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Both shows have their good points. However, without beating a dead horse the main reason I like Smackdown over RAW (if I had to choose, because I watch both) is because it doesn't have HHH.
HHH makes such a huge difference to me. For example, no matter how awesome it is that Chris Benoit is the RAW Champion, I just cant get into it as much I thought I would. Why? Because I know its just a matter of time before HHH, who is far less deserving gets the title back and Benoit free falls down the card on RAW.
On Smackdown I'm totally amped about Eddie as champion because I never thought it would happen in the WWE for him, but more than that the sky is the limit for his title run. He could drop it in a couple of months to Kurt or he could easily carry it for a year. I just dont know, which makes it exciting to watch.
Aside from that I find SD to be a tighter show, there are fewer segments where I sit there, scratch my head and go "why?". Thats mainly due to the fact that they tend to focus on wrestling with the blue squad.
Dont get me wrong, RAW has its good points as well, but I find they try to be too cute with promos and backstage skits, and that usually hurts the quality of the show. And like I said they have the HHH-effect.
In terms of being live, hey if you can stay off the net between Wed morning and Thurs night, it would seem like SD is live. To me that means nothing, if anything SD is better for being taped because they can take out stuff that bombs.
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