5 Ways to make SmackDown Live great again

#1 Protecting the WWE Champion

Does the World Champion have to be pinned on TV, so often?

This past week, we saw AJ Styles take a pinfall at the hands of John Cena. Since Christmas, we've seen him get pinned on TV at the hands of Owens and Zayn. Somehow, this just kills the mystique of the World Champion. How many times does Brock Lesnar take the pin?

Despite the fact that he is a part timer, Brock Lesnar still has an allure about him. We know that he's the more dominant champion of the two, since we saw him defeat Styles at Survivor Series. Styles doesn't have Paul Heyman to cut promos for him either.

Somehow, protecting him on television would be the right thing to do, in our opinion. A show without a strong world champion is not really a strong show.

We hope that SmackDown Live comes back on track and Tuesday nights become our favourite time of the week once again.

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