Turning the corner...

[crup]

After the Royal Rumble and Raw it seems like the WWE is laying the groundwork for a solid run. Who knew that all it'd take would be to throw two of the longest tenured/most talented guys back into the title picture?? We didn't need to see Shawn feud with the Spirit Squad or Vince McMahon...and we really didn't need the Undertaker feuding with Mark Henry or The Great Khali either. Sure, it's nice to have the younger guys on the upper-card but they do need a reason for being there. The WWE should at least utilize these guys (Taker and HBK), by having them feud with other established guys (Edge, Orton, Cena, Batista) over the WWE/World Championship, while they still have the chance. On a similiar note....I really like how they are starting to build guys like Kennedy, Umaga, MVP, CM Punk, etc. but it doesn't seem like they are forcing them down our throats. It's nice to be actually looking forward to what happens on Smackdown! this week. Hopefully, the WWE is nearing another great era.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I hope so, as well......part of the fun of a guy being a world champ is watching his career rise...Bret, Benoit, Jericho,HBK, Rock.....it makes them far more over when they finally reach the top.

[Dave FCIC]

I hope with MVP and CM Punk they both get decent IC/US title runs or even TV titles if it is brough back, before they go on to challenge for the title.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Never seen much of either of them, but so do I. It's so, so much better to watch them rise thru the ranks...no matter who they are.

[skiller]

cdr said:

I hope so, as well......part of the fun of a guy being a world champ is watching his career rise...Bret, Benoit, Jericho,HBK, Rock.....it makes them far more over when they finally reach the top.

It also means so much more when you finally see the guy slowly crawl up the card and when he ultimately wins the title, it doesn't look out of place in his hands.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

The kinda exception to the rule is Angle, who rose thru in a year rather than very slowly like HBK or Bret...Rock also rose rather quickly, but Angle was amazing in his quick ascent up the ranks.

[clifford]

Yeah I wonder if Angle's meteor-like push to the moon was a good thing or a bad thing in the long run.
Don't get me started on Brock's way too soon push

[Ragnal]

crup said:

After the Royal Rumble and Raw it seems like the WWE is laying the groundwork for a solid run. Who knew that all it'd take would be to throw two of the longest tenured/most talented guys back into the title picture?? We didn't need to see Shawn feud with the Spirit Squad or Vince McMahon...and we really didn't need the Undertaker feuding with Mark Henry or The Great Khali either. Sure, it's nice to have the younger guys on the upper-card but they do need a reason for being there. The WWE should at least utilize these guys (Taker and HBK), by having them feud with other established guys (Edge, Orton, Cena, Batista) over the WWE/World Championship, while they still have the chance. On a similiar note....I really like how they are starting to build guys like Kennedy, Umaga, MVP, CM Punk, etc. but it doesn't seem like they are forcing them down our throats. It's nice to be actually looking forward to what happens on Smackdown! this week. Hopefully, the WWE is nearing another great era.

This was how WWE kicked off the post-Wrestlemania Raw last year, and I thought it was off to a better half of the year.

Then, ECW hit, DX came back, Lashley switched brands...oy...