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On Sat, 15 May 2004 01:00:34 CST, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated
Michelle Steiner  wrote:

>
>I can see why the pushed Layfield to contender position; who else did 
>they have?  Show and Angle are injured; Dupree is not ready yet (if he 
>ever will be); etc.  Booker T. would have been a good shot, since he's a 
>heel, but if they ever want him to be a credible threat for the 
>championship, or to have the belt, they can't bury him against Eddie now.
>

Let's see...  not all of these people are "Smackdown" guys, but
they've been off TV so long that they could use the "contract expired"
excuse:

Scott Steiner (no better match than Layfield, but JBL could be built
up more while Scotty filled time)  Say that Scotty was released from
RAW because he's been injured, so he's pissed off and closer to the
WCW version than the watered down WWE version.  From what I've heard,
he's healed, but creative has nothing for him, so they're going to
keep him home until his contract expires, so get some use out of him.
Hell, have him win (or lose) by DQ on TV, have Eddie cheat to win at
the PPV, then have him lose clean to Eddie title vs career on his way
out.

RVD - pull the angle from last week a week earlier, and RVD goes for
revenge for the chairshot

William Regal - he could have come back to Smackdown just as easily as
RAW, and as a smarmy heel, he would be as good, or better than JBL in
the build, and much better in the match

Hell, they could have made it Undertaker vs Eddie, with Mordecai
costing 'taker the match (if he beat up Paul Bearer, then tripped
'taker and held his leg outside ring for an Eddie 3 count, they would
give him monster heat)

None of those are perfect contenders, and it wouldn;t hurt any of them
to put over Eddie because he's a "higher ranked" wrestler than all but
'taker, who would lose by screwjob.

While that match was being built, JBL and Booker would be built by
people who it might matter if they pinned like Rikishi, Cena (in
competitive non-title matches), Hardcore Holly and whoever isn't being
used from my list above.

Bill
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