Because of how different Smackdown has been compared to Raw, some have been assuming that Vince McMahon has nothing to do with the show. In a response to a question on Twitter, Dave Meltzer “shut down” the assumption that McMahon cares less about Smackdown’s creative direction than Raw’s creative direction. You can read it down below….
@davemeltzerWON clearly Vince McMahon is less hands on with smackdown right? I mean its night and day from raw.
— Russ Deery (@jetsman2000) September 21, 2016
If it makes you happy, but that’s not the case https://t.co/Cayj6QAT34
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) September 21, 2016