Yep, guaranteed to be mega over in England but really disappointed with the meh reactions he got when he did that horrible squash with JBL. Hated it so much, from all accounts he's a good all-round talent. These are the types of guys they need to be packaging well and pushing.
Heel Finlay is awesome. He is a great guy backstage too by all accounts, a proper team player and one of the best wrestling coaches you'll find. Would love for him to take a couple of months off and come back pushed as a strong heel. I love his old-school bad ass mick style. The type of company guy who you shouldn't piss off or lose.
Huh? Has SmackDown already been shown in your part of the world then? It's still 10 hours 'till it's on over here!From Triple H's first speech on SD!. "You know what, the more things change I'm comforted by the fact that they also stay the same"
But in all honesty, Smaackdown was a good show this weekend, wouldn't mind Trips dropping the belt to Cena and going after Edge in the long run.
Quite enjoyed it when they first brought it back tbh, but then again that was when Heyman was still part of the creative team. Best memory of the reincarnation for me was the Batista vs Big Show match at the hammerstein ballroon in New York, the fans giving massive heat to both guys and chanting stuff like "change the channel" etc...which was very obvious to anyone watching on TV. To compound the stupidity of the whole thing the commentary team of Taz and Styles were trying to play it up by saying stuff like "why would we want to change the channel? this is a great match!" which was quite frankly embarrassing for the both of them. Batista getting angry at a guy in the crowd and confronting him was also high amusing.
Ya, it's on Friday afternoons in Oz, sort of in keeping with the name. Apparently we get it before anyone. Now if only they could make it worth watching regularly.
Yeah it's nice to get some programming before anybody else in the world. Loved it when Smackdown was actually good back in the day.
That would be the most ideal solution. This Smackdown was possibly the best I've seen in a long time. Although they still had some awful stuff on their i.e. anything with Hornswaggle, the Domino match and the tag match involving Mark Henry, Kane and MVP.From Triple H's first speech on SD!. "You know what, the more things change I'm comforted by the fact that they also stay the same"
But in all honesty, Smaackdown was a good show this weekend, wouldn't mind Trips dropping the belt to Cena and going after Edge in the long run.
AWTA, no shame in having someone like Kofi go over you, and its good that the E are pushing a new guy. But the stupid thing is, jwericho and cade who are obviously being built up as the big Heels of RAW have been made to look weak, and credibility has once again been destroyed. This is obviously leading up to a Y2J/HBK or maybe a Cade/HBK match at Summerslam, hopring and praying that HBK does the job on that one.
The thought of that happening did occur to me last night actually, though with hindsight its kind of obvious why this didn't happen. To have one of Edge or HHH who have both been dominant in the last few weeks/months to lose to a guy who has been jobbing on ECW pretty much since WM would be a bit of an anti-climax ending to the show. Does make you wonder where they plan to go with this MITB business though tbh, as its kind of obvious now that they never intended to have Punk win it in the first place, and that he was a rushed replacement for Jeff Hardy...wonder if we may see a cash in and him getting defeated sometime in the near future.
What an average PPV. Won't even bother watching this one. When the most compelling thing on the show is a Cody Rhodes heel turn then you know your product isn't the best.
You know, if WWE were smart they could really market CM Punk as a true World Champion and hero. A guy who doesn't smoke, doesn't do any drugs, abstains from alcohol completely and isn't into the party lifestyle would be a perfect spokesman for their organisation in today's climate where wrestling is seen as a corrupt pool of drug addicts.
Yeah AWTA, for all my moanings about him it is an undeniable fact that he has worked hard for the WWE over the years desoite a series of problems. I had forgotten most of the degrading storylines he was made to do as well tbh, remarkable that he stuck with the company that long with all this politics etc... but props to him, wonder how much longer he will last though, I thought his infamous ten year contract expired a year or so ago?
What's truly baffling though, is the fact that apparently Vince and Stephanie both really really rate Punk, so why he's been put out in the cold since WM is anyones guess. Though I suppose his new move to RAW could be a step towards changing this.
Quite forgot about the racism, mainly becauuse I assume that every woman or minority invovled in the WWE has to endure brutal discrimination at some point or other. But I think a lot of his loyalty has something to do with teh fat 10 year contract Vince handed him
