source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
— Internally, WWE officials have a pecking order list regarding the top five stars in the company. In no particular order, Triple H, Undertaker and John Cena are regarded as the company’s three biggest stars. Batista and Shawn Michaels fall in the second tier level right behind them.
— Last week, the creative team had discussions on moving Chavo Guerrero’s bodyguard Bam Neely over to Raw, but the trigger obviously wasn’t pulled as he is still a member of the ECW roster following both drafts this week.
— They also talked about moving Kofi Kingston to Raw and Trevor Murdoch to SmackDown as early as last week, so their respective moves in today’s Supplemental Draft weren’t all that sudden.
— Creative actually made a decision last week to not move any Divas as there wasn’t really anyone that absolutely had to be moved, but of course those plans were later changed what with Layla heading to Raw and Maria joining SmackDown in today’s Supplemental Draft.
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Interesting that the top 5 stars are all Faces.
‘Taker, Triple H I can see. But I would have thought Orton might be on a level with Cena. And then Batista.
I guess Michaels has a lot of history on his side, but personally, I’d have put Mysterio and even Edge above him at the moment.
Perhaps Heels just don’t sell T-Shirts and other merchandise?
I guess Stone Cold, whilst being a “rebel” was actually a face. But I could have sworn that the Rock was a heel and at the same time the biggest drawer in the company.