Can I just say that I love the idea of Mark Henry as champ? Here's hoping Evan Bourne's head gets split to the white meat in the next month or so.
Cena can't be beat because he's some unholy genetic recombinate of superstars past. I mean, you might as well call him John "Realest of the Real, Sargent Rock - Cold - A - Mania" Cena.
Originally posted by BigDaddyLocoCan the WWE keep Kofi more over than they did Santino when he surprisingly won the IC Title? Hopefully.
Or Rocky Maivia.
I would say that Kofi's more over than either of those two were when they won the title, so I would think he'll do okay. The IC title is made for dudes like him who have a good crisp moveset but aren't the best talkers in the world (though Kofi is better than some, certainly).
Originally posted by The Vile1A unification match wouldn't make any sense unless Mark Henry was involved, because you would still have one other world title.
They haven't referred to the ECW title as a "world" title in quite some time.
I am going to guess that the brand split will continue to be as strictly enforced after the draft as it was before, which is to say not much at all. I'm going to go out on a limb and say we are still going to see plenty of Triple H on Raw. Now that would beg the question of why have a brand split at all if it's not going to be enforced. So we'll see how it goes.
The Bored are already here. Idle hands are the devil's workshop. And no... we won't kill dolphins. But koalas are fair game.
I was quite underwhelmed by this show. I thought the two main title matches really saved the show, but still, it was a thumbs-in-the-middle. The undercard really did nothing for me. And I was disappointed they didn't bring in legends like they did last year to represent each title.
Originally posted by mikebukSo is Cody Rhodes counted as a 2 time tag champion or is it just treated as extending the reign with Holly ?
Another question - has this ever happened before? One partner turns on the other and joins the opponent's side, thus keeping his tag belt with a new partner?
Thanks Boffo. As far as replacement tag team partners within a title reign goes, I recall Dude Love replaced Shawn Michaels' half to partner 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin in July 1997.
Chief 'Val Venis' Morley did similar in March 2003 when he took over William Regal's half with Lance Storm.
I don't think anyone has swapped deliberately like Rhodes before.
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Originally posted by mikebukThanks Boffo. As far as replacement tag team partners within a title reign goes, I recall Dude Love replaced Shawn Michaels' half to partner 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin in July 1997.
Chief 'Val Venis' Morley did similar in March 2003 when he took over William Regal's half with Lance Storm.
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If memory serves correctly:
-Dude Love was a new reign, because they had stripped the titles a bit before, which caused Dude Love to campaign for being the partner (knowing that Austin & TBA were getting the first shot at the new titles). -Morley officially stripped Storm & Regal of the titles, and officially awarded Storm & Morley the titles, which sounds like a new reign to me.
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Originally posted by mikebukI've been looking at sites that do title history listings so I can make sure mine are correct.
I know certainly to beware of taking the WWE's listings as totally accurate as they are likely to be heavily in kayfabe mode.
They might doggedly cling to obviously falsities, like the story of Pat Patterson and the Rio de Janeiro tournament, but at some point you're talking about the wins and losses of fake fighting. The way I see it, the history of WWE titles are whatever they say they are, the same way that the history of Middle Earth is whatever J.R.R. Tolkein said it was, and the thing in the package in "Cast Away" is whatever the director says it is. I'd maybe make an exception for the WCW and ECW title histories (I ask, retorically, did Benoit win the WCW Championship in 2000 or didn't he?), but at some point you're (insert colloquial expression here).
Since they own those titles now, so to speak, they can change them around however much they like. I think Ric Flair had a brief title run near the end of WCW that got retconned out, for instance.
Smart Money Bet: Triple H If It's Not Him, It'll Be: Steve Austin Long Shot Bet: Test (hey, he DID win the Immunity Battle Royal) Guy I'm Most Excited To See Again: Tie between Val Venis and "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig.