3 reasons why Big E should move to WWE RAW and 2 reasons he should stay on SmackDown

Former WWE Intercontinental Champion Big E currently holds the prestigious honor of being Mr. Money in the Bank.

The New Day member won the briefcase by outlasting the likes of Riddle, Seth Rollins, King Nakamura, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, John Morrison and Kevin Owens in the Men's Money in the Bank ladder match at the pay-per-view in July.

Big E now possesses a contract for a guaranteed world championship shot to be used at any time, anywhere for the next twelve months.

Despite Big E currently being a member of the SmackDown roster, he can also cash-in on the WWE Champion on RAW if he wishes.

There have also been rumors that the 2021 Draft is tentatively scheduled for October. The two-night event will take place across episodes of Friday Night SmackDown and Monday Night RAW. Therefore, there is a chance that Big E, along with his Money in the Bank briefcase, could be drafted to the red brand.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at three reasons why Big E should move to RAW and two reasons why he should stay on SmackDown.

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#5 Moving to WWE RAW keeps Big E away from Roman Reigns

Friday Night SmackDown is currently ruled by the WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns.

Since returning to the blue brand in August 2020, Reigns has dominated the show. The Tribal Chief quickly regained the Universal Championship upon his return and has held the title ever since.

The over-a-year Universal Championship reign for the former Shield member doesn't look like it will end any time soon. Therefore, from a booking perspective, it's probably for the best that Big E keeps his distance from The Tribal Chief and moves to RAW and the USA Network.

If Big E remains on SmackDown, he will have to face The Head of The Table in his attempt to cash-in his Money in the Bank briefcase.

Considering Roman Reigns hasn't been pinned since December 2019, it doesn't look like it would go well for Big E.

Perhaps the best thing for Big E is to move to WWE RAW, capture the WWE Championship and grow as a top star away from the shadow of The Tribal Chief.

#4 Big E must stay as a singles WWE Superstar

The WWE 2020 Draft saw popular faction The New Day split across two brands for the first time in their WWE career.

Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods were drafted to Monday Night RAW, whereas Big E was drafted to SmackDown on Friday nights.

This was largely done to ensure that the former NXT Champion continued to be featured as a singles star, as opposed to a tag team wrestler with The New Day.

Whilst the faction remains in-tact, Big E has now firmly established himself as a singles competitor on SmackDown, becoming a two-time Intercontinental Champion.

Should the former Intercontinental Champion move to the red brand, there is a possibility that WWE could be tempted to once again shift Mr. Money in the Bank into a tag team wrestler once again.

Whilst linking up once again with his New Day partners would make for good television, it would stifle Big E's growth as a singles star that we have seen on SmackDown over the past twelve months.

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#3 WWE RAW needs main event babyface stars

Bobby Lashley is the current WWE Champion on Monday Night RAW.

Since capturing the title back in March, Lashley has successfully defended the WWE Championship against top RAW babyface stars such as Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston and Goldberg.

However, in recent weeks it has become increasingly apparent that there is a lack of top main event babyfaces ready to challenge The All Mighty WWE Champion for his title.

Due to this void, WWE has resorted to Randy Orton once again entering the main event scene to challenge Lashley. This is before Goldberg likely gets another opportunity at Lashley's WWE Championship later this year.

Big E moving from SmackDown to RAW would provide the promotion with a ready-made top babyface talent that could step straight into the main event picture and challenge Lashley for his WWE Championship.

#2 More exposure on WWE SmackDown FOX than RAW on USA Network

WWE Friday Night SmackDown is certainly the "A-Show" in WWE today.

SmackDown on FOX brings in the most viewers for any WWE show on a weekly basis and also has the highest television rights fees for any televised WWE product in the United States.

Because of its home on network television, the blue brand largely gets bigger stars and bigger storylines on its weekly program.

Given that SmackDown is watched by, on average, over two million people per week, it could be argued that staying on the blue brand would give Big E far greater exposure than staying on RAW.

Therefore, it would perhaps be in Big E's best interest to stay on WWE's most popular and critically acclaimed brand.

This could then eventually lead to a match against Universal Champion Roman Reigns in the future on Friday nights.

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#1 Big E can reunite with The New Day on WWE RAW

The New Day is one of the greatest and most popular factions in modern WWE history.

Despite being horribly mismanaged and cast early on in their WWE run, Big E, Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston found a way to make the group work. They hold the record for the longest Tag Team Championship reign in history at 483 days.

The New Day has also held the tag team championships on eleven separate occasions during their history as a team.

After the group split during the WWE Draft last year, Big E has appeared with his New Day partners during select pay-per-view events. Moving to the red brand would allow Big E to re-unite with Kingston and Woods on a full-time basis.

Kofi Kingston engaged in a successful singles run, winning the WWE Championship whilst being a member of The New Day. Perhaps Big E can also achieve this feat on RAW.