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No offence, but I think Lesnar on RAW is a horrible idea.
The only good thing about Lesnar on RAW would be that they could continue the Benoit-Lesnar program which was dropped so Benoit could be Hunter's bitch.
However, aside from that I see no benefit. If you move Lesnar to RAW, what you will ultimately set up is a babyface HHH defeating a heel World Champion Lesnar at WM XXI. You said that HHH cant squash Lesnar, guess what HHH can squash whoever he wants, except Rock and Austin.
Plus, as a heel, Lesnar will be in comeptition with HHH for spotlight, guess who will lose? So just like on SD, Lesnar will take a backseat. At least on SD he doesn't have to worry about Hunter purposely trying to kill his heat.
On Smackdown, Lesnar still has some fueds that they can go with. Someone brought up Cena-Lesnar which would make a lot of sense down the road. Lesnar can still do another PPV with Eddie. And I'm sure if Taker catches on to any degree we will see another Taker-Brock fued. Even though we've seen that match a number of times, with Taker's gimmick change it will seem fresh, and I think it could be a money program. Plus I'm still hoping they do a shooters group with Angle, Lesnar and WGTT.
On top of that, the WWE needs to create a special match for Mania next year, IMO right now, that match is Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Brock Lesnar. We all know the back story there, and to the casual audience you got to see the seeds planted last week on RAW. If you keep Brock on SD and Austin on RAW, there is an opportunity to do a year long build because the guys can only interact on 4 ocassions. IMO, that builds the match as something special, maybe not on the level of Rock-Hogan or Austin-Rock or Andre-Hogan, but it will seem big. Especially with Austin not having wrestled a match in 2 years by next years' time.
I realize you suggested the same macth, btu you have it on Backlash with Brock on RAW. So what you've done is made it seem like a run of the mill match, its not a special deal, because they will be beating on each other for 4 weeks leading to the PPV. If you keep them apart, you have a year long anticipation and very little confrontation, IMO that creates even more anticipation.
You could have something like Austin costing Lesnar the title at Summerslam, say against Eddie. Then you do soemthing where Lesnar gets revenge on Austin at Survivor Series, and then at the Rumble Austin costs Lesnar the Royal Rumble. In between Lesnar could go on TV and call Austin a coward cuz he doesn't wrestle anymore, and then finally that leads to Austin agreeing to step back in the ring risking his health.
Edge is going to RAW at this point, thats about a 90% guarantee, so I dont think SD should lose another guy. And like Ive been saying SD is thin on top heels, not faces, so losing Lesnar would be a huge blow. Whereas RAW has Hunter, Orton/Batista, Kane and Christian starting to get a push, so I dont see them needing more heels.
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