darkpower
04-16-2006, 02:14 AM
I've been reading that there are rumors that Kane would be "drafted" to SmackDown and me a main event heel before Judgment Day. If this is true, and the WWE doesn't "cop out" and use some lame excuse to get him to SD like they did with Angle and Helms, then that means one thing:
WE'RE GETTING YET ANOTHER DRAFT LOTTERY THIS YEAR!! And it will happen VERY soon.
Now, assuming that we're getting this from the WWE, this doesn't give a lot of time to start prediction who will go where (since, if Kane is to be switched to SD via draft lottery before Judgment Day, that means that the draft itself will take place between Backlash and Judgment Day). But let's assume that everything is true and that the WWE is in fact going to give us another "shakeup" of the rosters. Who do you think is going to be switched where, and who is going to be the "steals" (the big name stars) that each brand will get (the Batista/Cena thing was that shakeup last year).
Here's my picks and their reasons (that way no one will try to say that I am shitting on RAW and favoring SD like I got last year with my predictions):
FROM RAW TO SD:
1. KANE
This would be rather obvious if this were true, since that is the rumor, so I'm going to say the WWE would stick with their current plan.
2. SHAWN MICHAELS
The "steal" for SD, and right now, Shawn REALLY, DESPERATLY needs a change of scenery. Every sensible feud that he could do on RAW he HAS done. Yet, over on SD, he could provide a TON of feuds. He could have a good feud with Benoit, JBL, Booker T, Batista (when he returns), The Undertaker, Kurt Angle, & Randy Orton (assuming that his suspension isn't indefinite). He could help others like Lashley, MNM, Mr. Kennedy (...Kennedy), and some of the Cruiserweights. He could also have a run-in with the Boogeyman (THAT would be something I would pay to see the reaction to). And let's not forget the kick-ass match he and ReyRey had during the Eddie tribute show on RAW some time back. In short, there is just TOO much on SD that HBK could do. And what has he got left to do on RAW. As much as some people would not really want to admit it, I think it's time to send HBK to SmackDown.
3. CHRIS MASTERS
I have the feeling that the WWE would want for Masters to go to SmackDown for some reason. Last year I said that maybe a move to SmackDown could help Masters be able to work with some more younger talent and get over better rather than looking like shit around more of the veterans that RAW has. I still think that he can do well on SmackDown, and this time, this is something I see the WWE actually doing.
4. ASHELY
They have mentioned that the WWE wants to move Ashely to SD to have her with her BF, Matt Hardy. I think the Draft is where they'd do it.
5. CHAVO GUERERRO
I could see the WWE finding some way to explain how they would do it, and I could see them benifiting from moving Chavo back to SmackDown. For one, SmackDown was the show that Eddie was on, and it would work on having the Guererro name alive in Chavo on SmackDown. Plus, him and Rey have so much chemestry together that another feud would work (let's just not have 60 million or show matches for the title like they did when they were feuding over the Cruiser title). How the WWE WOULD explain how they could draft him after he "quit" would still be in the air.
FROM SD TO RAW:
1. A SD MAIN EVENTER
It would only be fair for SD to have a main event person be taken from their roster by RAW. Only thing is, I'm unsure who would be benificial to RAW and would really shake up the rosters without seriously hurting the crediability of SD, making it look like a second-rate show (something that the WWE shouldn't do even now after shitting on SD for so long until recently), or making it feel as if SD is empty from losing one of its "signature stars", which is what HBK is to RAW, but I think RAW can manage VERY well without HBK there, thus wouldn't make RAW feel empty or lose any credibility.
Batista would be a good fit, but trading him right back to RAW after being drafted to SD last year? Sending Angle to RAW would be VERY unwise after just putting him back on SD a few months ago. JBL would be a PERFECT fit, if only he wasn't with that US Title and in a steady storyline on SD. Benoit was just drafted last year, and that would make everyone's head spin because he's been switched so often (once a year for two years now).
The Undertaker would be the one that would make most sense, but a few problems transpire here. One, he's known as one of the people that SmackDown makes their name from, and losing him could bring that "emptiness" feeling. And plus, assuming my HBK prediction would actually happen, I would truly want to see a HBK vs. Taker feud-arc, something that can't happen if they are on seperate shows (and HBK SO needs to be switched to SmackDown right now that sending UT to RAW and leaving HBK on RAW as well to have that feud isn't an option for me, that and I believe that if SD would lose Taker, they need to be given something back in return to losing one of the top stars). The latter is the main reason I would want to keep Taker on SD. But, if the WWE could make it so the feud would be interpromotional, then by all means, this would be a plausible option.
2. DOUG BASHAM
Reuniting the Basham Brothers would be benificial to RAW's tag team division. This would add a crediable tag team that could go after the Titles. Plus, the Bashams need the be unburied from their Heat/Velocity Hell.
3. SCOTTY 2 HOTTY (yes, he is still on the SD roster)
Intercontinental Title Hunt. Nuff said. For the longest time I've been stressing that the RAW needs help with it's midcard, and S2H would fit the bill perfectly, and give that race some fresh faces. S2H vs. Shelton would be something I would look forward to, in my opinion. He's doing nothing on SmackDown, so why not try it?
4. HARDCORE HOLLY
Another person that I could think needs a change of pace, and another who could, like it or not, benifit from a IC title hunt. Plus, like what has been happening with Cena since going to RAW, we could know what fans REALLY think of Holly, since it's live and the WWE can't do anything about the crowd noice (at least I'm hoping there isn't).
5. BOOKER T (and Sharmell) -OR- ORLANDO JORDAN
Even though this could not work out as well as we may hope, I could see the WWE go and sent Booker back to RAW, since he is someone else who has done alot on SD. However, another possibility is Orlando so they can go and start that angle they wanted to do with him, since I cannot see UPN letting the WWE get away with something like a transvestite storyline on SD (though I've noticed that UPN has been letting the WWE get away with more and more since they moved them to Fridays), and Vince believes that he can get away with TONS more on USA Network than anywhere else, maybe he would use this to get Orlando to SD to do that storyline. Even though my gut would say to move Orlando, many will want Booker T because it gives RAW another upper card that could go after either the IC title or WWE Championship.
Hopefully, the WWE DOES do another Lottery, and hopefully we will get some TRUE shakeups from it. What about it? Discuss who you want to move where and why.
WE'RE GETTING YET ANOTHER DRAFT LOTTERY THIS YEAR!! And it will happen VERY soon.
Now, assuming that we're getting this from the WWE, this doesn't give a lot of time to start prediction who will go where (since, if Kane is to be switched to SD via draft lottery before Judgment Day, that means that the draft itself will take place between Backlash and Judgment Day). But let's assume that everything is true and that the WWE is in fact going to give us another "shakeup" of the rosters. Who do you think is going to be switched where, and who is going to be the "steals" (the big name stars) that each brand will get (the Batista/Cena thing was that shakeup last year).
Here's my picks and their reasons (that way no one will try to say that I am shitting on RAW and favoring SD like I got last year with my predictions):
FROM RAW TO SD:
1. KANE
This would be rather obvious if this were true, since that is the rumor, so I'm going to say the WWE would stick with their current plan.
2. SHAWN MICHAELS
The "steal" for SD, and right now, Shawn REALLY, DESPERATLY needs a change of scenery. Every sensible feud that he could do on RAW he HAS done. Yet, over on SD, he could provide a TON of feuds. He could have a good feud with Benoit, JBL, Booker T, Batista (when he returns), The Undertaker, Kurt Angle, & Randy Orton (assuming that his suspension isn't indefinite). He could help others like Lashley, MNM, Mr. Kennedy (...Kennedy), and some of the Cruiserweights. He could also have a run-in with the Boogeyman (THAT would be something I would pay to see the reaction to). And let's not forget the kick-ass match he and ReyRey had during the Eddie tribute show on RAW some time back. In short, there is just TOO much on SD that HBK could do. And what has he got left to do on RAW. As much as some people would not really want to admit it, I think it's time to send HBK to SmackDown.
3. CHRIS MASTERS
I have the feeling that the WWE would want for Masters to go to SmackDown for some reason. Last year I said that maybe a move to SmackDown could help Masters be able to work with some more younger talent and get over better rather than looking like shit around more of the veterans that RAW has. I still think that he can do well on SmackDown, and this time, this is something I see the WWE actually doing.
4. ASHELY
They have mentioned that the WWE wants to move Ashely to SD to have her with her BF, Matt Hardy. I think the Draft is where they'd do it.
5. CHAVO GUERERRO
I could see the WWE finding some way to explain how they would do it, and I could see them benifiting from moving Chavo back to SmackDown. For one, SmackDown was the show that Eddie was on, and it would work on having the Guererro name alive in Chavo on SmackDown. Plus, him and Rey have so much chemestry together that another feud would work (let's just not have 60 million or show matches for the title like they did when they were feuding over the Cruiser title). How the WWE WOULD explain how they could draft him after he "quit" would still be in the air.
FROM SD TO RAW:
1. A SD MAIN EVENTER
It would only be fair for SD to have a main event person be taken from their roster by RAW. Only thing is, I'm unsure who would be benificial to RAW and would really shake up the rosters without seriously hurting the crediability of SD, making it look like a second-rate show (something that the WWE shouldn't do even now after shitting on SD for so long until recently), or making it feel as if SD is empty from losing one of its "signature stars", which is what HBK is to RAW, but I think RAW can manage VERY well without HBK there, thus wouldn't make RAW feel empty or lose any credibility.
Batista would be a good fit, but trading him right back to RAW after being drafted to SD last year? Sending Angle to RAW would be VERY unwise after just putting him back on SD a few months ago. JBL would be a PERFECT fit, if only he wasn't with that US Title and in a steady storyline on SD. Benoit was just drafted last year, and that would make everyone's head spin because he's been switched so often (once a year for two years now).
The Undertaker would be the one that would make most sense, but a few problems transpire here. One, he's known as one of the people that SmackDown makes their name from, and losing him could bring that "emptiness" feeling. And plus, assuming my HBK prediction would actually happen, I would truly want to see a HBK vs. Taker feud-arc, something that can't happen if they are on seperate shows (and HBK SO needs to be switched to SmackDown right now that sending UT to RAW and leaving HBK on RAW as well to have that feud isn't an option for me, that and I believe that if SD would lose Taker, they need to be given something back in return to losing one of the top stars). The latter is the main reason I would want to keep Taker on SD. But, if the WWE could make it so the feud would be interpromotional, then by all means, this would be a plausible option.
2. DOUG BASHAM
Reuniting the Basham Brothers would be benificial to RAW's tag team division. This would add a crediable tag team that could go after the Titles. Plus, the Bashams need the be unburied from their Heat/Velocity Hell.
3. SCOTTY 2 HOTTY (yes, he is still on the SD roster)
Intercontinental Title Hunt. Nuff said. For the longest time I've been stressing that the RAW needs help with it's midcard, and S2H would fit the bill perfectly, and give that race some fresh faces. S2H vs. Shelton would be something I would look forward to, in my opinion. He's doing nothing on SmackDown, so why not try it?
4. HARDCORE HOLLY
Another person that I could think needs a change of pace, and another who could, like it or not, benifit from a IC title hunt. Plus, like what has been happening with Cena since going to RAW, we could know what fans REALLY think of Holly, since it's live and the WWE can't do anything about the crowd noice (at least I'm hoping there isn't).
5. BOOKER T (and Sharmell) -OR- ORLANDO JORDAN
Even though this could not work out as well as we may hope, I could see the WWE go and sent Booker back to RAW, since he is someone else who has done alot on SD. However, another possibility is Orlando so they can go and start that angle they wanted to do with him, since I cannot see UPN letting the WWE get away with something like a transvestite storyline on SD (though I've noticed that UPN has been letting the WWE get away with more and more since they moved them to Fridays), and Vince believes that he can get away with TONS more on USA Network than anywhere else, maybe he would use this to get Orlando to SD to do that storyline. Even though my gut would say to move Orlando, many will want Booker T because it gives RAW another upper card that could go after either the IC title or WWE Championship.
Hopefully, the WWE DOES do another Lottery, and hopefully we will get some TRUE shakeups from it. What about it? Discuss who you want to move where and why.