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Interesting discussion here...let me add a LITTLE something...
My eleven year old cousin was at my house for the Royal Rumble. During the Orton/Sheamus match, he asked "if Sheamus beats Randy Orton, does that mean he's the best wrestler on Raw?". The question kind of caught me off guard, so I replied "well what do you mean?". He said "well he already beat Cena, so if he beats Orton too, who on Raw could beat him?".
I guess the Sheamus push is working with the current prime demographic.
For me, I still don't exactly know how to feel about Sheamus. I don't HATE him, but something about him being the champion just irritates the shit out of me. Even if he DID start winning matches against credible opponents, it would still feel forced to me. I think they really just jumped the gun by at least two years on the guy and I feel it will hurt him in the long run. What happens to him after he eventually loses the title? Surely he's not a mainstay in the main event. He'll flounder in the midcard and eventually be forgotten about, I think.
You know who really could have used this title reign? Jack Swagger. He's already been the ECW champion. He's had competitive matches with Cena. He's been around for a lot longer than Sheamus. A little transitional reign could have done wonders for Swagger, and it would also give him some more ammo in his constant trash talk to everybody. When his reign was over, he could have gone right back to where he was, only this time with everybody thinking that he was capable of doing it again some day.
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