With Maria now on SmackDown, Candice and Melina injured and Ashley possibly being wished well in her future endeavours soon, Mickie is now the only girl face on RAW. Which is why they should really have moved Kelly Kelly to RAW instead of Layla.

More bad news for Shelton Benjamin's career. You're right, he will inevitably become a jobber on smackdown. I hope he doesn't get fed up and move to TNA, but it would probably be better for his career there.

If they miraculously decide to build him up, he and Jeff Hardy would have some great matches down the track (even though he would lose)

I hope that Jeff Hardy doesn't win the smackdown belt from Triple H. Even though I'm one of the ones who likes triple H, We have already seen them fight several times at pay per views.

And I didn't see that John Morrison had been moved from ECW. What a waste of awesome talent.

I thought that Trevor Murdoch would be drafted by ECW where Kelly Kelly and the other divas would try to dance to his country singing. It was just a thought.

Whew, ECW can't win in supplemental draft, either. It loses Kofi Kingston and Shelton Benjamin, and Mark Henry is a poor replacement. He could probably crush almost anyone on the roster in real life, but he does not have a talent for good matches.

What amazes me about the whole thing is what they've done with the tag teams. Murdock/Cade had already broken up, Deuce and Domino are clearly broken up now as they're on different brands, same for Carlito and Santino (and I liked them as a tag team, they should have gotten the belts) and London/Kendrick. That's 4 tag teams lost in the last two weeks, like they had so many to spare?

How about pairing DH Smith with his cousin, Natalya?

Benjamin's move to Smackdown will be awesome if they set up an MVP/Benjamin fued. These are two studs that could have some of the finest matches we've ever seen. Carlito is in No Man's Land, but we've seen the WWE use internet/book/real life heat to its advantage with the Flair/Foley and Matt Hardy/Edge fueds, so maybe a Carlito/HHH fued could work. Forgive me if they've already fueded recently...in terms of dedication to watching WWE over the past several years....I've been an every other weekend warrior at best.

With all of the talent Smackdown has received, I may just watch it on Friday.

as i wrote yesterday smackdown will be the show to definately watch now. i just hope guys like benjamin and carlito can get a decent push. hopefully the united states tiltle makes it way back to smackdown b/c there are a lot of guys there worthy of the belt. is it me or can we now count the ecw roster on one hand now?

Kevin, What do you make of Brian Kendrick going to Smackdown without Paul London? It just further emphasizes WWE's lack of direction with the tag team division. What's the purpose of even having London and Kendrick on the roster unless you use them as a tag team. They are both relatively small and I don't see either one turning into Rey Mysterio.

So, in a nutshell, basically the Raw roster is on Smackdown, right?

Super Crazy was awesome in ECW back in the day and his moonsault off the balcony at the original One Night Stand PPV was sick, too bad he's going to be jobbing to mike knox now.

It's amazing to me how much support Benjamin and Carlito and Londrick get on the internet, only to be "held down" in the WWE. That's really baffling to me.

Anyway, Smackdown should perk up a lot more in the coming year with all the good picks that it got. So should RAW with Rey, CM, and Kofi. Overall, I think SD drew the longest straw and ECW, the shortest, of course.

With Shelton, CM, and Kane out of the picture, maybe Elijah Burke can finally break through the glass ceiling. A Raw or SD move would have been good for him, too. I would have GLADLY taken him over Custom Chucky P from the Federal Bureau of Italianos.

I saw a picture recently, revealing Burke's new image. I REALLY hope he hasn't gone goth on us.

I think this whole draft is absolutley ridiculous. Raw basically stacked their roster, stole Smackdown's only true main event face, and got rid of all the people who should've gotten a push. Smackdown got rid of it's biggest face after the disapearance of Rey, and ECW got robbed of all of its top talent. I've already said how stupid the announcer trade was.

Then we get to the supplemental draft. Forget that out tag divisions are all losing steam because we stick the Titles on people who aren't over and never have them defend them, let's break up our top teams. And what's Kendrick going to do on Smackdown? There's no Cruiserweight Title anymore, so if you're under 200 lbs you're basically either in the tag division or you're a jobber.

For those talking about people moving to TNA, TNA can't afford to sign all the people WWE is stiffing. Benjamin, Carlito, Kendrick, London, Haas, Punk, Noble, Helms, Dykstra, MVP, Moore, Burke, Dreamer, Richards, and Guido to name a few. You could make a full roster of talented wrestlers out of people who aren't going anywhere in WWE. The industry is filling quickly with people who have talent but nowhere to go. This is why they should've gone full bore with ECW as a seperate promotion instead of a feeder brand. There's no reason to have these talented, over workers sitting around doing nothing, if WWE really wants to boost ratings they'd give ECW the go to differentiate themselves from Raw and Smackdonw.

Does ECW to Raw even matter? Just sounds like fluff to make it look like there was a lot of draft action. Now they just have clout as Raw superstars for people who've never seen ECW. Kofi & Punk will win more on ECW than they lose on Raw (hopefully).

I hope the DH Smith draft is just a red herring for the PPV since Ted may have hit too close to home on a hint. Though if he wins the straps with DiBiase and goes to Raw like Miz & Morison did with their straps to Smackdown, what does that do to the theory of Hardy losing the US title back to Smackdown or does he now reatin and drop it on Raw ASAP and Jericho loses to MVP or to Kennedy to give him the momentum to start on SD! that he never got on Raw? Seems in one case the talent has to move while the other seems like the titles do.

Lastly, speaking of asking who's still with the company, why not move Snitsky to ECW or Alka Seltzer "Speedy" to Raw for his big push (seriously he's on the Smackdown roster, what the ----). Also, isn't it time to take off Stone Cold from Raw and how can Piper just pop up and make matches when he's apparently not an employee of any show? You're right about this stuff being hard on those who like detail (though I was so glad to see the Jericho segment include the Barber Shop footage since I was waiting for it all last week).

Yea! Nothing like consistancy! Go WWE!

Sorry, I couldn't find a sarcastic smiley.

I haven't commented in a while so here goes...

Smackdown was looking great until HHH was drafted, there goes everyone including edge's push. Also, shut up everyone. WWE will continue to make a lackluster product and no amount of complaining or speculation will fix anything because Vince has lost touch with what wrestling fans want. (shout out to hebron with that one)

Here's what I think about who Dibiase's partner will be at Night of Champions- Deuce. He just got drafted to Raw, he already is a heel, and most importantly, he id a 2nd generation superstar. They have Dibiase start the match alone, and then when Holly and Rhodes and starting to control the match, he runs out, not in his 50's gear, but in regular wrestling gear, and he and Dibiase pick up the win. Then, on Monday, he cuts a promo explaining who he really is.

Kofi leaving ECW is Jamaican me Crazy! (and Mike Adamle too).

Hmmmm...upon further review and analysis, 1 can only see the clear winner is Smackdown. Not only is this because Triple H is there with his wife, but also because Smackdown will go it alone without ECW as it tapes with Raw. The clear loser is ECW. Really, what is the point of this show now?

I don't see Finlay and Hornswoggle being a plus as such for ECW. They are more of a comedy act(and 1 which I strangely enjoy). Not exactly an image for ECW? Though Finlay on his own would be good, unless they are planning on putting Hornswoggle through some tables - now I would watch that. But yes, Kingston should have stayed on ECW along with Benjamin - and i fear they will get lost in the mix. As somebody pointed out, the tag teams have taken a hit...perhaps WWE will put Benjamin back to the Tag fold on Smackdown, similarly with Kingston on Raw. That would avoid them jobbing to the bigger stars and give them a push as such. Although Benjamin has been there and done that.

But, WWE has made you guess, made you think, and in that respect, has succeeded.

Kevin, I've talked to other fans who think WWE is too belt ladden. With two rosters, it seems like everyone is a champion of some sort. I dunno if you've ever checked out this thread on the message board, but a lot of us are lamenting the fact that we see the same old matchup's every PPV, or so it seems.

http://www.baltimoresun2.com/talk/showthread.php?t=117438

A few of us would like to see less belts, and I was curious to hear your take. Here's two posts that address our thoughts, mine being the second.

http://www.baltimoresun2.com/talk/showpost.php?p=3436943&postcount=718

http://www.baltimoresun2.com/talk/showpost.php?p=3439628&postcount=721

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: I don't necessarily think there are too many belts. It's nowhere near as bad as the old Crockett promotion, when they had the world title, U.S. title, TV title, national title, western states heritage title, world tag title and u.s. tag title -- and that was for one brand, not three.
The problem with the belts in WWE is that most of them have been demeaned. The IC and US titles are viewed as beneath most of the top-level guys and the tag titles obviously mean nothing.

Here's the whole WWE creative formula of late in a nutshell:

1) waste talent
2) move wasted talent
3) pretend Vince is dead/hurt
4) waste talent same ways in new places
5) move wasted talent again

Give me a break!

Did the Crockett promotion have a three-man-team title, or did some other promotion have that?

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: Yes. I fogot about the world six-man title. I remember the Koloffs holding it as well as The Road Warriors and Dusty Rhodes.

Shelton Benjamin should take the "if you can't beat em, join em" outlook. He could reconcile with Kofi and they should beat M&M for the Tag Titles.