Monday night is the annual draft and just like 2004, this draft is to fill a huge hole in the Smackdown roster. Back in 2004 Brock lsnar was the biggest star on smackdown and his sudden departure left the WWE in a bit of a mess. To solve it the first ever draft was done.
Fast forward to 2011 and WWE are in a similar situation. Edge was the only major face on Smackdown, and his sudden retirement has left a massive gap on the roster.
Currently on Smackdown you have Rey Mysterio, A guy who's body is nearly as broken as Edge, not a guy who want to invest the long term. Christian is another name to take Edge's place but his lack of doing anything in the past year means he is nowhere near ready. Taker and HHH are part timers, with the rest of roster all upcomers who have yet to make it.Now on RAW u have two of the biggest faces. John Cena and Randy Orton. Both of whom are in a situation where they are both eating each others popularity and basing on stare down at the Royal Rumble both stars need to be kept apart.
Can Randy be the guy on smackdown? No Randy hasn't seem entirely comfortable in his role as a face. Orton is good at chasing the title and with John Cena around its fairly difficult. Randy works well with a strong opponent to play off. He wouldn't work as being the main guy on Smackdown.
John Cena has been on raw since 2005 and been the focus of Raw every since. He is the main man of WWE and will be for a long time, love it or hate it.
Its simple, move John Cena to Smackdown. Firstly it will be a breath of fresh air. 6 years on top and Cena's act has been stale for some time. Move him to Smackdown and he will change the dynamic. He can be the focus of the show and help new stars. Alberto Del Rio vs John Cena for the title will be brilliant. A feud with Cody Rhodes will work wonders as well. Cena will help solidify them as stars. It will also work wonders for the Smackdown ratings with Cena on board.
So will Vince decide to do something brave? Or will he keep with the norm and keep Cena on Raw. Regardless of what happens lets hope Smackdown gets some good talent to make things interesting again.
