threesomes and the WWE title

Not since the lesbian twist to the Dreamer/Beulah pregnancy angle in the original ECW have we seen a wrestling storyline involving a threesome. Monday's Raw changed that-although it was most likely due to a character misspeaking or a writer not realizing the double entendre of what they'd written down. Mistake or not though, I believe that great potential for money lies within the remark made. WWE now has the chance to elevate one of its young stars into the main event scene and freshen up the Raw brand.

Last week I commented on Mickie James' new relationship with John Cena. As it turned out, that segment was shot not to put John Cena into a romantic storyline, but rather to setup a Mickie James/Katie Lea feud over the Women's title. This week's backstage promo between James and Lea has already been blasted by the people at wrestlecrap.com. It was definitely a very confusing promo and will most likely be edited in any future WWE video packages. However, one part of it really interested me, so I thought I'd blog about it. Katie Lea implied during a portion of the promo that she and/or her on-screen brother Paul Burchill would have sex with John Cena if he would've gone out with them instead of Mickie James and her sibling the week before. The Paul Burchill/Katie Lea incest storyline was dropped a few weeks ago because WWE is rumored to want to take their product in a more "kid-friendly" direction, similar to their business model of the early 90's. Lea's implication in this promo suggests that the incest storyline might not only be back on, but may now involve main event level babyface John Cena! WWE will most likely ignore this part of the promo. As I said, it was clear this moment was meant to set up a solo feud with James and Lea. Expecting more to come out of it would be foolish. At best we might get a mixed tag team match on Raw one week pitting James and Cena against the Burchills, and this saddens me.

Lea and James fighting over John Cena, with brother Paul Burchill in the mix battling Cena along the way, could do a lot to freshen up the WWE product right now. The borderline incest already makes Paul Burchill a sexual deviant, so make him a bi one. Hell, make him all-out gay for John Cena while still doing suggestive things with his own sister. WWE could then easily hide behind the logic of "It's not incest because he's gay." Such a storyline would do a lot of things at once. It would give four wrestlers something to do instead of two. It would keep Cena out of the title hunt longer while he fights off the Burchills. It would create another romantic storyline which has proved to be successful for WWE numerous times in the past (see Hunter/Stephanie, Savage/Elizabeth, and Lita/Edge). Perhaps most importantly, it would elevate Paul Burchill. William Regal's suspension leaves a heel void that needs to be filled, and Burchill getting involved in a program with someone on the card as high up as John Cena could be just the ticket. Don't misunderstand me. As I said last week, I'd still much prefer Mickie James to be the psycho she was when she first came into WWE. Those days are long gone though, and I've accepted that. If a storyline like the one above were to take place, I could definitely live with it.

Particularly if WWE wanted to pay me to write it for them. ;)