Alberto del rio has been in the world title picture for a very long time now, with most people wanting him out of it(myself included).
I'm not a fan of these 'blanket statements.' The OP wants Del Rio out of the title picture, so he naturally assumes he's in the majority because noone could possibly think differently.
Here's the problem: Since essentially Wrestlemania, there
hasn't been a World Title picture. Del Rio was supposed to get a rematch thrown in with Jack Swagger against Dolph Ziggler in a ladder match, but that didn't happen because of Ziggler's injury. So since the night after Wrestlemania, the World Title still hasn't been defended. How can you say he's been in the title picture for a very long time when he just entered in January, and since April 8th, there hasn't been a World Title picture, other then a #1 Contender's match?
I, for one, hope he stays in the title picture for at least another month, as he's a solid hand to either put Dolph Ziggler over, or take the belt from him if WWE decides he's too much of a risk, injury-wise.
Their 'feud' has essentially consisted of Ziggler cashing in his MITB briefcase, and Del Rio waiting for his rematch. Their extremely brief interaction last night and a match at Payback shouldn't signal the end of a feud that never got started, either way WWE decides to run with it. So for now, I like him in a feud with Ziggler, as I believe their styles will mesh well and could make for what I hope are a series of excellent matches, not just one and done.
Following that, if he leaves the World Title picture, Chris Jericho makes for an intriguing matchup. I believe Jericho turns on Sunday, and Del Rio would make for a great matchup that, most importantly, hasn't been done before. Del Rio's reactions haven't been to that of a top face, but he hasn't been positioned there, right? The World Title has been shown to be infinitely less valuable then the WWE Title. After a hot start, his feud with Swagger was quickly pushed aside and down the card.
Del Rio has a natural charisma and like-ability that make him a solid face, as well as a crowd-pleasing moveset and a likeable manager/ring-announcer. He won't ever be 'the guy', but he's in a good place right now as a face. He's not on the level of Cena, Bryan, or Orton, but he's entrenched in a spot just below, which isnt a bad place to be for a guy who just turned face 6 months ago after being a heel throughout his entire WWE tenure.
I for one would like to see him turn heel again and feud with Kane. Once team hell no is finished, Kane won't have much to do except sqaush matches, which I don't want to see. I think Alberto could turn heel and use defeating Kane as something to prove himself with, and then move on to other big guys.
None of this makes sense. Did you see Raw last night? Tell Hell No or not, Kane seems to be keeping plenty busy with one Dean Ambrose, as in a single's feud. Kane is such a tweener that he can work with
anyone on the roster, so why change a character that's working like Del Rio and put him into a pointless feud with Kane?
Plus with Del Rio as a face they have pretty much done all they can do with him as a face and as a heel with Del Rio he has more potential even though he was pushed to the moon as a heel, even you have to admit that Del Rio was at his best making the crowd the fans hate him.
So he's spent
six months as a face after spending
three years as a heel, yet he's done all he can do as a face and has much more to do....as a heel? Makes perfect sense.
personlly, I'd like to see him stay a face and have a series of matches with Ziggler. Depending on how their first match goes, I think that's likely the short term plan, and the right idea. If they want to do a 'challenger of the month' for Dolph, assuming he survives Del Rio, then I could see Del Rio playing a large role and perhaps even winning the WHC MITB case.
Wouldn't it be ironic if Del Rio won the case and cashed it on Ziggler, doncha think?