Legitimate world champions in a 2 brand world

**Mr. Nerfect** · 05-16-2013, 11:35 PM

They were WWE Champions on SmackDown, though. The World Heavyweight Title was being defended in the main event of WrestleMania those years.

I'm of the belief that the brand split can be saved. If they established respective rosters and stuck to it, they could have the WWE Title at the top of one show and the World Heavyweight Title at the top of another. Then you can have the US Title and IC Title as respective stepping stone belts on each brand. With Kassius Ohno, Richie Steamboat, Bo Dallas (whether you like it or not), Bray Wyatt, The Family, Paige, Emma, Adrian Neville, Evan Bourne, Hunico, Camacho, Brad Maddox, Leo Kruger, Conor O'Brian, Rick Victor and Corey Graves as solid talent that is either on yet to debut or currently inactive, you've got plenty of mid-card talent to fill out roles on RAW and SmackDown. If you bring back some mid-card guys from the past, like John Morrison and MVP (both of whom have said that they are fairly open to returning), there's plenty of potential for two deep rosters.

If the WWE is absolutely against the idea of two rosters, then I think it makes absolutely no sense to have two World Titles active. If you're not the overall champion of something, why keep it around? For the meantime, I think there could be a way to sustain both titles, as long as they had Superstars actually go out of their way to express their interest in being the World Heavyweight Champion specifically. For example, Alberto Del Rio set his sights on the World Heavyweight Title when he initially debuted in the WWE -- calling it his "destiny" to win it -- so he is one guy that should always be going after that belt. The Miz has never been World Heavyweight Champion before, and that would complete his Grand Slam. He is another guy that could set his sights specifically to being WHC. Mark Henry, given his pride in his strength and power could consider himself the heavyweight, and thus the World Heavyweight Title might fit his persona more than the WWE Championship.

They could also have those big name part-timers they have go after the belt. The Rock winning the World Heavyweight Title and dropping it off to someone would be pretty huge. Brock Lesnar would also make a fairly amazing World Heavyweight Champ.

05-16-2013, 11:35 PM	#25
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,634	They were WWE Champions on SmackDown, though. The World Heavyweight Title was being defended in the main event of WrestleMania those years. I'm of the belief that the brand split can be saved. If they established respective rosters and stuck to it, they could have the WWE Title at the top of one show and the World Heavyweight Title at the top of another. Then you can have the US Title and IC Title as respective stepping stone belts on each brand. With Kassius Ohno, Richie Steamboat, Bo Dallas (whether you like it or not), Bray Wyatt, The Family, Paige, Emma, Adrian Neville, Evan Bourne, Hunico, Camacho, Brad Maddox, Leo Kruger, Conor O'Brian, Rick Victor and Corey Graves as solid talent that is either on yet to debut or currently inactive, you've got plenty of mid-card talent to fill out roles on RAW and SmackDown. If you bring back some mid-card guys from the past, like John Morrison and MVP (both of whom have said that they are fairly open to returning), there's plenty of potential for two deep rosters. If the WWE is absolutely against the idea of two rosters, then I think it makes absolutely no sense to have two World Titles active. If you're not the overall champion of something, why keep it around? For the meantime, I think there could be a way to sustain both titles, as long as they had Superstars actually go out of their way to express their interest in being the World Heavyweight Champion specifically. For example, Alberto Del Rio set his sights on the World Heavyweight Title when he initially debuted in the WWE -- calling it his "destiny" to win it -- so he is one guy that should always be going after that belt. The Miz has never been World Heavyweight Champion before, and that would complete his Grand Slam. He is another guy that could set his sights specifically to being WHC. Mark Henry, given his pride in his strength and power could consider himself the heavyweight, and thus the World Heavyweight Title might fit his persona more than the WWE Championship. They could also have those big name part-timers they have go after the belt. The Rock winning the World Heavyweight Title and dropping it off to someone would be pretty huge. Brock Lesnar would also make a fairly amazing World Heavyweight Champ.