John Morrison's Monday Night Showdown Signals Doom for the WWE

John Morrison finally gets his title shot this Monday night in a “Falls count anywhere” match against The Miz. If we believed wrestling is real, we’d think that Morrison is finally getting his shot. Since we know that wrestling isn’t, we should believe this is merely a way of fulfilling an obligation.

When Morrison won the number one contender’s spot from Sheamus, we wanted to believe that it signified a changing of the guard in the WWE. We wanted to believe that, with The Miz as newly crowned champ, that the organization had finally realized that it needed to move forward, and not backward.

Morrison getting a shot on Monday means he won’t win the belt. Sure, he’ll come close because they always do. The best he can hope for is an angle where The Miz cheats and gets disqualified, so we have the chance to see it again. The truth is Morrison will probably lose clean and end his brief run toward the top.

It’ a shame because Monday should prove that there is no changing of the guard, even though all the signs point to a clear need for it. Triple H has taken on the role of super producer. Undertaker, while still a big draw, is desperately clinging to what little in ring mobility he has left. Jericho is gone, but even his return is a bit of the same. Stars like Edge, Kane and Triple H(when he comes back) can’t be counted on to do it much longer.

The WWE needs to be thinking about the future and using the old guard to usher in the new guard. Giving guys like Morrison a push would be a good way to start. Sure, guys like Cena, Orton, and The Miz will be around for a while, but they can’t be expected to carry the load by themselves. There needs to be a good crop of top level talent to pull from.

Guys like Morrison get a brief push and if the crowd doesn’t swoon immediately, then they abandon quickly. They did the same thing with Kofi Kingston, and even Wade Barrett was handled poorly. He should have gotten the strap, if for nothing else than it would have upped the hate the fans felt for him and the rest of the Nexus.  

A guy cannot be considered a threat for the title unless he’s won a title. Look no further than CM Punk. He was never thought to be top level talent, but he took the belt off Edge. At first there was backlash, but then people accepted it and moved forward. What makes a good fight is having something big at stake, and the belief that either guy can win the fight.

Sometimes you have to stick with a guy for a while before the fans catch on. WWE always seemed afraid to give Jeff Hardy a push(in part due to drug issues I’d guess), but after giving him a couple of PPV’s they saw that the fans responded. Maybe Morrison isn’t the guy, or maybe the fans haven’t figured out that he is. Either way, if they keep him on the mid-card they’ll never know.

Hopefully Monday night is the beginning of something bigger and better for John Morrison. Then again, we know how these things go in the WWE.