Published: May 2, 2018 by Liam | Last Updated: May 2, 2018 by Liam
Liam has been reporting & analyzing wrestling news for over eight years, and is currently the Managing Editor at WrestleTalk.com. Immersed in wrestling for 18 years, he has over 11,000 published articles in addition to leading and overseeing WrestleTalk.com's coverage.
Welcome to the second edition of ‘Raw vs. SmackDown‘, the series where we take a look back at WWE‘s two flagship shows from this week, and compare them using a completely indisputable system to find out which was the better show.
To do this, we’ll split each show into three categories, the three main characteristics that make up a great wrestling show. These characteristics are the ‘Quality of Matches’, the ‘Storyline Progression/Pay-per-view Build’, and any other ‘Fun’ aspects of the show.
With this still being a relatively new series of articles, I would love to hear any feedback that you dear readers may have, so I can improve these articles until they reach the pinnacle of perfection.
Despite Greatest Royal Rumble only happening nine days prior, this Sunday will be WWE‘s Backlash pay-per-view event, meaning this week’s Raw and SmackDown Live shows had the somewhat difficult role of selling Backlash with under a week to go.
Which show did it better? It’s time to find out.
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