This idea should come as a no-brainer, but if you look at any recent SmackDown card, even the dark matches, you'll see this needs to be reminded to whomever books the show. Main event level talent needs to be booked for SmackDown just like they are for RAW. I'm all for the WWE lightening up the schedule for their talents and think some version of a rotating off-season is long overdue. There are obviously drawbacks for both the company and the talent associated with such a change, but I believe the pros outweigh the cons. Having said that, RAW is usually an "all hands on deck" type of show in terms of the full-timers while SmackDown is used as a show that the bigger names can skip. SmackDown went from being its own brand with its own main event talent, to merging with RAW and forming a supershow, to lately becoming the clear and obvious B-show more resembling a C-show like Main Event or Superstars. That's not exactly the path to success for SmackDown... When there have been appearances by some of the main event performers, it is usually restricted to one performer per show and that isn't good enough. There is no bigger indication of how important a show is than by the talent that that are booked to appear on it. There's a reason why, for several years, WrestleMania was the one and only time a year when the audience could see The Undertaker. There's a reason why WrestleMania this past year featured Triple H, Sting, Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, X-Pac, Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker, Road Dogg, and Billy Gunn. Oh, and also Ronda Rousey and The Rock. The point is the important talents appear on the important shows. Well, if SmackDown is to be improved it needs to get back to featuring important superstars. Nothing against the Dudley Boyz, but when two men who weren't even in the promotion six weeks prior are headlining a nationally-televised show, it doesn't say much for the show's level of importance. If the WWE wants its viewers to take SmackDown seriously again, they need to take SmackDown seriously first.