Thread: Alright, this is probably really stupid
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Old 06-05-2011, 12:07 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Jura View Post
Maybe reverse it and have RAW for the younger crowd and SD for more mature audiences since I guess we're the minority. SD used to be the shiznit once upon a time.
I get what you're saying, but on Friday nights, more mature crowds have more mature things to do. Even the most obvious of wrestling fans has a social life, despite the stereotype we give ourselves. Who are home on Friday nights? Children. With their parents. The perfect "PG" audience.

Monday nights are perfect for more adult wrestling, since the start of the week is a great time for adult escapism (everyone wants to smack someone in the back with a steel chair on a Monday). Kids have school and shit.

I'm not saying that RAW would have to go back to the Attitude era, or anything -- but I'm just wondering if anyone else sees the benefits of maybe presenting SmackDown! less as the "wrestling show," and more of the "childish antics show," and RAW as the more "adult/wrestling oriented" show? Also, with the IWC (in general) preferring SmackDown!, we already have the show ruined with spoilers. Kids are less likely to look them up. And hell, when they do discover that, it's the day they officially graduate to the forbidden land of RAW.

Now, the WWE is the WWE, and people know this, and SmackDown! gets lower ratings partially because of the night it is on. So yeah, I can understand why the WWE doesn't want to put too many eggs in that basket. But perhaps the WWE resigning to it being the "B-show" is part of the reason it is looked upon as such? With some more focus on the brand, a bigger merch mover, Cena "revolutionising" the brand, etc. -- I think it could be done without hurting RAW, is my point.
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