WWE "Smackdown": Please No More "Tweener" Interactions in WWE

I enjoyed Smackdown on Friday night. There were a lot of good things coming out of it, as the Blue brand put out a nice show, while also promoting the upcoming PPV in Milwaukee.

Next weekend, I will be sitting at the Bradley Center enjoying the Elimination Chamber, and I will be having a great time—and one of the reasons why is the recent world title picture.

Daniel Bryan is the current champion. Big Show is still hovering around the title. Sheamus has his WrestleMania title match coming as well.

You throw in Randy Orton and Wade Barrett as possible new champions, and you have a very unpredictable main event scene. The Chamber match will almost certainly be exciting to watch live!

With that being said, I really could do without "tweener" interactions on the Blue Brand. That is one of the main aspects that kept it apart from the Red Brand.

I understand CM Punk loves to "break the fourth wall" and "shoot" all the time—I get that. Fans think it actually is him going the script, and they buy into him. I get that.

However, there are very few things I can do without in this business. I am as positive as they come in life—trust me, positive thinking in life is much better than cynical thinking each and every day. More people should try it! 

But this business isn't written on a few principles:

1. I don't appreciate wrestlers pulling double duty. This has happened way too often in the past few months, and it needs to end.

2. If you are injured, take time off. I don't care if it is minor or serious. I respect them willing to tough it out and work through the pain, but just take it easy. Rest up and be healthy.

3. Finally, I want there to be faces and heels. That is it. No "blurring the lines" and thinking it is the cool thing to do. The good guy overcomes the bad guy in the end—it is just logical thinking.

This week on Smackdown, Michael Cole was the biggest offender of them all. His segment with AJ was very well done and very intense, but the dialogue was just tough to sit through.

Correct me if I am wrong, but Cole is a heel, right? I may be mistaken, but he is one of the top heels in the industry right now. Why he was making good points against AJ and Daniel Bryan is beyond me.

I get it—Cole has never liked Bryan and maybe never will. Great! Why was that segment needed then to establish something we have known for the past year?

This close to WrestleMania, heels need to be heels. Faces need to be faces. With a target of more than one million PPV buys on the line (at $60 a buy), a lot is riding on the next few weeks.

Cole even being involved in a major story is questionable. Last year, it made sense; this year, nothing good can come of this all.

If Raw wants to do this "tweener" kind of booking, go ahead! Please keep it to Monday nights, though. Smackdown is doing just fine on its own with simple, basic stories.

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