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Originally Posted by The CyNick Jericho as a face seems to be where they are going. However, HHH will never let him get the true top spot in the company. And if HHH turns face, which is very posisble, then Jericho is in the same position of being behind HHH.

True - what I'm hoping however, is that Triple H would be embroiled in a long feud with former Evolution members. While this is going on, Jericho can then begin a program with a heel Goldberg.

Goldberg doesn't work as a heel. I hate it when people make suggestions that have already been tried and didn't work. The fans want to cheer for the Goldberg they remember form WCW, and when they get that guy they cheer him like crazy.

Goldberg doing what he did in WCW is not possible (from a WWE standpoint). First off, there were far more wrestlers in WCW if I'm not mistaken.....a lot of which were "no-named" jobbers. On WWE Raw however (relative to WCW), there are far less wrestlers. Furthermore, the WWE try hard to make every guy look reasonably good. Even if they didn't - how many times could Goldberg come out there and just "squash" someone? It works when you have guys like Rico, Les Resistance, etc., but then........."who's next?"

Do you really want to see a guy like Christian get squashed? Or a Matt Hardy?

Just as Austin beating up his boss is "old", I would think the same thing with Goldberg. Sure the fans still pop for it, but I'm not sure how much it really "means"......since it's been done so many times and the fans have become accustomed to it.

I would also argue that Goldberg isn't "loved" anymore. Back in WCW, Goldberg turned heel almost at the peak of his popularity. The fans simply didn't want to "boo" him. Now? Goldberg, a "WCWish" kinda guy, isn't really loved that much by a partisan WWE fanbase. In many instances, the fans 'boo' Goldberg.

If Goldberg were to go heel, I don't think the fans would have any trouble in hating him. Some decent cheers wouldn't be that bad either. If you notice, most great heels get decent face pops anyways (i.e. Jericho, The original Degeneration X, The Rock, Angle, Triple H in 2000, etc.).

However as a heel he was a total failure, so why go back to that? Its like turning Austin, dont do things that is totally against what the fans want just because it might be shocking. I think the WWE should let Goldberg go after Mania, just have him do a JOB to Brock and let him go on his way. At this point I dont think he has any real use to the company.

Works in theory, but will Goldberg really agree to JOB to Lesnar? (knowing that he would be released afterwards....or if his contract was still up-in-air). If he did, do you think there's a chance he'd pull an "Ultimate Warrior" and demand a huge sum of money up front?

I'd also be in favor of releasing Goldberg, but the WWE have also spent a lot of time in building him up. Furthermore, it would do wonders for an upcoming face if a heel Goldberg put them over.

I dont think they are going to package RVD and HBK as a team, but its not the worst idea in the world since we all know RVD will never get a main event push. I could see one turning on the other, and then set up a match at Mania, which could be interesting.

An RVD/HBK match would be sweet to watch. I wouldn't mind seeing RVD going over HBK at Mania', only to have HBK shake RVD's hand at the end of the match and then become his 'mentor' afterwards (or something along those lines).

I still think Smackdown has a ton of great talent, they just dont highlight the right guys. You look at the main spots, and they are being taken up by guys like Morgan, Train, Holly and the freakin Cat. If they instead focused on more of the CW's they'd have a much better show on SD, but they dont, so they wont. As for bringing back the rosters, its probably for the best. Neither world title means anything as a draw, so they might as well at least unify the titles, if not unify the rosters. Only problem is that I think they see the split as a success, and while calling it a success might be a stretch, it hasn't been a failure at least in terms of ratings or PPVs. So I dont think its going away anytime soon.

Hopefully - you're wrong. I just don't understand why they don't release 1/3 of their current roster and then just unify everything. Not only would everyone get to work shorter and less grueling matches, but each show would be stacked. Angle, Lesnar, Cena, Guerrero, Jericho, Benoit, Goldberg, Kane, Taker, Booker T, etc., etc., etc.

And it's not like too many people would get buried. In 2000, everything seemed to work pretty good. Same can happen here.....provided that some of the 'bigger names' keep their egos in check and not whine too much if they aren't getting pushed right or getting enough TV time.