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Originally Posted by Cobain
When Smackdown recieved a higher rating a few weeks ago, it was reported that Vince was upset that Raw did'nt do better.
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DING DING DING DING DING!!!!!!!!
Folks - we have a winner.
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Whether people want to admit it or not, Smackdown is "the minor leagues" to Raw. With Managment already favoring Raw, combined with Triple H's backstage political power, can we really expect any sort of parity to occur between Raw and Smackdown?
Like I said before - Jericho, Benoit, Triple H, The Rock, Matt Hardy, Edge, and Shelton Benjamin have ALL been moved to Raw.
On Smackdown, a "watered down" Booker T and RVD were moved there. Big Show also looked 'average' during his tenure on Raw (and "coincidently", he almost immediately defeated Lesnar to win the title a month after defecting).
More example? When Benoit defected to Raw, he constantly had to refer to the fact that he wanted to face "The Best" (which implied that Triple H.....not Lesnar.....was "the best").
On the day of the Lottery Draft, Raw was made to look like "the faces", while SD was made to look 'heelish'. That first day of Smackdown - Booker T openly called Smackdown the 'minor leagues' (I realize that it was in 'kayfabe', but still....).
I have no problem with the roster split provided that they keep things EQUAL......but why should I, as a fan, have confidence that the WWE will do that?