Should John Cena be the World Heavyweight Champion?

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It's been so long since the franchise player in the WWE has held gold, and despite stepping away from the title scene to allow fresh talent an opportunity to work in the main event -- Cena is still the biggest attraction the WWE has.

CM Punk has a tight grip on the WWE Championship, and he could be holding that title for quite a while yet, since his current character is pretty dependent on being the champion. Sheamus and Big Show have been having a well-structured, if somewhat less publicised feud over the World Heavyweight Title. While both Sheamus and Big Show are undoubtedly big stars for the WWE --neither is quite at the level that John Cena is. Sheamus has expressed interest in being in that position, but for the moment he remains chasing it. If it's chasing it behind the scenes, perhaps it would make for the best television if he were doing it on-air as well?

Cena is the WWE's biggest star, and while the World Heavyweight Title seems to have settled firmly into the #2 championship on the WWE's priority list, Cena winning it for only the third time in his career would almost certainly return it to a state of glory that it has not been in for quite some time. There is no doubt that John Cena is the franchise player in the WWE and any championship he holds is automatically going to be a goal on par with the WWE Championship, regardless of where the World Title match places in the duration of a show.

With the WWE now really only having the brand split for house shows, John Cena would be more available to work the Tuesday tapings, and has been involved on SmackDown more frequently as of late.

WrestleMania XXIX is approaching and John Cena defending the World Heavyweight Title in an advertised main event would be great, both for the show, and for the championship in general.