Cyber Sunday could be a turning point

[Mr. Nerfect]

I'm not going to order Cyber Sunday. The WWE have done enough to turn me off their product to rule that out as a possibility, but the WWE do have a huge opportunity in front of them.

At Cyber Sunday, the fans get to vote on who challenges Randy Orton for the WWE Championship: Shawn Michaels, Jeff Hardy or Mr. Kennedy. This is the most likely match to get rigged by the WWE (actually, I'd probably give the nod to the World Heavyweight Title match, but this one is up there), but it is the most critical to keep honest, in my opinion. This is where the direction of the company is ideally being decided.

Let's start with the least likely candidate to win the voting: Mr. Kennedy. If the fans vote for "One-Trick," as KoOS calls him, what they are essentially calling for is something different. The company could job out Kennedy to Orton and pretend nothing happened, but that's just stupid in the long term scheme of things. If Mr. Kennedy wins the voting, he should win the WWE Championship. It's why the fans are voting for him. I don't care how he embarrassed the company (Orton has done far worse), or how overrated you think he is. If the fans want Kennedy in the main event over more established stars, I say give it to them.

The middle option is Jeff Hardy, which is actually looking like a stronger possibility after recent events. Jeff Hardy is already Intercontinental Champion, has never been my favourite wrestler, and is easily the lesser of The Hardys. However, if the fans vote for him at Cyber Sunday, give him the WWE Championship. Have him forfeit the Intercontinental Championship, and have a tournament or something for the belt. If the fans want Jeff Hardy to be WWE Champion, as much as I personally don't think he is the best choice, just fucking do it. See how the kid goes.

And then there is Shawn Michaels. If the fans want to vote for an an older guy, and see him challenge, fine, go with it. Let the fans know the consequences of what they ask for. Shawn Michaels as WWE Champion would be a great thing to a lot of people, though. He is still capable of Match of the Year candidates.

The plan is probably for Randy Orton to retain at Cyber Sunday, but the more and more I think about it, the more and more I think the WWE should just say "Fuck it," and go with what the fans vote for. Why hold an event like this if you aren't going to treat it with some weight? If the fans want Mr. Kennedy, make him the reluctant People's Champion; if the fans want Hardy, finally give them his rise; and if the fans want HBK, let him win the Championship for the first time in almost a decade.

I'm beyond the point of caring about the WWE, at this point, which is why it is easy for me to say this: Compete for my attention, WWE. I don't care if Randy Orton having three short World Title reigns ruins his credibility, as much as a dick as that makes me. The guy is too young to be considered a prime player, anyway. He's still got improvements to make, which can justify the losses.

I think the WWE has three choices at Cyber Sunday. They can either fake the result, and go from there; take the real result, and have Orton retain, rendering the whole thing pointless; or they can take the real result, let the fans feel powerful, and evolve the company through it.