Just now watching great American bash night 1 and in the backstage segment, gargano makes Swerve look like a giant. Johnny wrestling is gonna flop SO hard when he gets called up. He should try to just stay on the black and yellow brand permanently.
Smackdown was clearly over powered
The Halloween 2002 episode has: Benoit vs Edge, Tajiri vs Matt Hardy, Eddie vs Kurt, and Brock vs Rey. Also Cena's rapping debut.
Raw definitely didn't have as much star power or in ring talent especially from Summerslam on.
SD had: Brock, Taker, Angle, Eddie, Benoit, Rey, Edge, arguably Rikishi I guess. Plus all the cruisers.
Raw had: HHH, RVD, Jericho, Flair, Christian, Kane, Jeff Hardy I guess. Plus all the hardcore guys and women.
SD was clearly bigger and better in stars and talent even from the start but it got more uneven as the year went on even with quite a bit of shuffling around in the summer months.