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Early 2006 WWE Title booking:
* If you go back to the night Edge won the WWE Title at NYR, I believe he lost to Ric Flair via DQ. On RAW, you could have had Flair challenge Edge for the WWE Title. He's going for #17. Edge warns him not to, but Flair is confident in himself.
* Edge massacres Flair. The crimson mask comes out. Flair won't quit. Edge Spears Flair to finally end it.
* Triple H takes up the fight against Edge, as revenge for his mentor. It's old evil vs. the new evil at the Royal Rumble.
* You probably still go with the SmackDown winner for the Rumble to keep your options open.
* Edge beats Triple H to solidify himself as the heel champion.
* John Cena and Shawn Michaels emerge as the two guys who most want to be WWE Champion. You have Vince there to work a high profile match at Mania 22. Vince vs. HBK was of course well worked, but maybe Vince vs. Cena would have been the better option? Cena could point out that Vince stretched the rules at NYR and clearly doesn't want him to be the champion. Vince says that Cena is trying to blame him for his failures, etc. -- I Quit Match between the two at WrestleMania 22.
* So HBK beats Cena to earn the title shot against Edge with some secret help from Vince. HBK moves up to challenge Edge for the WWE Title, with Edge doing his best to point out that HBK screwed Cena and now he's going to try and screw another great Canadian hero. He promises to do to Michaels what he did to Triple H and Flair.
I think it's important to give Cena some breaks away from the WWE Title at some point over the year to give Edge a chance to stretch his legs as the WWE's new bad guy.
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