Jake_2010

I've mentioned it before, but with Punk winning... I fully expected Edge to retain, and Punk to go to Smackdown so he could start a program with Edge over there. I expect there to be a new Draft rule that the title stays behind, meaning when HHH is drafted to Raw he loses his title. From there SD! can have a tournament to crown a new champion. Judgment Day is May 17th, the draft is Apr 13th, so SD could stretch out the tournement in order to have the finals (and even better the semi-finals) on the Judgment Day PPV. You could have Punk lose the Semi's, only to use his MITB contract to make the finals a triple threat. It wont happen, the shows wont be treated as separate brands any longer So wait, that's not clear. Are they or are they not merging the brands? They talk about leaving stars on Smackdown as if they'd still be a separate brand. It's not very clear, but I think the idea is that they aren't going to try to treat RAW and Smackdown as equal brands anymore. RAW will be the clear flagship show with the vast majority of the star power.