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Before I begin, Strangler was my trivia answer not correct or have you just forgotten about the whole thing?

Anyhow, I just noticed after Strangler mentioned it that all of Raw Champions are heel, and all of SmackDown champions are faces. An unique dynamic.


I think the WWE's problem is because of the lack of competition, they think they can get lazy. I mean they seem to be falling into all the traps that the late WCW did. They try to depend on older, more established Superstars who aren't much of a ratings draw, they continue to bury the talented younger guys in mid-card, they misuse many wrestlers and they resign establised stars as a way to get a quick pick me up.

As Strangler pointed out, the only time a heel champion works is when there is a strong face chasing them. Corpate Rock had Austin chasing gim even though they both had side feuds. Triple H had the Rock all throughout 2000, and they still had their seperate feuds. Yoko had Luger which didn't quite pay off, but it's the same thing.

Triple H has pretty much killed off all serious threats to his title other than maybe Goldberg, and the fans aren't quite reacting to him the way the WWE wanted. Of course, the WWE could always try and build up Kane as a monster, maybe have him defeat Triple H for the title next week on Raw. Then the following week set up a rematch where Triple H wins it back with the new member of Evolution. you then have Kane feud on and off with Evolution until about Survivor Series or so.

SmackDown seems to be in a bit better shape than Raw, but there are some stuff on SmackDown that needs to go. I don't need 30 mins a show dedicated to Vince, Hogan and Zach. I mean that whole feud would make sense if any of the three actually wrestled on a normal basis, but I think Mr. America has fought like twice, McMahon hasn't wrestled since Wrestlemania and well Zach has never wrestled. Another thing is the Big Show, who was ruined since day one. They tried to push him as a huge monster, it was set up nicely and he had a place to go. He could have feuded with Austin and the Rock throughout the summer of 99, but instead they turned him face like a month in, and his career hasn't quite recovered so they need to stop trying to push him. Also, they need to establish a clear set of faces and heel. At the moment, I think they should leave Angle and Lesnar as their two main faces with Taker and Mr. America coming into the scene every now and then. As their heels, they should have a Benoit led Team Angle, John Cena, Rhyno and Big Show and some others as fillers.