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Originally Posted by splaya
Buried by what match though? Oh wait HHH is in a match isn't he  |
Not just that match. When you look at some of the Mania matches, you can see certain matches will get more hype than others.
Right now the top matches look like this:
Benoit vs HHH (vs HBK) -- World Title
Eddie vs Kurt -- WWE Title
Brock vs Goldberg
Taker vs Kane
Rock n Sock vs Orotn/Batista
If you look at these matches in terms of which matches they should promote to drive buyrates, I think it would look something like this
#1 Taker-Kane
#2 Brock-Goldberg
#3 RocknSock
#4 Benoit-HHH
#5 Kurt-Eddie
So, using that logic, the Kurt-Eddie title match becomes a midcard match. Granted this is going to be a stacked card, and being #5 on this show is different than being #5 say at No Way Out or Armageddon. But, if they insist on having two world titles, then they should at leats try to make them seem like the most important things on the shows. The way this card is shaping up, neither title will be played off as being important, and both titles will be burried.
Now, Hunter's title match might get the 'main event spot' by going last, but as we've seen over the last two years the world titles have taken a back seat to other non title matches. In my opinion that hurts the credability of the titles, and impacts business throughout the rest of the year. I dont know, I just dont think the SD title should be in a position where 4 or 5 other matches are promoted more heavily.
Hey I could be completely wrong. Maybe they'll make some of the other matches take a backseat and focus on the title matches, but I highly doubt it.