It's that time again. Time for another dose of mouthpiece-ing. With me, The Aussie Mouthpiece.
let's talk about the wwe this week. Specifically RAW. As Smackdown hasn't been on TV yet and I'm not the kind who spoils things.
So let's talk about RAW.
My first thoughts after my first viewing? Let down.
For the first week since "that" promo, this week hasn't quite lived up to the previous week's episodes.
CM Punk was still right on the ball, he was great. Triple H was still good. But the story wasn't as satisfying, at least to me.
Then I saw that little news item that was posted recently.. about Kevin Nash.. anyone else seen it? "Kevin Nash has been released".
That was when I got it. I understood.
I'll get to that later.
So Punk opens RAW, says some stuff about being different, and then we get Kevin Nash.
By the way Punk, I got the Super Shredder reference. Awesome. I like bearded giraffe too.
I mean, CM Punk never fails to deliver, he's constantly trying to better himself, and better the company. Plus, this whole thing is staying within that foggy area of "is it real".. The little jabs Punk takes, maybe they aren't planned (i don't think they are), because the other guys reactions are really "real". That word has a bit of a different meaning in wrestling. "real". \
Like when HHH's music hit, and Punk kept talking. saying "i'm not done..." That never used to happen. I don't remember anyone talking over someone else's entrance music.
So now the big mystery is solved. And wow.. that was a big let down. Like someone just let the air out of a big bearded balloon.
Why would Kevin Nash send a text to himself? Money? .. no.. he wanted to make the WWE cool? But.. this is Kevin Nash. He's the guy that openly says he's about money.. I suppose the only thing that is still unanswered is if somebody else tipped him off to send the text? But that's starting to sound a bit far-fetched to me.
Nash still doesn't sound completely comfortable on the microphone either. "I'm your FRIEND!"... I don't know what it is, but something's not quite right.
I just noticed something too, while Nash was getting in Triple H. Hopefully there's some kind of footage of that, because i bet it's gold.
So Nash is fired... what? Didn't make any sense.. they've built up a Nash/Punk match for 3 or 4 weeks now, and then they "fire" him? ... Punk's last little jab was awesome. "haa haaaa.. best of luck in your future endeavours". Also, that was another of those little things they keep putting in that don't seem important, but really is.
Then Laurinitis joins him in a limo? Why was there a limo for Nash if he was fired? ... think about it.
And then today, he's "released"? I guess they thought Nash needed yet another nickname. I'm fairly sure we'll see him back as some kind of pivotal element in a bigger power struggle. The really annoying thing is they keep making it almost impossible not to order Night of Champions.
Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne, are NOT going to revamp the tag team division. You put two singles wrestlers together, occasionally it works and they form a great team. Los guerreros, Big Show and Kane.. Undertaker and Kane.. But most of the time it just seems like two guys thrown together for some other reason. like to eventually turn one against the other.
If the WWE really wants to re-ignite the tag teams and make it a relevant part of their TV, they need actual teams. There is one actual tag team in the WWE right now. But they're not the ones having a match on RAW, Khali and his.. whatever Jinder Mahal is get the match. Why not showcase a Tag team instead of use the tag team champions to further a boring storyline for khali and mahal?
Speaking of Tag Team matches, Miz and Truth are going to be going for the tag team titles? ... If the tag titles meant anything now that would be great, it would keep Miz in the big spotlight, and help continue R-Truth's push.
But they don't mean much of anything.
It's a step back for Miz. Headlining wrestlemania, to a last minute match on Summerslam. Not good.
Divas. Who cares. Kelly Kelly is not good in the ring, i don't really want to hear what she has to say, I just want to see her without the belt. Also I want to see that belt go back to the Women's championship. Diva's title is a joke. Women's title means something.
Punk and Truth had a good match, Miz out there keeps him around, even though he should have a bigger role I think.
So Triple H comes out, tells Punk the match is now No DQ. Because HE changed it. Triple H used his power to make the match the way he wants. He's essentially a heel boss, but no one is booing him. It's interesting. And then he says "If i don't get it all out of my system, I might just fire you too".
Here's my take. The big payoff, the bigger picture, is HHH will be said to be "unfit to be the COO" by someone. Either Laurinitis, or Vince. Maybe we'll see Nash/HHH, with Nash being the guy wrestling on behalf of whoever the other guy is.
At Survivor series.
And, at Night of Champions, the Punk/HHH match won't end cleanly.
King and Zack Ryder? That's interesting.
And it seems that they're FINALLY giving Zack a little push, showing a promo package of his TLIS show, and in ring work.
Otunga is going to go nowhere, and if they don't give Hennig his actual name.. .. well they need to change his name.
I thought it was kind of interesting they put all the little jabs Ryder takes on his show into that promo package.. "i'm trying to get over/i can draw money/no-one pushes Zack Ryder" etc.
Why is Heath Slater on tv? Why not Randy vs Cody Rhodes/Dolph Ziggler/ANYONE ELSE!
Hey.. John Cena took a shot at The Rock. Bout damn time.
The main event was what it was. A way to show off a bunch of talent. And it's good that they do that.
Also I think i figured out the reason for the Raw Supershow concept. Smackdown is going to be live, and they're A: trying to promote Smackdown, and B: getting the Smackdown guys used to live tv.
So it wasn't a bad show by any stretch of the imagination. It just didn't have that same awesome feeling. Maybe it's because of the Supershow thing. Who knows.
Anyway, I'm about done for this installment. Remember, leave me a comment and tell me what you think, and follow me on twitter if you're not already @TheOZMouthpiece
That's it, and that's all.
September 8, 2011
September 2, 2011
It's a bird.. it's a plane.. it's a supershow!
Welcome back to the blog, I am once again the Aussie mouthpiece. Today i'm going to do something a little different. I don't usually write about the weekly Smackdown shows, because, well.. I haven't really been watching them. But with this week being a "super" week, on both Raw and Smackdown, and both being live, I thought what i would do is write a SUPERblog. As in, my thoughts on both shows.
So, no particular order to it, i'm not going to run through the entirety of both shows, if you want recaps, there are plenty of places to find them on the internets.
The very first thing i want to mention, is the start of Smackdown. Not the Cena promo, the match. It was billed as one of the two main events of the night.
It lasted 3 minutes and 16 seconds.
It made Wade Barrett, who has been building a lot recently, look bad. The only thing that I can think of is that maybe the opening segment ran long, and they needed to shorten the match. Other than that, there's no reason to build a "huge main event match" and have it be a 3 minute snore.
Ok, enough of Smackdown for the moment. I wanted to start with that because it was the worst part of either show. Let's talk about Raw, and then we'll go back to Smackdown.
I guess the focus this week, as it has been for the last 2 months is going to be Punk/HHH/Nash. It even feels like John Cena has taken a back seat to this angle, which really tells you something.
So onto Raw.
Starting with Triple H was a good move. The big swerve at the end of last week needed to be in the spotlight, and needed to open the show.
I am not a fan of the "supershow" idea. Sure, we'll get to see the main stars on both shows, and I would aslo assume the storylines will be advanced along on each show, but what happens to the mid-card talent? i see a lot of 6-man tag matches in our future...
I hope i'm proven wrong.
I keep waiting for CM Punk to lose his edge.. sometimes it can happen when someone has as big of a moent as he had all those weeks ago. But he's still just as cutting, just as brutal as ever.
I'm also not a fan of Nash coming out to the nWo theme. But, I understand it. They're building Nash as a heel to us now. Nash admitting that he was the one that orchestrated the car crash also puts him over as a heel. I really like where this is going. You've got Nash, the "heel", Punk, the Anti-hero, and Triple H stuck in the middle getting cheered.
You can see him being torn, half of him wanting to be the Game, half wanting to be businessman HHH.
And it appears that HHH has reached the end of his rope, based at least on the end of RAW ...
And Nash is signed now. But not by Triple H.. by Laurninitis. Remember a few weeks ago when i said that the little things are what's important in this angle? That is one of the important things.
I loved Nash's speech about how he could just sit home and get paid. That's the heel Nash character to a T.
Get it?.. Get it? I'm acting! .. CM Punk is, as i said, still topping himself every week. The laugh in his voice seemed really real too.
Click. brilliant.
One thing i do want to mention is that Nash seems a lot more comfortable in the ring and on the microphone now too. I'm not sure if it's just that he's in the ring with HHH, or he just needed a bit of time to adjust, and get used to things. But he seems a lot more at ease, and his mic work reflects that.
Side note:.. Nash is wearing a shirt similar to some of the first appearances he made on monday nitro. Just think about it.
The only thing i'm getting a little tired of, and it's only because it's happened a few times, is the references to Stephanie wearing the pants in her and HHH's relationship. Don't get me wrong, it's still funny, and Punk keeps changing what he's saying so it doesn't get stale.. but something different would be good soon.
Dolph Ziggler (and his new theme) are awesome. The change in style for his theme song fits him so much better. I've been saying it for a while now, but he's going to be champion soon.
Really good match between these two. Maybe Dolph will get a WHC title shot soon. He should.
Also, how great was the finish? Flapjack to RKO?! Awesome.
While i think of it, it looks like the WWE have started changing some of their presentation up a little bit. The little package they showed of Ziggler before the match was great, put him over as a big star.
Now i said earlier that Cena has taken a back seat to the Punk angle, but that doesn't mean that the angle is any less important. Or any worse. I guess Del Rio didn't make it back to the states in time, so they had Mark Henry come out to say he would destroy Cena.. but then not do it. All of it seemed to be just a big lot of talk to get to the part where Laurinitis made the Tag match, and then HHH had the spot telling him "I'm your boss.. get it?".. Mark Henry delivered a decent promo though. Hall of Pain has something about it.
I've been saying Christian looks like an oompa loompa for years. He's way too orange. And I don't see him as underrated. But everyone is different i guess. I'm just not a fan. Mark Henry looks like he could eat Christian. Not because Henry is fat. Because Christian is skinny.
Really good match between Punk and Miz. Looked really stiff for a lot of it. Awesome Macho Man elbow by Punk as well.
Nash coming out and picking up the scraps so to speak was good too.
The rest of raw was not really of interest to me. Divas, meh. Swagger.. bigger meh. Tag match, i'll probably watch it back sometime later.
But the final little backstage segment was definitely of interest. I didn't see it coming at all. It feels a little rushed, but maybe with having both show's stars on both Raw and Smackdown, that will give us twice as much time for this story to develop even further.
So I thought Raw went really well this week. Solid continuation of all the big angles. Looking like it might be Swagger vs Ziggler at some point, possibly for US title? Nash, Punk and HHH were great as usual. Cena did well not having Del Rio there to keep the angle relevant. Seemed strange not having the WWE Champion on a RAW supershow however, it was not his fault, if what i've read is right.
So onto Smackdown.
Once again I'm not going to talk about everything, in fact I may just talk about Cm Punk and Triple H.
This segment is right up there with the best since this whole thing started back in July. Triple H was however, in my opinion out-done on the mic by Punk. Nobody can touch him right now. The best talkers in the business would have trouble staying with Punk. Maybe Rowdy Roddy Piper could do it. or Bobby Heenan. Other than that, Punk is seemingly untouchable.
At first i thought it was a bit odd to have a contract signing, anyone remember the last one? CM Punk talked about how contract signings are just a cover for throwing the table out of the way and brawling.
Part of the reason Triple H didn't sound as good on the mic as Punk, is I think it felt like Triple H was reciting a promo he'd worked on, whereas Punk was improvising a lot. Maybe this wasn't the case, but that's how it felt to me.
Another thing, and this really bugs me. Why do these "veterans", like HHH and The Rock resort to insulting their adversaries, solely based on how they dress or their appearance. "I thought you made up in intelligence what you lacked in hygiene"... Really? Terrible. Get some better material Trips.
It got a little heated when Punk interrupted Triple H though, I kinda liked that. It felt real. Felt like wrestling should feel like. That blur between reality and story. Where you're not sure if it's "meant to happen". Needs to be a lot more of that.
What really got me into this segment, what i love about this whole thing, is CM Punk's passion. When he says "I love the WWE.." and "I want to make it better", you feel it. It's real. It's been said that the best characters in wrestling are those who are the real person's personality, just turned up to 11. Punk is that right now.
"At my core, i'm still a fan". That was the part where I was 'in'. Punk may be doing this for himself, but in so doing, he is doing it for everyone who hasn't been heard in a long time. And that has, and will continue to elevate him to that very top echelon of stars, like Austin, like Rock, HHH, Taker and HBK.
Triple H did something really interesting. He talked about how Vince would have taken a beating because it was good for business. Ie: Vince would have put Punk over. Bringing a little of the 'real' part of wrestling into the ring. Very interesting indeed. My theory: Punk gets majorly screwed at night of champions. heading into the next pay per view... Vengeance. Appropriate no?
Nash looked really dominant when he came out and knocked Punk down, and then put Triple H on his arse. That was an awesome moment. Very cool. Kinda reminiscent of their (Nash/HHH) feud back in 2003. Except that the roles were reversed at that time.
One last thing.. Skinny Fat Ass? come on.. it didn't work the first time. It won't become a thing. It's more of this bully mentality.. "you don't look a certain way so we're going to pick on you". I'd rather look like Punk than Triple H any day.
I will just say the rest of Smackdown was a good show. Matches were decent, Mark Henry looked like a beast, Sheamus is over like crazy too. I think Khali was trying to give him some kind of colour with those chest chops though.
That's about it, hope you enjoyed reading. Please leave me a comment or send me a tweet @TheOZMouthpiece and let me know what you think.
So, no particular order to it, i'm not going to run through the entirety of both shows, if you want recaps, there are plenty of places to find them on the internets.
The very first thing i want to mention, is the start of Smackdown. Not the Cena promo, the match. It was billed as one of the two main events of the night.
It lasted 3 minutes and 16 seconds.
It made Wade Barrett, who has been building a lot recently, look bad. The only thing that I can think of is that maybe the opening segment ran long, and they needed to shorten the match. Other than that, there's no reason to build a "huge main event match" and have it be a 3 minute snore.
Ok, enough of Smackdown for the moment. I wanted to start with that because it was the worst part of either show. Let's talk about Raw, and then we'll go back to Smackdown.
I guess the focus this week, as it has been for the last 2 months is going to be Punk/HHH/Nash. It even feels like John Cena has taken a back seat to this angle, which really tells you something.
So onto Raw.
Starting with Triple H was a good move. The big swerve at the end of last week needed to be in the spotlight, and needed to open the show.
I am not a fan of the "supershow" idea. Sure, we'll get to see the main stars on both shows, and I would aslo assume the storylines will be advanced along on each show, but what happens to the mid-card talent? i see a lot of 6-man tag matches in our future...
I hope i'm proven wrong.
I keep waiting for CM Punk to lose his edge.. sometimes it can happen when someone has as big of a moent as he had all those weeks ago. But he's still just as cutting, just as brutal as ever.
I'm also not a fan of Nash coming out to the nWo theme. But, I understand it. They're building Nash as a heel to us now. Nash admitting that he was the one that orchestrated the car crash also puts him over as a heel. I really like where this is going. You've got Nash, the "heel", Punk, the Anti-hero, and Triple H stuck in the middle getting cheered.
You can see him being torn, half of him wanting to be the Game, half wanting to be businessman HHH.
And it appears that HHH has reached the end of his rope, based at least on the end of RAW ...
And Nash is signed now. But not by Triple H.. by Laurninitis. Remember a few weeks ago when i said that the little things are what's important in this angle? That is one of the important things.
I loved Nash's speech about how he could just sit home and get paid. That's the heel Nash character to a T.
Get it?.. Get it? I'm acting! .. CM Punk is, as i said, still topping himself every week. The laugh in his voice seemed really real too.
Click. brilliant.
One thing i do want to mention is that Nash seems a lot more comfortable in the ring and on the microphone now too. I'm not sure if it's just that he's in the ring with HHH, or he just needed a bit of time to adjust, and get used to things. But he seems a lot more at ease, and his mic work reflects that.
Side note:.. Nash is wearing a shirt similar to some of the first appearances he made on monday nitro. Just think about it.
The only thing i'm getting a little tired of, and it's only because it's happened a few times, is the references to Stephanie wearing the pants in her and HHH's relationship. Don't get me wrong, it's still funny, and Punk keeps changing what he's saying so it doesn't get stale.. but something different would be good soon.
Dolph Ziggler (and his new theme) are awesome. The change in style for his theme song fits him so much better. I've been saying it for a while now, but he's going to be champion soon.
Really good match between these two. Maybe Dolph will get a WHC title shot soon. He should.
Also, how great was the finish? Flapjack to RKO?! Awesome.
While i think of it, it looks like the WWE have started changing some of their presentation up a little bit. The little package they showed of Ziggler before the match was great, put him over as a big star.
Now i said earlier that Cena has taken a back seat to the Punk angle, but that doesn't mean that the angle is any less important. Or any worse. I guess Del Rio didn't make it back to the states in time, so they had Mark Henry come out to say he would destroy Cena.. but then not do it. All of it seemed to be just a big lot of talk to get to the part where Laurinitis made the Tag match, and then HHH had the spot telling him "I'm your boss.. get it?".. Mark Henry delivered a decent promo though. Hall of Pain has something about it.
I've been saying Christian looks like an oompa loompa for years. He's way too orange. And I don't see him as underrated. But everyone is different i guess. I'm just not a fan. Mark Henry looks like he could eat Christian. Not because Henry is fat. Because Christian is skinny.
Really good match between Punk and Miz. Looked really stiff for a lot of it. Awesome Macho Man elbow by Punk as well.
Nash coming out and picking up the scraps so to speak was good too.
The rest of raw was not really of interest to me. Divas, meh. Swagger.. bigger meh. Tag match, i'll probably watch it back sometime later.
But the final little backstage segment was definitely of interest. I didn't see it coming at all. It feels a little rushed, but maybe with having both show's stars on both Raw and Smackdown, that will give us twice as much time for this story to develop even further.
So I thought Raw went really well this week. Solid continuation of all the big angles. Looking like it might be Swagger vs Ziggler at some point, possibly for US title? Nash, Punk and HHH were great as usual. Cena did well not having Del Rio there to keep the angle relevant. Seemed strange not having the WWE Champion on a RAW supershow however, it was not his fault, if what i've read is right.
So onto Smackdown.
Once again I'm not going to talk about everything, in fact I may just talk about Cm Punk and Triple H.
This segment is right up there with the best since this whole thing started back in July. Triple H was however, in my opinion out-done on the mic by Punk. Nobody can touch him right now. The best talkers in the business would have trouble staying with Punk. Maybe Rowdy Roddy Piper could do it. or Bobby Heenan. Other than that, Punk is seemingly untouchable.
At first i thought it was a bit odd to have a contract signing, anyone remember the last one? CM Punk talked about how contract signings are just a cover for throwing the table out of the way and brawling.
Part of the reason Triple H didn't sound as good on the mic as Punk, is I think it felt like Triple H was reciting a promo he'd worked on, whereas Punk was improvising a lot. Maybe this wasn't the case, but that's how it felt to me.
Another thing, and this really bugs me. Why do these "veterans", like HHH and The Rock resort to insulting their adversaries, solely based on how they dress or their appearance. "I thought you made up in intelligence what you lacked in hygiene"... Really? Terrible. Get some better material Trips.
It got a little heated when Punk interrupted Triple H though, I kinda liked that. It felt real. Felt like wrestling should feel like. That blur between reality and story. Where you're not sure if it's "meant to happen". Needs to be a lot more of that.
What really got me into this segment, what i love about this whole thing, is CM Punk's passion. When he says "I love the WWE.." and "I want to make it better", you feel it. It's real. It's been said that the best characters in wrestling are those who are the real person's personality, just turned up to 11. Punk is that right now.
"At my core, i'm still a fan". That was the part where I was 'in'. Punk may be doing this for himself, but in so doing, he is doing it for everyone who hasn't been heard in a long time. And that has, and will continue to elevate him to that very top echelon of stars, like Austin, like Rock, HHH, Taker and HBK.
Triple H did something really interesting. He talked about how Vince would have taken a beating because it was good for business. Ie: Vince would have put Punk over. Bringing a little of the 'real' part of wrestling into the ring. Very interesting indeed. My theory: Punk gets majorly screwed at night of champions. heading into the next pay per view... Vengeance. Appropriate no?
Nash looked really dominant when he came out and knocked Punk down, and then put Triple H on his arse. That was an awesome moment. Very cool. Kinda reminiscent of their (Nash/HHH) feud back in 2003. Except that the roles were reversed at that time.
One last thing.. Skinny Fat Ass? come on.. it didn't work the first time. It won't become a thing. It's more of this bully mentality.. "you don't look a certain way so we're going to pick on you". I'd rather look like Punk than Triple H any day.
I will just say the rest of Smackdown was a good show. Matches were decent, Mark Henry looked like a beast, Sheamus is over like crazy too. I think Khali was trying to give him some kind of colour with those chest chops though.
That's about it, hope you enjoyed reading. Please leave me a comment or send me a tweet @TheOZMouthpiece and let me know what you think.
August 24, 2011
Who's wearing the pants?
It's time for another installment from the aussie mouthpiece. It's another wednesday, and that means another RAW has come and gone, and I'm here to give my thoughts.
So let's get straight to it.
I like where it's going. I like that they aren't rushing this angle. Who sent the text message? We still don't know, but now, as CM Punk said, it looks like we have a little mystery on our hands. And it's just getting more and more complex as each episode plays out.
Last week Kevin Nash didn't seem right. It didn't feel comfortable. He didn't seem comfortable. Luckily this week, things changed. Maybe it was being in the ring with his good buddy Hunter, maybe it was just a case of nerves, being back on a big stage (let's face it, TNA isn't really big time these days) for the first time in a long time. But, as I said last week, I am a huge Kevin Nash fan, so I am really glad that he seemed more comfortable in the ring. And I hope we eventually see him wrestling.
I also really like the story that's developing with Dolph and Vickie. Dolph is a great performer, he's going to be a world champion soon. Vickie is doing really well as a manager, and she is really over as a heel. I really hope they decide to run with the idea of giving her a stable of guys (possibly girls too) to manage, and bring back this idea of managers. They add so much to someone's presence. Remember when Shawn Michaels split from Janetty? He gained Sherri's managerial services, and was suddenly a top singles guy. Anyone who was associated with Bobby Heenan was automatically a massive heel. As the brain once said, "you listen to me, you go to the top. You don't listen to me... you're never heard from again".
So let's get into the specifics.
Straight away, let me say I'm hoping that Kevin Nash get's "hired"... it seems weird that he has no entrance music. But, I like the way it's being done, as HHH said, "He doesn't work here". That gives this angle the potential to run for a long time.
Anyway, here's the part where i start talking about what I liked about the show.
Man, I tell you what, I loved the ending to last week's show. Oh no, I just said i loved something Cena did! Look out, all those Cena haters are going to jump all over me. Big deal. Keep an open mind.
John IS changing his character ever so slightly. But he's doing it because it's right for the business, not to appease the people who dislike him.
But he's angry. He's got attitude. He's got balls. And that can only be a good thing.
And he's fighting to keep the integrity of the WWE championship whole. This I can get behind.
Cena's mic work this week was excellent. "I am so sick of trying to make average seem awesome".. I'm starting to wonder if he's talking about Del Rio himself, or the barrage of sub-standard storylines we've been fed for the last few years.
And John is right. As of right now, out of all the talent in the WWE, there's only one guy on RAW that can go with him. and that is CM Punk. I'd put Randy Orton in that category, but other than that, everyone else is retired or not wrestling right now. Shawn, HHH, Edge and Undertaker.
I did always enjoy his matches with Big Show though.
Whenever CM Punk's music hits you know things are going to get good. And as usual we're not disappointed. Punk is the voice of the voiceless again, saying it's a "re-run" and John Cena wants yet another title shot.
One thing i did notice, is Del Rio fits into this opening segment really nicely. He doesn't seem intimidated by being in the ring with, let's face it, the top 2 guys in the WWE right now. This bodes well for the future.
Awesome Jack Tunney reference by Punk.
This all seems very reminiscent of something to me though, in a good way. I watched Wrestling with Shadows last night, for the first time. A big part of that talks about the change from the wholesome product, with Bret Hart as the good guy, to the "evil" Stone Cold Steve Austin becoming a fan favourite, even though he is a "typical heel" type character. That's what's happening with Punk right now. He, as he said, insulted Stephanie McMahon right to her face at Summerslam. But he got cheered for it. It's a good sign, that things are changing. And every rebel needs a "man" to rebel against.. I'm not saying they're trying to re-create McMahon/Austin, but Hunter/Punk looks like it could get to that level.
I'd figured this would all lead to a Triple threat for the WWE title at night of champions. I mean I guess we could still get there after the finish to the main event this week. And they do need to make sure that Punk is on the card for Night of Champions. Every match is supposed to be a title match right? Triple Threat seems to be the way to go. Punk shouldn't win though, it should be another screwjob finish. Punk doesn't need the belt for this angle to work.
I guess Morrison/Del Rio was a good match. If you don't count the mis-steps by morrison. Sure he's athletic and high flying, but it takes more than that to be a top guy. If he wants to be the next Shawn Michaels (never going to happen) he needs to develop more of a well rounded style. Also, since coming back, if i'm right, he's only won once in singles competition? Why are they having him lose so much?
Divas. Lets see.. Eve got her neck snapped on the ropes and held her stomach.That kinda sums up how the match went for me.
Already talked about Vickie/Dolph. All i'll say is Alex Riley is the one that feels like an after-thought right now. Sure, he won, but the big story was Dolph and Vickie. Swagger got outshined as well. Admittedly, that's quite easy to do.
Ok so the Nash/HHH/Punk segment. Definitely my favourite part of the episode. Also, I'm so glad JR is getting a more dominant role as commentator. Cole can be the main guy on Smackdown, but JR is the voice of RAW, and he always will be.
As I said, Kevin Nash seemed so much more relaxed and comfortable this week. I don't get why people are worried that the fans of today don't know who Kevin Nash is. I mean, the internet is only a click/swipe/touch away these days. And this angle isn't for the casual fans. Let's be honest, it's for the fans who were sick of the product, and I also think for fans who may have stopped watching, who they're trying to get back.
Nash was great. HHH was great. It still feels a little stilted though. The most interesting part, was HHH saying "If you want to beat up CM Punk, go ahead ..... i don't care". Really think about it. All the little things that HHH has said in the last month, the things that at first seem harmless, and of no importance.. those are the things that people need to pay the most attention to. Not just HHH, everyone involved. Really go back and watch.
CM Punk, I think, may be on the right track. But I think (i hope this doesn't happen) this is all going to end up with Vince trying to get his job back. Laurinitis is Vince's yes-man.. and after the events of this week's RAW, it's clear he's not on HHH's "side". There's something more going on. And it's awesome.
The best part was that we got another HHH/Punk confrontation. And it was just as good as the first one. Punk is pushing the right buttons to get this kind of reaction from HHH and the fans. And Nash was just sticking up for his buddy. Or... was he sticking up for someone else.. someone who sends texts from other people's phones maybe...
The extra little backstage segment with HHH and Nash was good too. Nothing much to talk about, except for Nash telling Hunter that he's changed... It's interesting. I get the feeling Nash is working for Laurinitis, maybe trying to get Hunter to attack someone physically, so Laurinitis can use it as ammo to get Vince's job back. Just a thought.
Pastel colours don't look good as wrestling tights! And once again, the new tag team champions are just two singles guys who have been put together. Why are they teaming together? Why did it start? Give us some back story if you want us to care about the tag team division..
King refereneced the Bushwackers. Awesome.
So new tag champs.. that leads to a rematch at Night of Champions. Maybe there's going to be a run in from one of these apparent new signings of tag teams. .. Do something to make the Tag Team Titles matter.
JR.. A shooting star press is not a 450 splash.
And all we hear is that they've been talking about teaming for a long time after the match.. that doesn't make it interesting.
Ok, the main event starts now. Johnny Ace tells HHH that Nash was in a car accident.. my first thought was just that he did it to get rid of HHH so he could affect the outcome of the main event.
Miz and Truth shouldn't be a team. Truth may benefit from it, but it sends Miz backwards. Miz is main event. That's all.
As soon as this match was announced at the start of the show, it seemed pretty clear to me that Cena was going over. It made sense. it wasn't for any titles, and it keeps putting over the fact that Cena and Punk are on the same level.
Cena gets into the ring in a really impressive way. Just saying.
Ok so the match is the match, we all know what these guys can do in the ring, especially when they're wrestling each other.
Onto the finish.
Nice and simple when you think about it. CM Punk gets distracted, Cena picks up the win. Punk gets screwed over.
But if you add in the fake hospital call that Laurinitis gave HHH, that's when it gets interesting.
Oh, and before i go any further, of course Del Rio was going to attack the winner. Why else would he be out there? He can scout by watching a tv screen in the back.
Ok back to Nash. What does this mean? Did Nash have anything to do with Laurinitis giving HHH false information? My gut says no. Unless the story goes that Nash is being paid lots of money by Laurinitis/whoever Laurinitis is working for. I mean really working for.
Is Del Rio in on it? as the "corporate" champion, if i can use that term?.. I don't think so.
I can't wait for next week. The Nash/HHH confrontation is going to be worth it by itself, even without CM Punk, Cena, and the rest of the good stuff.
So what happens now? Well Nash is clearly operating on someone else's agenda. But the big question is who? The obvious answer is Vince, and that Laurinitis is the go-between with Vince and Nash. But, as with everything that's happened in the last 2 months, there hasn't really been any obvious stuff done, with the exception of the champ vs champ match at summerslam. But that was obvious in a good way. I'm hoping we don't find out who's behind it all until at least around the time of Vengeance. I'm not a big fan of the night of champions PPV, it's limiting in terms of storyline advancement, especially when your main storyline isn't really involving the title right now. But I am fairly sure they'll find a way to keep things interesting.
That's it, i'm done, leave a comment or send me a tweet @TheOZMouthpiece and tell me what you think. And if you don't like it, go suck a lemon.
So let's get straight to it.
I like where it's going. I like that they aren't rushing this angle. Who sent the text message? We still don't know, but now, as CM Punk said, it looks like we have a little mystery on our hands. And it's just getting more and more complex as each episode plays out.
Last week Kevin Nash didn't seem right. It didn't feel comfortable. He didn't seem comfortable. Luckily this week, things changed. Maybe it was being in the ring with his good buddy Hunter, maybe it was just a case of nerves, being back on a big stage (let's face it, TNA isn't really big time these days) for the first time in a long time. But, as I said last week, I am a huge Kevin Nash fan, so I am really glad that he seemed more comfortable in the ring. And I hope we eventually see him wrestling.
I also really like the story that's developing with Dolph and Vickie. Dolph is a great performer, he's going to be a world champion soon. Vickie is doing really well as a manager, and she is really over as a heel. I really hope they decide to run with the idea of giving her a stable of guys (possibly girls too) to manage, and bring back this idea of managers. They add so much to someone's presence. Remember when Shawn Michaels split from Janetty? He gained Sherri's managerial services, and was suddenly a top singles guy. Anyone who was associated with Bobby Heenan was automatically a massive heel. As the brain once said, "you listen to me, you go to the top. You don't listen to me... you're never heard from again".
So let's get into the specifics.
Straight away, let me say I'm hoping that Kevin Nash get's "hired"... it seems weird that he has no entrance music. But, I like the way it's being done, as HHH said, "He doesn't work here". That gives this angle the potential to run for a long time.
Anyway, here's the part where i start talking about what I liked about the show.
Man, I tell you what, I loved the ending to last week's show. Oh no, I just said i loved something Cena did! Look out, all those Cena haters are going to jump all over me. Big deal. Keep an open mind.
John IS changing his character ever so slightly. But he's doing it because it's right for the business, not to appease the people who dislike him.
But he's angry. He's got attitude. He's got balls. And that can only be a good thing.
And he's fighting to keep the integrity of the WWE championship whole. This I can get behind.
Cena's mic work this week was excellent. "I am so sick of trying to make average seem awesome".. I'm starting to wonder if he's talking about Del Rio himself, or the barrage of sub-standard storylines we've been fed for the last few years.
And John is right. As of right now, out of all the talent in the WWE, there's only one guy on RAW that can go with him. and that is CM Punk. I'd put Randy Orton in that category, but other than that, everyone else is retired or not wrestling right now. Shawn, HHH, Edge and Undertaker.
I did always enjoy his matches with Big Show though.
Whenever CM Punk's music hits you know things are going to get good. And as usual we're not disappointed. Punk is the voice of the voiceless again, saying it's a "re-run" and John Cena wants yet another title shot.
One thing i did notice, is Del Rio fits into this opening segment really nicely. He doesn't seem intimidated by being in the ring with, let's face it, the top 2 guys in the WWE right now. This bodes well for the future.
Awesome Jack Tunney reference by Punk.
This all seems very reminiscent of something to me though, in a good way. I watched Wrestling with Shadows last night, for the first time. A big part of that talks about the change from the wholesome product, with Bret Hart as the good guy, to the "evil" Stone Cold Steve Austin becoming a fan favourite, even though he is a "typical heel" type character. That's what's happening with Punk right now. He, as he said, insulted Stephanie McMahon right to her face at Summerslam. But he got cheered for it. It's a good sign, that things are changing. And every rebel needs a "man" to rebel against.. I'm not saying they're trying to re-create McMahon/Austin, but Hunter/Punk looks like it could get to that level.
I'd figured this would all lead to a Triple threat for the WWE title at night of champions. I mean I guess we could still get there after the finish to the main event this week. And they do need to make sure that Punk is on the card for Night of Champions. Every match is supposed to be a title match right? Triple Threat seems to be the way to go. Punk shouldn't win though, it should be another screwjob finish. Punk doesn't need the belt for this angle to work.
I guess Morrison/Del Rio was a good match. If you don't count the mis-steps by morrison. Sure he's athletic and high flying, but it takes more than that to be a top guy. If he wants to be the next Shawn Michaels (never going to happen) he needs to develop more of a well rounded style. Also, since coming back, if i'm right, he's only won once in singles competition? Why are they having him lose so much?
Divas. Lets see.. Eve got her neck snapped on the ropes and held her stomach.That kinda sums up how the match went for me.
Already talked about Vickie/Dolph. All i'll say is Alex Riley is the one that feels like an after-thought right now. Sure, he won, but the big story was Dolph and Vickie. Swagger got outshined as well. Admittedly, that's quite easy to do.
Ok so the Nash/HHH/Punk segment. Definitely my favourite part of the episode. Also, I'm so glad JR is getting a more dominant role as commentator. Cole can be the main guy on Smackdown, but JR is the voice of RAW, and he always will be.
As I said, Kevin Nash seemed so much more relaxed and comfortable this week. I don't get why people are worried that the fans of today don't know who Kevin Nash is. I mean, the internet is only a click/swipe/touch away these days. And this angle isn't for the casual fans. Let's be honest, it's for the fans who were sick of the product, and I also think for fans who may have stopped watching, who they're trying to get back.
Nash was great. HHH was great. It still feels a little stilted though. The most interesting part, was HHH saying "If you want to beat up CM Punk, go ahead ..... i don't care". Really think about it. All the little things that HHH has said in the last month, the things that at first seem harmless, and of no importance.. those are the things that people need to pay the most attention to. Not just HHH, everyone involved. Really go back and watch.
CM Punk, I think, may be on the right track. But I think (i hope this doesn't happen) this is all going to end up with Vince trying to get his job back. Laurinitis is Vince's yes-man.. and after the events of this week's RAW, it's clear he's not on HHH's "side". There's something more going on. And it's awesome.
The best part was that we got another HHH/Punk confrontation. And it was just as good as the first one. Punk is pushing the right buttons to get this kind of reaction from HHH and the fans. And Nash was just sticking up for his buddy. Or... was he sticking up for someone else.. someone who sends texts from other people's phones maybe...
The extra little backstage segment with HHH and Nash was good too. Nothing much to talk about, except for Nash telling Hunter that he's changed... It's interesting. I get the feeling Nash is working for Laurinitis, maybe trying to get Hunter to attack someone physically, so Laurinitis can use it as ammo to get Vince's job back. Just a thought.
Pastel colours don't look good as wrestling tights! And once again, the new tag team champions are just two singles guys who have been put together. Why are they teaming together? Why did it start? Give us some back story if you want us to care about the tag team division..
King refereneced the Bushwackers. Awesome.
So new tag champs.. that leads to a rematch at Night of Champions. Maybe there's going to be a run in from one of these apparent new signings of tag teams. .. Do something to make the Tag Team Titles matter.
JR.. A shooting star press is not a 450 splash.
And all we hear is that they've been talking about teaming for a long time after the match.. that doesn't make it interesting.
Ok, the main event starts now. Johnny Ace tells HHH that Nash was in a car accident.. my first thought was just that he did it to get rid of HHH so he could affect the outcome of the main event.
Miz and Truth shouldn't be a team. Truth may benefit from it, but it sends Miz backwards. Miz is main event. That's all.
As soon as this match was announced at the start of the show, it seemed pretty clear to me that Cena was going over. It made sense. it wasn't for any titles, and it keeps putting over the fact that Cena and Punk are on the same level.
Cena gets into the ring in a really impressive way. Just saying.
Ok so the match is the match, we all know what these guys can do in the ring, especially when they're wrestling each other.
Onto the finish.
Nice and simple when you think about it. CM Punk gets distracted, Cena picks up the win. Punk gets screwed over.
But if you add in the fake hospital call that Laurinitis gave HHH, that's when it gets interesting.
Oh, and before i go any further, of course Del Rio was going to attack the winner. Why else would he be out there? He can scout by watching a tv screen in the back.
Ok back to Nash. What does this mean? Did Nash have anything to do with Laurinitis giving HHH false information? My gut says no. Unless the story goes that Nash is being paid lots of money by Laurinitis/whoever Laurinitis is working for. I mean really working for.
Is Del Rio in on it? as the "corporate" champion, if i can use that term?.. I don't think so.
I can't wait for next week. The Nash/HHH confrontation is going to be worth it by itself, even without CM Punk, Cena, and the rest of the good stuff.
So what happens now? Well Nash is clearly operating on someone else's agenda. But the big question is who? The obvious answer is Vince, and that Laurinitis is the go-between with Vince and Nash. But, as with everything that's happened in the last 2 months, there hasn't really been any obvious stuff done, with the exception of the champ vs champ match at summerslam. But that was obvious in a good way. I'm hoping we don't find out who's behind it all until at least around the time of Vengeance. I'm not a big fan of the night of champions PPV, it's limiting in terms of storyline advancement, especially when your main storyline isn't really involving the title right now. But I am fairly sure they'll find a way to keep things interesting.
That's it, i'm done, leave a comment or send me a tweet @TheOZMouthpiece and tell me what you think. And if you don't like it, go suck a lemon.
August 22, 2011
The case of the Hardy boys and the poor management.
Welcome to another edition of the Aussie Mouthpiece. I am said mouthpiece.
I want to talk about the news that broke today (in australia at least), that being the firing of Matt Hardy from TNA wrestling.
I'm not going to talk about what happened with Matt, I don't know the circumstances, I'm not in any position to judge him, however, as we say in this country, if you drink then drive, you're a bloody idiot. so Matt, you're a bloody idiot.
What i want to talk about is TNA.
More specifically, how the hell can they justify firing Matt Hardy, yet keeping Jeff Hardy on the roster? Matt, who was already suspended from TNA, was caught driving over the alcohol limit. Not at a TNA event, not presently associated with TNA from the suspension. Jeff Hardy showed up to main event a pay-per-view either off of his head, or he became off his head on drugs during the broadcast! How is that not as bad as what happened with Matt Hardy?
How can you keep Jeff Hardy on your roster after that? He made the company look bad. Well, worse than it already looked with Hogan running the show. But showing up and trying to wrestle like that.. I just feel really bad for Sting especially, having to go out there and try to work a match with that guy.
I remember watching Jeff Hardy break out in WWE in 2007 or so I think. He had a match with Triple H, on RAW, and it was great. He was clean, he wasn't botching, he was connecting majorly with the fans, and if i remember correctly, he may have gone over that night. And then he got suspended and missed Wrestlemania 24.
But I remember him coming back, working his way back up and then finally winning the world title at the end of 2008. It was great, I was in, i was a fan.
And then what happened? 6 or so months later, he left. and 2 weeks later was busted with drugs. That was almost it for me with Jeff Hardy.
Let me just stop there, i was a big fan of the Hardys for years, those TLC matches were amazing, and I always liked Jeff because he was different.
So when he left and then straight away was back into drugs.. it was a let down. I'm sure for his more rabid fans it was a big let down. Like "he left just so he could get high again".
So this brings me to TNA again.
First of all they bring Jeff Hardy in, and then turn him heel? Jeff Hardy .. the guy with some of the most loyal fans i've ever seen? Heel? that ain't gonna work. It didn't. he just got high instead.
Then they bring in Matt Hardy, who had claimed on his youtube videos to be in great shape, but it appeared that wasn't the case when he made his first TNA appearance.
Now i don't think Matt looked bad at all, he looked in decent shape, but still, he had enough time after his WWE release (by the way.. the grapes thing.. yeah that was just weird. Trying to explain it as a gimmick.. i didn't buy it. It seemed like drugs.) He still had time to get in shape even better. But that's neither here nor there.
What did he have.. 3 matches in TNA? I didn't really notice when he got suspended to be honest.
Now we all know what happened at Victory Road. Hardy was off his face, and Sting had to wrestle a short match, and basically hold him down for the 3 count, after which Jeff completely no-selled Sting's finisher. Terrible. Made the company look bad as i said earlier.
But what happened? They just gave him time off to "get himself right". No suspension.. no firing.. Why the hell was he allowed to go to the ring in the first place? Who's foolish idea was that? Oh.. i forgot who runs TNA for a minute there....
So Matt Hardy got suspended for "showing up late".. that tends to happen with hangovers.
But the only thing i can think of is that TNA were planning on releasing him before the DWI or whatever you Americans call it happened.
But my point here is, how in the blue hell does Jeff Hardy, who is on trial for drug possession, still have a paid position at TNA, whereas his brother, WHO CAN WRESTLE and isn't potentially going to jail.. well until today.. how do they fire him first? Something is very wrong in TNA. Are they going to have James Storm stop coming out with a beer now? Probably not. Will they make Ric Flair stop talking about his reservations and crap at nightclubs? No.
WWE would.
Matt Hardy, probably shouldn't have a job. But not because of a drink driving incident. Especially when his drug addled brother (have you see those videos Jeff has put on youtube... Jeff.. don't give the guys trying to put you in jail more evidence.. jeez).. has a job in said company.
So as you can probably tell, I've given up on Jeff Hardy. I remember CM Punk cutting a promo about him just after the news of his drug possession came out. I hated CM Punk for that, I thought it was low, and whoever gave that the green light was a scumbag.
But now, after Victory Road.. i couldn't care less.
Anyway, I've written enough about these 2. I really hope they can both sort their lives out, if only for themselves. I don't think we'll see either of them in a (well known) ring for a long time, if ever. But the fact that Jeff Hardy is still employed by TNA shows you what kind of company they really are. And if i was one of the employees of that company, i'd be exteremely pissed off.
That's it, if you liked it, comment it, if you hated it, comment, and then go suck a lemon.
Signing out now.
I want to talk about the news that broke today (in australia at least), that being the firing of Matt Hardy from TNA wrestling.
I'm not going to talk about what happened with Matt, I don't know the circumstances, I'm not in any position to judge him, however, as we say in this country, if you drink then drive, you're a bloody idiot. so Matt, you're a bloody idiot.
What i want to talk about is TNA.
More specifically, how the hell can they justify firing Matt Hardy, yet keeping Jeff Hardy on the roster? Matt, who was already suspended from TNA, was caught driving over the alcohol limit. Not at a TNA event, not presently associated with TNA from the suspension. Jeff Hardy showed up to main event a pay-per-view either off of his head, or he became off his head on drugs during the broadcast! How is that not as bad as what happened with Matt Hardy?
How can you keep Jeff Hardy on your roster after that? He made the company look bad. Well, worse than it already looked with Hogan running the show. But showing up and trying to wrestle like that.. I just feel really bad for Sting especially, having to go out there and try to work a match with that guy.
I remember watching Jeff Hardy break out in WWE in 2007 or so I think. He had a match with Triple H, on RAW, and it was great. He was clean, he wasn't botching, he was connecting majorly with the fans, and if i remember correctly, he may have gone over that night. And then he got suspended and missed Wrestlemania 24.
But I remember him coming back, working his way back up and then finally winning the world title at the end of 2008. It was great, I was in, i was a fan.
And then what happened? 6 or so months later, he left. and 2 weeks later was busted with drugs. That was almost it for me with Jeff Hardy.
Let me just stop there, i was a big fan of the Hardys for years, those TLC matches were amazing, and I always liked Jeff because he was different.
So when he left and then straight away was back into drugs.. it was a let down. I'm sure for his more rabid fans it was a big let down. Like "he left just so he could get high again".
So this brings me to TNA again.
First of all they bring Jeff Hardy in, and then turn him heel? Jeff Hardy .. the guy with some of the most loyal fans i've ever seen? Heel? that ain't gonna work. It didn't. he just got high instead.
Then they bring in Matt Hardy, who had claimed on his youtube videos to be in great shape, but it appeared that wasn't the case when he made his first TNA appearance.
Now i don't think Matt looked bad at all, he looked in decent shape, but still, he had enough time after his WWE release (by the way.. the grapes thing.. yeah that was just weird. Trying to explain it as a gimmick.. i didn't buy it. It seemed like drugs.) He still had time to get in shape even better. But that's neither here nor there.
What did he have.. 3 matches in TNA? I didn't really notice when he got suspended to be honest.
Now we all know what happened at Victory Road. Hardy was off his face, and Sting had to wrestle a short match, and basically hold him down for the 3 count, after which Jeff completely no-selled Sting's finisher. Terrible. Made the company look bad as i said earlier.
But what happened? They just gave him time off to "get himself right". No suspension.. no firing.. Why the hell was he allowed to go to the ring in the first place? Who's foolish idea was that? Oh.. i forgot who runs TNA for a minute there....
So Matt Hardy got suspended for "showing up late".. that tends to happen with hangovers.
But the only thing i can think of is that TNA were planning on releasing him before the DWI or whatever you Americans call it happened.
But my point here is, how in the blue hell does Jeff Hardy, who is on trial for drug possession, still have a paid position at TNA, whereas his brother, WHO CAN WRESTLE and isn't potentially going to jail.. well until today.. how do they fire him first? Something is very wrong in TNA. Are they going to have James Storm stop coming out with a beer now? Probably not. Will they make Ric Flair stop talking about his reservations and crap at nightclubs? No.
WWE would.
Matt Hardy, probably shouldn't have a job. But not because of a drink driving incident. Especially when his drug addled brother (have you see those videos Jeff has put on youtube... Jeff.. don't give the guys trying to put you in jail more evidence.. jeez).. has a job in said company.
So as you can probably tell, I've given up on Jeff Hardy. I remember CM Punk cutting a promo about him just after the news of his drug possession came out. I hated CM Punk for that, I thought it was low, and whoever gave that the green light was a scumbag.
But now, after Victory Road.. i couldn't care less.
Anyway, I've written enough about these 2. I really hope they can both sort their lives out, if only for themselves. I don't think we'll see either of them in a (well known) ring for a long time, if ever. But the fact that Jeff Hardy is still employed by TNA shows you what kind of company they really are. And if i was one of the employees of that company, i'd be exteremely pissed off.
That's it, if you liked it, comment it, if you hated it, comment, and then go suck a lemon.
Signing out now.
August 18, 2011
Never leave your phone lying around.
Another week, and another RAW.
Welcome back to the newly named Aussie Mouthpiece blog. I am the Aussie Mouthpiece (formerly known as the Armchair Mouthpiece), and I'm here to talk about what I liked about RAW.
If you haven't read one of my posts before, this isn't a minute by minute recap of what happened on the show. Basically, what I do is talk about what I feel are the highlights, and what could potentially be in the cards.
So onto the show.
Coming off of Summerslam, which left us with more questions than answers I feel, this show needed to be top notch. We needed to hear from HHH, Punk, Nash, and Cena.
We got that.
But what we didn't get was a great show I don't think.
It felt like they didn't know where they are going with this angle yet. HHH is still in this weird funk of not having his role made completely clear yet..we're being given this 'corporate' good for business version of HHH.. but hopefully this storyline will give us a clearer perspective on where the HHH character stands. I don't think the blend of heel/face works for everyone, and he is one of those guys that it doesn't work for. Edge, CM Punk, Cena it works for.
So HHH started the show, apologised, claimed no prior knowledge of his actions at Summerslam. If they are going down this road of it eventually being HHH, for whatever reason, it kinda feels like we've been down this road before.
When Shawn Michaels returned, in 2002 there was an angle where he was attacked from behind and his head was put through a car window. HHH claimed no knowledge, said he'd find out who did it.. and eventually it turned out to be HHH who attacked Shawn.
It is slightly different, but it's still the bad guy feigning innocence. I for one hope they don't go with HHH as the "guy who sent the text".
Alberto Del Rio is champion huh? .. I've always really disliked the elitist champions/wrestlers. He's good, sure. He has entertaining matches, and I think having him cash in the MiTB helps move Punk into a different level of his feud, away from John Cena, which means Cena may get more focused towards The Rock (Survivor Series is coming up fairly soon remember), and Punk can start "fighting the power". So to speak.
So Alberto Del Rio is champion.. I say he has the belt for at most, a couple of months.
They gave him a lot of mic time though, was a decent promo. Especially.. "Alberto, what are you gonna do today? I feel like beating up Rey Mysterio!". I just don't see him as the face of the company. Which is kinda what the WWE champion is, even more than the World Heavyweight champion at the moment.
Now, you may wonder why I don't talk about the matches a lot during these RAW posts. I was wondering that myself for a while, but I realised something after watching Raven's latest blog. He talked about why he watches wrestling, and that there are 2 types of people who watch wrestling. Those who watch more for the actual wrestling, and those who watch for the episodic storytelling. You can't tell a good story without the matches, but the matches need to have some kind of story behind them to make them really interesting. And I fall into that category of watching for the episodic storytelling.
That's why.
So Morrison and R-Truth have a falls count anywhere match. And he cut a bad, terrible, boring promo before the match.. Morrison is fairly good in the ring, but he's not awesome. There are other people on the current WWE roster that can do what he does, and more.
Scott Armstrong counts a lot slower than other referees.
The match was decent, but I'm not a huge fan of Morrison, I get a bit bored watching him. R-Truth needs a more serious promo or something. He's great in the ring, but the spiders and the c.o.n... spiracy thing makes it seem like he's a comedic character, when he could easily be so much more. I do like the little jimmy thing though.
One thing i don't like about this falls count anywhere match, is that they spent too much time out of the ring. John Morrison is supposed to be a high flyer right? Truth has a lot of moves that he hits after coming off of the ropes right? How do you do that, if you're out of the ring 80 percent of the time? Think about it.
Miz is great. I like Subway. Sure, that was basically just a big Ad for subway, but it was entertaining.
All i'm going to say about the divas match, is why the hell aren't Kelly and Eve in a match with the people they're feuding with? Bellas are not entertaining. That match, was not entertaining.
Oh hey look Kelly kelly ... who's leg was worked on for the whole match.. is walking with no trouble at all. ........
So this is the part of RAW that i'll be talking the most about. Kevin Nash, and CM Punk.
I am a huge Kevin Nash fan. When i started watching wrestling in 1996/97 he was the guy that became my favourite. So I was really excited about him being back on RAW.
What the hell happened?
He doesn't sound like Kevin Nash.. there was nothing goin on.. he sounds like he's on something. I like the explanation, "just business". Nash has been known for doing "business", so it makes sense.
Like I said, i'm a huge Nash fan, so it was disappointing that he wasn't, at least to me, at his best.
Punk on the other hand, was at his best.
I keep getting worried that the whole "what will he say" thing is going to become a bit stale, like, it'll just become a little boring, a little less shock value, but he keeps pulling out these brilliant lines.
"If Triple H told you to jump off a bridge would you? Because I think that would be good for business".
CM Punk is so good on the mic right now. Scratch that, he's been great on the mic for years, but now we're really getting to see how good he is, because he's been given a bit of freedom. He, and I'm sure not in a malicious way, ran rings around Nash mic wise.
I read that a lot of the little jabs etc. in this promo weren't talked about before hand. You could kind of see Kevin Nash getting pissed off at a few of the things Punk said, but for some reason, it didn't really come across that way in his voice. I just feel like Nash wasn't all there or something, he could be so much better.
He wasn't terrible by any stretch, don't get me wrong. Nash is awesome. He will always be awesome to me.
Punk is on a different level though.
I really hope the text message he read out was real. That was brilliant. Line of the night.
So really, to sum up, Punk was amazing, Nash seemed unsure of what he was saying, but he's still Big Daddy Cool when it all boils down to it, and that means I want to see more.
Also, Nash's goatee is awesome, even if it's a little reminiscent of Undertaker when he was in the ministry.
My only concern is that this is all going to end up a lot like the "Higher Power" story line. What i mean by that is all that's going to happen, the big payoff is that everyone is doing Vince McMahon's bidding. That would be boring.
I like that all the suspects are being shown, and the little backstage segment with Laurinitis and Nash was a great example of that. Now we're thinking.. Laurinitis is Vince's yes-man.. maybe it's Vince! Then later on Stephanie is in Triple H's office.. maybe it's Stephanie!
Regardless, it's interesting, and that's what's important. I'm almost at that point where i'm confident that this change to really entertaining wrestling and storylines is permanent, and they're not going to drop the ball. Almost.
One little thing, Jerry Lawler needs to stop calling Vickie Guererro fat. Hey king, go get some more plastic surgery!
The commentary on the Riley/Swagger match was way more entertaining than the match. And what the hell happened with that finish?
They're trying to rebuild the tag team division and make it relevant again. So instead of just putting two singles wrestlers together, aka evan bourne and kofi.. with no reason as to why they'd team up (unless i'm mistaken).. give us a reason for them teaming up, make them a tag team.. a proper tag team!
So much for giving Rey big plans for this summerslam/raw weekend. I guess maybe it was because of his knee injury, but, I never really believed they were going to have him win the championship.
So I have to talk about John Cena's promo too, because it was very, very good.
He's talking about integrity, bringing as much integrity to the WWE title as possible. I like it.
Cena showing some more attitude.
I love it. Not trying to be funny, no little jokes, just attitude and passion. That's what i want to see. And that's what Cena is giving us.
So what happens now?
Well, I think next week's RAW won't answer everything, I think we'll find out if CM Punk gets to fight Nash, but i'm guessing that wouldn't be at Night of Champions right.. because that's the Pay per view where it's all championship matches. So Vengeance? that's about 2 months away though. It'll be interesting to see what happens.
Clearly it looks to be Del Rio vs Cena coming up at some point. Maybe the night of champions match will be a Triple Threat. Punk vs Cena vs Del Rio. that makes sense.
I think Miz needs to be in there too though, they can't leave him off of two pay per views (I know he was at summerslam, but it was a last minute match)
Should be an interesting few weeks. Can't wait to see more CM Punk, more Nash, more Cena (wow, i just said that). Who knows, maybe more of the kliq will show up.. X-Pac works for WWE right?...
That's it, i'm done, if you don't like it, go suck a lemon.
Welcome back to the newly named Aussie Mouthpiece blog. I am the Aussie Mouthpiece (formerly known as the Armchair Mouthpiece), and I'm here to talk about what I liked about RAW.
If you haven't read one of my posts before, this isn't a minute by minute recap of what happened on the show. Basically, what I do is talk about what I feel are the highlights, and what could potentially be in the cards.
So onto the show.
Coming off of Summerslam, which left us with more questions than answers I feel, this show needed to be top notch. We needed to hear from HHH, Punk, Nash, and Cena.
We got that.
But what we didn't get was a great show I don't think.
It felt like they didn't know where they are going with this angle yet. HHH is still in this weird funk of not having his role made completely clear yet..we're being given this 'corporate' good for business version of HHH.. but hopefully this storyline will give us a clearer perspective on where the HHH character stands. I don't think the blend of heel/face works for everyone, and he is one of those guys that it doesn't work for. Edge, CM Punk, Cena it works for.
So HHH started the show, apologised, claimed no prior knowledge of his actions at Summerslam. If they are going down this road of it eventually being HHH, for whatever reason, it kinda feels like we've been down this road before.
When Shawn Michaels returned, in 2002 there was an angle where he was attacked from behind and his head was put through a car window. HHH claimed no knowledge, said he'd find out who did it.. and eventually it turned out to be HHH who attacked Shawn.
It is slightly different, but it's still the bad guy feigning innocence. I for one hope they don't go with HHH as the "guy who sent the text".
Alberto Del Rio is champion huh? .. I've always really disliked the elitist champions/wrestlers. He's good, sure. He has entertaining matches, and I think having him cash in the MiTB helps move Punk into a different level of his feud, away from John Cena, which means Cena may get more focused towards The Rock (Survivor Series is coming up fairly soon remember), and Punk can start "fighting the power". So to speak.
So Alberto Del Rio is champion.. I say he has the belt for at most, a couple of months.
They gave him a lot of mic time though, was a decent promo. Especially.. "Alberto, what are you gonna do today? I feel like beating up Rey Mysterio!". I just don't see him as the face of the company. Which is kinda what the WWE champion is, even more than the World Heavyweight champion at the moment.
Now, you may wonder why I don't talk about the matches a lot during these RAW posts. I was wondering that myself for a while, but I realised something after watching Raven's latest blog. He talked about why he watches wrestling, and that there are 2 types of people who watch wrestling. Those who watch more for the actual wrestling, and those who watch for the episodic storytelling. You can't tell a good story without the matches, but the matches need to have some kind of story behind them to make them really interesting. And I fall into that category of watching for the episodic storytelling.
That's why.
So Morrison and R-Truth have a falls count anywhere match. And he cut a bad, terrible, boring promo before the match.. Morrison is fairly good in the ring, but he's not awesome. There are other people on the current WWE roster that can do what he does, and more.
Scott Armstrong counts a lot slower than other referees.
The match was decent, but I'm not a huge fan of Morrison, I get a bit bored watching him. R-Truth needs a more serious promo or something. He's great in the ring, but the spiders and the c.o.n... spiracy thing makes it seem like he's a comedic character, when he could easily be so much more. I do like the little jimmy thing though.
One thing i don't like about this falls count anywhere match, is that they spent too much time out of the ring. John Morrison is supposed to be a high flyer right? Truth has a lot of moves that he hits after coming off of the ropes right? How do you do that, if you're out of the ring 80 percent of the time? Think about it.
Miz is great. I like Subway. Sure, that was basically just a big Ad for subway, but it was entertaining.
All i'm going to say about the divas match, is why the hell aren't Kelly and Eve in a match with the people they're feuding with? Bellas are not entertaining. That match, was not entertaining.
Oh hey look Kelly kelly ... who's leg was worked on for the whole match.. is walking with no trouble at all. ........
So this is the part of RAW that i'll be talking the most about. Kevin Nash, and CM Punk.
I am a huge Kevin Nash fan. When i started watching wrestling in 1996/97 he was the guy that became my favourite. So I was really excited about him being back on RAW.
What the hell happened?
He doesn't sound like Kevin Nash.. there was nothing goin on.. he sounds like he's on something. I like the explanation, "just business". Nash has been known for doing "business", so it makes sense.
Like I said, i'm a huge Nash fan, so it was disappointing that he wasn't, at least to me, at his best.
Punk on the other hand, was at his best.
I keep getting worried that the whole "what will he say" thing is going to become a bit stale, like, it'll just become a little boring, a little less shock value, but he keeps pulling out these brilliant lines.
"If Triple H told you to jump off a bridge would you? Because I think that would be good for business".
CM Punk is so good on the mic right now. Scratch that, he's been great on the mic for years, but now we're really getting to see how good he is, because he's been given a bit of freedom. He, and I'm sure not in a malicious way, ran rings around Nash mic wise.
I read that a lot of the little jabs etc. in this promo weren't talked about before hand. You could kind of see Kevin Nash getting pissed off at a few of the things Punk said, but for some reason, it didn't really come across that way in his voice. I just feel like Nash wasn't all there or something, he could be so much better.
He wasn't terrible by any stretch, don't get me wrong. Nash is awesome. He will always be awesome to me.
Punk is on a different level though.
I really hope the text message he read out was real. That was brilliant. Line of the night.
So really, to sum up, Punk was amazing, Nash seemed unsure of what he was saying, but he's still Big Daddy Cool when it all boils down to it, and that means I want to see more.
Also, Nash's goatee is awesome, even if it's a little reminiscent of Undertaker when he was in the ministry.
My only concern is that this is all going to end up a lot like the "Higher Power" story line. What i mean by that is all that's going to happen, the big payoff is that everyone is doing Vince McMahon's bidding. That would be boring.
I like that all the suspects are being shown, and the little backstage segment with Laurinitis and Nash was a great example of that. Now we're thinking.. Laurinitis is Vince's yes-man.. maybe it's Vince! Then later on Stephanie is in Triple H's office.. maybe it's Stephanie!
Regardless, it's interesting, and that's what's important. I'm almost at that point where i'm confident that this change to really entertaining wrestling and storylines is permanent, and they're not going to drop the ball. Almost.
One little thing, Jerry Lawler needs to stop calling Vickie Guererro fat. Hey king, go get some more plastic surgery!
The commentary on the Riley/Swagger match was way more entertaining than the match. And what the hell happened with that finish?
They're trying to rebuild the tag team division and make it relevant again. So instead of just putting two singles wrestlers together, aka evan bourne and kofi.. with no reason as to why they'd team up (unless i'm mistaken).. give us a reason for them teaming up, make them a tag team.. a proper tag team!
So much for giving Rey big plans for this summerslam/raw weekend. I guess maybe it was because of his knee injury, but, I never really believed they were going to have him win the championship.
So I have to talk about John Cena's promo too, because it was very, very good.
He's talking about integrity, bringing as much integrity to the WWE title as possible. I like it.
Cena showing some more attitude.
I love it. Not trying to be funny, no little jokes, just attitude and passion. That's what i want to see. And that's what Cena is giving us.
So what happens now?
Well, I think next week's RAW won't answer everything, I think we'll find out if CM Punk gets to fight Nash, but i'm guessing that wouldn't be at Night of Champions right.. because that's the Pay per view where it's all championship matches. So Vengeance? that's about 2 months away though. It'll be interesting to see what happens.
Clearly it looks to be Del Rio vs Cena coming up at some point. Maybe the night of champions match will be a Triple Threat. Punk vs Cena vs Del Rio. that makes sense.
I think Miz needs to be in there too though, they can't leave him off of two pay per views (I know he was at summerslam, but it was a last minute match)
Should be an interesting few weeks. Can't wait to see more CM Punk, more Nash, more Cena (wow, i just said that). Who knows, maybe more of the kliq will show up.. X-Pac works for WWE right?...
That's it, i'm done, if you don't like it, go suck a lemon.
August 15, 2011
Who's your (big) Daddy?
Well... time for a Summerslam roundup, review, and general recapping. Let me say this now. If you haven't watched Summerslam, maybe don't read this, because SPOILERS abound.
First general thoughts.. there were way too many ads in the first half of the pay per view.
6-man tag was a good way to get a lot of faces on the show, but didn't really serve any real purpose other than that.
Morrison didn't botch!
The musical guests bored me.
Ok onto the matches.
We open with an unscheduled 6-man tag match.
Miz cuts a promo and gets interrupted by R-Truth who cuts a promo and gets interrupted. This all feels really thrown together at the last minute. It's a shame that they couldn't have done a little more than this.
R-Truth's vest is now "Little Jimmy Proof".
I understand why they did the match, it gets these guys on the pay per view, even if there's nothing really going on with any of them at the moment. Maybe a better idea would have been take out 2 of them, take your pick really.. and add in Dolph, and Riley, and change it to a battle royal for the US title. Just for fun.
The match was pretty good however, and I definitely think the guys made the best of what they got. I'm pretty sure Rey's knee was troubling him though, he didn't get involved until the end of the match really.
Kofi Kingston is really talented, but it feels like he's stuck in this spot at the moment.. he needs to make something happen if he wants to rise up the ranks, so to speak. His crazy high clothesline/cross body thing at the end of the match was amazing though.
R-Truth is less of a joke tonight. Good to see.
Morrison is not as good as Morrison thinks he is.
I gotta stop talking about the match for a second though. The commentary from Booker T (and Cole at points) is awful. I can't believe that they went with Booker over Jim Ross. JR explained on twitter that Booker helps represent smackdown, but, I don't know, it feels like if you're going to bring him back, you'd want him commentating on your big events.
Ok back to the rest of the match.
Miz did something i've never seen before. It looks like a version of a Cutter, except that Miz dropped to his knees not his back. Kind of like a Cutter, mixed with a Stunner.. A... Stutter?
Not much else to say, the finish was fairly obvious, especially after 10 minutes and Rey Mysterio not being in the ring.. But what I did like is that having Del Rio in the opening match maybe took away a bit of the idea that he would cash in his money in the bank..... little did we know...
Was a good finish, and man... Rey kicked Truth in the head so hard! Morrison hit a great spinning plancha, and Kofi hit that huge clothesline. Rey with the 619 and splash for the win.
Solid opening match, especially given no prior notice for us. I give it... 6.5/10
Laurnintis is a tool. CM Punk needs to kick him in the head again.
Was really surprised to see Stephanie, but it definitely makes sense, seeing that CM Punk has brought her up in recent weeks. And it highlights the importance of the main event, that she would show up as a corprorate figure.
I love the crowd reaction to seeing Stephanie. Wooooaaaahhhhhh instead of the usual cheer.
One of the best lines of the night at the end of this segment. "I would, but uh.. i know where that hand's been". Hahaha. Punk delivers again. Damn he is on fire at the moment.
So Sheamus and Mark Henry is up next.
I gotta be honest, I wasn't looking forward to this match. I haven't watched a lot of Smackdown lately, and I'm not a believer that Mark Henry is talented enough to go higher than mid-card. I figured that out when he wrestled Undertaker at WM 22.
Sheamus, I hadn't really seen as a babyface yet, still wasn't sure how that would go.
I was pleasantly surprised on both fronts.
Mark Henry is doing really well with this push he's being given. It's believable. Just as Sheamus is, with the Irish warrior thing he's got going on.
From thinking about how this could go, it didn't make sense to have Sheamus win. If Sheamus beats Henry, Henry loses all momentum.
But if Sheamus loses, it doesn't do anything for Sheamus.
Absolute best line of the night was "Oh man... he just left a skidmark on that boy". Thankyou Booker T. Thankyou so much.
Sheamus is excellent as a babyface. The crowd seemed really into him every time he tried to make a comeback. And when he tied Henry up in the ropes and started pounding his chest, man.. Henry looked like he couldn't take it. Those shots sounded brutal.
The finish was great, and worked so well to keep both guys going. It put Henry over as a monster who can dominate anyone, and with Sheamus not being pinned, it didn't make him look weak either. If you get to watch a replay, check out the guy directly to the right of the impact in the front row, his reaction is priceless.
All in all, a much better match than I originally thought, Sheamus is going to go a long way. 7/10 (just for the finish!)
Cee Lo did some singing. I was hoping Mo and Mabel would come out and join him, we could have had a men on a mission reunion.
Divas joined him for whatever the second song was... and even that didn't make it more interesting for me.
Nuff said.
So the Diva's title match is up next.
This was a match I was looking forward to, not because it was going to be a classic or anything, mainly because I, like a lot of people, wanted to see Beth Phoenix knock the crap out of Kelly Kelly.
I don't buy Kelly as a tough wrestling type girl. Not in the slightest.
So there's not a lot to say about this match either, Beth had new ring gear.. I'm not sure about it, kinda liked the old stuff, but it's not bad by any stretch.
I didn't like the ending at first, with Kelly getting the quick pin, but thinking about it, it does make more sense to keep her (kelly) the champion, maybe next month's pay per view will be the changing of the times. Let them build Beth and Natalya up a bit more, have them destroy the Bellas (please) or something.
One other thing, Kelly Kelly needs to learn how to hit the ropes. It annoys me every single time i see it. The point of hitting the ropes is to get extra speed right? She turns, stops, and just touches them. It's ridiculous.
Anyway, Beth was great, Kelly wasn't. I hope we have a new Women's champion soon. 5/10
Stephanie on camera again, coming out of Cena's dressing room. I love what they're doing with this angle.
Great to see Jimmy Hart too. Although you could see the Little Jimmy coming miles away.
Wade Barrett vs Daniel Bryan.
I was looking forward to this one. Bryan is great, and i'm really starting to love what Barrett is doing. He comes across legitametly tough, reminds me of William Regal.
What i was NOT looking forward to was Michael Cole talking. Enough with the nerd crap Cole, you were a damn cheerleader!
Anyway, as I said I was really looking forward to this match. And i wasn't disappointed.
Lots of great back and forth action, Bryan showing a lot of submissions and locks and stuff you don't usually see in WWE matches.
Oh and his kicks look amazingly brutal.
Barrett hit some awesome moves too. that swinging sidewalk slam, and springboard backbreaker were two highlights for me.
Other highlights, Daniel Bryan's knee into Barrett's head. Owch.
The clothesline when Bryan was straddling the top rope.
Anyway, Barrett is awesome, Bryan is awesome. Let's hope we see more of these two in matches. 8/10
Orton and Christian ... I was hoping this would be good, but i wasn't expecting it to be.
Man was I wrong.
I think like everyone, knowing that this was going to be the 4th time in a row it would be Orton vs Christian for the WHC, I was kind of at that point of "again?..."
Again was worth it.
And we got the added surprise of Edge.
Now that was good, I got a little excited when he came out. But then I started thinking, Edge retired as a face, and the crowd are cheering him now... why would he side with the heel in this match?
So I was glad when he called Christian a bitch and left.
And the match was amazing. Orton was bleeding from 3 or 4 different places at the end of it, you could tell it was really brutal.
I loved the use of the table, leaving it flat on the ring mat instead of setting it up and then hitting the superplex on it. That was really different, and great. I guess it helped make it easier to put christian through it when Orton powerslammed him through it.
Orton still looks like Giant Gonzales to me, but with a lot more talent.
I was thinking for a while we'd see Edge again towards the end of this match, especially when Christian began to set up the Con-chair-to. The setup reminded me of the spot at the Royal Rumble a couple of years ago when Matt turned on Jeff Hardy. Sort of, I don't know, I just remembered that when he went for the chair. But I think it was right that we didn't see Edge, it was more like he said his piece and that was enough.
Also this is just a personal thing, but spitting on someone else is disgusting. I'm glad Orton beat the snot out of Christian after that.
So many brutal spots in this match, though the two that stand out for me were the RKO through the announce table, and the DDT onto the trash can.
Randy seemed like the obvious choice to have win this match, hopefully this is the finish of this feud, and we can move on to something new going forward.
Overall .. easily the 2nd best match of the night. 8.5/10.
One other thing, it's amazing how much of a reaction Orton could get, just by putting Christian's head on those steps and then placing his foot on top.. really, watch that part back again if you can. Sometimes it's what you don't do that leaves more of an impression. Sometimes you leave someone's face impression on a garbage can too.
And now we have the main event.
I love CM Punk's thing of sitting cross legged in the ring. just sayin.
I'm trying to understand the relevance of Cena saying to the camera "This is where i started. I used to walk the concourse of this place.. in gimmick".. I guess he just wanted to say it. Weird.
This match had so much hype to live up to, not just from Money in The Bank, but all of the promos on RAW. CM Punk was going to have to back up what he said, and Cena was going to have to prove he is who he said he was.
And HHH added into the mix just added to the expectations.
There were so many ideas floating around for the finish. HHH screws Punk, ADR cashes in his money in the bank.
HHH screws Cena.
Cena turns heel. (not going to happen)
I don't think most people were expecting that kind of finish though. I mean, apart from the foot on the rope, it was basically a clean finish. As i said in my previous blog what I thought might've happened is HHH ended up screwing Cena.. So i guess in a way I was right. But it was "accidental".
Oh yeah.. Why the hell is Michael Cole telling us which wrestler is which? First of all, even if someone hadn't watched before tonight, they've just seen a promo package of the events leading up to this match, they've both made their entrances with their names on the tron, and they've just been introduced by the ring announcer. WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE! Where's JR... seriously!
Ok onto the actual match.
Cena pulled out a lot of different moves in this match, I was really impressed with him. More so than usual. Because he's always consistent, he's always good at what he does, but there was a lot of new stuff. Maybe he's trying to show he can be more than the 5 moves of doom, not for the people who hate him, but for himself. I believe that's the only reason he'd change. Cena is not going to bow to pressure just to get people to like him. Best example, he hit a rolling sideslam/rock bottom looking thing.
Having said that, I loved the "Fruity Pebbles" chants.
Another thing i loved about this match was they went out there trying to do something different than Money in the Bank. There was a deliberate pace, lots of headlocks, lots of submission type moves, they didn't just go out there and try to recreate what they did a month ago. Punk even pulled out the Koji-Clutch.
So like i said, lots of different moves, lots of originality. Also, the way that Punk and Cena broke up each other's standard "routines" was great. Makes it feel different.
And man, Punk hit his head hard on that dive through the ropes onto Cena/the barricade. Sure, it's padded.. but so are boxing gloves. But it did lead to that awesome little spot of Triple H throwing them both back into the ring to stop the double count-out.
Favourite part of the match was CM Punk hitting the Macho Man elbow and the crowd going nuts chanting "Randy Savage".
I was really surprised at the finish, it seemed to happen very quickly, at a different pace to the rest of the match. Maybe they were running low on time or something. Not anything hugely different or anything, just we had Cena looking like he was making a comeback, but then within 10 seconds Punk hit his finisher and Cena's foot was on the rope.
Now, after thinking about this for a few hours.. I love this ending. Neither guy looks bad, because of the shady finish.
I was almost sure HHH was going to pedigree CM Punk when he raised his hand as the winner.. But as i've said before, it's all the little things that they're doing that make this feud, this storyline so great. Punk didn't take his eyes off of HHH so that there would be no way he could surprise him.
And then Holy SHIT... it's Kevin Nash! (with a sweet goatee by the way) That was the best moment of the whole show. Sure, he left Punk laying on the mat, but it's Kevin Nash!
And then... Alberto cashes his money in the bank. I've seen a few people talking about how in the past there's been rules like "the champ must be able to defend himself" but I think that goes against the whole idea of the briefcase. Remember the first time it was cashed in.. Edge on John Cena? Cena was bloodied, and had just gone through an elimination chamber match. That's what the briefcase is for.. for a guy to take advantage of a situation. I have no problem with that part of it.
Here's why Kevin Nash being the guy to attack Punk is brilliant. Kevin Nash, is Triple H's friend. We know this. Kevin Nash talked about coming back on the road full time, mentioning Cm Punk on twitter. Kevin Nash has been a bodyguard before. So the question now is why? Why did he do it?
CM Punk is going to think it was HHH's plan all along. Cena is going to be pissed with HHH for missing the foot on the rope. See where it's headed? It elevates this story even further.
So why did Nash do it? Well.. I have a feeling we didn't see Stephanie McMahon for no reason. Nash has said for years, that he's about money. Hopefully we get some answers on RAW this week. And Rey gets his championship match this week too, against Del Rio. That should be interesting.. But what will be even more interesting is how HHH sorts all of this out. The way he played the end of Summerslam was great, looking confused, and worried, and like he knew this was all going to come back to him because he was the special guest ref.
So for the last match, overall.. I think it lived up to the hype, it was easily as good as money in the bank, wrestling wise. 9/10
So overall, I really enjoyed Summerslam, and still i'm really excited for RAW this week. I can't wait to see where this is heading.. will Nash be back for a while, was it a one time deal with someone? How will Triple H try to solve all the problems that were caused?.. Who gets a rematch for the title?
What do you all think? Leave me a comment, or follow me on twitter at @TheACMouthpiece and tell me.
And if you don't like what i've said, go suck a lemon.
First general thoughts.. there were way too many ads in the first half of the pay per view.
6-man tag was a good way to get a lot of faces on the show, but didn't really serve any real purpose other than that.
Morrison didn't botch!
The musical guests bored me.
Ok onto the matches.
We open with an unscheduled 6-man tag match.
Miz cuts a promo and gets interrupted by R-Truth who cuts a promo and gets interrupted. This all feels really thrown together at the last minute. It's a shame that they couldn't have done a little more than this.
R-Truth's vest is now "Little Jimmy Proof".
I understand why they did the match, it gets these guys on the pay per view, even if there's nothing really going on with any of them at the moment. Maybe a better idea would have been take out 2 of them, take your pick really.. and add in Dolph, and Riley, and change it to a battle royal for the US title. Just for fun.
The match was pretty good however, and I definitely think the guys made the best of what they got. I'm pretty sure Rey's knee was troubling him though, he didn't get involved until the end of the match really.
Kofi Kingston is really talented, but it feels like he's stuck in this spot at the moment.. he needs to make something happen if he wants to rise up the ranks, so to speak. His crazy high clothesline/cross body thing at the end of the match was amazing though.
R-Truth is less of a joke tonight. Good to see.
Morrison is not as good as Morrison thinks he is.
I gotta stop talking about the match for a second though. The commentary from Booker T (and Cole at points) is awful. I can't believe that they went with Booker over Jim Ross. JR explained on twitter that Booker helps represent smackdown, but, I don't know, it feels like if you're going to bring him back, you'd want him commentating on your big events.
Ok back to the rest of the match.
Miz did something i've never seen before. It looks like a version of a Cutter, except that Miz dropped to his knees not his back. Kind of like a Cutter, mixed with a Stunner.. A... Stutter?
Not much else to say, the finish was fairly obvious, especially after 10 minutes and Rey Mysterio not being in the ring.. But what I did like is that having Del Rio in the opening match maybe took away a bit of the idea that he would cash in his money in the bank..... little did we know...
Was a good finish, and man... Rey kicked Truth in the head so hard! Morrison hit a great spinning plancha, and Kofi hit that huge clothesline. Rey with the 619 and splash for the win.
Solid opening match, especially given no prior notice for us. I give it... 6.5/10
Laurnintis is a tool. CM Punk needs to kick him in the head again.
Was really surprised to see Stephanie, but it definitely makes sense, seeing that CM Punk has brought her up in recent weeks. And it highlights the importance of the main event, that she would show up as a corprorate figure.
I love the crowd reaction to seeing Stephanie. Wooooaaaahhhhhh instead of the usual cheer.
One of the best lines of the night at the end of this segment. "I would, but uh.. i know where that hand's been". Hahaha. Punk delivers again. Damn he is on fire at the moment.
So Sheamus and Mark Henry is up next.
I gotta be honest, I wasn't looking forward to this match. I haven't watched a lot of Smackdown lately, and I'm not a believer that Mark Henry is talented enough to go higher than mid-card. I figured that out when he wrestled Undertaker at WM 22.
Sheamus, I hadn't really seen as a babyface yet, still wasn't sure how that would go.
I was pleasantly surprised on both fronts.
Mark Henry is doing really well with this push he's being given. It's believable. Just as Sheamus is, with the Irish warrior thing he's got going on.
From thinking about how this could go, it didn't make sense to have Sheamus win. If Sheamus beats Henry, Henry loses all momentum.
But if Sheamus loses, it doesn't do anything for Sheamus.
Absolute best line of the night was "Oh man... he just left a skidmark on that boy". Thankyou Booker T. Thankyou so much.
Sheamus is excellent as a babyface. The crowd seemed really into him every time he tried to make a comeback. And when he tied Henry up in the ropes and started pounding his chest, man.. Henry looked like he couldn't take it. Those shots sounded brutal.
The finish was great, and worked so well to keep both guys going. It put Henry over as a monster who can dominate anyone, and with Sheamus not being pinned, it didn't make him look weak either. If you get to watch a replay, check out the guy directly to the right of the impact in the front row, his reaction is priceless.
All in all, a much better match than I originally thought, Sheamus is going to go a long way. 7/10 (just for the finish!)
Cee Lo did some singing. I was hoping Mo and Mabel would come out and join him, we could have had a men on a mission reunion.
Divas joined him for whatever the second song was... and even that didn't make it more interesting for me.
Nuff said.
So the Diva's title match is up next.
This was a match I was looking forward to, not because it was going to be a classic or anything, mainly because I, like a lot of people, wanted to see Beth Phoenix knock the crap out of Kelly Kelly.
I don't buy Kelly as a tough wrestling type girl. Not in the slightest.
So there's not a lot to say about this match either, Beth had new ring gear.. I'm not sure about it, kinda liked the old stuff, but it's not bad by any stretch.
I didn't like the ending at first, with Kelly getting the quick pin, but thinking about it, it does make more sense to keep her (kelly) the champion, maybe next month's pay per view will be the changing of the times. Let them build Beth and Natalya up a bit more, have them destroy the Bellas (please) or something.
One other thing, Kelly Kelly needs to learn how to hit the ropes. It annoys me every single time i see it. The point of hitting the ropes is to get extra speed right? She turns, stops, and just touches them. It's ridiculous.
Anyway, Beth was great, Kelly wasn't. I hope we have a new Women's champion soon. 5/10
Stephanie on camera again, coming out of Cena's dressing room. I love what they're doing with this angle.
Great to see Jimmy Hart too. Although you could see the Little Jimmy coming miles away.
Wade Barrett vs Daniel Bryan.
I was looking forward to this one. Bryan is great, and i'm really starting to love what Barrett is doing. He comes across legitametly tough, reminds me of William Regal.
What i was NOT looking forward to was Michael Cole talking. Enough with the nerd crap Cole, you were a damn cheerleader!
Anyway, as I said I was really looking forward to this match. And i wasn't disappointed.
Lots of great back and forth action, Bryan showing a lot of submissions and locks and stuff you don't usually see in WWE matches.
Oh and his kicks look amazingly brutal.
Barrett hit some awesome moves too. that swinging sidewalk slam, and springboard backbreaker were two highlights for me.
Other highlights, Daniel Bryan's knee into Barrett's head. Owch.
The clothesline when Bryan was straddling the top rope.
Anyway, Barrett is awesome, Bryan is awesome. Let's hope we see more of these two in matches. 8/10
Orton and Christian ... I was hoping this would be good, but i wasn't expecting it to be.
Man was I wrong.
I think like everyone, knowing that this was going to be the 4th time in a row it would be Orton vs Christian for the WHC, I was kind of at that point of "again?..."
Again was worth it.
And we got the added surprise of Edge.
Now that was good, I got a little excited when he came out. But then I started thinking, Edge retired as a face, and the crowd are cheering him now... why would he side with the heel in this match?
So I was glad when he called Christian a bitch and left.
And the match was amazing. Orton was bleeding from 3 or 4 different places at the end of it, you could tell it was really brutal.
I loved the use of the table, leaving it flat on the ring mat instead of setting it up and then hitting the superplex on it. That was really different, and great. I guess it helped make it easier to put christian through it when Orton powerslammed him through it.
Orton still looks like Giant Gonzales to me, but with a lot more talent.
I was thinking for a while we'd see Edge again towards the end of this match, especially when Christian began to set up the Con-chair-to. The setup reminded me of the spot at the Royal Rumble a couple of years ago when Matt turned on Jeff Hardy. Sort of, I don't know, I just remembered that when he went for the chair. But I think it was right that we didn't see Edge, it was more like he said his piece and that was enough.
Also this is just a personal thing, but spitting on someone else is disgusting. I'm glad Orton beat the snot out of Christian after that.
So many brutal spots in this match, though the two that stand out for me were the RKO through the announce table, and the DDT onto the trash can.
Randy seemed like the obvious choice to have win this match, hopefully this is the finish of this feud, and we can move on to something new going forward.
Overall .. easily the 2nd best match of the night. 8.5/10.
One other thing, it's amazing how much of a reaction Orton could get, just by putting Christian's head on those steps and then placing his foot on top.. really, watch that part back again if you can. Sometimes it's what you don't do that leaves more of an impression. Sometimes you leave someone's face impression on a garbage can too.
And now we have the main event.
I love CM Punk's thing of sitting cross legged in the ring. just sayin.
I'm trying to understand the relevance of Cena saying to the camera "This is where i started. I used to walk the concourse of this place.. in gimmick".. I guess he just wanted to say it. Weird.
This match had so much hype to live up to, not just from Money in The Bank, but all of the promos on RAW. CM Punk was going to have to back up what he said, and Cena was going to have to prove he is who he said he was.
And HHH added into the mix just added to the expectations.
There were so many ideas floating around for the finish. HHH screws Punk, ADR cashes in his money in the bank.
HHH screws Cena.
Cena turns heel. (not going to happen)
I don't think most people were expecting that kind of finish though. I mean, apart from the foot on the rope, it was basically a clean finish. As i said in my previous blog what I thought might've happened is HHH ended up screwing Cena.. So i guess in a way I was right. But it was "accidental".
Oh yeah.. Why the hell is Michael Cole telling us which wrestler is which? First of all, even if someone hadn't watched before tonight, they've just seen a promo package of the events leading up to this match, they've both made their entrances with their names on the tron, and they've just been introduced by the ring announcer. WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE! Where's JR... seriously!
Ok onto the actual match.
Cena pulled out a lot of different moves in this match, I was really impressed with him. More so than usual. Because he's always consistent, he's always good at what he does, but there was a lot of new stuff. Maybe he's trying to show he can be more than the 5 moves of doom, not for the people who hate him, but for himself. I believe that's the only reason he'd change. Cena is not going to bow to pressure just to get people to like him. Best example, he hit a rolling sideslam/rock bottom looking thing.
Having said that, I loved the "Fruity Pebbles" chants.
Another thing i loved about this match was they went out there trying to do something different than Money in the Bank. There was a deliberate pace, lots of headlocks, lots of submission type moves, they didn't just go out there and try to recreate what they did a month ago. Punk even pulled out the Koji-Clutch.
So like i said, lots of different moves, lots of originality. Also, the way that Punk and Cena broke up each other's standard "routines" was great. Makes it feel different.
And man, Punk hit his head hard on that dive through the ropes onto Cena/the barricade. Sure, it's padded.. but so are boxing gloves. But it did lead to that awesome little spot of Triple H throwing them both back into the ring to stop the double count-out.
Favourite part of the match was CM Punk hitting the Macho Man elbow and the crowd going nuts chanting "Randy Savage".
I was really surprised at the finish, it seemed to happen very quickly, at a different pace to the rest of the match. Maybe they were running low on time or something. Not anything hugely different or anything, just we had Cena looking like he was making a comeback, but then within 10 seconds Punk hit his finisher and Cena's foot was on the rope.
Now, after thinking about this for a few hours.. I love this ending. Neither guy looks bad, because of the shady finish.
I was almost sure HHH was going to pedigree CM Punk when he raised his hand as the winner.. But as i've said before, it's all the little things that they're doing that make this feud, this storyline so great. Punk didn't take his eyes off of HHH so that there would be no way he could surprise him.
And then Holy SHIT... it's Kevin Nash! (with a sweet goatee by the way) That was the best moment of the whole show. Sure, he left Punk laying on the mat, but it's Kevin Nash!
And then... Alberto cashes his money in the bank. I've seen a few people talking about how in the past there's been rules like "the champ must be able to defend himself" but I think that goes against the whole idea of the briefcase. Remember the first time it was cashed in.. Edge on John Cena? Cena was bloodied, and had just gone through an elimination chamber match. That's what the briefcase is for.. for a guy to take advantage of a situation. I have no problem with that part of it.
Here's why Kevin Nash being the guy to attack Punk is brilliant. Kevin Nash, is Triple H's friend. We know this. Kevin Nash talked about coming back on the road full time, mentioning Cm Punk on twitter. Kevin Nash has been a bodyguard before. So the question now is why? Why did he do it?
CM Punk is going to think it was HHH's plan all along. Cena is going to be pissed with HHH for missing the foot on the rope. See where it's headed? It elevates this story even further.
So why did Nash do it? Well.. I have a feeling we didn't see Stephanie McMahon for no reason. Nash has said for years, that he's about money. Hopefully we get some answers on RAW this week. And Rey gets his championship match this week too, against Del Rio. That should be interesting.. But what will be even more interesting is how HHH sorts all of this out. The way he played the end of Summerslam was great, looking confused, and worried, and like he knew this was all going to come back to him because he was the special guest ref.
So for the last match, overall.. I think it lived up to the hype, it was easily as good as money in the bank, wrestling wise. 9/10
So overall, I really enjoyed Summerslam, and still i'm really excited for RAW this week. I can't wait to see where this is heading.. will Nash be back for a while, was it a one time deal with someone? How will Triple H try to solve all the problems that were caused?.. Who gets a rematch for the title?
What do you all think? Leave me a comment, or follow me on twitter at @TheACMouthpiece and tell me.
And if you don't like what i've said, go suck a lemon.
August 14, 2011
The Calm before the storm No. 2
Welcome back to the couch of creativity, with me, The Armchair Mouthpiece. I'm here to shoot some truthfacts right in your learning holes.
So I did something like this just before money in the bank. Basically, just going to give my thoughts on everything that's led us up to where we are at this point.
So I find it a bit strange that there are only 5 matches on the card right now for Summerslam. Thinking about it, there's a few reasons I've come up with as to why. Maybe we'll get some unnannounced matches, maybe for the Tag Team titles, maybe the US title.. Miz has to be involved somehow too.
Maybe there's going to be a crazy ending. Like money in the bank, but a lot longer. I don't mean the same as money in the bank, what i mean is where the end of the last match isn't the end of the pay per view.. where there's maybe a run in, or a return of some kind. I find it interesting that Paul Bearer is headed to L.A this weekend. Coincidence? maybe. Undertaker returning with Paul Bearer for one final run up to Mania? Well, like i said, only 5 matches on the card.. and 180 minutes of Pay Per View to fill. Remember the Royal Rumble 2006 where he came back at the end of the main event? ....
The other possibility I thought of was that maybe one of the MiTB winners will be cashing in their championship match. I mean think about it. 180 minutes.. 5 matches. the main events usually go 20-30 minutes.. Punk/Cena at mitb went about 45. But even so, say three 20 minute matches, that's one hour, 2 main event matches makes up maybe another hour and a quarter.. that leaves 45 minutes. enough time for another match, some kind of returning character, some kind of surprise anyway. Who knows, anything seems possible with what's been happening lately..
I would imagine though, we're going to see more than 5 matches.
Now what do I think are the matches to look forward to? Well, Cena/Punk is obvious. But the other two that i'm going to pick are the Diva's Title match, simply because of the storyline, and also Daniel Bryan/Wade Barrett. The only thing I'm not looking forward to is Michael Cole's commentary. Let's hope JR gets a lot of air time, I'm sick of hearing how "daniel bryan is a nerd".
Wade Barrett is definitely doing well for himself lately, he comes across as a legitimate tough guy, kind of like William Regal. Sure, maybe it's got something to do with the accent, but whatever works, you run with right? So that match is definitely one to watch out for.
I'm not doing predictions of who I think is going to win, because more often than not i'm wrong when i do that. So I'll just leave it at that.
The Diva's title match. I doubt it's going to be a wrestling classic, you need two great wrestlers, not just one, to pull that off. What it should be, is a changing of the times. As Beth Phoenix said, enough of the pretty perky divas. Let's have a champion that can actually wrestle, going against opponents that can actually wrestle. Except.. there's not that many on the roster that have that ability. I mean to the level that Beth Phoenix, Natalya, .. does Kharma still count?
Honestly it seems a little strange that 2 of their more talented female wrestlers have been let go or have quit in the past week. The skeptic in me wants to say that it's an angle with Gail Kim, but who knows? As long as we don't have to see hair takedowns in every diva's match, i'll be happy.
I think the Orton/Christian match is one match too many. Times have changed, at first I thought.. "but rememeber when feuds would last an entire year, building to a wrestlemania.. with the two opponents actually wrestling each other for that whole year? or at least longer than 2 months before people get bored. The last time any rivalry wokred that well was Edge vs Cena. And before you yell at me, Rock/Cena isn't the same thing because the rock ISN'T there. Which makes me feel like he's the heel. I don't care what he says, he's not showing up for more than a few "special appearances" before mania. And I'm fairly sure we won't see him before Survivor Series actually in a WWE ring.
So onto the main event. The big questions.. Why did Triple H insert himself into the match.. I see people writing about how it's an ego thing behind the scenes, HHH can't help but put himself into the spotlight.. These people seem to think Vince isn't running the show anymore. Hey people... wake up! Vincent K McMahon is still running the show.
So what's going to happen? Is HHH going to screw one of them? Well, from what we saw on RAW, they're trying to get us to think that CM Punk is under the impression that HHH and Cena have worked this all out, that the "fix is in" as he put it. I think we're going to see HHH and Cena come to blows honestly. I think there will be some kind of swerve. And I think by the end of the night, we will know for sure wether or not Triple H is a heel or a face in this new role.
I vote for heel.
Please, Heel Triple H is awesome. Remember 2003? Evolution? Amazing.
I HOPE CM Punk retains. John Cena doesn't need the title right now. He's got the feud with the Rock. Just off the top of my head.. here's a "how i might book it".
Cena gets screwed by HHH, siding with Punk (everything we've seen so far has been a swerve to get our minds away from that). This ushers in a slightly less PG environment. Punk goes on to feud with Mysterio, Miz, whoever is in the title picture. Hell he and John morrison had some amazing matches on ECW.
Cena meanwhile is pissed with HHH, and challenges him to a match at.. Vengeance? apt name. Maybe HHH says no, but you can fight this guy.. we get Nash back in the ring as Diesel.
So this keeps Cena in the main event picture, but not in the title picture. Then we're leading up to survivor series, Punk and HHH come to blows somehow, and the angle that i've seen on wrestling news sites takes place and we get Punk/HHH at Survivor Series. Maybe HHH gets involved with a Punk title defense and costs him the title inadvertently again at Vengeance.
As to who the WWE champion may be if all that happened.. who knows.. Rey (if he's healthy).. if not, Miz is the obvious choice. Or push a new guy for a few months. See if he can handle it. I'm talking Ziggler, or Morrison (let's hope not morrison). Del Rio even.
Here's a thought. Undertaker has been mentioned in WWE magazine in an article about the Vengeance PPV. Maybe, and again, off the top of my head... Taker returns at Vengeance, basically calls out Cena ( I don't know why!) But we get Cena/Taker at survivor series, in which Rock interferes.I don't know, I know that you need to keep Cena relevant though, which means either Title matches or big name matches.
I'd be interested to know what people think of that, it's the first time i've done anything like that, thinking about how i'd have a story go. Now obviously I claim no experience in actually booking anything, it's just some ideas i have. Please let me know what you think.
So to sum up, looking forward to CM Punk/Cena, and Bryan/Barrett mainly. Hopefully we get something extra, a surprise of some kind.
Summerslam awaits.
Until next time, this is the Armchair Mouthpiece, returning to the couch.
All knowledge, no matter how miniscule, how minute, will always be of use eventually.
So I did something like this just before money in the bank. Basically, just going to give my thoughts on everything that's led us up to where we are at this point.
So I find it a bit strange that there are only 5 matches on the card right now for Summerslam. Thinking about it, there's a few reasons I've come up with as to why. Maybe we'll get some unnannounced matches, maybe for the Tag Team titles, maybe the US title.. Miz has to be involved somehow too.
Maybe there's going to be a crazy ending. Like money in the bank, but a lot longer. I don't mean the same as money in the bank, what i mean is where the end of the last match isn't the end of the pay per view.. where there's maybe a run in, or a return of some kind. I find it interesting that Paul Bearer is headed to L.A this weekend. Coincidence? maybe. Undertaker returning with Paul Bearer for one final run up to Mania? Well, like i said, only 5 matches on the card.. and 180 minutes of Pay Per View to fill. Remember the Royal Rumble 2006 where he came back at the end of the main event? ....
The other possibility I thought of was that maybe one of the MiTB winners will be cashing in their championship match. I mean think about it. 180 minutes.. 5 matches. the main events usually go 20-30 minutes.. Punk/Cena at mitb went about 45. But even so, say three 20 minute matches, that's one hour, 2 main event matches makes up maybe another hour and a quarter.. that leaves 45 minutes. enough time for another match, some kind of returning character, some kind of surprise anyway. Who knows, anything seems possible with what's been happening lately..
I would imagine though, we're going to see more than 5 matches.
Now what do I think are the matches to look forward to? Well, Cena/Punk is obvious. But the other two that i'm going to pick are the Diva's Title match, simply because of the storyline, and also Daniel Bryan/Wade Barrett. The only thing I'm not looking forward to is Michael Cole's commentary. Let's hope JR gets a lot of air time, I'm sick of hearing how "daniel bryan is a nerd".
Wade Barrett is definitely doing well for himself lately, he comes across as a legitimate tough guy, kind of like William Regal. Sure, maybe it's got something to do with the accent, but whatever works, you run with right? So that match is definitely one to watch out for.
I'm not doing predictions of who I think is going to win, because more often than not i'm wrong when i do that. So I'll just leave it at that.
The Diva's title match. I doubt it's going to be a wrestling classic, you need two great wrestlers, not just one, to pull that off. What it should be, is a changing of the times. As Beth Phoenix said, enough of the pretty perky divas. Let's have a champion that can actually wrestle, going against opponents that can actually wrestle. Except.. there's not that many on the roster that have that ability. I mean to the level that Beth Phoenix, Natalya, .. does Kharma still count?
Honestly it seems a little strange that 2 of their more talented female wrestlers have been let go or have quit in the past week. The skeptic in me wants to say that it's an angle with Gail Kim, but who knows? As long as we don't have to see hair takedowns in every diva's match, i'll be happy.
I think the Orton/Christian match is one match too many. Times have changed, at first I thought.. "but rememeber when feuds would last an entire year, building to a wrestlemania.. with the two opponents actually wrestling each other for that whole year? or at least longer than 2 months before people get bored. The last time any rivalry wokred that well was Edge vs Cena. And before you yell at me, Rock/Cena isn't the same thing because the rock ISN'T there. Which makes me feel like he's the heel. I don't care what he says, he's not showing up for more than a few "special appearances" before mania. And I'm fairly sure we won't see him before Survivor Series actually in a WWE ring.
So onto the main event. The big questions.. Why did Triple H insert himself into the match.. I see people writing about how it's an ego thing behind the scenes, HHH can't help but put himself into the spotlight.. These people seem to think Vince isn't running the show anymore. Hey people... wake up! Vincent K McMahon is still running the show.
So what's going to happen? Is HHH going to screw one of them? Well, from what we saw on RAW, they're trying to get us to think that CM Punk is under the impression that HHH and Cena have worked this all out, that the "fix is in" as he put it. I think we're going to see HHH and Cena come to blows honestly. I think there will be some kind of swerve. And I think by the end of the night, we will know for sure wether or not Triple H is a heel or a face in this new role.
I vote for heel.
Please, Heel Triple H is awesome. Remember 2003? Evolution? Amazing.
I HOPE CM Punk retains. John Cena doesn't need the title right now. He's got the feud with the Rock. Just off the top of my head.. here's a "how i might book it".
Cena gets screwed by HHH, siding with Punk (everything we've seen so far has been a swerve to get our minds away from that). This ushers in a slightly less PG environment. Punk goes on to feud with Mysterio, Miz, whoever is in the title picture. Hell he and John morrison had some amazing matches on ECW.
Cena meanwhile is pissed with HHH, and challenges him to a match at.. Vengeance? apt name. Maybe HHH says no, but you can fight this guy.. we get Nash back in the ring as Diesel.
So this keeps Cena in the main event picture, but not in the title picture. Then we're leading up to survivor series, Punk and HHH come to blows somehow, and the angle that i've seen on wrestling news sites takes place and we get Punk/HHH at Survivor Series. Maybe HHH gets involved with a Punk title defense and costs him the title inadvertently again at Vengeance.
As to who the WWE champion may be if all that happened.. who knows.. Rey (if he's healthy).. if not, Miz is the obvious choice. Or push a new guy for a few months. See if he can handle it. I'm talking Ziggler, or Morrison (let's hope not morrison). Del Rio even.
Here's a thought. Undertaker has been mentioned in WWE magazine in an article about the Vengeance PPV. Maybe, and again, off the top of my head... Taker returns at Vengeance, basically calls out Cena ( I don't know why!) But we get Cena/Taker at survivor series, in which Rock interferes.I don't know, I know that you need to keep Cena relevant though, which means either Title matches or big name matches.
I'd be interested to know what people think of that, it's the first time i've done anything like that, thinking about how i'd have a story go. Now obviously I claim no experience in actually booking anything, it's just some ideas i have. Please let me know what you think.
So to sum up, looking forward to CM Punk/Cena, and Bryan/Barrett mainly. Hopefully we get something extra, a surprise of some kind.
Summerslam awaits.
Until next time, this is the Armchair Mouthpiece, returning to the couch.
All knowledge, no matter how miniscule, how minute, will always be of use eventually.
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