Ever since RAW went off the air last week, one of the main topics of discussion (aside from the draft itself, of course) has been the General Managers situation and who Shane and Stephanie will chose for each show respectively.
First off, I would imagine both will indeed make their choice since I doubt either one of them would leave it up to Vince to do so and I only mention this because Vince himself noted that he would choose one for them if that were the case. Ok, perhaps I'm reading too much into it and I honestly doubt WWE would complicate things to such and extent but mentioning anyway just to keep it floating in the back of our minds.
As far as RAW is concerned, the number one favorite appears to be HHH and perhaps rightfully so. He's Stephanie's husband, the COO of the company and can practically do whatever the fuck the wants, when he wants. The latter, however, is one of my main points as to why I feel he will NOT be Stephanie's choice. As noted in my RAW review post last Monday, haven't we had enough of the Authority angle, the power couple crap and all this bullshit already? How exactly would this fit in the new era theme that they've been preaching these past few months? And why on earth does HHH need this role anyway? Like I said just above, he already has the power to do anything he wants whenever he wants so him becoming the new GM doesn't really add anything, nor do I think he needs this lame excuse in order to appear back on TV.
With that being said, I'd personally be looking elsewhere and two names that come to mind are those of Eric Bischoff and Paul Heymann.
As for Smackdown, apparently there's been some kind of leak on a WWE app which noted the return of the YES movement earlier in the week and it was something that was removed very quickly. Now, funnily enough I did mention Daniel Bryan as one of the top candidates for this role earlier that day and it's really the best choice they can make if they want to start off Smackdown live on a bang.
Now, while I woild obviously mark out if this were the case, I did a bit more thinking on it and came up with perhaps an even bigger deal for Smackdown. The thing is, Daniel Bryan has been on comentary for the cruiserweight tournament and admitedly, he's done more than a fine job with it; quite frankly, him and Mauro have been great all around together...
...So, what if Daniel Bryan indeed returns, not as a GM though, but for a spot in the commentary team, alongside Mauro? And what if Kurt Angle were to be announced as the new GM? You want to talk about starting off with a bang? Here's one sick way to do it, guaranteed to tear down the house...
First off, I would imagine both will indeed make their choice since I doubt either one of them would leave it up to Vince to do so and I only mention this because Vince himself noted that he would choose one for them if that were the case. Ok, perhaps I'm reading too much into it and I honestly doubt WWE would complicate things to such and extent but mentioning anyway just to keep it floating in the back of our minds.
As far as RAW is concerned, the number one favorite appears to be HHH and perhaps rightfully so. He's Stephanie's husband, the COO of the company and can practically do whatever the fuck the wants, when he wants. The latter, however, is one of my main points as to why I feel he will NOT be Stephanie's choice. As noted in my RAW review post last Monday, haven't we had enough of the Authority angle, the power couple crap and all this bullshit already? How exactly would this fit in the new era theme that they've been preaching these past few months? And why on earth does HHH need this role anyway? Like I said just above, he already has the power to do anything he wants whenever he wants so him becoming the new GM doesn't really add anything, nor do I think he needs this lame excuse in order to appear back on TV.
With that being said, I'd personally be looking elsewhere and two names that come to mind are those of Eric Bischoff and Paul Heymann.
As for Smackdown, apparently there's been some kind of leak on a WWE app which noted the return of the YES movement earlier in the week and it was something that was removed very quickly. Now, funnily enough I did mention Daniel Bryan as one of the top candidates for this role earlier that day and it's really the best choice they can make if they want to start off Smackdown live on a bang.
Now, while I woild obviously mark out if this were the case, I did a bit more thinking on it and came up with perhaps an even bigger deal for Smackdown. The thing is, Daniel Bryan has been on comentary for the cruiserweight tournament and admitedly, he's done more than a fine job with it; quite frankly, him and Mauro have been great all around together...
...So, what if Daniel Bryan indeed returns, not as a GM though, but for a spot in the commentary team, alongside Mauro? And what if Kurt Angle were to be announced as the new GM? You want to talk about starting off with a bang? Here's one sick way to do it, guaranteed to tear down the house...
: He's coming back to manage heat and velocity