Why should Barrett be anywhere near the World Heavyweight Championship?
As of right now, I agree with you. He's done jack shit to deserve it. After MitB he'll probably have a case for having a shot at the WHC.
He hasn't been interesting since leaving Nexus, and he proved exactly how much he was worth last night.
Both of which was the fault of the bookers. He's been saddled with a stable with no direction and his first singles match after he went solo was an excercise in putting Jackson over. Hence the false finish and post match interview. He can hardly be blamed for doing shit all interesting when he's been given nothing interesting to do. [insert jab about Zack Ryder here]
Two more thingswhile we're on the subject of Barrett's promo and his reaction to it, he got good heat afterwards (namely when his name was announced and during the match when he raised his hand mid match (i.e. when the crowd was cued for a responce, they did)) and the crowd was shit.
First he cut a horribly generic and emotionless promo,
I thought that was a good promo. So did Chris Jericho, for the record.
and then he put on a match that defined mediocrity.
Mostly due to Jackson being shit in the ring. Wade's ok in the ring, at best and he clearly tried to make the match as good as it could be. But he's not good enough to drag a good match out of someone like Jackson. Especially a match designed to put him over as much as possible. Which is what it was.
Why put Barrett in a major match when you have three heels (Christian,
is first in line by default, as he should be.
Second in line. And I completely agree that Barrett shouldn't have a "proper" title shot before him.
Who has done less than Barrett to deserve a title shot and is currently feuding with DBD and Sin Cara. Also, there's the slight problem of him hanging around with Ted.
that are more talented and more worthy of being in that title match at SummerSlam than he?
You're right, all three of those men are better wrestlers than Barrett and aside from Cody, I agree that those guys should have title shots before him. So I won't try to justify them facing Orton after Barrett, because they shouldn't.
Cody on the other hand is fair game. So fucking what if he's a better wrestler than Barrett? That's not a good reason for him to get a World Title title shot before him. If it was, Justin Gabriel would have been facing Cena and Orton in the main events of PPVs last year, not than Barrett and DBD would have won the WWE title ahead of the Miz. Barrett can have decent matches when he's not having to compensate for a shitty opponent (see: Barrett vs Kofi on SD). So what if Cody's heel run on SD has been more interesting than Barrett's? Barrett's hardly been given chances to shine since his drafting, wheras Cody gets weekly promo segments and a crowd friendly gimmick. Hardly a fair comparason. Cody hasn't done anything as good as Barrett did last time he was given a ball to run with (i.e. the Nexus) either, so that's a moot point.
So tell me JGlass, why should Cody get a title shot ahead of Barrett. They're in (roughly) the same spot, in that neither have a reason to become Number 1 contenders. The only difference is that Barrett's proven that he can run at the top, carry big storylines and is now free to do so again, while Cody's mid storyline and has a smegger holding his coat tails holding him back.
I'm not saying Barrett should be next in line. I'm saying he should win the Smackdown MitB match, not Cody, Christian, Sheamus or anyone else. once he's got the briefcase he can build up himself on the mic again (which he can do) and cash it in like all those who have come before him have. Simply put, Barrett's the right guy to win MitB this year, because he's the right guy to move up the card. Cody will get his shot. But as it stands now, he's still tied down in the midcard while Barrett lost the last rope holding him back from the WHC.
"What!?" Chants is cheap heat.