So, I've been in a training course for work the past few weeks, and today I was nearly bored to tears, so I decided to start writing up ideas for wrestlers after WM23. Taking the wrestling-geek in me to the extreme, I know, but I'm going to be posting them here, so let me know what you guys think!
Here's the first one I did:
UMAGA ~ First off, Umaga needs to switch brands. By jumping to Smackdown he can look unbeatable again, as there's no one on the SD roster that has a win over him. Obviously, Cena has already beaten Umaga (soundly) in their feud over on Raw, so Umaga has probably peaked as far as the Raw brand is concerned. As long as Cena is the top guy on Raw, Umaga will not be viewed as a legit title contender because he's already proved he can't beat Cena. Hence the need for a brand swap. Plus this gives Umaga the opportunity to beat new opponents. You can feed him any variety of SD's mid-carders, such as Londrick, Matt Hardy, etc.
The way the switch could work, is after WM, Vince could be so angry with Umaga for losing to Lashley that he could strip him of the I/C title, and send him to SD. Umaga could win a few squash matches in his first month on SD to build recognition with the SD audience. The next step is to enter Umaga into a feud with Chris Benoit. Benoit is a legit tough guy with a lot of credibility with the fans, so by beating Benoit, Umaga would establish himself as a main eventer on SD. Then, pending on Batista's heel/face status, Umaga could potentially face him.
Ideally Umaga would have enough momentum by Summerslam to face The Undertaker for the title. The two characters would have some entertaining chemistry in the ring, due to their unusual gimmicks if nothing else. Add to that Umaga has been built up as a fearless monster, and Taker has always been the one to inject fear into his opponents through mind games and his overall presence. The fans could see Umaga as a legit threat to Taker's title too, making this feud a good draw for ppvs.
Surely, a casket match would take place between them at some point, everyone knows Umaga is secretly afraid of coffins (see Yokozuna, Kamala...), Umaga gives Taker good competition, outside of current face Batista, stale top SD heel Booker T and Finlay, who would feud with Taker while Umaga was being introduced to the SD audience and prepped for the top heel spot. Finlay vs Taker, however, shall be saved for another post.