Wanted: New Main Event Heel....

[mentalsynapse]

After what happened at the end of the Main event of GAB, I have a funny feeling that Edge will be tied up with running from every face on the Smackdown! roster until the Undertaker comes back.
I don't see HHH turing heel right now because he is way too over at the moment, so that leaves a heel to step up and challenge him.

The only problem is that I don't think that Smackdown! has a credible heel to go up against him for the belt. Bare in mind that the next PPV is Summerslam, the Number 2 PPV of the year, so it has to be a good match if it'll main event (which probably will...HHH wouldn't settle for less).

Either they have to push someone (MVP possibly?), turn someone (Big Show?) or bring in someone new. To me, common sense would say that, if Orton is better, he'll jump to Smackdown! and have his revenge.

So who else thinks that they need another big heel on Smackdown!? Raw has JBL/Kane/Jericho/Orton that could easily go up against the champ and be credible, so do you think that one of them should be brought over or do we wait for Big Daddy V to rear his jiggly ass to make us vomit in our mouths again?

 

[Crush1]

Wow this is a tough one, but if i were to choose i would pick the person who is everybody's crowd favorite and the perfect son-in-law, Jeff Hardy.Let's say jeff is tired staying without gold on his belt and since H already cost him a golden oppertunity he would form a shortlived aliance with edge and proceed to feud with H.IMO this would be the best career move for jeff and i think that this could headline wrestlemania lets make an example shall we, Wrestlemania Main Event: Triple H vs Jeff Hardy for the WWE championship that jeff holds of course, well thats only my opinion though

 

[A.J.]

I think your all forgetting that the Umaga is on smackdown and last time I checked he was a massive over heel. Sure a lot of people may not want to see Triple H vs. Umaga again, but it could for a short feud in the mean time, but with his recent push to build him up again i kinda doubt it. But ater Edge is Umaga as the #2 Main Event Heel on Smackdown.

MVP and Show are tweeners right now so that could work, but why not through Khali out there as he is a heel and a main vent heel at that, even though some may hate that, but he does his job. Khali can do a short a feud with the game as it will make Triple H look stronger by defeating Khali and Khali is there to make others look good so it works.

 

[Father:_Polley]

Khali or Umaga would definately make a good number one contender. Clearly having Edge vs faces takes him away from HHH for a while and given the lack of high quality heels at present bar those names and MVP. I don't think MVP is quite ready to be buried by HHH, use Umaga or Khali to show him as being dominant and have MVP feud with Edge to build him up until he's ready.

 

[lostsoulforever]

With the Undertaker not around, Smackdown in general is short of guys with main event experience. And even shorter on anyone that fans actually want to see in main events.

After Edge and Triple H, you get a lot of mid-carders basically. Big Show, Umaga, Kennedy, Jeff Hardy, MVP, Carlito (if he ever even appears on Smackdown) and Khali. Doesn't exactly reek of awesomeness.

I mean, there's not much on that list that excites as potential opponents for Triple H if Edge and Undertaker are feuding.

 

[Father:_Polley]

Be as hard as you like on the lighter guys...the big guys don't need to be built as threats. If they want an alternative, have a big guy like Umaga feud with HHH while MVP and Kennedy feud in tandem with Khali and have them go over a giant heel. It gives them time to have a just reason to be there, while HHH isn't stuck with a guy people wonder what he has done to deserve to be there in the 1st place.

But good heels in general are rare on SD - Raw seems to have nicked them with evil Kane, Y2J & Cade, JBL. Even ECW has the barely recognisable as a heel Finlay (damn the midget)

 

[AnthonyMango/NoFate007]

As it stands right now, Smackdown's main event scene (when pushing some people up) consists of:

FACES: HHH, Undertaker, Jeff Hardy, Big Show, Mr. Kennedy
HEELS: Edge, MVP, Umaga, Big Daddy V, Khali

Now, what sucks about that, is how two of their heels (Khali and Big Daddy V) are a total bore, and the latter of which is still inactive, and if you count Umaga in that, then three out of the five main event heels are "monsters". That leads to the same match up over and over again. Also, many of the 10 people on that list have already feuded with each other, and recently. How many Taker/Khali, Taker/BDV, HHH/Umaga, Taker/Edge, Show/Khali, Hardy/Umaga matches have we seen? Too many.

There's also another problem in the midcard division of Smackdown. Shelton and Carlito are solid, with the lower levels of Kozlov, Kendrick, Shannon Moore, Jimmy Wang Yang, and D.H. Smith. Moore and Yang are the only faces on that list and they're essentially jobbers, so unless you turn Carlito or Shelton face, there's nobody for them to feud with. Also, if you demote Kennedy or Hardy into the midcard, then the main event suffers.

So Smackdown is lacking in midcard faces, tag teams in general, and non-monster heel main event talent. It would be ok to turn HHH heel, but only if you kept Taker, Hardy, Kennedy, and Big Show as face main eventers, and you demoted/fired/stopped using Big Daddy V and Khali. That way you'd have four against four (HHH/Edge/MVP/Umaga vs Taker/Hardy/Kennedy/Show). But that doesn't solve the tag team or midcard divisions in the slightest bit.

 

[slickman123]

triple h's title run is seriously bland as their are not enough heels on the show the smackdowns shows work well when a heel is champion i would find it much better viewing to see edge as champion and see hardy taker hhh chase him and kennedy e.t.c theirs so much potential there! where as right now we got triple feuding against big show or khali e.t.c for the title which will just be upstaged by the undertaker and edge feud which seems more important.

 

[ShaminThaShamed]

I know most of you have hit on this.. but Mr. Kennedy would be perfect. Did we forget that Mr. Kennedy was way over on Raw as a heel while in mid-card status? He can make the switch on Smackdown! Mr. Kennedy is brash, cocky semi-good wrestler. I do believe he is able to wear the WWE Title one day. I think a HHH-Kennedy would be a great feud. Although we have seen the Veteran-Rookie angle a lot in the past, I do think it can get over with these two. You can have Kennedy playing tricks and sneak attacks on HHH to play off his cockyness. I would pay to see it...

 

[Crimson Bonez]

could be a long shot but what if triplev h went back heel, now i know people are saying they wont turn the most over guy and big fan fave heel, but you got others that get big pops (hardy, kennedy) jeff goes out talks with the crowd about the title and blah blah blah, triple h comes out starts bashing hardy "as long as im wwe champ you wont be world champ" "your not cut out to be world champ so what if you beat me in the past thats the past this is now YOU CANT BEAT THE GAME" stuff like that, instant heel bashing hardy i could see this happening, but with edge currently busy and the main event heels being mostly giant/big guys dont see that as a huge draw triple h may have to turn heel

either that or r-truth comes in as a heel, but alot of people are looking forward to him coming back, so unless right when he ruturns he attachs triple h or a top fan fav, hell be a fan fav. and maybe attach or bash triple h turning hunter heel i duno but unless killings comes in as a heel, then i dont see anything but triple h turning heel

 

[Agrex]

WWE was planning on giving Umaga a summer feud with 'Taker, and that was obviously scrapped, so now what? In my opinion, HHH should fill the roll that 'Taker was meant to play. I know we've seen HHH v. Umaga many times, but HHH has no one really to feud with other than Khali. Nothing else would make much sense. HHH needs some big monster heel for a short program, until the whole 'Taker mess is sorted. Then we can have HHH v. 'Taker until the new year.

Edge jobbed to HHH at the Great American Bash, so that's off. Jeff Hardy is not quite ready, just yet, I'm think big things closer to 'Mania (and a possible Rumble win). Maybe Big Show. Mr. Kennedy as we see week-in, week-out is destined to play the mid-card for a while, just like MVP. And with that there's really no one to choose from. We're down to Big Show, Khali, and Umaga.

Big Show is more of a tweener. So it's down to Khali, and Umaga. One of those two should fill the gap until 'Taker returns. When 'Taker returns HHH can turn heel, and problem solved.

 

[Uncle Sam]

I'm gonna go with MVP. Maybe in my recent detachment from the WWE, I haven't noticed how far he's depreciated. However, I looked up a few of his more recent matches on YouTube and, while they weren't really up to the standard of his Chris Benoit matches, they're considerably better than a lot of matches the WWE have been known to put in the main event.

Whoever gets chosen - if indeed, someone does - to get pulled into the main event, they'll most probably just be one month fodder for Triple H anyway. It's really irrelevant who the Game beats this month, because he'll be beating all comers for months to come.

 

[Rusty]

I personally don't think Smackdown is short on main event heels. Smackdown was in a much worse position last year. Last year when the only real main event heel Edge got injured, they had no choice but to put the World Title on the Great Khali. That was a terrible time. Smackdown was just do dull back then. I mean sure they had M.V.P, but he wasn't ready for the big push and it was too early to start a Batista/M.V.P fued. Now, Smackdown has Edge, M.V.P, Umaga, Khali and Big Daddy V as heels. So they are definately not short on heels at the present moment.

If Smackdown didn't receive Umaga from the draft this year, they would be in a terrible position. Umaga vs Undertaker, Umaga vs Kennedy and Umaga vs Big Show are possible feuds for the future. While only the Undertaker/Umaga fued will be main event worthy, the others should be near the top of the card. When Big Daddy V returns, he could easily be placed into a feud with Triple H for the WWE title. At Summerslam, Khali is going to be in a match for the WWE title against Triple H and give it time and M.V.P will soon be a main eventer aswell. I personally like Smackdown currently as it is fresh from those boring Edge/Undertaker/Batista feuds we saw for the whole of last year.

 

[mentalsynapse]

All you have to do is look at who HHH is facing at Summerslam to see that my point is valid. There is no way in hell that HHH vs The Great Khali is going to be a good match, not because Khali is crap its because no one really cares.

Other than Edge, there isn't a heel on Smackdown! that makes me think "Good god I really hate you", not because they are not god in the ring, its because their character is soo convincing that you can only feel hatred for the character.

Case in point, Chris Jericho. Everybody loves Jericho, arguably one of the best in the business at the moment, but right now his heel character makes me want to see someone hand him his ass. The same can be said about Orton and JBL.

Smackdown! just doesn't have another heel like that and I think the brand suffers from that...

 

[Yarrie]

Yeah the HHH/Kahli match is shocking, Ive only just started watching Smackdown since the Game Transferred, and it just doesnt cut it, I love Edge he such a dork, great heel character!!! Raw and Smackdown have really gone down hill since the draft, and the summerslam line up proves it, I say turning Jeff heel would be great or turning HHH and pitting him against Jeff, even keep them both good would be a better match but Kennedy is a great heel and would easily be main event statua

 

[simplejt1985]

Triple H needs to hold the title for awhile. There is no one worthy on SD to hold that title just yet. And the only one that is worthy of holding that title is currently my favorite superstar in WWE and the best heel in all of wrestling right now. That is Edge. One of the hardest workers to ever appear in the WWE. He's going to be the next person to take that title off of HHH. And if its not him then it would be the Undertaker when HHH turns heel, if he does. But HHH is holding that belt till Mania which I have no problem with. Let him beat everyone who challenges him. No one has proven to be worthy of holding that title on SD except him, Edge and Undertaker. Kennedy and M.V.P. still have awhile to go. But truthfully, they need to just let Kennedy go and set him loose on the WWE. I like him but he's just not there yet. And I like Umaga. He can put on some good matches and I wouldn't mind to see him and HHH go at it. Even him and the Undertaker. So Smackdown is going to be fine. Everyone is still developing their character. Mr. Kennedy deserves at least one title shot since he never did get his since winning money in the bank.

 

[lostsoulforever]

What is really key is how long Triple H actually stays on Smackdown for. Will it be up to and beyond Wrestlemania? If it was that long, that would allow for him to turn heel, and face the Undertaker once again, presumably putting his title on the line vs Takers undefeated streak.

Triple H could potentially interfere in the Hell In A Cell match, aiding Edge, but I think it's too soon to turn him (that would be reliant on the HIAC match being after HHH vs Khali). But Triple H and Taker are the only real face main eventers Smackdown has, so I don't see it happening in the next few months.

 

[RadioGaGa]

While I like the idea of MVP in the main event I really don't think now is the time what with HHH as the current champion. Feeding him to the dogs in the ME would damage his credibility which would leave him languishing in the midcard for the foreseeable future. MVP needs another solid midcard feud like the one with Matt Hardy, before he's given the ME push.

Umaga could have and should have been facing HHH at Summerslam, I recall them having a good street fight at Cyber Sunday last year. He is probably the best big man in WWE at the moment who can definitely work in the ring and so match quality wouldn't be a problem. It looks like he's set to feud with Kennedy and MVP feuding with Hardy so both guys look set to stay just below main event for the short term future.

While I don't think Khali is set for World Title gold in the future, I do think he's a good chap to have around as he can be used for ME feuds with little build as he will always be considered a threat because of his size.

 

[Dead Kennedy]

Oh yeah. How to make Triple H's disappointing WWE Championship run even more disappointing? Add Khali, stir, shake, bake and voilá. This is just a waste of time...you've got people who are ready to step up to that next level of competition, like Jeff Hardy, MVP, Mr. Kennedy, Morrison...shall I go on?

Triple H doesn't, nor has he ever, worked well as a face for me. The heel Triple H is the only good Hunter. Pushing Khali may be good for international business, but it's not exactly a big draw. I was really disappointed to see him featured in the main event picture again. Looks like SummerSlam time is when the Khali curse strikes. Man, what a drag. Well, I doubt even Hunter can carry him well - even Big Show, with all his power, did not manage to make Khali look like a credible wrestler...it's just nonsensical booking.

 

[Yarrie]

Yeah I agree, not even HHH can carry Kahli. Love the idea of Taker VS HHH at WM, but it would be a shame for Takers streak to end like that, and does any1 else miss Taker on the Harley??? Im over his deadman thing, or am i just showing my age???

 

[Dark Blaze]

Like No-Fate said, while Smackdown isn't actually lacking in main-event heels, it is however lacking in main-event heels who aren't monster heels. Furthermore, those heels they do have have already feuded with most of the top baby faces, inactive or the matches will equal to a total bore otherwise (the current HHH-Khali) feud. However,the reason Khali's been thrown into the title picture is not only because of his huge drawing in India, but also due to the fact that WWE knows that Summerslam will sell regardless of the WWE championship match especially with the blowoff match in an intense feud being in a HIAC match.

However, I disagree with WWE here, the fact that Summerslam would sell no matter what matches are on there, was a prime opportunity to push someone else, someone new into the main event scene, Summerslam and maybe a feud into Unforgiven also would have been the perfect time for HHH to elevate MVP into the ME scene...or turn Kennedy back heel and watch him prove his mettle.

Smackdown has the talent, they just need to use it.