The WWE/World Heavyweight Titles and the brand split

[Evil Vito]

Okay, so last night as Jack Swagger was entering with his newly won title belt, his nameplate showed that he was still a Raw guy. Makes sense. However, WWE.com today shows that Jack Swagger has been moved to SmackDown. While I'm much happier with Jack on SmackDown, I've noticed that it's just another example of WWE being really inconsistent with the shows the champs are on.

-In 2006, Raw superstar Kurt Angle entered a battle royal for the vacant World Heavyweight Title on SmackDown and won it. He was moved to SmackDown by default.

-In 2007, Raw superstar Edge cashed in his MITB on SmackDown against The Undertaker and won the World Heavyweight Title. Again, Edge was moved to SmackDown by default. Fair enough.

-In 2008, Raw superstar CM Punk cashed in his MITB against SmackDown superstar Edge. Punk won the belt but stayed on Raw.

-In 2009, SmackDown superstar Edge took out Kofi Kingston before the Raw Elimination Chamber and entered the match himself. He won the title and took it to SmackDown with him.

-Not even two months ago, SmackDown superstar Batista beat John Cena for the belt after the Elimination Chamber. Batista technically was still on the SmackDown roster even though he only appeared on Raw for WM buildup.

-And then last night, Swagger wins the belt but this time he changes shows...they've seemingly changed the rule again.

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It's not a huge deal or anything, and we can all agree the brand split doesn't mean much at all at this point...but it just seems weird how they pick and choose who moves when they win the belt. I don't know if it's because they don't pay attention and keep track of it, or they assume nobody notices it (probably a combination of both).

I dunno. Just thought it was interesting.