WWE has a frustrating tendency with new World Champions that typically involves booking them to get the snot kicked out of them week after week until ignobly losing the title at the end of their short run. While it couldn't be considered a win over a top-level star, I was still pleased to see Daniel Bryan go over clean this week in what was one of the best Kofi Kingston matches I've seen since his too-brief feud with Randy Orton.

Even better was the interaction that the World Heavyweight Champion had with the No. 1 contender Big Show following the match. Anyone who saw him back in his Ring of Honor days knows that Daniel Bryan can be a hell of a heel, so it's exciting to see his smarmy attitude start peeking around the corners of his underdog façade. But Big Show is also awesome as a villain, especially when he has much smaller men to toss around, and his aggressive posturing toward Bryan could be seen as hinting toward a full-on turn. Hell, WWE could turn both of them heel for all I care, just as long as they keep having matches that are as entertaining as their bout on last week's SmackDown.