Well firstly I'd like to say that it appears that the WWE is trying to make Raw and Smackdown! totally opposite kinds of stroyline from eachother.
Raw is the more 'Realistic' storyline from the late 90's - current while Smacdown is starting to bring back storylines similar to the late 80's and early 90's.
By this I mean the character on Smackdown! are becoming more like the characters of the late 80's early 90's. You got the Undertaker as his old deadman gimmick (and I love it), JOHN CENA who's is kind of like an updated version of the Honky Tonk Man...but people love him, JOHN BRADSHAW LAYFIELD who is like the Million Dollar Man, MARK JINDRAK who looks like he is becoming more like Lex Luger's old gimmick the Narcissist (sp?), RENE DUPREE who is becoming the next 'Model' Rick Martel, and from what I hear Booker T is going to be repackaged as a Papa Shongo type character.
I'm not saying these characters are bad, if fact I like watching pretty much all of them in the ring but overall I still enjoy watching Raw over Smackdown!
This being said I am going to the Smackdown! show on June 1st at the Air Canada Center (10th row from the ring
) and I can't wait to go.