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I agree that commercials during matches should be dropped. Raw got all the ratings by having quick and exciting matches, not long PPV-like matches that go through a commercial break. Good for the fans there live, bad for the ratings.
Also, Raw has almost made us forget that Eric Bischoff is STILL the Raw GM. He makes about one appearance per week and is just about nonexistent. If he can come out and be a definite face or a definite heel then it would make for great television.
A great way to get guys like Edge, Shelton Benjamin and Benoit more over is to stack the odds against them even more. Put them in something like a handicap match in which they are fired if they lose, or something like that. That was part of the reason The Rock got way over in 2000, because the odds were stacked so largely against him and he overcame every obstacle week after week.
I think we all agree that the Tag Team division on BOTH shows needs a major kick in the ass. There are plenty of guys on Raw like Garrison Cade who aren't being used and should just be made into a random team. WWE didn't help themselves by breaking up three teams in the Draft lottery. I say keep the tag straps on teams like Edge & Benoit until new teams can be developed and given some credibility. And for god's sake, good gimmicks?
One other problem in my mind is that there's entirely TOO MUCH comedy. The whole Tajiri angle, Eugene, they all combine to detract severely from the seriousness of the show. I'm not saying that Raw should be one big Lance Storm-a-thon, but there is such a thing as too much comic relief.
One mreo thing: No more one-night pushes. This happened in 1998 and 1999 as well, but it happens too often today. It's good to see guys like Shelton continuing to get big pushes, but to give guys like Spike Dudley a push for one night and leave him in the dust... There's just no point to it and it's a waste of television.
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