Thoughts On Smackdown's SyFy Debut Rating And On Raw

Smackdown last week got a pretty mediocre rating. 1.74? That is within the same area as the network ratings it was getting in the last few weeks.
Why do I find this rating especially interesting? Not just because it was hyped that it would be a live episode, but because they hyped that Cena and Nexus would be a part of the show, not to mention Undertaker. 1.74 is the best it can do? Is Cena not supposed to be the golden one? Is he not the top draw? I understand that people go out on Friday nights, but I was not expecting a rating as high as Raw gets anyway. Either Cena did not make a difference and ratings will stay this mediocre for weeks to come, until WWE tries something more interesting for Smackdown, or Cena did make a difference. If the latter is the case, ratings will drop now that Cena is no longer showing up. I do not believe Rey Mysterio will help that much, but at least they are hyping him. The WWE also sent Edge over to Smackdown. Once again, I doubt that will do too much more. The one situation I do not see happening is ratings going up tremendously from last week's episode. If the WWE's main man can only get a 1.74, I do not think the rest have much of a chance to do better without storyline improvement.
Speaking of Cena, tonight's Raw was his show. Daniel Bryan and Alicia Fox got killed off in short matches so more time could be spent on other things. It annoys me everytime they say that the WWE is all Cena has or ever had. WWE propaganda helps to make Cena what he is, what else can I say?
Let me go back a step, Cena lost to Wade Barret. John Cena must now be a part of Nexus. By an edict from the GM, he must also do whatever Barret says, or be fired. As I was saying last month, I am glad Cena must now join Nexus. It makes the Nexus angle more interesting. It adds credibility to the group, especially Barrett, who now gets a title shot against Randy Orton. Don't think for a second that this move does nothing for Cena. It makes him seem more "controversial" than he typically is. Everyone knows that whole bit is just an excuse created by the WWE to explain why Cena sometimes gets such noticeable hate. In any case, it gets people still talking about him. Instead of the usual odds placed before Cena to overcome, he is faced with a moral dilemma. As I said before, it is a dilemma that allows the WWE to talk about how good a man Cena is, adding propaganda upon propaganda for their centerpiece. Of course, a full heel turn may follow soon. If it does, all the propaganda would have pulled at the heart strings of most fans so much, the turn will work even better. If Cena does not turn fully heel, it was propaganda just for the sake of sprinkling sugar on honey.