USC Wuz Robbed!

Sure, if they want to trot out an injured wrestler to face an aging one....

Nah, Lakers fans are just as bad as Yankees fans.

I think they're gearing Austin for a total corporate sellout gimmick turn.

The less said about Stuffings, the better.

You could use HHH to get to his level, THEN turn on him and get the title. He doesn't seem to catch on to that.

First of all, don't ever speak for me. Second of all, no. The WWE generally likes to work the internet to get a favorable heat towards a wrestler. They would leak out information to the internet, because the "smarks" eat it up, reacting to it the exact way they want them to. Loss says it better than me, it's just too bad some of the people here drove him away.

There is logic in teaming with HHH....guaranteed spotlight. A strong push in concurrent to the stable's.

Except Angle has not been portrayed as the top main event heel for a while. That honor goes to JBL. So they CAN afford losing a broken down wrestler like Angle.

A big gamble. Any good GM wouldn't make that gamble. There's maybe 20-30 people on Raw and now, 3 picks left to be made. Can you realistically tell me that the odds of the World Champion being drafted are good enough to allow said gamble? No. I'm not saying that they won't put the World Champion on Smackdown, but in kayfabe I don't see how Long could be comfortable with this situation. If I was the GM, I'd be on the phone right now either trying to get Cena back or setting up a post-Vengeance trade for the winner of HHH/Batista, because hey, if I get the champion for free without using a pick on him, I could get someone else real good like a Shelton or a Jericho.

60 minutes? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In honor of Rey, they'll go 619 minutes.

Yes, but wouldn't it be advantageous for a brand to try to shore up their rosters via trading? Vince opened up the window for an entire month for this to happen. Why did Teddy Long resign to the belief that the title situation would be fixed after the draft? Why isn't he actively pursuing one of the two champions now? In the unlikely scenario that the World champ isn't drafted to Smackdown, this means Smackdown has no top level title to speak of. I don't see why Teddy is allowing that risk in kayfabe.

Two weeks have passed, and no one has made a TRADE yet. Does anyone think there will be one before the month's over or would they stick with a 10-man switch via the lottery?

Joe's going to be a main eventer in TNA? Doubtful.

You know... now that Angle is on Raw, they GOTTA give us a Shelton/Angle feud.

Cena. That's what they will do. It will either happen at Summerslam or Wrestlemania, and I don't see them running a "Cena wins the title!" storyline again a year after the first time around at Mania.

That's exactly what I thought too. HHH would probably LOVE to put Cena in his place. This is a prime opportunity to do so.

I remember they wanted to switch the titles, so if this is true, then the WWE title is going to be on Raw for a good while now.

It's sad that if the match is for the title, Kurt's first match back on Raw would result in either a loss or a no contest.

Yeah Pistons needs to play the Tigers if they want a hope in hell of winning.

What the fuck was he supposed to do? He was trapped. If he turned down HHH's challenge for Kurt/Batista, it makes Batista look weak. The only option he had was to accept. He should just have punched HHH in the face, knocking him out, then saying, "Now with that out of the way, did you have something to ask me?" to Angle. Leading directly to Angle challenging Batista.

It's not like going over Taker at this point would do much for Orton. The only meaningful job Taker could do at this point was giving up his Mania streak. And obviously, Orton was denied that rub.

Of course there's always the possibility that Orton's being rushed back from injury....

At least they aren't blowing the load on that match for a PPV to take place two weeks later. Maybe they intend to build the match up with Orton frustrating Taker with hit-and-run tactics before Taker finally gets to him, only for Orton to beat him in the match, though likely it'd be Taker going over.

Orton's still injured, isn't he? I'm sure he won't come back to active duty until September.

To be fair, Batista just couldn't go "I know what you're doing Hunter, stop it. Anyways as for the challenge, it's declined. I need my beauty sleep." He was pretty much trapped either way. Might as well play it off as confidence.