[darkpower]

Here's what I think they should do with SmackDown to make it better:

1. IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE WOMEN WIN "MEN'S" TITLES, HAVE THEM AT LEAST A CREDIABLE THREAT
I actually had no problem with a woman winning the CW champion (hey, they need someone to DO rather than to be eye-candy). However, in the situation of Jacqiue (which did seem last minute because of the Matt Capotelli thing), she never got build up, just suddenly APPEARED, and wasn't considered to be that much of a threat. Therefore, although it could've been somewhat welcome if it was done right, in this case, it wasn't, and in turn, just made it worse for intergender matches (or even intergender feuds) to happen, let alone get over. Therefore, I'm not totally sour on this idea, but at least do it RIGHT. Make the women at least crediable and a viable threat BEFORE going to the title pictures. The WWE Title is totally out of the question for right now (I do intergender matches and feuds in my CWE, so I know that it can be done and done right if proper care is taken). I know more risk is seen with this, so you must consider that before going in.


2. GET THE TRADES GOING
No doubt, the main problem with SD right now is the lack of stars. More or less, main event heels. However, this has NEVER been a good strength on SmackDown, even when they were going strong near the beginning of 03. I would say to get a few mid-card dead weights (those who aren't doing anything on SmackDown, like Holly, Gunn), and ship them over to RAW for a few of their top-carders (Jericho, Batista, Rhyno, hell, at this point, I wouldn't mind it if Triple H went to SmackDown for a while at THIS point). That way, Guerrero would have some more competition at the top.

Also, I don't know if going live would help SmackDown, but it couldn't HURT it in any way. UPN might allow SmackDown to go an extra mile, as it's the #1 rated show still since the last time I looked on their channel, and since networks are starting to fight back against the FCC, as I have also read now, UPN may not be as strict as we may think. And remember, the PTC cannot do anything to the WWE anymore because of the settlement, anyway. They can warn people, but that's about it. No going after sponsors or idle threats to make the WWE "clean it up" anymore, since they did lie about 3/4 of everything they said (I was part of the effort to have it happen, if any of you remember the WFAC and Bob Magee's efforts). So there's really not that much of an excuse why they CAN'T go live. But whether they should or not remains to be seen. Right now, I don't see where it could hurt it. It would definitly bring back an element of surprise to SmackDown that is sort of missing from it.