WWE: Is The Balance Of Power About To Shift?

After Monday Night Raw, I got thinking that things concerning the two main World Titles could be set for a change in the near future.

All of 2013 has seen the WWE title contested by three main contenders - CM Punk, The Rock and new champion John Cena. The only problem going forward here is that The Rock has now disappeared again leaving Punk and Cena as the two main guys competing for the WWE's biggest prize. It needs to be noted that these two are head, shoulders, and the majority of their bodies, above everyone else.

The obvious answer to this is to have these two square off. The trouble with this situation is that we have seen this match far too often in the last couple of years. We need something fresh. For the sake of the WWE and the WWE title, we need new contenders. The wheels to this were set in motion on Raw this week.

Raw started with Mark Henry challenging Cena for his newly won championship - a challenge Cena gladly accepted. By the end of the night, we had a second contender throwing his name in the hat in the form of Ryback. These are two promising 'newbies' in the WWE title picture. But something needs to change - massively - if these guys are to be seen as credible challengers that CAN take the belt from Cena.

John Cena is the most discussed WWE superstar, and hottest topic on every wrestling fan's lips in recent history. He is loved by kids and hated by adults - this is because we see through the crap that we are fed on a weekly basis. Don't get me wrong, Cena deserves his position of 'face of the company' - he is heavily involved in WWE ventures outside of the ring and makes the WWE tonnes of money. For these reasons it is difficult for the WWE to turn him heel (bad guy) and anyway, why would they want to?

My argument isn't based on a John Cena heel turn, though. He gets such a mixed and confusing reaction from the fans that I think it's virtually impossible for WWE to turn him anyway. My argument is that his 'superman' booking needs to be drastically toned down and this needs to happen as soon as possible. This will not only help his future opponents - making them appear a genuine threat to Cena and his title - but, if done correctly, will also help the new World Heavyweight Champion Dolph Ziggler.

Monday night on Raw saw Ziggler finally cash his Money in the Bank contract in and successfully defeat a wounded Alberto Del Rio. This was welcomed by the awesomely over-the-top (out of town?) Monday Night Raw crowd, as well as the IWC, as they finally got something that they wanted (I should note that I agree with an article I read, by Kevin Kelly (@realkevinkelly), about Ziggler's win and booking prior to the cash in, where he says that despite the win WWE still haven't shown 100% faith in Ziggler).

WWE now need to keep our attention; not by continuing to give us what we want, but by presenting us with a leveller playing field. What I mean by this is that WWE has a chance to make their World Champion as important as their WWE Champion. I know this is a crazy notion as the World Title has been seen as a secondary title for so long now that we've forgotten how prestigious it used to be, but with Ziggler - a popular and talented future of the company - being given the ball, why not really go with something that will benefit the majority instead of the few?

This 'level playing field' could start with the new World Champion confronting the new WWE Champion, cockily outclassing him not only on the mic but also in the ring. They could play off Ziggler's win over Cena from TLC and where they both are now. This could be followed up by Ziggler getting some credible wins (as well as a few cheat wins thrown in). Ultimately, they need to give Ziggler a win over Cena - maybe even a clean win - without Cena kicking out of Ziggler's best moves as was the case at the start of the year.

Along with this, a few beatdowns by Henry and/or Ryback wouldn't go amiss either, thus building credible, title-threatening contenders and bouts in the coming months. Basically, we need to see a more beatable, mortal John Cena.

I know this is crazy, blasphemous talk amongst Cena lovers, but a change along these lines NEEDS to happen going forward otherwise the only credible opponent Cena will have is CM Punk, and Dolph Ziggler will just be another guy given the World Title that isn't quite good enough for the 'big one'.

@jimmosangle