackDown! for RAW.

SmackDown! seems to be the source of many needed roster adjustments in the WWE.