Thread: Alternative Candidates for Title Changes
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Old 07-12-2016, 01:38 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Noid View Post
A weird one: If you had to choose someone to experiment with in late 2009, I'd have gone with Jack Swagger as opposed to Sheamus. Swagger had been on the main roster for about a year at this point (it's sad to think about how long he's been up there), and had already had a run as the ECW Champion. Granted, it wasn't on the same level as the WWE or even World Heavyweight Championships, but Swagger had already dipped his toes in. Swagger actually had a really decent match with Cena heading into TLC 2009, and while Sheamus was serving as WWE Champion, Swagger was on a losing streak and putting over Santino Marella. The company would pull something resembling a trigger (maybe the trigger on a water pistol) at WrestleMania 26 with Swagger, but after the whole losing streak thing it was kind of weak. If Swagger had won Money in the Bank after a WWE Title run, he could have been the first man to have held the WWE, World Heavyweight and ECW Championships, which could have at least been hyped as a big thing.

This is probably the most anyone has talked about Jack Swagger in a while.
Thats pretty interesting though, Swagger was in a much better spot at the middle of 09 than early 2010 for sure, he alreadyhad that stunted growth feel as you say.

Sparked to mind candidates like Jeff Jarrett as IC Champ or Strike Force as tag champs, where for one reason or another (no charisma and treated like an opening match loser for a year in Jarrett and slapdash retread after the CanAms fell through in SF), it felt like the title win did more to bring the belt down than the talent up. Those are the key ones to think about here I reckon...
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