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Finally...  rspw{at}HackMan.com (Hack-Man) has come back to
rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated...

>tglut1{at}tds.net (Timothy A. Glut) wrote:
>| So how will they be working the Royal Rumble this year?  Does the winner 
>| automatically get a shot at the WWE (Smackdown) Title?  Or will it be the 
>| World (RAW) Title?  And what if a RAW wrestler wins it and gets to fight for 
>| the WWE (Smackdown) Title?
>| 
>| And speaking of which, since it's been established that the WWE (Smackdown) 
>| Title can be defended on one or both shows at the "champion's
prerogative," 
>| couldn't Heyman just take Show over to RAW if he doesn't want him fighting 
>| Lesnar?
>
>I think they've said (though maybe not as well as they could) that
>the WWE Title is Smackdown-only and the World Title is Raw-only.
>
>I'd expect that whoever wins the Rumble will get a shot at whichever
>title is defended by the roster he is on.
>

An interesting way to go would be to allow the winner the choice of
which title they went after, and if they won the strap of the other
show, they MUST be traded to the other show.  That would make the
Rumble "special" again, and one of the few cases where there could be
crossover matches that would make sense.

That could set up a talent transfer to help balance the shows' talent
levels if done correctly, and if tension between a GM and a talent is
worked into the storyline, it could be used as a mini-program with the
talent trying desperately to win the Rumble to get away from
Bischoff/Steph.

Bill

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