9. Will Smackdown Be Live?
From Nick @_NL92_: Will WWE be airing Smackdown live? If so, do you think they could really push it to be better than Raw?
When the new TV deal was rumored all these months one of the things we were interested in seeing was whether or not Smackdown would go live. The thinking was that WWE could get more money from interested parties if they were willing to make Smackdown a live show on Tuesdays. Instead, it looks like it is staying on Friday nights now. Some fans may think that they should just go live on Fridays then, but that's not going to happen. It's a logistics thing. Most of the crew is on the road from Monday, so that's why the taping has been on Tuesdays for the majority of the last 15 years. It's not going to change anytime soon. Raw will continue to be WWE's top show. That's probably never going to change. It's been WWE's signature show for 21 years now and that's what it will continue to be well into the future. Wrestling fans have gotten so used to it that every Monday night we all know to donate three hours to that show whether we watch it live or check it out at a later time. Even if Smackdown did go live on a regular basis it would never surpass what Raw is.