In an attempt to see how everyone feels on todays higher card roster for WWE, I thought this would be an interesting discussion. Just like the title says, who on the WWE Roster should have a go with the WWE World Heavyweight or World Titles (That are in a position of doing so, and not people like Paul London who have no hope in hell... :().

I'll do mine now, that way I don't have to worry about making another post which is just boosting the numbers, you might say.

Chris Benoit - Was World Champion from March 15th through August 15th, and was still overshadowed by Triple H. When he wasn't fighting the WWE Cancer, he was stuck in the midcard. (see: Bad Blood 2004) During this time, he was actually getting good reactions, and having some of his best matches in a while (after being in SD Midcard Hell for quite a while), and made RAW entertaining to watch.

Chris Jericho - The first ever Undisputed Champion, but the only problem was he was booked like shit. Outside of his feuds with the Rock, no one put him over, and he was completely squashed by Triple H... as usual. I'm not a big fan of Jericho, and think he isn't fit for another World Title run. He can have good matches, but he's not as good of a worker as he is made out to be, and his character has become quite style (both as heel and as face).

Shelton Benjamin - Currently the Intercontinental Champion, and one of my favorites. Maybe in a few months, he can be pushed for a World Title feud, as he definitely has good wrestling abilities, but his promo work is a little... bleh, but when 90% of the promo time goes to Triple H, what do you expect?

Kane - I think I'll pass on this one, because I'm sure everyone knows I can ramble on and on about this one. Short Answer: Yes.

Edge - No... I don't see anything special about him, other than he has horse teeth, and screwed someone over by fucking said persons girlfriend, and cheating on his (second) wife. Of course, WWE pushed a man who did a Nazi Salute that got him fired from NBC or CBS (or whoever), so who the hell knows what WWE does with these types of people?

Muhammad Hassan - Major No. I don't understand why everyone thinks he should be a World Title Contender. The guy is so over, that the crowd chants "What?!" during all of his promos, which is never a good sign. He wrestles like it's 1985 (earth to Hassan: that style no longer is taught), and is one of those "strike while the irons hot" characters that gets old fast.

Randy Orton - As an arrogant heel, he should get another run, but if he becomes a babyface again... I think I'd rather watch American fucking Idol than this guy. His promos suck, he still relies on 14 minute chinlocks, and has no idea what ring psycology is. The only person to get him over was Mick Foley, basically because he nearly killed himself for the bastard.

Smackdown:
Eddie Guerrero - The same thing about Benoit, minus Triple H. He was getting good matches out of everyone, but SD's roster was so depleted, he had no one to feud with except a newly pushed Bradshaw. If he can handle the pressure, he should get at least one more run.

Rey Mysterio - No. I can't buy a 5'2" cruiserweight as a World Champion. He shouldn't even be this high on the card for heavyweights, but WWE obviously has big things for him.

Big Show - He's gotten too many failed attempts at the title, I don't think crowds would care one or the other. He's only been champion before because he injured someone (Brock Lesnar), and the 1999 run was probably random because of the bait-and-switch of Austins injury.

Kurt Angle - He shouldn't even be wrestling. Angle should retire before he turns into the 21st Century's Dynamite Kid.

JBL - I hate to say this, but I actually liked JBL as World Champion, and was extremely pissed that he lost the title to John Cena, a.k.a Mr. 3 Moves of Doom: Boring me to sleep, damaging my ears with his horrible raps, and stinging my eyes with his crappy "wrestling." JBL for World Champion again in 2005!

Booker T - I don't see him getting any higher than the US Title level. I don't care if he signed another contract, the WWE will never give him the World Title. Also one of the most overrated wrestlers in WWE. His matches are slow and repetitive (by repetitive I mean he does the same stuff 4-5 times a match), and has the most pathetic finisher since the Worm.

The Undertaker - See Angle, except put someone over for gods sake!

As for Raw:

I'd like to see Shelton Benjamin in a fued for the title, although I think it might be too soon to give him the title, although he should in due time.

Want to lean towards Benoit and Jericho for the title. Benoit because of his ability in-ring and the respect that every fan has given him because of that.

I would say Jericho because he is talented in-ring and knows how to get a crowd going when he's on the mic.

SmackDown!:

Eddie or JBL.

I like Angle, but I don't want to see the guy push himself any further than he should.

Do I really need to explain Eddie or JBL? I'm leaning more towards Eddie. His reign should have lasted longer, although I enjoyed JBL's reign. I think I was one person on TSM at the time who approved of JBL when he first became champ. (I say TSM because that was the only board I posted on at the time.) And JBL proved himself as champion, but Eddie is more deserving. May be once they have the Rey/Eddie feud, he'll be mega-popular (even moreso than now), just like after his feud with Chavo last year, and he'll get a shot at the title, and have another run.

Batista should be Raw champion for a long time. Of course if I ran WWE I'd book him like a monster face should be booked. Don't think they know how to do that, or want to do that though.

If Kurt Angle was healthy the Smackdown title would be surgically attached to him and he'd feud with Eddie forever.

I think if the WWF didn't spend half their time burying Mysterio that he could be considered a WWF Title contender.

He's close. A major feud or two...and he's golden for it.

i love mysterio, but a feud with eddie is just going to get him buried further

Two weeks ago, Rey Mysterio was booked to look like he would have beaten JBL (who was coming off an eight month WWE title reign) until Eddie got involved and his ongoing storyline with Eddie is one of the top angles on Smackdown. I'd say Rey is being anything but buried right now.

Sure beats jobbing the Cruiserweight Championship to Spike Dudley like he did last year.

I think this could be Rey's shot.

Honestly, I don't think Rey is a legitimate contender for the heavyweight title. I love Rey, but it would take about a year of solid booking to make him a credible threat.

See Rey SHOULD have been a legit main event around the time Eddie had the WWE Title. They could have had a feud then that a lot of people would have shown interest in and would have made for some great matches. But unfortunately I could see his push going south in a few months when they decide that pushing Rey is no longer the direction they want to aim for.

Who would have ever thought while Rey was in WCW: He could be a considered to be a WWE Champ.

WCW died before I even became a smark, so I never thought of stuff like that.

He's not considered to be a WWE champ.

Crap. I misworded that. I meant to be a top contender for the title.

Well, they did do the Giant Killer gimmick with him in WCW. Honestly, I don't think he's in much better position now than he was then. Basically the same people still like him.

Oh yes. How could I forget that gimmick. That was rather good, actually. I mean, for what it was.

Yeah, I liked it, and you have to remember the Cruiserweight title meant something in WCW too.

Someone always has to bring that up. ;)