Professional Wrestling (WWE, TNA, ROH, etc)

[Andrew]

Seriously? I think it's about time Cena's reign ended as well but Khali is the last person I'd like to see with any major belt. I mean, under any other circumstances would you want Khali as the WWE champion?

[BigKaboom2]

I don't think Raw has anyone that would seem like WWE Title material. HBK is obviously there, but I'm sick of his constant blading and overselling, not to mention the fact that he was already beaten by Cena. I'd like to see HHH as a heel with the belt again around Summerslam - too many consecutive face champions in Cena, Edge, and RVD (Well, Cena is a face that gets booed like a heel, and Edge a heel that gets cheered no matter what).

I give Khali a 4% chance of winning at Judgment Day.

[dizzle]

the only way khali wins is if the next day he loses it in a match to someone..but who knows..

[Andrew]

I don't think Raw has anyone that would seem like WWE Title material. HBK is obviously there, but I'm sick of his constant blading and overselling, not to mention the fact that he was already beaten by Cena. I'd like to see HHH as a heel with the belt again around Summerslam - too many consecutive face champions in Cena, Edge, and RVD (Well, Cena is a face that gets booed like a heel, and Edge a heel that gets cheered no matter what).

If Chris Benoit dropped the US title to MVP and jumped to RAW as rumoured before Wrestlemania then that would've given them another main event level talent. Of course, it wouldn't resolve the matter of having too many faces and face champions.

[Lean]

Hope Cena gets injured I think that's the trend today.

[BZ]

Seriously? I think it's about time Cena's reign ended as well but Khali is the last person I'd like to see with any major belt. I mean, under any other circumstances would you want Khali as the WWE champion?

Any other situation, I'd want Khali away from the belt. I'm just desperate to see come competition for once on the RAW side, because it's getting the WWE Title matches are getting too predictable nowadays. Cena wins.. Cena wins.

[shadowgrin]

Yeah, I wish they could have kept me in the dark. Apparently they're annoyed that the smark news sites are leaking everything before them, so they threw it up on the main page. I've never been a fan of the superstar in question, but hey - it should make for some good TV.

Leaks make ratings.
Remember the WCW leak of Mankind winning the championship.

[Andrew]

Any other situation, I'd want Khali away from the belt. I'm just desperate to see come competition for once on the RAW side, because it's getting the WWE Title matches are getting too predictable nowadays. Cena wins.. Cena wins.

Fair enough. I was hoping HBK would get the belt at Backlash since he deserves another run in my book but it wasn't to be. But you know, even if they did have him drop the title they probably wouldn't book him out of the title picture which they probably need to do for a few months to freshen up his character.

Leaks make ratings.
Remember the WCW leak of Mankind winning the championship.

True, but it made ratings for the opposition and led to the downfall of the company responsible for the leak.

[shadowgrin]

WWE will profit from the leak but WWE made the leak.
It's an equal situation then.

I wish Edge will still go after Cena and have both belts.

[Lean]

Well if Khali wins the belt from Cena, will we celebrate it?

[BZ]

Well if Khali wins the belt from Cena, will we celebrate it?

I would celebrate it just for the fact that someone other than Cena is a champion for once. The WWE can use Khali as a stepping stone for another wrestler defeat as to give them more credibility as a main event wrestler. I'd be glad if that wrestler was Shelton Benjamin. That's the only wrestler on the RAW roster that can potentially be elevated to the main event scene. The WWE is totally short of main event material wrestlers these days. A brand merger would definitely be awesome as well.

[Andrew]

Well if Khali wins the belt from Cena, will we celebrate it?

I can't say I would. For all the criticisms lobbed at Cena, he's a far better worker than Khali who's probably had two or three matches that weren't squashes, all of them duds. Cena's promos are pretty stale at this point but Khali can't cut a promo period. You don't push someone like that, not if you want the belt to have any kind of credibility.

I understand the desire to see Cena drop the title because I think it's overdue as well, but if by any means necessary means Khali ends up with it, then I'd rather see Cena hold it until a more viable option comes to mind. As I said before, HBK is right there.

The WWE is totally short of main event material wrestlers these days. A brand merger would definitely be awesome as well.

If ever there was a time to merge the brands, it's now. With all the injuries there just isn't enough legit main eventers to maintain a decent title picture for two seperate major belts. There's not really enough star power on each brand top to bottom for that matter.

What they could do is essentially merge most of the roster and the main titles, keeping the belts that have the longest lineage within the company; that would be the WWE title (sans the spinner belt), World Tag Team titles and Intercontinental title. The Women's title could remain exclusive to RAW and the Cruiserweight title could remain exclusive to Smackdown so there's still some distinction between the brands.

ECW should do more to distinguish itself from the two main brands, though they'd probably need to find another network for that. As it stands it's essentially a WWE minor league because there's very little that's extreme about it. Otherwise it should just be absorbed by the two main brands, which I can see happening if it proves to be unprofitable in the long run.

[Lean]

How long has Cena been holding the title? Since Unforgiven?

Merging of the brands is one solution to keep real talents going. I don't see Khali doing some impact moves but his lame "chop" .

[BZ]

I don't see Khali doing some impact moves but his lame "chop" .

Seeing as how he actually killed another wrestler with a high impact flapjack, I think the WWE wants to restrict Khali to just a lame chop.

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[Isaiah]

I read on WrestlingExposed that Triple H will be feuding with Randy Orton when he returns.. wonder what happens to DX and HBK at that point

there are also report that Triple H will want to return as a heel.

[Lean]

I want to see Triple H back on being a heel but DX sure had a fun run last year so I hope they maintain that, or have Triple H turn against HBK.

EDIT: So why is Khali limited to those fancy chops if he has this ability to pull off high-impact moves? (the answer maybe is to prevent another death)

[Andrew]

How long has Cena been holding the title? Since Unforgiven?

Since September 17th last year, so coming up on eight months.

[BZ]

I want to see Triple H back on being a heel but DX sure had a fun run last year so I hope they maintain that, or have Triple H turn against HBK.

EDIT: So why is Khali limited to those fancy chops if he has this ability to pull off high-impact moves? (the answer maybe is to prevent another death)

The fact that Khali in the WWE's eyes can be seen as a legitimate force since he's a giant brute, would restrict him to just the chops and headbutts. Truth is, Khali is still damn limited in the ring. Search up "Giant Silva vs Giant Singh" on youtube and you'll see how Khali really wrestles like. That match just makes me cringe. And I doubt Khali has improved at all from then on.

[[Q]]

How long has Cena been holding the title? Since Unforgiven?

Since September 17th last year, so coming up on eight months.

Remember when Diesel had the belt for like a year and then lost it to Bret Hart at Survivor Series and then Jackknifed him twice after the match?

yeah, i miss the 90's.

[Lean]

The fact that Khali in the WWE's eyes can be seen as a legitimate force since he's a giant brute, would restrict him to just the chops and headbutts. Truth is, Khali is still damn limited in the ring. Search up "Giant Silva vs Giant Singh" on youtube and you'll see how Khali really wrestles like. That match just makes me cringe. And I doubt Khali has improved at all from then on.

Seen it, on the lame spear by Khali's opponent. I see no difference on Khali's moveset, just a lame chokeslam made it different.

[Andrew]

Remember when Diesel had the belt for like a year and then lost it to Bret Hart at Survivor Series and then Jackknifed him twice after the match?

I remember that, I believe it's even on the Bret Hart DVD set.

[Andrew]

Adding to the WWE's injury woes, HBK has reportedly blown out his knee so they're down another star. Even if they're not going to end the brand split, hopefully they look at making a few more interbrand matches on TV because the roster is spread really thin right now. Perhaps the matches that will open up will also serve as proof that there's merit in ending the split though I'm not getting my hopes up.

[Lean]

Sad to hear it. Darn, why can't Cena be injured? Anyway:

Cena wins against Khali, made him tap out using the STFU.

I'm starting to think that Cena is McMahon's bitch.

[Andrew]

As much as I'd like to see someone else get the belt (and the end of the spinner belt), I personally wouldn't wish injury on John Cena. No one deserves that misfortune and Cena himself can't be faulted for his push; it's not as though he has a reputation for backstage politics that have placed him in this position. I can't say I'm too disappointed with the result either, it would've just replaced one bad booking idea with another.

[Lean]

The frustration is just killing me I'd like to curse Cena for holding the title this long. I'd rather see JBL back