Thread: DISCUSSION - I'm finally seeing some "postives" on Smackdown (Spoilers involved).
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Old 12-16-2004, 10:39 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by The CyNick
The Big Show TV numbers are probably slightly inflated because he was out for a while, and came back as a somewhat fresh face.

The thing about JBL as champ is the same problem as HHH dominating RAW, its enough already with the heels!

People dont want to go to house shows, watch TV and pay for PPVs that end with the heel going over at the end. Thats never been the WWE formula for booking, and when they've had their greatest successes it was on the backs of strong babyfaces, not strong heels.

The WWE seems caught in this 1983 NWA philospohy of booking where you build a strong heel for months and months, have a babyface take the title for a couple of months, and then go back to the heel.

The formula of having dominant babyface has proven much more successful, and thats where the WWE needs to go.

Obviously on SD the two guys to do that with is Eddie and Cena. The Eddie thing is very frustrating because they gave him a shot in the Spring, he did okay, and they felt that wasn't good enough. JBL has done far worse, and yet he's still got the belt, and is likely going to keep it past Mania (at least).

Same thing on RAW. Benoit was starting to gain some steam in April and May, and then HHH decided it was time to take over again, and Benoit shot down the card.

That said, and Ive said this all along, JBL is very entertaining, he just doesn't draw. But then again, neither does HHH, and its not like he's going anywhere.
I know this is sort of off-topic, but I really think Eddie Guerrero should have won the Royal Rumble, gone over to RAW, and beaten Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania in the main event. Maybe make it a Triple Threat with Shawn Michaels. Hell, Triple H vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit with maybe Shawn Michaels in there for a Fatal Fouray would have been great. But anyway, Eddie would have made a better World Heavyweight Champion than a WWE Champion.

Eddie is one of the most able drawing guys in the WWE. Sure he didn't do much when he was WWE Champion, but on RAW he's be in more of a position to bring in the ratings, and really do public appearances.
They'd be more of an unpredictablity to Eddie, which cannot be captured on SmackDown!. Someone can go to a SmackDown! show and tell us "Oh, Eddie burnt JBL's suit in a fire he lit in his limo.", and we'd be like "Woah! Sounds interesting.", but we wouldn't need to tune in. Every week when Eddie tweaks the law on RAW, we have to be there watching, live, to capture the real emotion of what's happening.

On SmackDown!, Benoit could then challenge Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania XX, have a ***** match, and maybe even convince Lesnar to stay in the WWE (a standing ovation and a quality match at WrestleMania instead of being booed out of the building may have opted that). Benoit would have made a much better intense dominant face champ on SmackDown! then that same role on RAW. Benoit vs. JBL could have been much more entertaining than Eddie vs. JBL, in my mind.
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