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As a fan I have always been naturally drawn to cheering for heels and booing faces, now maybe I have the WWE backwards but it just seems to me that heels are far more entertaining to watch, so I have decided to showcase the heels of the WWE in all their cheating and underhanded glory with this weekly heel report.

This week’s top ten:

1st Place: Chris Jericho

Well I said last week that Jericho’s absence from the chart may have been an anomaly and it looks like YJ2 has proven this to be the case. Two matches and a nice exchange with Bob Barker was enough to just clip Punk at the post and steal this week’s number one spot. (10/10 points)

2nd Place: C.M. Punk

Being stuck on one show holds Punk back and without significant promo time the Straight-Edge champion just couldn’t amass the same amount of points as Y2J despite giving another great performance and making Hardy tap out to the Anaconda Vice. (9/10 points)

3rd Place: Randy Orton

A nice, if not exactly original, heel move on Raw by driving Cena’s face into a chair is enough to get Orton into third place. Helping out his Legacy cronies while simultaneously using them as human shields means the Legend Killer’s presence was felt throughout Raw and is perhaps an indication that he is indeed still the top heel on Monday nights. (8/10 points)

4th Place: Dolph Ziggler

The Platinum Playboy makes a welcome return to the upper end of the chart this week after floundering for a while. Appearing on two shows and having his side story with Maria develop nicely gives Ziggler enough momentum to gain seven points. The only question now is can he keep this rise in momentum up or will he fade into the heel background once again? (7/10 points)

5th Place: William Regal

Still fighting fit and raring to go is the Distinguished English Gent, who once again ended ECW standing in the ring triumphant. Can it really be that long before he wins the ECW title when a submission match is involved? (6/10 points)

6th Place: Kane

A nice squash match and a kendo beating gives the Big Red Machine a comfortable five points. Perhaps Breaking Point will be a chance for Kane to unleash his inner demons and get back to being the dominant monster he should be rather than a certain Punjabi giant’s plaything. (5/10 points)

7th Place: Michelle McCool

Backstage dealing and vicious crutch shots are the M.O. of the Women’s champion this week on Smackdown. This lethal combination gets her into seventh place and helps her campaign as top heel diva now that Maryse is seemingly out of the picture. (4/10 points)

8th Place: Katie Lea Burchill

Another dominant heel diva this week is Katie Lea Burchill. Coming down to the ring without her brother and with a new entrance theme might suggest that the WWE are actually willing to give the delicious diva a chance at some kind of singles career. Too bad the Bellas’ are still pulling the same old trick. I’m begging the WWE to drop that tired gimmick, it’s as bad as Hornswaggle. (3/10 points)

9th Place: Shamus

Some good face time for the Celtic warrior this week, perhaps not the main event spot but it should lay some more groundwork for future appearances. I’m begging the WWE to add Shamus to Regal’s stable to make it the most dominant stable ever assembled. A highlight this week was the nasty Bicycle Kick that the Pale Pandemic landed square in Yoshi’s face on Superstars. (2/10 points)

10th Place: Chris Masters

Being put in the main event on Raw shows just how much faith McMahon has in the Masterpiece. It is a shame, for him, that he is not a 2nd or 3rd generation superstar or I am sure that he would have been scooped up by Legacy as soon as he made his return. (1/10 points)

Overall top ten:

* 1st Place – Chris Jericho: 159/190

*2nd Place – Randy Orton: 126/190

*3rd Place – C.M. Punk: 100/190

*4th Place – Dolph Ziggler: 92/190

*5th Place – The Miz: 79/190

*6th Place – Edge: 69/190

*7th Place – Jack Swagger: 64/190

*8th Place – The Big Show: 38/190

*9th Place – William Regal: 35/190

*10th Place – Cody Rhodes: 26/190

Weekly Filler:

The Face-Off: John Morrison on the Mic

First off; what’s with this new trend of having faces resort to childish name calling when faced with a heel with more mic skills? It seriously does not make them look good and why the fans go along with it I will never know. An example of this poor excuse for a putdown was seen this week when John Morrison came up with the “hilarious” nickname of ‘Mr. Ziggles’ for Dolph Ziggler. Not only was this not funny at all but no one was chanting it until after Morrison said that they were. The thing that boggles my mind is that when Morrison said it the crowd then started doing what he said, are 90% of the WWE’s audience really sheep in disguise, ready to bleat at a moment’s notice to any face’s whim, no matter how pointless of stupid. It really was one of the poorest segments I have seen in recent weeks, and that’s saying something!

Face the Facts: Blank Space

Nothing really impressed me in the face world this week so I’m going to take this space to propose my new idea for the main titles on all three shows. I think the champions should act like the undisputed tag champions in that they can wrestle on any show while they are champion. This might help to loosen up the stagnant main event scene on Raw, put the spotlight more onto the ECW championship and in the short-term give Punk more airtime, which he sorely deserves.

To shake things up even more I also think that the titles should work like the old undisputed title did where a different brand gets a crack at the title at each PPV. That way there would still be three championship main events but each month it would have to be a different challenger.

This would make long-term storylines harder to produce but in today’s transitional champion and same old champion climates respectively I don’t think this would be such a bad thing. Furthermore it could in fact add to some long-term storylines by having the challenger have to wait a couple of months before he can get a crack at the champ again, while perhaps the champ can still interrupt their matches when on their show and possibly cost them shots at other championships and so on. Also with this the challenger wouldn’t be able to return the favour, thus adding a new meaning to the term ‘championship advantage’, which could work from either a heel or face vantage point.

I’m sure a move like this wouldn’t last more than a couple of years but I feel like it would be a nice change and could lead to lots of interesting new storylines and rivalries that we would not see otherwise. Just a thought.

On the Rise: Cody Rhodes

Although he didn’t do enough to get onto the chart this week it seems like Cody is starting to build his profile a little, along with Ted. What I’d like to see now perhaps is for the two to have a few singles matches on Superstars against decent opponents like MVP or Kofi Kingston. Winning against these superstars on their own and outside of the storylines of Raw would serve as good groundwork for later when they break out on their own.

Flat-Footed: Shelton Benjamin

What is going on here? This isn’t being a ‘tweener’, this is simply bad writing. Shelton switches sides from week to week and nothing really comes of any of his actions. Could the WWE creative be building Benjamin up for a big new storyline? Perhaps, but more likely they are searching for a proper way to get Benjamin over with the fans and they just can’t quite seem to do it.

Right well that’s it for this week, I hope everyone enjoyed Breaking Point, like always the results for the PPV will be factored into next week’s report. To maintain objectivity I have avoided watching the show until I have finished this edition of the heel report, leading me to spend the whole of Monday looking away whenever the words ‘Breaking Point’ flashed up. I managed to avoid most of the results so now I’m going to sit down and enjoy the show. This is James Wright signing off.