An idea for the title scenes in WWE

[BringThePain834]

Now after Sunday, we all should know the direction the WWE WH title scene is going, straight to part time city. Which means Lesnar is probably winning the title again. So if they want to keep Lesnar as champion going into next WrestleMania and set up for Lesnar vs Reigns for the title at WM 31, which should happen, here's what WWE should do. Take a page out of UFC's book and set up an interim champion. As a matter of fact, they should do it with every title they have. If a current champion is injured, asks for time off, or is a part timer, you get an interim champion, then after a while, the real champion comes back and sets up a match for the undisputed holder of that title. This could have worked great for when AJ took two months off and then Paige was champion until she returned. This could also work now for the IC title as Bad News Barrett is currently on the sidelines with another shoulder injury. I mean really, what could possibly be bad about an idea like this? For one thing, you set up a one match title feud between the actual champion and the interim titleholder to decide an undisputed champion, and two, it just makes titles as a whole more interesting. I'm not sure about you guys, but I think WWE should try something like this out. You could decide an interim champion by either a tournament or a huge battle royal and go from there.

 

[Slash-LN]

They did the interim champ thing with Punk and Cena.

The major flaw is the 30 day clause where the champ has to defend the title at least once in a 30 day period or vacate it. So lets say BNB is injured for 3 months he should have to vacate the title.

If they took that stipulation out I wouldn't be bothered by this idea at all. I think it could make things interesting.

 

[Mudlup50]

I don't like the idea, who wins it then? So Lesnar is champion and leaves, we all knew he was going to leave again anyway so it's not like he's injured which is the one time an interim champion, in my eyes, would be useful. So who wins it? Cena? And people would bitch that he's a 16 time champ then what other face is over enough to do it, if Reigns wins then the Wrestlemania moment is a waste, why even have it play out that way then

I think they should work it into the storyline, Cena accepts Lesnar's challenge and Lesnar basically says if he wins he's not gonna show up to defend it every week because only an idiot would do that! Lesnar wins but due to a rematch clause in his contract Cena gets his rematch at NoC. Lesnar points out that if Cena loses, it's his last match till Survivor Series and bam Lesnar wins. Heyman shows up on Raw and does what he does saying things like, his client is the smartest world champion in history, all other champions got bullied into losing their titles but Brock doesn't have to wrestle week in and out. Triple H goes to argue it but Heyman points out that this way Cena can't take the title and neither can Reigns! And isn't that what's best for business? Survivor Series you have some face try to take the title but fail, Lesnar shows up at Royal Rumble and defends again. Reigns wins the rumble and you get your desired Mania moment for Reigns.

Of course, that probably won't happen :/ I can dream

 

[therockiswwf]

Another big problem is when a wrestler comes back, he generally will win for a bit first then settle back down to a more regular win/loss record. Imagine a guy being gone for awhile, coming back and then losing. Not the best way to go about that.

While Heyman can keep Brock's name hot, how do you keep a person's popularity when they leave and have no mouthpiece? I'm guessing the wrestlers would also get jealous at the time off others get. I wonder how many wrestlers would want that much time off anyways.

Look at Bryan. It is unknown how popular he will be upon his return. Time off could hurt their popularity.

If I go to a show, I usually expect to see the champion. Especially if it is a PPV. Not good business to have a guy popular enough to win the title and immediately disappear.

What happens if a guy gets hot like Ryback did but the plans dictate that whoever needs to be champion when the real champion gets back?

 

[Softcore Holly]

The whole interim thing comes with it's own mess of problems. For one thing I can't see anyone being happy with being a placeholder champ(kayfabe) when everyone's goal should be the actual champ. Like why would anyone willingly defend the title in another person's place? OK I can see a face doing that kind of thing short term but even Cena being the super nice guy that's he's portrayed as, wouldn't defend the title for DB during 6+ months recovery. And there's no way a heel would do it. He has nothing to lose since he's not the actual champion, he loses a title that doesn't belong to him? Big whoop, now he can actually challenge person that beat him and have a shot at being the actual champion.

And just to repeat the above post's question, what happen's when the actual champ comes back? Why would anyone that worked so hard to keep it in their place willingly hand it back? Lets say....Orton was the interim champion in Lesnar's place, does anyone really think that a guy like Orton would just hand Brock the titles back? Same can be said for the rest of the roster, and really who can blame them?

Glad that the UFC found someway to make it work but this obviously isn't the UFC. TBH I don't know jack about the UFC, but I'm surprised they managed to pull it off. Like "order our PPV and watch the #1 contender vs ....the Interim champion for the WWEHC!" Doesn't sound very enticing to me, I've much rather see the actual champ than a proxy.

As for Brock himself we'll see how they handle things, but I really don't see him holding the main title for 9 months while being absent 90% of the time.

 

[Slash-LN]

You don't just hand the title back.
What happens in the UFC is if the current champ is injured he's still recognized as champ and holds onto the belt.

In place of him they have the interim champion who defends the title like normal. The title can change hand while the other champ is out and everything.

Once the original champ is healthy he and the interim champ get matched up in a fight to determine the real champ. Whoever wins that fight is recognized as the champion.

Again look at how they handled it with Cena and Punk when the whole contract with Punk thing happened.

 

[Softcore Holly]

You don't just hand the title back.
What happens in the UFC is if the current champ is injured he's still recognized as champ and holds onto the belt.

In place of him they have the interim champion who defends the title like normal. The title can change hand while the other champ is out and everything.

Once the original champ is healthy he and the interim champ get matched up in a fight to determine the real champ. Whoever wins that fight is recognized as the champion.

Again look at how they handled it with Cena and Punk when the whole contract with Punk thing happened.

Thanks for the UFC explanation, quite helpful.

The whole Punk/Cena thing was very short term though, Punk was gone for like what, 2 weeks? Literally no chance for WWE to have a interim champ defend on a PPV. Not saying it has no chance of working, but I don't see any benefits over the system we have now. If anything it would be easier to drop the "interim" part and just give the injured person a #1 contender status when they recover. Same result without the need for unpleasant substitute titles.

 

[A11oftheLights]

Whats the point? You just strip the champion and when they return 9 times out of 10 they'll end up having a match because they run the whole "i never got beat, your a hollow champion story"

And whats bad about this is its just unnecessary and pointless as results are scripted.