Squash in Egypt

With the draft over, I am left scratching my head. I’m not sure if I like the moves or not. Change is always good for a time. It builds interest, generates new hype, and produces new feuds. But this draft is…..well I dont know. It seems like Raw is too heel heavy, and Smackdown is too light on major stars. Here’s how I see the "main eventers:"

RAW:

Heels:
WWE Champion The Miz
Alberto Del Rio
CM Punk
R-Truth
"Next Level" Heels:
Drew McIntyre
Dolph Ziggler
Jack Swagger
Nexus Guys

Faces:
John Cena
Rey Mysterio
Big Show
John Morrison
"Next Level" Faces:
Evan Bourne
Kofi Kingston

Anaylisis? I still think Del Rio will win the title on Sunday, so we will have two champions on Raw. That will change quickly, so one of those two will, for the next month or so, be fueding with a Smackdown guy. Probably Del Rio/Christian, or Del Rio/Orton. Either way that title will go back to SD. So we are left with what? Miz/Cena? Miz/Morrison? Punk/Mysterio? Punk/Big Show? What other fueds do you see coming out of this draft? I think the E is going to have to get behind a couple of guys for face pushes. My pick would be Zigler or Swagger. If these guys can rise up and become main eventers as faces, I think this roster would be great. But if things stay status quo, its going to get pretty boring, pretty quick, and one of the 3 major heels (Miz, Del Rio, Punk) is going to be delegated to low mid card, with feuds against Kofi. Which, IMO, is a HUGE waste of talent. If it was me, I would have left Del Rio on Smackdown. Speaking of…….

Smackdown:

Heels:
Well, theres the first problem. There are no "main event" heels. There are guys that SHOULD be main event, but they aren’t. So…..
"Secondary" Heels:

Cody Rhodes
Sheamus
Wade Barrett
"Third Level" Heels:
Mark Henry
Corre
Ted Dibiase
William Regal
Chavo Guerrero

Faces:
Randy Orton
Christian
Kane
Undertaker
"Next Level" Faces:
Daniel Bryan
Sin Cara

Anaylisis? First off, they are going to have to raise up some main event heels. Cody Rhodes and Shaemus are perfect. HOPEFULLY, Cody will finally get into the title hunt and Shaemus has been there before, so it wont be hard to bring him back up. But they need to establish these guys quick. Rhodes should dominate Mysterio on Sunday, and Shaemus should be pushed as a monster again. Then we can get some interesting Rhodes/Christian, Rhodes/Orton, Shaemus/Christian, Shaemus/Taker feuds going, which will all be good! After that though, the heels are kind of weak. I am NOT looking forward to a Henry push, and we know that Chavo and Regal will NEVER be used correctly (so I can squash those dreams right now). Dibiase is going to have to find some character and step up, same with Wade Barrett. I wouldn’t mind seeing Jackson seperate from the Corre and become a major player.

As for the faces, Orton/Christian/Kane/ and the occasional Taker can carry it for the most part. And Bryan and Sin Cara are PERFECT secondary faces. But there needs to be one or two more guys in the picture. My picks? Tyson Kidd, and Justin Gabriel. If they get decent pushes, Smackdown could be in for some GREAT MATCHES!

So, like I said….if the WWE keeps things status quo, and keeps everyone in the positions they’re in, this draft sucks! BUT, if the right people get pushes and step up, this could end up being pretty good! The jury is still out, for the time being………….

its rumored that WWE is planning on doing Cena vs Del Rio at summerslam. that feud could have potential.
i see christian becoming the world champ on sunday.
orton will take it eventually.
who knows, maybe they will push dibiase on smackdown.