I’m back for how long I don’t know, but I hated being away so long. Okay here’s the latest about our house. Thankfully we are not going to have to pay for a new foundation and hopefully our construction company will get their plan approved very soon and the building will start. Now, we might have to move out for a few days, but that’s not definite so I’m just going to try to put my columns out per usual, however in case you don’t see one, then you know it has to do with what’s going on here. Okay now I debated about doing today’s column, because I guess you could say I have some pretty negative things to say. That’s not exactly a great way to return, but there is one major angle on Smackdown that is playing out very badly, and on Raw I was very angry about the way their champion at the time was treated. So I would like to talk about these two angles, and try to end on a positive note.
I’m going to start with Raw and CM Punk. The last column that I posted was my Unforgiven predictions. I never got to talk about that show, especially the way Punk was used or should I say misused and how he lost the belt. Well of course I was pissed that they used the lame angle with Orton kicking Punk in the head and because of that kick Punk was not only unable to defend his title that night but missed a week to “heal” from that kick. Yet, Shawn Michaels beat Chris Jericho senseless but Y2J was able to make his way out to the ring on his own and shake off that brutal beating and con his way into winning the World title. I despised the Jericho win and the way Punk lost, I bet you guys can’t tell.
Listen, I’m a major Jericho fan and I love the fact that he’s now the new champion, but I don’t love the way it was done. As I said he took this major beating by HBK, and was just about out cold, yet he’s able not only to walk to the ring, but mentally he wasn’t even shaken up by that beating and managed to out wit all the participants in that scramble match and win the match and become the new World Heavyweight Champion. Jericho should have been taken out on a stretcher and HE should have been the one to miss a Raw not Punk. Punk gets a kick to the head and the guy is done it made no sense at all. What all this shows me is, Punk was just a paper champion and that Vince McMahon had no intention of keeping him World Champion for a long period of time. I thought it was insulting to Punk and his fans to keep him from taking part in the championship match at Unforgiven. How many of his fans ordered that show to see him and then he’s a no show thanks to some lame angle.
And then to make matters worse the week that Punk returns he is put in a decent cage match against Chris Jericho for the World Title. Of course there was no way he was going to win, and yes he lost, but after this opening match Punk’s name was never mentioned again on the show. That really shows what Vince thinks of his former World champion, and things got even worse this week. Punk came out an went after Randy Orton, which was a good thing, but after a very good match against Cody Rhodes, it now looks like Punk along with Kofi Kingston will be going against Rhodes and Ted Di Biase for the tag team titles. That is Punk’s way to get even for what they did to him along with Orton’s kick to the head. So let me see if I got this right. Punk guy goes from World champion to doing his best to become a tag team champion, but JBL gets a match against Batista at No Mercy to see who will face either Jericho or HBK for the World title. Where is the logic in all of this, and how many more main events are we going to see JBL in? See for me this is all so wrong, so upsetting. And I really believe this is a major reason why the ratings are so low. I truly believe when they pulled this crap on Punk, slid Jericho in there that it turned off and angered a lot of fans. Plus you have John Cena gone; JBL all over the main events and it all makes Raw so much less appealing to view. However the Shawn Michaels/Chris Jericho feud is still sizzling on Raw and I can’t wait to see their Ladder match at No Mercy. Also while I’m not a big Shane McMahon fan, I thought his appearance this past week was very good AND my very good friend Molly put this great idea in my head. She thinks we are going to get a Shane vs. Adamle match at No Mercy. Her reasoning for this is because Shane kept over riding Adamle Monday night. Now while the match I could do without, I would love to see Shane make things interesting with the Adamle character; God knows something needs to be done. You can add a very dull GM to my list of reasons why the ratings are low. So now let me tell you my one big beef with the main angle on Smackdown.
It stinks, that’s right Big Show/Undertaker/Chavo and Vickie is so not working. When Vickie and Edge dominated Smackdown the shows came off solid, Edge alone added so much to the shows. But with his absence and slipping Show in to cover for Edge it’s just now working at all. It’s like watching a high school play. Chavo, Vickie and Big Show don’t have it at all. I feel absolutely nothing when I watch these three, and then things don’t help when Taker is hardly on. Up until last night all we got would be these three watching and re-watching what Big Show did to Taker at Unforgiven. Listen if I were Vince that would be the last thing that I would want shown over and over again. That was one pathetic segment that night. I will never forget how predictable Show’s turn looked as he was standing next to Vickie fake laughing while Taker came out. And then once he turned and attacked Taker the segment seemed to go on forever. It was horrible. Nothing has clicked with this angle and last night yes Taker showed up but he did another tombstone on Vickie and now what? She is going to return with a neck brace and sit in a wheel chair again? I can do without all of it. This match with Big Show vs. Taker at No Mercy has a very week buildup and I don’t see it getting better. Edge and Vickie made Smackdown something to watch each week and now this angle is doing the total opposite.
Sure I might not like everything going on with Smackdown, but by far this main angle is the worst thing that Smackdown has going for it. Okay here are the minor things that I don’t care for. Did they ever give Hawkins and Ryder a chance to defend their tag team titles on a regular basis? No, but then again there were really no teams to defend against. But last night they lost it in a hurry to Carlito and Primo. This should have gone on a little longer instead of having new winners after their first match. Hey what about MVP? He seems to be going nowhere fast supposedly because he made some wise cracks backstage about the guy that does the urine testing, MVP is continuously losing and while he’s losing Kozlov seems to be getting his push. I can’t say this makes me smile. I will admit I did like what I saw last week when Kozlov took out Triple H. However do I want to see Kozlov vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Triple H at Cyber Sunday? I don’t think so, but supposedly that’s what we are going to get. I would much prefer MVP in there instead. I guess I could go on and on with more of the minor things that I’m not into but I will stop with Brie Bella and her twin sister. I mean come on, how much longer are they going to make the divas look dumb before they discover that Brie has a twin waiting to come out from under the ring? Last night I was embarrassed when Brie didn’t get her legs totally underneath and her twin popped out from the other side. It’s time to move on and stop making Victoria and Natalya look like morons.
Okay so I bet many of you are so glad I’m back. I know this was a bitchfest, but hey I’m still enjoying ECW and Smackdown, and for the most part Raw. With the final shows coming up before No Mercy, all three shows could get very interesting. Hey for me it’s great to be back and remember I’m going to be here unless something comes up, and I’m unable to use the computer. I plan to be back on Tuesday with my thoughts on Raw. Stablewars is a site where you can predict many things about wrestling and prove that you are one of the elite predictors in the wrestling world. You can make picks for Pay Per Views, Titlewars which is a feature where you pick who you think the next champion will be, and Stablewars, a feature that is like fantasy football except you pick wrestlers, www.stablewars.com is the place to be.
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