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Originally Posted by dalegendkilla
I think something else will come up, the world heavyweight champion(Batista or Triple H) may be drafted to Smackdown and it will be turned into 'whoever wins faces the WHC at The Great American Bash'
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Maybe I'm just overanalyzing a minor detail, but they never actually showed the alleged title, even though Teddy "had it with him." I mean, it's like that old rule in movies and comic books - if we don't see a body, he's not dead. If they were really going this direction, they'd have gone ahead and made the title belt (unless, of course, the genius writers came up with it a minute before the show), and would've showed it to us.
Think of it this way - it's the last night of the draft, they probably wanna do something big. Naturally, the more people that see this "huge" event, the more you'll have wanting to see what comes of it in the following weeks. (Word of mouth is one thing, but actually witnessing the events unfolding - bringing you that much closer to the action - really whets the appetite.) But say this
huuuuge surprise event is the draft of either HHH or Batista (depending on the HitC outcome) to Smackdown, bringing the WHC with them (and bringing the story of this draft full circle). Because draft picks and trades, by nature, can't be built up and advertised in preceding weeks, like a match
can, they have to find other ways to bring in viewers (who will then get the added bonus of witnessing this "OMG THIS WILL CHANGE THE WWE FOREVER!" occurence). Ergo, the six-man "championship" match; it's big, it tells the viewers they're gonna see something new, it's got everything that'll attract an audience. Then, the WWE swerves 'em by bringing an already-existing title to SD (albeit one that is new to the show).
Showing off the new SD title would be another huge attention-getter. That way, the audience thinks, "Oh,
that's what they're fighting for;" and that reinforces the "special" feel of the match. I don't think the WWE would pass up this opportunity to squeeze out a few more viewers...especially after seeing the WWE so effectively stock the RAW roster to boost Vengeance buyrates.
Since it seems their ultimate goal for this draft was to switch the championships and their respective shows, this was actually a rather creative and (generally) unpredictable way to do it.
(And, hell, I've said it too much already, but it's worth mentioning again that Teddy Long himself - passing down word from Vince McMahon - said the title situation wouldn't be addressed until after the draft. In this case, it seems WWE was right in figuring its viewers would forget that after two weeks...but I really don't think they would've had Teddy make that statement so forcefully and definitively if this SD title was really in the cards.)