World Title Update

[Troy]

Edge gave his retirement speech on RAW and on Smackdown this week he will vacate the title. I assume that Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio will be announced for the title in a ladder match at Extreme Rules.

 

[Chase]

Yeah that would make sense. Maybe they will do a tournament? Who knows but this will change the world heavyweight title scene for sure.

 

[Troy]

Well they had the number on contender match on Smackdown last week so I would have no issue if they just used those two guys. You are probably right that they will do a tournament since they love booking them and it is a great way to book an entire Smackdown show. In the end the result will probably be the same but it could give us some good matches.

I wonder what this will mean for Smackdown overall because this is a huge loss for Smackdown. He was their biggest face especially with Undertaker out injured. Hopefully this will be the chance for Christian to be given a mainevent push. We say it all the time but he is one of the most over faces on Smackdown and could help to fill that gap left by Undertaker and now Edge.

 

[Prodigy]

I'm probably the only who thinks this, but with Edge gone I think they're going to promote Cody Rhodes to the ME scene. A match between him, del rio and Christian could steal the show and I for one don't just want the predictable Singles match.

 

[Troy]

The word is that Edge will get to "hand pick" Del Rio's opponent and he will obviously pick Christian to face Del Rio.

Rhodes feud with Mysterio is still going but I see that feud moving up a spot on the card on Smackdown, it will basically become the second biggest feud.

 

[Keith]

Yeah they need to keep Rhodes steady push going, not rush him into the main event. Christian deserves his shot in the main event, and him almost representing Edge does put a nice twist on things. The Edge retirement does change things, I think the odds on Del Rio winning the title has just gone up.