Eddie Guerrero's title run
 

I'm sure there's plenty of people here who read internet articles. There was an article a couple of days ago about how buyrates and house show attendance were on the upswing ever since Eddie Guerrero won the WWE championship. I think we can notice the change by the constant "EDDIE! EDDIE! EDDIE!" chants that we hear on Smackdown and at PPVs. If you think about it, Eddie's gimmick is unlike anything ever done. A FACE who cheats to win??? It almost makes no sense, but it's working with good ol' Eddie! I would love to see him hold the title for at least three or four more months. What does everyone else think about this?

Eddie Guerrero is great... if the ratings go up with him as champion, that can only add to the WWE keeping him as it.

This hole face who cheats to win, ie the loveable heel was kind of done with Austin.

Well I don't rememebr Austin cheating that muhc, at least not as blatantly as Eddie. I mean this is such blatant cheating it almost makes it unbelievable that he's a face!

yeah i agree with what you said.

Considering if someone 2 years ago was doing the same type of stuff they would be getting big heel heat, ironic, but a really good gimmick at this time plus it helps that Eddie is right now the best all round wrestler on the roster

I meant that he's a loveable rogue/heel like Austin.

Yeah, the attitude era pretty much spawned tons of faces who are not "good guys" or "kiss babies" or anything like that. Austin is a good example. So is Rock, Foley, Cena, just about all of them.

But I see what you mean. Cheating is Eddie's entire gimmick, and he is so over as a face. But I think one of the things that got him over were the Latino Heat gimmick, people cliqued with Eddie. He has a fun gimmick.

When you take a likable guy like that, shave off his mullet, and all the sudden he has the fiery temper to go along with it... I mean, his promos went through the roof. Before he put me to sleep with his typical "ese vato, hey holmes," crap. But now, he has a new twist to his gimmick.

His character development took a huge turn recently. And Eddie is going great as a champion. And it's good to know that.

I would really love to see both Benoit and Eddie be great fighting champions (and as faces, they can pull it off). They should both have long reigns. Three months is a minimum... six months might even be okay!

House shows have shown some increases, but a lot of that is probably about Wrestlemania more than it is about Eddie. Furthermore, RAW shows have seen increases as well, so obviously that would have nothing to do with Eddie.

There has only been one buyrate made public that has something to do with Eddie and that was the NWO PPV, which did better than Armageddon, but also did the same as a show headlined by Steph and Vince.

SD ratings have been constant for a long time.

I think Eddie should be champ for a long long time, maybe they should have someone screw him out of the title before Mania 21, which would set up him getting the title back in the main event. This would make sense since LA is a Hispanic market and Eddie should be over even more than usual.

Eddie Guerrero = ratings :y:

Viva la Raza!!!

Well the main event title scene has been overrun with heels for such a long time I think it's natural for the fanbase to be behind the good guy, whether he wins cleanly or not.

Eddie and Chris should both have long, successful title runs.