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Remember the September 4, 2006 episode of Raw held at Atlanta when Teddy Long appeared to a tremendous ovation from the WWE universe? This show had a mixed tag match between Randy Orton, Edge and Lita against Trish Stratus, Carlito and John Cena and during the match, Teddy's chants were loud and clear. You generally chant a managers name while he address the crowd and his chants at a time when guys like Cena, Edge and Randy are in action is quite unfamiliar. Isn't it?
More than anything, SmackDown needs some star power, for it to be any effective. The draft picks will surely add the requisite star power on the roster and a leader who leads all the crew from the front is all the more important now. SmackDown is the show to be, Teddy is the man to decide, the WWE universe is the group to be satisfied!
