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Originally Posted by What Would Kevin Do?
If they were to go down to one world title, here's how I'd do it.
Have two annual events, probably Summerslam and WM, where the Champion fights someone from another show. The winner takes the main belt to his show. Then for the next 6 months, that show has the title, and it'd defended regularly, can switch hands, etc. THen at the next annual show, whoever is champ fights the #1 contender from the other show...
Problem is, then what do do with the Royale Rumble?
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Around Royal Rumble time, I always toy around with the idea that it would be great if they booked the RR to be for a World Championship, then at the February PPV the other brand gets an exclusive event. At WrestleMania the two World Champions lock with the winner taking both titles, and appearing on each brand.
They then appear on both shows, defending the titles mainly seperately, although I think you could make an event seem like more if you had the World Champion defend both titles at a PPV sometime.
Anyway, I'd probably have done it so the 2003 Royal Rumble was for the WWE Championship. This way you have Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit added to the Rmble match as well, which deprives us of a classic, but gives us an improved Rumble. The final four in the Rumble are Kurt Angle (Champion), Brock Lesnar, Chris Jericho & Shawn Michaels. You can have Jericho eliminate HBK, then have Lesnar take out Jericho, then have Angle the last guy to fall to Lesnar. The two have perhaps the most action packed finish to the Royal Rumble ever, but eventually Brock Lesnar throws out Angle, and we have a new WWE Champion. Maybe have some kind of rule added so that the Champion is always #30 in the Royal Rumble, or gets to pick their spot.
At No Way Out (Which is now RAW exclusive) we have Triple H vs. Booker T in the main event for the World Heavyweight Championship. Triple H retains, and we have Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar confirmed for WrestleMania XIX. The card would take shape something like this:
World Heavyweight Championship/WWE Championship
Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit
Vince McMahon vs. Hulk Hogan
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Goldberg (I'm not sure if Goldberg was under contract at this time, but this is certainly a WrestleMania deserving match)
Booker T vs. The Rock
Brock Lesnar goes on to win the the main event, and we have Lesnar go through all challenges, until Goldberg finally manages to defeat Lesnar for the World Heavyweight Championship.
At the Rumble (this year for the World Heavyweight Championship) Benoit is first, and Goldberg is #30. The final four are Goldberg, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle/The Big Show. Lesnar interferes and Goldberg is distracted just long enough for Angle/The Big Show to tip him out. Jericho then gets rid of the last SmackDown! guy, and we have a toss-up between Benoit and Jericho as the new World Heavyweight Champion. Benoit is eventually victorious after Jericho underestimats the gas The Rabid Wolverine has left in the tank, and the two former World Tag Team Champions shake hands and Jericho hands the title over to Benoit before mouthing "Welcome to RAW.".
No Way Out is SmackDown! exclusive this year, and Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero is the main event. Pretty much the same as what really goes down, Goldberg Spears Lesnar so Eddie can hit the Frog Splash for the victory. WrestleMania XX shapes up to be somthing like this:
WWE Championship/World Heavyweight Championship
Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit
Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg
Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle (I dunno, just slapping something together)
Chris Jericho vs. Christian
The Royal Rumble 2005 is for the WWE Championship. JBL is #30 while Batista, John Cena, Eddie Guerrero, Edge, Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit & Booker T play the main challengers. The final four are JBL, Batista, John Cena & Edge. Edge goes at Cena's hands, then Cena is eliminated by JBL, and finally JBL retains the Championship when Triple H pulls the ropes down on Batista. He claims that Batista doesn't need to win the Rumble now that Triple H defeated Orton. Batista reluctantly agrees witht his logic.
At WrestleMania, things blow-up, and we get Triple H vs. Batista and JBL vs. John Cena in seperate title matches anyway.
So yeah, basically I think the Rumble could be handled something like that.