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.
A former stuntman for Paramount Pictures, Matt enjoys sports, water skiing, driving fast, the beach, professional wrestling,
technology, and scotch. At the same time, whenever possible.
Having attended many famous (and infamous) shows including WrestleMania XV, In Your House: Mind Games, and the 1995 King of the Ring, Matt has been a lifelong professional sports and wrestling fan. Matt's been mentioned in numerous wrestling podcasts including the Steve Austin Show: Unleashed, Talk Is Jericho, and Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard.
As a former countywide performer, Matt has been referred to as Mr. 300 for his amazing accomplishments in the world of amateur bowling. He is also the only man on record to have pitched back-to-back no hitters in the Veterans Stadium Wiffle Ball League of 2003.
