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"The Jobber Division" |
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"About Freak'n Time!" |
Kane's hefty push is well deserved, if you ask me. No doubt good ol' Trips will leave MSG will the World Heavyweight Title in hand, and there's a good chance that Kane will leave with his face still covered by a mask as a result of a disqualification victory, but it's nice to see someone getting a main event push on RAW who isn't: (a) old and decrepit, (b) an egotistical self-serving prat, and/or (c) completely devoid of talent. Granted, Kane isn't the world's greatest mat technician, but he's super-over and the crowd love him. In WWE, that will keep him in the spotlight for years to come. Hopefully, the traits that have made Kane a success in the first place with remain with him as he ages. One of those traits (well, it's not really a trait) was his strong, distinct character. If Kane is forced to remove his mask, he might lose that character. I honestly hope that Kane leaves RAW on Monday Night with the World Heavyweight Title around his waist, and not just for the sake of someone who wasn't in the Clique holding it. For Kane's career, he'd best hope the booking decision goes his way.  
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"A Tag Team With Bad Blood" |
Bad Blood: I must say that I was immensely disappointed with the results of Bad Blood. First on the blunder list (a VERY important topic to me); there was no apple pie in the pie eating contest. An apple pie eating contest could make or break a PPV in my opinion. Secondly: I hoped that, upon reinstating the Intercontinental Title, they would also bring back the pride and prestige that is bestowed upon it's holder, like ten years ago, back when the IC strap meant something. Instead, it's holder, Christian, hasn't won a single match since "earning" it at Judgment Day. The outcome of the Battle Royal also gave it a rocky start. Since winning the belt, Christian has lost via DQ to RVD and Kane in a tag match, jobbed to Goldust in a singles match, Booker T in a tag team match, and had to resort to a disqualification loss to retain his title at Bad Blood. The third mistake was the outcome of the HBK v Flair match, well, more the cause of the outcome. Ref bumps, outside interference and use of foreign objects usually hinders a match, rather than enhances. And all three were used to end this possible classic. Also, I read somewhere that Michaels HAS faced Flair in a WWF/WWE ring: Flair defeated him in 1991. I'm waiting for clarification. The fourth mistake was an astromonical one, Greenberg's clean win over Y2J Chris Jericho. First, Goldberg refuses to work an angle with rising heel Y2J in WCW 'cause he "hates comedy characters". Instead, the climax to weeks of anticipation was a Spear on the aisle of Nitro. Now, when he overcomes his selfishness and actually faces Y2J in a match, his dire performance resulted in boos, hisses and catcalls. More importantly, it defeated the purpose of Y2J v. Goldberg in WCW in the first place, the idea was for Turdberg to elevate Jerihco by making him look like a million bucks before taking the clean win (like what HBK did at WM XIX). For once, having Trips retain the World title was a good idea, Trashie Nashie should have retired when he was injured. His knees are so knackered he can barely walk briskly, so it's not a wonder that the HIAC brawl didn't spill out onto the top. The biggest mistake (in my mind) was the whole lack of a heel turn by Kane. Sure, it would have been predictable, we've been teased with a split for months now, but Kane should return to his unfazable monster heel persona for a fued with RVD which culminates in a semi-final statud match up at SummerSlam (complete with two months hype to make for compulsory viewing) before winner Kane is traded to SmackDown for a run as top heel. Although, now it looks like the top heel place will be going to Chris Benoit. he's been very nasty to his clumsy partner Rhyno. Seeds of dissension have been planted, let's see how they sprout. To the Homepage |
