How to make Smackdown better?
1. Give it time.
They've went through quite an extensive roster shuffle, lost quite a few big names, and they're trying to make amends. Agreed they've made some screw-ups (JBL, Jacqueline CW Champ, WTF?) but they are trying to get people like Dupree, Booker T, the Dudleys, RVD, Rico & Haas, Mysterio and Chavo a push. Plus Eddie is doing a GREAT job just now, and Taker is doing his thing too.
2. Mix it up.
Keep things unpredictable and exciting. Keep throwing a spanner in the works, chaos and mayhem, but all tied into entertaining storylines that further the wrestlers with sustained pushes.
3. Heyman, ECW and Heel RVD
GET THIS GOING! Heyman and the Dudleys is working out well. RVD needs something different from the norm. Either put him in a face v face feud with Eddie and have some fantastic matches, or turn him heel and let him run riot with Heyman goading him on in the background! If you do this right, this could even be the stable that Smackdown could do with, as a force to be reckoned with.
4. Women = Eye-candy
RAW has women who can wrestle, Smackdown doesn't. Use what you have as either eye-candy, managers or to mix things up in storylines. DON'T EVER DO THE AL WILSON STORY EVER AGAIN. EVER. NEVER.
5. Kurt Angle = Comedy Star
Give Kurt something he can deliver and act on. Angle is superb at comedy routines and storylines with humour in them. (Angle to Benoit: Tag team partners don't shake hands........tag team partners gotta hug
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Now that is entertaining as hell, and there is tons of other examples. Give him something where he gets out of his chair and he's dead clumsy and smashed on painkillers and acts real goofy. I'd get out of bed to watch Smackdown if I thought Angle was gonna be doing that stuff. It's the same as Rico & Haas as a tag team - entertaining as hell.
6. Get shot of the dead meat!
Smackdown is carrying dead weight, that has a proven track record of being as much use as a back-pocket in a sock, and as welcome as a fart in a space suit. Get a list of them and say thankyou and goodbye.
Bob Holly, Billy Gunn, Bradshaw, etc.
These guys have put in a lot of service to WWE over the years, but they are just not cutting it anymore. Perhaps the best thing you could do with these guys is to release them - maybe they would be inspired enough to go and join another show and do something better than what they are doing.
7. Let wrestlers have a little more control
Let the Cruiserweights be proper cruiserweights, let hoss's be hoss's, if wrestlers wanna risk it, then let them - it's their call. They chose to get into this business! They'll be more challenged to produce better matches, and we'll be more entertained.
8. Give the tag division something to get their teeth into.
Take the belts off the champs for some obscure reason and start a tournament. Get 8 tag teams together, and have matches every week to determine who the champs should be, and keep them as tag teams for at least 3 months, and have a couple of matches at least every show. Build and maintain a tag division, with EVERYBODY participating, Crusierweights, etc.
9. Sustained talent pushes
Bring in some new talent gradually, keep pushing existing talent, but sustain the pushes! Once Cena, Dupree, RVD, Booker T, Eddie, Taker are all competing main event, that will leave a bit more room for people to take on the US Title, and make more room for Cruiserweights, if Mysterio and Noble move up to US level.
Those are my thoughts and what I would like to see happening.