[QUOTE="mrgab"][QUOTE="straven_marven"] [QUOTE="mrgab"][QUOTE="straven_marven"] [QUOTE="mrgab"][QUOTE="trick_man01"] [QUOTE="mrgab"]RVD will win, ECW will have a title belt, and the smackdown belt will be both on raw and smackdown, floating between brands for either side to win.SeriousThreat
I doubt it that the Heavyweight title will float between brands. They will come up with something to keep both titles and reactivate the ECW World Title.
They had it float years back, could happen again.
It would just be another setback for smackdown
But lets say HHH wins the title, would get a HHH vs Batista on smackdown, or maybe HBK as champ, then have HBK vs Orton or HBK vs Benoit on smackdown. Those would be some great rematches/matches for smackdown. Especially compared to having Mark Henry vs Rey... you really want to see more of Mark Henry?
IT wouldnt leave anyroom for elevating younger stars, and by god mc mahon would never have smackdown deface raw in such a manner
Thats what the IC and US champ is for, young stars to start off on.
Unfortunately the WWE has kind of ruined that mentality. It did good things for Orton for example, but now the IC title is defended about once a month, and Flair (big up and comer watch out for him) held it for a few months. On the SD side u got Booker T and Benoit and JBL holding it, all former main eventers (2 of which should still be in the main event). Right now Shelton and Lashley are the right guys though, lets just hope they actually do something with them.
I agree the belts are on the right people now (though I think it may be a little too early for Lashley, not totally sure though), and hopefully the WWE will do good things with these guys as champs. Sadly, though, I'm not actually that hopeful; the WWE seem to have forgotten that once they give someone a belt, they need to keep establishing them, like they did with Randy Orton. As it stands, they just seem to assume that handing someone the belt suddenly automatically establishes them, which it obviously doesn't. We saw that mentality with Shelton's first title reign - he just sort of... held the belt, and that was it. No story, no push, hardly any air time. It was as if holding the title was meant to preclude the need for any more development. That's an attidue the WWE need to get rid of ASAP... but sadly, I still don't see them doing much with Shelton, and so I foresee this trend continuing. I see Lashley getting a big push with or without the US title (he's a big muscular guy - Vince McMahon must love the guy), but Shelton... I don't know, with or without the IC title, I kinda foresee the WWE forgetting he exists all over again.
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