So why is Kurt Angle vs. Randy Orton a WrestleMania caliber match again?

**Mr. Nerfect** · 02-12-2006, 01:03 AM

SmackDown!'s main event scene is in turmoil at the moment. I was just about to make a new topic about it, but I'll just post it here.

Does Kurt Angle vs. Randy Orton excite anyone to the point where they MUST see that match? Does Angle vs. Mysterio even do that? WrestleMania is traditonally crowded to the point where main eventers don't even get matches some years. It seems to be the WWE's thing to crowd some of their top guys into multi-man matches to get them on the card (the Money in the Bank Ladder Match for example). I think the WWE should just admit to themselves that they don't have a pairing on SmackDown! (or RAW for that matter) that is really a hot program at the moment.

Traditionally Specialty Matches are used as the main events of smaller PPVs, but I think they should just swallow their pride, and this year have WrestleMania Headlined by some kind of gimmick match.

One match which has never been produced by SmackDown! is the Elimination Chamber. Sure, RAW had one a few months ago, but SmackDown! can use the billing it is a SD! first. The WWE has used the Hell in a Cell multiple times a year, and while some claim that match has been whored out, I think its devalued image in the fans' eyes is more attributed to the generic structure of the matches, and the fact that the feuds leading into them have been run dry prior to the HIAC.

So at No Way Out, you just have Booker T get himself disqualified against Chris Benoit, have Booker T help Randy Orton beat Mysterio and have Angle retain against The Undertaker when Orton costs the Dead Man the match.

Angle vs. Orton is contested by The Undertaker, who claims he didn't lose cleanly. Mysterio also says that the WM Main Event is tainted, and sticks his name into it. Booker T is brought in because he's WWE United States Champion (even though John Cena won a tournament last year, you could argue that the US Champion challenged) and Benoit beat Booker T, albeit by disqualification at No Way Out.

Kurt Angle vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Benoit vs. The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton vs. Booker T looks much better to me than Kurt Angle vs. Randy Orton, and even better than Kurt Angle vs. Rey Mysterio.

02-12-2006, 01:03 AM	#11
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,569	SmackDown!'s main event scene is in turmoil at the moment. I was just about to make a new topic about it, but I'll just post it here. Does Kurt Angle vs. Randy Orton excite anyone to the point where they MUST see that match? Does Angle vs. Mysterio even do that? WrestleMania is traditonally crowded to the point where main eventers don't even get matches some years. It seems to be the WWE's thing to crowd some of their top guys into multi-man matches to get them on the card (the Money in the Bank Ladder Match for example). I think the WWE should just admit to themselves that they don't have a pairing on SmackDown! (or RAW for that matter) that is really a hot program at the moment. Traditionally Specialty Matches are used as the main events of smaller PPVs, but I think they should just swallow their pride, and this year have WrestleMania Headlined by some kind of gimmick match. One match which has never been produced by SmackDown! is the Elimination Chamber. Sure, RAW had one a few months ago, but SmackDown! can use the billing it is a SD! first. The WWE has used the Hell in a Cell multiple times a year, and while some claim that match has been whored out, I think its devalued image in the fans' eyes is more attributed to the generic structure of the matches, and the fact that the feuds leading into them have been run dry prior to the HIAC. So at No Way Out, you just have Booker T get himself disqualified against Chris Benoit, have Booker T help Randy Orton beat Mysterio and have Angle retain against The Undertaker when Orton costs the Dead Man the match. Angle vs. Orton is contested by The Undertaker, who claims he didn't lose cleanly. Mysterio also says that the WM Main Event is tainted, and sticks his name into it. Booker T is brought in because he's WWE United States Champion (even though John Cena won a tournament last year, you could argue that the US Champion challenged) and Benoit beat Booker T, albeit by disqualification at No Way Out. Kurt Angle vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Benoit vs. The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton vs. Booker T looks much better to me than Kurt Angle vs. Randy Orton, and even better than Kurt Angle vs. Rey Mysterio.