This is just to see what everyone thinks of WWE taping Smackdown on Tuesdays and how it affects the on screen program. This is nothing to do with the results from tonights show.
I think WWE taping Smackdown on Tuesday has 1 positive and that is that all televised shows are done by Tuesday which is beneficial to WWE superstars as it lessens the schedule.
I think a big problem is that ratings are not a good measure of Smackdowns performance. I have just finished watching tonights Smackdown and I finished watching it 9 hours before the scheduled start time in England. It is available online if you search the right thing and as a result WWE could have very misleading viewership figures as fans could have watched online and not on there TV which means WWE will react to something they don't need to.
My biggest problem however is what seems to be a very manufactured crowd atmosphere. On Raw as it is live you can judge a crowd by the noise they make but when I was watching Smackdown there was a lot of times when I was hearing very loud chanting but not seeing anyone who was making it. The crowd for tonight seemed dead apart from when Cena was on but yet during every match/segment they were making lots of noise.
Your thoughts on the issues I have raised with Smackdown tapings and your opinions on the subject
I think WWE taping Smackdown on Tuesday has 1 positive and that is that all televised shows are done by Tuesday which is beneficial to WWE superstars as it lessens the schedule.
I think a big problem is that ratings are not a good measure of Smackdowns performance. I have just finished watching tonights Smackdown and I finished watching it 9 hours before the scheduled start time in England. It is available online if you search the right thing and as a result WWE could have very misleading viewership figures as fans could have watched online and not on there TV which means WWE will react to something they don't need to.
My biggest problem however is what seems to be a very manufactured crowd atmosphere. On Raw as it is live you can judge a crowd by the noise they make but when I was watching Smackdown there was a lot of times when I was hearing very loud chanting but not seeing anyone who was making it. The crowd for tonight seemed dead apart from when Cena was on but yet during every match/segment they were making lots of noise.
Your thoughts on the issues I have raised with Smackdown tapings and your opinions on the subject