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Originally Posted by Edge34
Shelton will not be going over in this match. Nobody cares enough about him. Sure, he's talented, but that's not enough. MVP I don't think is ready to make the jump to main-eventer status just yet, but almost. Kofi is there to make it a spotfest, and the day I see Mark Henry or Kane win a ladder match like this...well, that just won't happen. I actually think this match favors Christian since not only do we all know the way he used to work ladder matches like this, but now they can really gauge whether he's truly still over with the WWE fans. He should be, but 3 years is a long time.
What really bothers me, as I already said, is that none of the titles mean jack crap anymore. We don't have feuds for either tag team belt (mostly because of a lack of good teams) and the secondary title holders were both in the MITB (until tonight, but who's going to work with JBL for the IC?). So now we have what, a women's title match that's just there for filler and the two World Title matches? Those belts used to mean that the guys carrying them were on their way up. Now? Nothing...
I don't think Benjamin is likely, but I don't count him out completely. Was Punk really that much more over last year? I wasn't watching closely around this time last year, so that's not a rhetorical question. Their push for Punk obviously hasn't worked though, he's been demoted back to midcard.
I couldn't agree more about the titles thing. That drives me crazy. The IC belt was so important at one time, it was huge when Honky put the Warrior over, then when Rude got big with that belt...Mr. Perfect, Bret Hart, etc. Those runs mattered. I don't even know what thought process the bookers use anymore when deciding who to put the secondary belts on. The day they had Ric Flair win the IC title, it really struck me that the belt was dead forever. Wrestlers aren't supposed to go backward from world title status into caring about the IC belt at all.
The women's division is about the only thing they've managed to improve from 10 years ago to now. Women's wrestling used to be a complete snorefest, the likes of Trish Stratus really turned it into a very watchable product (and not just because most of them are hot). We've come a long way since Bertha Faye...