23 WTF Moments From Last Night's WWE SmackDown (Sept 20)
1. Another Big Match For Free?
WWE won the Monday Night Wars, in part, due to Eric Bischoff's desire for better ratings for WCW.
It didn't matter what they had to give away for free on Nitro each week, Eric would do it just so more eyes were on his show.
Because Vince McMahon looked at the bigger picture more than his show's performance week-to-week, he won the war and WCW perished. Obviously, there's more to the story than that, but WCW's strategy and willingness to throw big matches away for free, HOGAN/GOLDBERG IN GEORGIA, definitely played a part in their demise.
So after two HUGE matches on this week's SmackDown Live, we're getting an EVEN BIGGER one next week as Dean Ambrose challenges for AJ Styles' WWE World Championship.
RAW - RAW
SmackDown Live - Nitro
SmackDown giving away all of their biggest bouts for free!? What about the PPVs?!?!
SmackDown Live is going to die... (it's not really, but doesn't it remind you of the Monday Night Wars? Maybe that's Vince's plan all along)