An Unnecessary Change of Plans

Over the past few days there have been a couple of posts stating that Randy Orton is slated to be the 8th and final participant in WM23's 'Money in the Bank' match. As some of you out there may be aware Edge, Orton's partner, is also in the match. In fact, Edge was the first wrestler to qualify for the match. For weeks, if not more than a month, the WWE has been teasing a break-up between these two. All signs were pointing to an Edge v. Orton match @ WM23 and I for one was really looking forward to the match. My question is - Why did the WWE not go forward with the match and instead put both of these guys in the MitB match? I am 100% sure that the other 6 MitB participants can put on a phenominal match on their own and that there is no need to put Orton and Edge in it. Call me naive but isn't the whole idea of Wrestlemania to put as many good matches on the card? Wouldn't it make sense to have as many marquee matches as possible as part of the show? I just don't get it. Can someone explain it to me? Is the WWE trying to not 'blow their load' at WM23 and instead save the Edge v. Orton match for what is typically the Wrestlemania Rematch PPV known as Backlash? If so, I encourage the WWE to forget about Backlash for the time being and instead concentrate on making WM23 the best that they can and put on as many matches that the fans want to see. My hope is that they run some sort of angle between when Orton qualifies and WM leading to the two of them to be pulled from the MitB match and put into a one-on-one match.

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