Vince gets Trumped, Angle wins 9th World Title, Samoa Joe turns heel?
It was a fairly wild week in the world of wrestling.
On WWE we saw RAW get "sold" to Donald Trump and announce a commercial free week for tonight. We saw three title matches and a battle royal No. 1 contenders match in three hours on the same show. And Smackdown! continues to make interesting strides with the CM Punk storyline.
On TNA we saw the final buildup for Slammiversary. A very solid PPV. And a heel turn that raises questions marks and lost all shock value when it was leaked on Internet sites as early as Friday.
WWE
RAW is clearly stale and Vince needed to do something to shake it up. I am not a huge fan of "non-wrestling" people being involved in major angles like this, but for some reason Donald Trump is majorly over with the fans and will likely spice things up a bit.
I thought last week's three-hour special was pretty solid with a few great world title matches and solid storyline fallout. None-the-less, I think having Randy Orton drop the strap to Batista looks absolutely awful now.
I think The Legend Killer finds a way to defend against Triple H in their Last Man Standing match this week, but I am not sure where they go from there. These two will definitely meet at The Bash, but Vince and the rest of the writers have to know this feud has really run its course.
I think they got a major swerve when The Animal got hurt because it seemed they were in the market for a Trips v. Big Dave feud, but now they don't seem to know where they want to go.
Unfortunately, MVP, Kofi Kingston and the like are not yet ready for a push to the top from mid-card status.
ECW and Smackdown! continue to be the best wrestling shows on television.
ECW's roster is certifiably stacked at the moment. Champion Tommy Dreamer, Christian, Jack Swagger, Valdimir Kozlov, DH Smith, Tyson Kidd, Finlay, Evan Bourne and Mark Henry all make for a solid hour of television weekly.
The best thing about the show is that all of those guys just mentioned could legitimately win the ECW Championship any given week and it would not seem completely out of place.
The top tier feud is great and in the long run Christian and Swagger are going to be monster stars because of their work with Dreamer.
Friday night's continue to be intriguing because the fans, announcers, writers and Punk himself cannot seem to figure out if he is a heel or a face. Most of the time when a superstar is not committed to one side or the other it is confusing and annoying, but this one seems to work very well.
The CM Punk v. Jeff Hardy feud has the makings of a classic. The two should have a great match at The Bash and possibly turn right back around for something special at Summerslam.
The big question is what is WWE going to do with Edge?
As Chris Jericho and Rey Mysterio participate in a solid feud, Edge is kind of left with nobody out there on his level. It leaves me wondering if Undertaker is coming back any time soon because they always put on a good show.
I also would not hate seeing Edge do a short program with someone a little lower on the card than himself where he could help push someone to upper-midcard or higher.
3 Comments
Loading more comments...
This comment and all replies have been deleted This comment has been deleted Undo delete