Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on May 2, 2023 13:57:08 GMT -5
Raw obviously has an extra hour so they're going to get more picks but I think they got the better quality as well as quantity.
Seems like for the upper card other than The Bloodline Smackdown got all the top veterans in their 40s (Edge, Bobby, Sheamus, Rey, AJ) while Raw got all the full-time guys in their prime you can see tearing it up in longer matches every week (Cody, Seth, Gunther, Drew, KO, Sami, Riddle). Raw is also very top heavy on the face side. I think Drew might go heel soon to help even things out a bit.
Smackdown's women's division looks rough. Bianca/Asuka/Damage CTRL has already been done to death on Raw now they're all on Smackdown together. Bianca/Charlotte is the one big time feud they have but that seems like something they'd save for Wrestlemania so I'm not sure what they'll do in the meantime. Hopefully IYO ditches Damage CTRL after Backlash and gets a sustained solo push.
Raw has Becky/Trish then you can do Becky/Rhea. Liv and Raquel could be fun challengers for Rhea after they drop the tag titles. I'd do Rhea/Ronda too even if it's heel/heel. The Way reuniting on Raw should give Candice/Indi focus. I don't see her being credible enough to get a main event push but Chelsea should continue being fun on Raw too so yeah Raw's division definitely looks more promising to me right now.
I have no idea what they are going to do with Smackdown Women's division. The majority of the "enhancers" are on Raw so they lack people who can put their stars over and they don't have any challengers for Bianca. For heels all they have is Damage CTRL which has been done to death, The Witches who are a tag team, and Lacey Evans who nobody buys as a threat any more. I guess they turn Charlotte but I guess she's taking time off and they probably want to hold off on that until Summerslam at the earliest. I guess in the mean time they are either going to have to reheat Lacey yet again or do a Bayley feud yet again. I think it's too soon to put the belt on Iyo but now I think it might be the right move just so they'll be able to have something to work with.