Is Smackdown noticably more 'family based' than Raw?
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Is Smackdown noticably more 'family based' than Raw?
I have often made this point in posts myself. Smackdown is commonly believed to be the more family based of the two major brands, with angles typically being more aimed at children, and less 'adult' than Raw. Do you notice any evidence of this, or do you think Smackdown is the same as Raw in terms of the maturity of its content?
My second question is this. If you do feel this to be the case, how much would you say it is detrimental to your enjoyment of the product?
In my opinion, the difference often doesn't appear to be great, but I do find Smackdown to be less enjoyable compared to Raw because it does seem slightly watered down and more childish.
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Well what about Raw is so earth shatteringly pushing the envelop? Both show have bikini contests, and both shows have the same two on one attacks. The only reason I dont watch Smackdown is because it lacks star power. Year after year Smackdown builds up credible wrestlers, and just when Smackdown gets interesting, a draft comes and takes all the shows hard work for next to nothing.
I too have been thinking that SD is way more watered down. Another thing I've noticed is that SD has more gimmicky superstars such as Jimmy Wang Yang, Deuce & Domino, etc. But all in all it doesn't effect my enjoyment of the show because its rare I watch it anyway but when I do I still enjoy it as much as I enjoy watching Raw or ECW.
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Well what about Raw is so earth shatteringly pushing the envelop? Both show have bikini contests, and both shows have the same two on one attacks. The only reason I dont watch Smackdown is because it lacks star power. Year after year Smackdown builds up credible wrestlers, and just when Smackdown gets interesting, a draft comes and takes all the shows hard work for next to nothing.
Well as Phere says, Smackdown has more superstars which are obviously aimed at children. The over the top gimmicks such as Deuce and Domino, Jesse and Festus etc. Also, have you noticed that Edge's character is not as 'Rated R' as it was on Raw? He used to be having live sex celebrations and giving 60 year old men a conchairto and leaving them in a pool of their own blood ! Now, we don't see the real sadistic side to his character, or at least not to the same extent as Raw. You often see blood on Raw too, but hardly ever on Smackdown. These are just a few things I have noticed.
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What about the Highlanders, Cryme Tyme, and Santino Marella on Raw. I'm not saying that they are aimed at 5 year olds, but surely the early teens. As for Edge, did I not see him making out in a bed with Vickie last week?
What about the Highlanders, Cryme Tyme, and Santino Marella on Raw. I'm not saying that they are aimed at 5 year olds, but surely the early teens. As for Edge, did I not see him making out in a bed with Vickie last week?
It is definately a less violent show. The Highlanders are not obvioulsy aimed at children. Cryme Tyme are kind of childish in a way but at the same time they are not. They are more aimed at adults. Marella is just a hilarious character, he is not comparable to the likes of Jesse and Festus, Jimmy Yang etc. You wouldn't see bloody scenes on Smackdown like Flair lying in a pool of his own blood, and you wouldn't see Orton kicking people in the head on Smackdown either.
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There is a reason why we havent seen more people busted open on Smackdown. Most of those type of angles happen in the upper card to main event ranks. Looking at the upper card ranks, its all about MVP. In the last five months MVP has been floating around Smackdown in no real major storyline, just waiting for Matt Hardy to return. Edge was the main event scene on Smackdown. He fought with Rey Mysterio, but because of Rey's mask, he couldn't be buisted open. Thus Edge just retorted to the normal formula to push the rivalry. Then came Taker. Fresh off of his Elimination Chamber match, Edge was out to "prove he wasnt scared of Taker," though he really was. The build up was pretty much supposed to have Edge ducking Taker repeatedly, thus giving Taker the momentum leading to WM. Busting Taker open wouldnt have been much of a momentum builder for Taker. However, if it's blood you want, Taker has been crushing peoples throats in a modified triangle choke for the past month and a half. Blood drips from their mouth after its released.
As for the other wrestlers, its all about opinion I guess.
Smackdown is more gimmicky than Raw. There is no doubt about that, however that certainly doesn't take any enjoyment out of the show for me. If anything, it improves it. At least there are differences between wrestlers that cause them to stand out.
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Obviously I can understand from a business point of view that aiming towards a more family based audience is smart, especially at the moment with all the bad press wrestling gets. But personally as a fan, it doesn't interest me that much. I enjoy more mature entertainment, like films, games, music, etc and wrestling is just the same.
The product would appeal to be alot more if it was less....well "mainstream" I guess. It seems just too watered down for me, I still watch it from time to time, but I never find myself going out of my way to watch it. I don't get the feeling that there's that much, well, emotion on Smackdown (and ECW) because it's hard to convey emotions such as hate and stuff when its toned down that much. If two guys want me to feel as if they really hate each other they are going to be brawling all over the place, beating each other senseless and bloody, somethine which is rare or non-existant on Smackdown.
Smackdown definately brings the entertaining, more-light hearted stuff, but I can't say I really care that much about some of the stuff that goes on on it.
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So the main reason that Smackdown is more family friendly is because instead of criminals, rednecks, cold blooded head punters, and Texans turned New Yorker beating on midgets, they have an Asian who thinks he's a redneck, a dead man who's not really dead, a retard who beats on people because he hears a bell, an extremely pale man who thinks he's burnt, and a man who will pretty much screw any widow if it gets him ahead. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 20 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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