Thread: QUESTION - What are the differences in philosophies between Heyman and Steph McMahon?
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Old 12-22-2004, 01:14 AM   #13
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Yeah, a main event guy would sometimes just decide to go for the title for some fun. It was pretty good at times, but I didn't like the title changes at house shows. It became too hard to follow.

I like the idea of the cruiserweight division, and if they made the Cruiserweight Title seem like the WWE Championship for people 220lbs and under, you could really have a good division. Hell, make it 230lbs, so occasionally we can see RVD and Charlie Haas challenge for the title. Make the core of the division the high-flying stuff, but have guys WRESTLING over the belt as well.

Personally, if I was Vince, I'd keep Stephanie on RAW, and let her do whatever she wants there, and have Heyman run things on SmackDown!. Watch Heyman turn the tides and make us all flock over to SD! faster than you can say "Rhyno's getting a push.". Let Heyman do commentatry with Michael Cole and Tazz occasionally, and watch the fans chant "We Want Moore!" from that point on when Heyman gets him over as a decent cruiserweight.

SmackDown! has all the tools RAW has, it just doesn't have anyone using them right, particularly because the overruling power backstage is more concerned with her husband's show than the hsow that's slowly sinking beneath the pressure and depression of the current SD! scene. JBL vs. Big Show could be feud of the decade if Heyman got behind the wheel (exaggeration intended), and I swear Kurt Angle would stll be having MOTY candidates on SmackDown! with the fans extremely into his character again if Heyman was writing. It even boosts morale when Heyman is the pen and paper behind the blue and white domain of everybody's corporate Texan. SmackDown! would be a roller coaster instead of a train ride, and I really think the WWE should realise this.

I have no problems with the Hollywood style backstage, but the focus of the show should be wrestling. Include the Hollywood stuff occasionally. Seriously, no one can deny the greatness of the Angle/Steph/Hunter love triangle in mid-late 2000, and if they did somehting worthy like that backstage occasionally, the WWE would be in a high, IMO. Segments like Muhammad Hassan's promos, Simon Dean's advertising segments and Jerichos' Highlight Reel would seem like extentions of their characters', rather than just somehting put in there by the booking team.

By that I mean that the WWE has become so Hollywood-style based that nothing seems shocking anymore. Everything seems so planned, pre-determined and scripted that nothing will seem genuinely character-based, which is what I think the WWE should make all their skits based on.
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