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Originally Posted by The CyNick
They need to sell tickets now. Orton isn't going to do that. He needs months of rebuilding before thats going to happen.
Its a fair point to say we should wait, but I'm just looking at it right now, and right now SD is being raped star power wise. Cena and Angle are much bigger stars than Orotn and Benoit.
The biggest problem I have is that I thought the draft was going to be done to even up the sides between RAW and SD, but 2 picks in and SD has been hurt, so they'll need the next 3 picks just to get back to where they were before the draft. And thats not really good enough.
Dont get me wrong, it could still work out in the end (say RAW gets 3 worhtless guys from SD and SD gets 3 more upper end mid car or main event guys). But I doubt that'll happen, seems like they are doing main eventer for main eventer. And thus far SD has got the crappy end of the stick.
I mean Taker is part time guy, so who is their top face right now? Booker? Show? Rey? Benoit? (thats scary) None of those guys are draws. The only other guy that could draw money that they have is Batista, but as Ive mentioned, he's below Cena in terms of popularity, so its still an overall loss for SD.
Ther wildcard is the ECW angle, if it happens and if it works.
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The uneven balance between RAW's star power and SD's star power is to be expected. Although Benoit and Orton are both great talents and both great compliments to SD, it's a given that they're not as big of stars as Cena and Angle. With SD soon going to a Friday night time slot, there's no reason to waste their best guys on a show that will soon be viewed by a much smaller audience.
I wouldn't be surprised if SD lost Undertaker for Kane next.
06-19-2005, 02:29 PM
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