since it would be obvious who the # 1 heel on Smackdown would be. And Big Show is still there (currently # 1) so he will be close second to Orton. Not to mention return of Mark Henry pretty soon (not sure if they make him face or not).
Ziggler is essentially a RAW guy, but he has the WHC MITB case and will be new champion soon. So would they turn him baby-face? Sheamus for 1,478,980th time? Or have the guts to do heel vs heel feuds?
ADR right now is the worst case out of the 3 IMO. No idea WTH they do with this guy and now he getting a new romantic angle with Rosa (doesn't sound bad). He doesn't want to turn face. So they essentially move him to the IC division and have him feud with Kofi (# 45,475)? Or just have him in pointless feuds?
Barrett also is directionless at the moment. And I am sure he doesn't want to turn face either. I still have a feeling outside of Ryback he will win the Rumble. if not than at least MITB at Mania (supposedly returning). But at the moment til January he doesn't have anything to do. It might be wise to move him to RAW (well he will appear on both but at least his name will be under RAW) and be # 2 heel behind Punk IMO.
even though Orton getting a heel turn is much needed, it is going to create alot question marks and confusion for the other 3 Smackdown heels. Never-mind the baby-face department, thats a whole different can of worms.
Turn ziggler face and del rio can go to the mid card. Del rio is waaaay over pushed and I would be happy to never see him get a Wwe/world title match again.
With Orton, Punk and Big Show as top heels, a big number of face turns are in need of happening. Ziggler and Del Rio in particular could benefit since they are going nowhere as heels.
I know, its one of the reasons why, I believe, they are turning The Miz baby-face (outside of the obvious). I am sure once Bryan/Kane are done, Bryan will also be a top baby-face on Smackdown. They need the credible faces badly.
No point in turning Del Rio face, If he cant get the crowd into him as a heel theres no way he'll do it as a face. Barret should also stay heel, his look and ring work suit he being a heel. Now Zigger might be albe to pull of being a face if he can get a new manager, he doesn't have the mic skills to be albe to do it by himself.
Best case for Orton might be to feud him with Miz if they both turn, Miz can do most of the promo work and Orton will be able to carry him to a more then passable match,
To be a top heel, you have to have a personality - perhaps more so than top face. How the hell do you think Randy Orton has more personality than Wade Barrett?
I don't, in fact I think the opposite. But it doesn't matter because WWE will make sure Orton is their top heel along with Big Show. I am going booking and obvious wise.
Orton as a Heel is top notch, IMO. The reason he hasn't turned yet is due to the lack of top Faces that WWE currently has.
So what's left to do? Turn Show/Ziggler/Barret faces? Nah, too much of a gamble for now. Ziggler's the only one I see being able to pull it off, but still.
A returning Face Mark Henry would be pretty good, but still we would only have two main event faces in the Smackdown roster, and 4 Heels. It needs to be even.
So why not draft Ryback to Smackdown, and Orton to RAW? Would also give Cena something to do while Punk works with Rock.
We all know Orton shines more as a heel. This could be the death sentence for a guy like Del Rio. Although I always felt he could try a go as a face. It's worth a shot. Not like his heel work garners anything nowadays as it is.
Dolph & Wade would be fine. Nobody said Orton as a heel immediately means he'll take over all the necessary programs. Get the pool of heels strong. Then work on the faces, which they seem to be doing by adding Miz in the mix, and there you go. Roster would take shape once the booking comes along.
It kills their careers even further, which is why I'm opposed to it. Not in Ziggler's case, he can go fuck himself, it's Barrett I care about. Granted, he's fucked anyway whether Orton turns or not since Vince won't give an Englishman success in WWE, but it only makes it even worse. Del Rio will just slide down the pecking order even further, which is kinda sad but he's been given enough, so I'm happy on that front. He should be ahead of Orton, though, but that's just never happening in this stupid company.
This is why I think Orton will be staying face for a while, unless he moves to Raw where he and Punk can be the top heels and Cena & Ryback the top faces, Ryback is going to need someone big to feud with after Punk.
Let Barret & Ziggler be the top Heels on Smackdown with Sheamus & Miz as the top faces.
BTW they don't need guts to do heel vs heel, thats just a stupid idea. 90 percent of the time they don't work, they will lose viewers. It is basically forcing the viewers to support one of them, turning that one face, also the viewers won't tune in unless there is someone that they want to see winning.
To those saying Orton has/had more personality than Barrett as heel, he had so much more personality that during his last WWE title, Cena and Barrett overshadowed him to the extent no one can remember his reign, only Barrett making Cena his bitch.
heel turns:Kane,Orton,John Cena
Face Turnsaniel Bryan,Del Rio,Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler,Miz,swagger,marc henry
Bad ass tweener turns:CM punk,Ryback,Wade Barrett
If he does turn heel then Bryan definitely has to go full face, so it'll even things out. Top Heels being (CM Punk, Randy Orton, Big Show, Alberto Del Rio & Wade Barrett) with the Top Faces being (John Cena, Sheamus, Ryback, Daniel Bryan & The Miz). Dont know where to put Ziggler though, maybe he can be the tweener in all of this. Honestly though I'd put him in Big Show's position but I know Show aint going outta the main event scene.
Now in wwe "face" is such a surplus things.
I can't imagine Dolph in face. I can only imagine him in term of a normal arrogance guy gimmick that we just give it the name "The Show off" gimmick.
Like I've said before, Orton WILL NOT be turning heel. He is one of the biggest stars in the WWE and they need him as a face for the sake of their popularity. If Orton turns heel, there's no big face in Smackdown except for Sheamus, and Sheamus cannot hold Smackdown on his own.
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