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Originally Posted by The CyNick I agree with a lot of what Blake said. E+C as heels would have been great on Smackdown, because of the shortage, but on RAW its all about Orton, as it should be!

I agree that Raw should be about Orton. However - what becomes of Christian? If Orton's next in line for a heel main-event push, then Christian's current build-up right now becomes almost pointless. I'd love to see Edge, Christian, and Trish head to Smackdown.

In terms of Benoit as a face, looking at Edmonton and Calgary to judge his overness is a bit misleading, just like using El Paso Texas would be misleading to judge how over Eddie is. I dont think they should turn him heel at this point, no he wont be as over as Austin, but he could be a steady champion who people respect kinda like Bret Hart was.

I LOVE seeing Benoit as champion. Hopefully, all posters on here realize this. My biggest concern, is that he doesn't have the ability to attract NEW fans. Sure - die hard wrestling fans love seeing Benoit be champ, but what about the casual audience? Since most people know that wrestling is 'fake' (or actually believe that EVERYTHING about wrestling is "fake"), do you think these 'new fans' tuning in will really be DRAWN to Benoit based solely on his wrestling ability?

Again - maybe I have unrealistic hopes. It's my wish that the WWE starts scoring 7's and 8's in their ratings like they were in year 2000. Can Benoit, as champ, lead to the 'escalation'?

I thought Benoit was getting the shaft after Mania, but since Backlash, he's been in all the main events (its only 2, but still), and he's been the featured guy. But last week the crowd was really behind him, and I thought that was positive. The only thing I'd like to see with Benoit for me to really take him seriously as a main eventer would be to see them have a feud with someone other than HHH and HBK.

This is a good point. Who does he feud with as a face? Kane? Batista? Flair? Christian? Orton will be a good opponent, but that will be something more for the future. Triple H vs. Chris Benoit one on one is also there.

If he has face vs. face feuds (like against Jericho for instance), this could hurt Benoit's momentum as a face (since the crowd would be split....or even more towards Jericho's side). IMO, it's much better to have the crowd CLEARLY for or against you.

Now take a look at Benoit as a heel. You've got Chris Jericho (the 2nd biggest feud in year 2000), Shelton Benjamin (tremendous from a WRESTLING stand-point), Shawn Michaels, and Edge.

Looking at this, I'd have to say that Benoit's potential matches and fan-interest could be better if he was HEEL. Maybe it's just me.

you cant really say Benoit is doing bad, he's not tearing up business, but at this point nobody will.

Excellent point. But still - wouldn't you agree that a guy like Chris Jericho (if he was in Benoit's current position) would be "more likely" to bring in the ratings in the near future?

Ratings will only go up when they can find a fresh new star to lead the company, push them right and make consistantly good television.

Speaking of this, do you think it's then a good idea to have two 'fresh stars' (going at each other) on the SAME show? In other words - what do you think about a Cena/Orton feud for the future?

Orton is not ready for a babyface push. Eventually the fans will turn him face, until then, keep him heel.

My thought as well.

HHH sucks either way (face or heel), so we're doomed either way. Plus he's going to be on top for the next 20 years, so in that time I'm sure he'll have many face/heel turns.

My biggest concern, is that after Benoit defeats HBK next week, Triple H will get his one-on-one match at the next PPV (and win back the title).

This is my last post on anything to do with "pushing Kane", he's dead as potential draw, and really could be released and nobody would miss him. Maybe we can make Shane McMahon the new Big Red Machine.

I agree for the most part. My line of thinking however, was that the WWE have done everything EXCEPT push Kane as a sadistic monster babyface.

-In the late 90's, he was a sadistic heel
-In the early 2000's, he was a pussy who developed human emotions and became a weakling.
-A little later on, he tried to please the crowd with his "Kanenites".
-He returned to being a sadistic heel.