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Originally Posted by RainMaker
Smackdown did only had 2.07 million viewers on Tuesday night.
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Smackdown was so much fun right after the brand split. My buddy and I even made a point of it to get together and watch it for about the first 6 weeks. Then the bottom fell out and they completely ruined it.
Orton/Wyatt was a fun angle at the start with Randy clearly becoming a family member just to infiltrate and destroy from the inside. Thought it was gonna be a really fun build and maybe even give Harper a good rub if the story played out nicely. We know how that turned out.
American Alpha/USO's looked set to feud over the tag straps, they even teased it early on. Then Rhyno & Slater came along and while the skits were funny, they made the who tag division a joke and proceeded to do nothing with Alpha or The Usos forever.
Alexa/Becky/Mickey were doing fun stuff and having decent matches every week. Then shoehorned Naomi in for whatever reason, totally fucked up the belt situation leading into Mania and even with Charlotte there, the writing has continued to suck.
AJ/Cena stuff was awesome, but they sacrificed AJ's title run so they could hot potato it to Cena/Wyatt/Orton/Jinder. I have no idea why they felt the need to make Wyatt/Orton a title program. Given a quality storyline they could have had some great matches and didn't the title involved. They got a shit story, had shit matches that were corny than a cob, and totally killed the momentum of both men AND the title.
Corbin has floundered. I like him, I know some don't, but he's yet another example of a guy they sort of push, but not really, and at some point he just becomes a body. It's like calling up a starting pitcher for the sole purpose of eating innings. He feels like he's just there till the next body comes along.
The draft didn't help at all, just same level guys making lateral moves.
Talking Smack was must watch during the first two months as well, but they've managed to neuter that too.
Ugghh.