World "Heavyweight" Champion

[OMEN]

The sad thing is on Smackdown everytime they seem to get a new champion then they pick up an injury or get suspended,I don't think that Rey would have been champ if Randy Orton was still active in the wwe,But with Kurt picking up another injury and Batista still not full back on the active roster there were not that many other choices for the management.
Rey has always been a great athlete and always managed to shine in the ring even with the super heavyweight opponents but i do agree that that it does not seem a good idea for him to be Heavyweight champion...He would be an awesome Intercontinental/US champ but just not World champ.

[TheFallenAngel]

The sad thing is on Smackdown everytime they seem to get a new champion then they pick up an injury or get suspended,I don't think that Rey would have been champ if Randy Orton was still active in the wwe

Rey basically got the title because Eddie died. If Eddie didn't die, Orton would have more than likely won the title and Rey would have never even been considered. So really it had nothing to do with Orton being suspended, the only thing that altered is that Mysterio will lose the title to someone else.

[Assassin™]

The heavyweight part of the name is pretty much just for show.

It is now, but it wasn't a few years back when the only people holding the belt were Hogan, Sting, Kevin Nash, and Goldberg. Obviously wrestling has change since then and smaller guys are finally being given more chances, but it just seems like the first thing that should have changed was the name of the belt and then the limit on what size wrestler could compete for it. WWE was and is still pretty strict on the CW belt. You're not going to see Big Show or The Great Kali going after it any time soon.

with Kurt picking up another injury and Batista still not full back on the active roster there were not that many other choices for the management.

JBL, Mark Henry, and The Undertaker were all available and are all actually heavyweights.