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Sometimes, I sit back and look at WWE—proud I am a fan of their product as opposed to the decade-old rancid milk spewed upon me week after week by TNA.
Swagger is getting his push; Mickie is going to get a belt soon; CM Punk might finally be turning heel; Jeff Hardy still hasn't been re-signed; Goldust finally showed up on ECW...and even got some support. These are the things which make me watch a professional wrestling program and smile.
However, there are some things that just scratch my head—and some are more egregious than others.
I don't know why Mark Henry got to turn face and get a damn story instead of Big Show; I don't know why John Cena keeps winning PPV matches; I don't understand John Morrison not being picked over Jeff Hardy, and I really just don't know what Mike Knox has to do to get some airtime.
That all pales in comparison to my personal gripe with WWE (the one that doesn't involve not having signed Grizzly Redwood).
If you're like me, you're a good wrestling fan and you either watched or TiVo'd ECW last night.
You turned it on, then went upstairs and got brownies while some Canadian loser got it on in the ring with some black kid who apparently hasn't been told that humanity's darker members (including Hispanics and overly tan white dudes) look cartoonish with blonde hair.
The next match looked a little more promising, as promising FCW call up, Yoshi Tatsu, got ready to face off against a returning Paul Burchill, escorted by his far more important sister, Katie Lea.
The match wasn't bad, especially considering Burchill has been off due to his brother's death and Tatsu is still fairly green. Tatsu totally botched a move that appeared to only hurt himself, but ended up winning anyway.
To be honest, I couldn't have cared less about the outcome. Tatsu is making the rounds for a push at a later date, and I've never been too into Paul.
The problem was Katie Lea did nothing, and isn't doing anything on ECW.
Katie Lea Burchill is one talented woman, and if you don't want to take my word for it, head over to YouTube. Or, better yet, just go ask all her old cohorts at OVW.
Katie Lea had it going on: Ring skills, mic skills, eye candy skills. If you can name an attribute for a successful female wrestler, Katie has it.
However, she's floundering on ECW while the Women's divisions continue to lack character. I say boo. Katie is getting royally screwed (and not by William Regal...ah yes, I'm a saucy fellow.)
RAW's Women's division needs heels badly. While the face section on RAW is loaded with Mickie, Gail, and Kelly dominating the top three spots, poor Maryse is stuck watching two imbecils without a lick of talent between them vie for heel spots two and three.
That's right, I said it. Rosa Mendez isn't good at all, and Alicia "The Hair" Fox just plain sucks, too. Honestly, McCool has already gotten less annoying since Fox's departure. To have those two clowns of the Women's division bumbling around RAW while Katie slowly dies on ECW is beyond me.
SmackDown's situation isn't any better: Natalya doesn't seem as if she's going to be busting heads any time soon and outside of Melina and sometimes Michelle, the rest of their Women's division is about as good as "The Hair."
Having not moved Katie to RAW or SmackDown is an absolute disgrace to the talent—and a slap in the face to Burchill.
She's now looking to be Paul's nonexistent manager and to start a feud with...the Bella Twins.
The Bella Twins? Are we serious? Those girls do not have an ounce of wrestling talent or charisma between the two of them. Like I told AkD earlier: I'm not sure the effervescent conversations between the 16-year old girls running the local drive-in pizza stand are hands down better than anything the Bella Twins are throwing out there, but it's got to be close.
Simply put: Katie Lea is far too talented to be wasting away on ECW. Like anyone else, her clock is ticking and it makes no sense whatsoever to keep her buried—especially since her body of work holds major titles everywhere else she's gone.
Not only that, but she can work a stick, too. Don't believe me? Click here.
Oh, and she's wrestled some of the boys, too. Don't believe me? Click here.
Oh, and she did one hell of a ladder match, too. Don't believe that either? Click here.
Yeah, that standing jump off the ropes is pretty impressive. And that mic work is pretty well composed...unlike most other Divas...
Now that you've watched all of those videos and are, like me, in awe of this strangely unused talent, here's a short list of talent that has more airtime than Katie Lea on ECW the past three weeks: Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, a general manager, a supposed FCW call-up, various territorial jobbers, and Abraham Washington.
If this isn't a miscarriage of wrestling justice, I don't have the slightest clue what is.
Go to shows and demand Katie. If you're bored enough that you go over to WWE Universe, raise hell until Katie shows up more.
For the love of gingy, she's an honest to goodness wrestler—let's not waste her.
Same old story: Let's get Grizzly Redwood and Katie Lea their pushes. Oh, and JLB and I are getting a huge thingy together. Details forthcoming.
P.S. This needs front page time. Seriously.
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