Daft Punk takes World Heavyweight crown; TNA slows down; ROH steals the show!
It was a very busy week in wrestling.
WWE capped the week with a surprisingly strong Extreme Rules PPV. TNA continued to try and make me believe Eric Young is a heel. Ring of Honor stole the show with a tremendous four-way World Championship match—hardly stained by the fact that it was taped two months ago.
WWE
Well, RAW, Smackdown! and ECW were, in general, pretty lame as they built up for Extreme Rules to close the week. The weekly television was actually pretty bland and assured me that the PPV was not going to be worth checking out, but, as usual, WWE kept its hand close to its vest and provided a solid show.
I was not that enthralled with Kofi Kingston taking the United State Heavyweight Championship off of MVP, but I guess there definitely could be worse people holding the title.
The Fatal Four Way match was kind of boring, but I expect MVP and The Flyin' Jamaican to put on a couple of other solid matches in this face v. face feud.
The Intercontinental match was very solid of course, because whenever Chris Jericho is involved things seem to be golden. I like this feud a lot because I like the teasing of showing Rey Mysterio's face.
In the end, they should definitely keep Rey Rey in the mask and have Y2J and the high-flyer both restore some credibility to the IC Championship.
I think I like the ECW Championship on Tommy Dreamer and really enjoy watching this one hour show every week right now.
Christian and Jack Swagger are absolute stars right now. They make this show a MUST WATCH every single week. The Hart Trilogy is great also, and Finlay, Tommy Dreamer, and Kozlov are all watchable when they get television time.
Hell, I have not even gotten to mention Evan Bourne.
Seriously, a solid show right now.
On to the fun stuff. I was shocked and appalled by Batista going over Randy Orton for the WWE Championship. It makes very little sense to me.
Batista is by far the weakest "main-eventer" on the roster and if they are setting up Batista v. Triple H, I am really confused. Orton should have held the belt for a long, long time. The only person who should have had a shot at taking that off of him is John Cena or Triple H.
Those are the only faces that get enough play to square off with a heel as strong as The Legend Killer. I am not interested at all in RAW right now. I will still watch of course, but this show's time as the flagship seems over.
Smackdown! is where the drama is right now.
Jeff Hardy v. Edge in a Ladder Match for the World Heavyweight Championship was phenomenal. It was a great match with a shocking ending by making The Charismatic Enigma a two-time world champion, but then they really shocked us.
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