So, Smackdown is leaving the CW - Page 3

**darkpower** · 02-10-2008, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by NeanderCarl

For instance, I was a big fan of pre-dementia Kurt Angle. But when he jumped ship to SmackDown, I didn't follow.

I still enjoy Undertaker's work, on occasion. But I won't watch SmackDown for him.

I think perception is fact... it has been firmly established as second place on the list of priorities, you have second-place announcers, second-place talent, second-place titles and second-place product quality.

I wouldn't follow Jericho over to SmackDown to watch him flounder against the likes of Khali and Viscera. I may be interested in Jericho vs Taker, Mysterio or Batista, but then they would take place on PPV anyway.

That could be the whole booking issue going on. They just can't seem to get anyone to care because they book everyone wrong (this happens on RAW, too, just to be fair on that). They could have some high-profile matches on SD (they have done a semi-decent job doing that kind of thing). Like have a WHC match on SD (that title WAS on RAW until 05, so it's not really the second place title. That would've been the WWE Title, since, if we are going by your logic, was on SD before). Also, give some of these people that we don't care about right now something to do that will make us care. Make Khali do something we're not expecting the WWE to do with a man of that size (be a face, for instance. Why does every hoss of that size have to be a heel in the WWE?), or recycle the Big Show's "A to Z personality" angle that got him some good backing in the Attitude era, and have him come out in these weird-ass outfits and shit, and just show him having fun until you piss him off or something. Give us something DIFFERENT with the hosses and those that are not interesting. We might actually watch them.

By the way, since you brought it up, Cole is a better commentator than JR right now, even though I don't think him and Coach aren't clicking as well as him and JBL did or even him and Tazz. Coach seems to just be going with the motions and not really add any insights that I care to know. SD has been known for having a color guy that could give us "analysis" into what a wrestler should do against an opponent in a match. I thought some of that was lost when JBL did color because he was more of the "rooting the heel" than telling us why a wrestler did what he was doing. Now everything is lost on the Coach (who was never a good commentator anyway). But yeah, Cole is right now better than the JR of today. JR's passion for what's going on seems to not be as genuine as Cole is (even though Styles and Tazz are probably the best out of the three teams right now). Yeah, Cole has made mistakes, but if we're again going by your logic, Cole should be on RAW right now and JR would be moved to SD.

**NeanderCarl** · 02-10-2008, 12:11 PM

JR is still better than Cole will ever be, but he is just tired and repetitive. The problem isn't so much JR, as his comfort zone. I would definitely mix things up, and put Lawler with Cole on SmackDown. It may make for a reinvigorated Jim Ross to have to adapt and cater for a new color partner.

**NeanderCarl** · 02-10-2008, 12:11 PM

(By the way, my vote would be Scott Levy

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02-10-2008, 12:11 PM	#82
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	JR is still better than Cole will ever be, but he is just tired and repetitive. The problem isn't so much JR, as his comfort zone. I would definitely mix things up, and put Lawler with Cole on SmackDown. It may make for a reinvigorated Jim Ross to have to adapt and cater for a new color partner.