Maybe Batista Moving to Smackdown Isn't the End of the World

When Batista moved to Smackdown, I along with almost everyone else assumed the worst. I thought Batista would force his way into the world title picture and leave Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison stuck in the mid-card forever.

Then a funny thing happened; the WWE creative team made a decision that made sense.

On the most recent edition of Smackdown, Batista let his intentions be known that he was going after Chris Jericho and Big Show for the Unified Tag Titles. This is the best possible thing the WWE could had done with Batista for several reasons:

The Punk/Undertaker Feud Can Continue

With Batista now focused on tag team gold; this now allows for the C.M. Punk/Undertaker feud to continue for a few more months

As excited as I was for this feud, I feel like it has gotten off to a sluggish start. I will say that I am intrigued to see how the creative team will spin the whole “Montreal Screw Job 2” storyline, and hopefully it will be a factor at the Hell in a Cell pay per view.

This is great for Punk because this means he should be able to hold onto the title for a few more months and become a more credible champ in the process (a clean victory over the Undertaker would be a good start).

The Tag Belts Continue To Gain Credibility

It has been well-documented that the WWE’s tag division has become very weak over the last year.

With Batista teaming up with Rey Mysterio; you finally have a face tag team with some credibility and ability to hang with JeriShow.

I do think Jericho and Big Show have done an admirable job trying to make the belts relevant especially against such lackluster competition.

Batista and Mysterio are two of the biggest faces in the company; so having them team up to win the tag belts would do wonders for the tag division.

Also keep in mind that this is not some thrown together team like MVP and Mark Henry; Batista and Mysterio have teamed before and were tag champs back in 2005.

Chris Jericho Can Become A Singles Wrestler Again

I loved having Jericho as a tag champ because he has been appearing regularly on both Raw and Smackdown. However; I’m tired of having the Big Show hold him back and I think it has been more then long enough for Jericho to return to singles competition.

In theory it should go something like this…..

JeriShow retain the belts at HIAC. Batista and Mysterio challenge them again at Bragging Rights and are victorious thus ending JeriShow’s reign as champs.

Have JeriShow cash in their rematch clause on the following edition of SMackdown only to lose.

Finally at Survivor Series both tag teams co-captain a Survivor Series team, with the Batista/Mysterio team winning. Jericho fed up with all the losing, finally breaks up his team with the Big Show and returns to singles competition.

Having The Tag Titles Keeps Batista Out Of The World Title Picture

Personally this would be my favorite reason to give Batista and Mysterio the tag titles. With Batista tied up in the tag division he won’t (in theory) be interested in chasing the World Title for an extended period of time.

This keeps him out of the main event on a regular basis which is great news for the Smackdown roster which is overflowing with talent.

Of course you can’t keep a good (bad) Animal down, so it’s tough to say if any of this will play out.

Knowing the creative team, it wouldn’t surprise me at all to see Batista lose his tag match at HIAC, then enter the main event that night and win the belt.

(Sigh) Oh well we can all hope the WWE has more sense than that…..right?