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Originally Posted by Mayo
Its cheaper to tape a show rather than have it live. Management favours Raw, so they give Smackdown the tape job.
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During the Monday Night Wars, WCW used the notion of being 'live' to give fans the impression that anything can happen, and that because of it, it was better show than the 'taped' Raw.
Just because Smackdown is dealt with the tape job, doesn't necessarily mean that it is supposedly the 'inferior' brand (i.e refer back to the Monday Night War example). Last year Smackdown was arguably the better of the two shows.
WWE needs to remember WHY they did the brand-split. It was to eventually have two (equal) rival brands, and having those rival brands generate increased PPV and house gate revenue for the OVERALL WWE brand.