Goldberg v Kane

While watching Raw this week, and the build-up to the Survivor Series on November 16th (just eight days after my birthday, hint hint), the smart mark in me began to come to the fore. The armchair booker began to rear his ugly head again, and began to think that maybe, just maybe, the Raw main event for the show should be something different entirely.

At this moment in time Bill Goldberg is scheduled to defend the Raw World title against the returning Triple H, just one month removed from the previous pay-per-view offering. However, if this aspiring writer had been in charge of the booking committee, it would have been a totally different story.

In another Survivor Series match, Kane is once again scheduled to go up against Number One Son in an Ambulance match. Again, if yours truly had been in charge, this would be a totally different story.

Goldberg is the hottest baby face on the Raw roster at the moment. Kane is the hottest villain on the Raw roster at the moment. Do you see what I'm trying to get at here?

Although a Goldberg/Kane Raw title match and mini-feud wouldn't have been one for the wrestling purists out there, it would have been good for a number of reasons, and some of these reasons would have definitely appealed to the old school fans out there.

Firstly, it would have given Triple H more time to recover from his nagging injuries. Sure, a WWE pay-per-view without The Game would never be considered. However, appearing on the show, and not actually competing would do his physical condition no end of good.

The $100,000 bounty gimmick, although it's been done countless times in the past, would have been far better if the company's top heel, instead of going after Vinny Mac's son, had decided to take Triple H up on his offer and taken it upon himself not only to eliminate Goldberg but also become World Champion in the process.

By pitting Goldberg and Kane against each other, you could also have allowed the feuds both men are in time to cool off a little. The creative team could have used this mini-feud between the two monsters to build-up their future rivalries a little more. The big two matches could have been postponed until the Royal Rumble in January.

Yet by promoting these rematches so soon after their previous encounters, it feels like the WWE is shooting itself in the foot. Familiarity breeds contempt, as the old saying goes. As fans, we are beginning to grow tired of seeing the supposedly unstoppable monster being stopped by a non-wrestler. As fans, we are beginning to grow tired of seeing the same man, the newest member of the McMahon clan, in the main event all the time.

Even if the idea of a Kane/Goldberg Survivor Series main event was put forward, it's doubtful that the match would have ever happened. Triple H wouldn't be satisfied with just a bit part, a run-in on the main event. Shane McMahon, although a competent performer, probably wouldn't let a "real" wrestler take his spot against one of the hottest stars in wrestling at the moment.

So will we ever see Kane v Goldberg for the title in the main event of a pay-per-view. Maybe we'll see it in December, or perhaps even at the Royal Rumble. But I get the feeling that a certain wrestler will plod his way through another pay-per-view main event before regaining the gold. Triple H was one hell of a wrestler once. It's a shame that ego and his apparent unwillingness to take time off to heal himself properly is perhaps costing the wrestling fans what could be, if handled properly, one of the biggest feuds in years.