The Hardcore Revolution: The Aftermath of WrestleMania and the Draft

Welcome to the third installment of The Hardcore Revolution!

We will talk about WrestleMania, The Draft, and talk about some interesting points of conversation.

WrestleMania 25 has come and passed and we have become apart of history by witnessing one of the greatest if not the greatest match of WresleMania history, HBK v. The Undertaker.

We have also witnessed Santino Marella Dressed in Drag, John Bradshaw Layfield retiring, Two New Champions, and the worst main event in WrestleMania history!

The draft has also come and passed and the world of the WWe has been thrown into chaos, but that is not necessarily bad. There were good moves and bad moves. But over all it spread the talent around evenly and every brand came out of it for the better. The biggest issues with the draft that I had are my points of conversation this column.

Points Of Conversation

1. What impact will Vladimir Kozlov have on ECW?

Will he become a face of the brand or will he make the top stars look foolish.
My beef with Kozlov is that the WWe uses him as a battering ram and then put him on a show where they already have a competitor like that in Mark Henry.

His first match on ECW was a squash match, but he doesn’t need any more squash matches. He needs to face top competitors and give more strong competition to the already stacked main event card.

2. Why is The Great Khali the "Punjabi Playboy?"

Is the WWe really making him another Viscera? This is just terrible and is a poor way to deal with a competitor that once was champion of a brand. They need to make him dominant again or just let him go, cause his skills in the ring are very rough!

3. Bring back Ron Killings or K-Kwik and get rid of R-Truth.

Come on, this is just pathetic. His rhymes are weak and he is not interesting.
They need to let him work on his ring work and get less rusty and put him against better competition.

But the fact he came back from TNA pretty much seals the fate that he will not be successful again in the WWe.

4. Does anyone else think it was stupid to split up “Biscuits and Gravy?"

Cause Festus can’t even wrestle unless the bell is rung. They either need to remove the gimmick or give him a new handler. And for Jesse they need to figure out what they are going to use him as.

His single skills are sub par and unless he changes personas he will not be in the WWe come 2010.

5. I don’t think Primo Colon deserves to be a Unified Tag Team Champion.

Carlito is deserving and is over due the title of champion, but come on folks, Primo can’t even get the crowd excited. He’s flat in the ring and his finisher is pretty much Carlito’s.

6. Why is Sim Snuka still in the WWe?

He needs to either go back to the developmentals or come up with a new persona and a flashy finisher to get over, cause right now he is just dead weight in the WWe.

Enough ranting lets get down to the effects of the Draft and what I like to call the Brand Awards!!

Brand Awards!!

Best GM

And The Winner Is: Tiffany of ECW

Reason: There is no Drama and there is no use of Ebonics, just straightforward mic work.  That’s all you need to earn my respect.

Best Announce Team

And The Winners Are: Jim Ross and Todd Grisham of Smackdown

Reason: It would have been ECW, but Josh Matthews just is not good enough.  There is no talk of puppies, there is on the ball ring work calling and JR just makes it fun to watch Smackdown.

Best Divas

And The Winner Is: Smackdown

Reason: There is no Diva’s Championship.  That belt is just horrifying.  Also they have the best ring workers in Michelle McCool and Gail Kim.  As well as the most flexible dive Melina.  Oh my, I need to start watching more Smackdown.

Best Depth

And The Winner Is: ECW

Reason: No more HORNSWOGLE, as well as the fact that almost every character gets used on a weekly basis for the show.  Pretty much two-thirds of the brand is top tier quality and they just drafted DH Smith and Natalya so look for a new Hart Foundation.

This will be a new part of The Hardcore Revolution I'll do each time.
I will start giving the Top 5 superstars on each brand (well my top 5 on each brand).

RAW
- HHH
- Randy Orton
- Batista (4)
- Matt Hardy
- The Big Show (7)
(HBK would be 3, but he is out And Mr. Kennedy would be 6, but he is also out)

Smackdown
- The Undertaker
- Chris Jericho
- Edge
- CM Punk
- Rey Mysterio

ECW
- Christian
- Jack Swagger
- Evan Bourne
- Tyson Kidd
- Shane “ Hurricane” Helms

Until next time "Long Live The Revolution and Long Live The Extreme"!!!