NOTE: This article was originally posted by me on TheWebsiteOfDOOM.com
Traditionally the
WWE Draft, which decides the show and which championships the wrestlers can aim for, takes place in April. But today I am going to make a case for it to be moved up a little to fix a problem I like to call
The Great Khali-een Out.
The Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event is at the end of the month and will feature the top 6 guys from each brand competing for the title. The
RAW line up is pretty amazing.
CM Punk,
Kofi Kingston,
Chris Jericho,
Dolph Ziggler,
The Miz, and
R Truth. And that doesn't even include the likes of
Kane,
John Cena and
Alberto Del Rio who are competing in other matches or injured (in the case of Del Rio). RAW seem to have an over abundance of wrestlers who can main-event, resulting in some good wrestlers often getting over-looked week-in-week-out.
SMACKDOWN however... well, that's a different problem. Their match features
Daniel Bryan,
Big Show,
Randy Orton,
Wade Barrett,
Cody Rhodes, and... sigh...
The "Great" Khali. This line-up bugs me for two reasons, of which I'll get a bit specific about below.
1) Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes is a great wrestler with a bright future ahead of him. He's got all the skills he needs in abundance, he's just waiting on the right storyline and a real push to take him to the next level. As Intercontinental champion, a title he may only defend a couple times a year, he's wasted in this regard. But champion he is, so to place him in this match for the Heavyweight Championship just shows the shallow pool of talent SMACKDOWN has at the moment.
In reality, Rhodes should either drop his IC title or be having his own feud with someone for it thus defending it at this PPV. I think Rhodes and Bryan could have some incredible matches if placed in the right position so personally I'd like to see him drop the belt to one of the lower ranked guys so he can go for the big one. Whether or not that will ever happen this year remains to be seen but at the very least it points to his inclusion in this Elimination Chamber match being slightly off base.
2) Khali
Nobody likes him because he's useless.
I hate to be this blunt but it's true. Nobody is wearing a Great Khali t-shirt. Nobody buys a ticket to see the show hoping Khali will be there. He's a terrible wrestler, he doesn't speak English, every time he walks to the ring I fear that his knees will buckle at any moment. When a man's only wrestling move is to slap someone on top of their head, you have issues.
I understand that
Mark Henry getting injured forced SMACKDOWN to replace him with someone, but really? Really? Really?
So what's my point? Well, I understand that
Sheamus winning the
Royal Rumble meant that he couldn't be involved directly in this match but even without him, SMACKDOWN needs some better talent and RAW quite franky is wasting some of theirs. With
Christian and Mark Henry both on the sidelines for who knows how much longer, it's time to make a draft, or at least a few transfers.
Who should move? I have a couple suggestions.
