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Yeah, well ECW's debut show was written to death by Vince. Apparently Heyman's own ideas were mostly shot down or re-written, and Paul E. and Dreamer had faces like grim death backstage.
The second show (last Tuesday, didn't watch it, unfortunately) was apparently tons better, largely because everyone knew the first one stunk and Paul E. got to mostly write it himself. That won't last, though. Stephanie McMahon is Heyman's supervisor, and she loathes him.
Rumour has it CM Punk will debut for ECW next week. Scuttlebutt (like rumour but with a skin condition) says that he could be heading for a feud with Sandman (who incidentally is in really good shape at the moment. He actually has muscle definition and everything).
On RAW, the DX reunion continues, with Tripper and Michaels clowning around and over-acting backstage a hell of a lot. Of course, since Michaels needs recovery time from his various injuries, it won't last. In fact, I'd be surprised if the new/old DX lasts longer than the teasehype we've had to put up with for the last three months on TV/PPV. In other RAW news, Randy Orton is back from suspension and on RAW, ostensibly because Tripper wants to feud with him, but really because everyone on Smackdown hates the asshole. Chris Masters is off TV due to 'substance abuse' issues (but Vince isn't? dude...). Foley appears to be regularly wrestling PPVs again, as a heel (next up! a 2/3 falls with Ric Flair at Veangeance, in which Foley has expressed a desire to embarrass Flair by creating a terrible match in Flair's hometown. All of which is hunky dory, except that everyone knows Flair doesn't need any assistance to embarrass himself or to deliver an awful performance. R.E.T.I.R.E, Naitch), and is slowly losing all that donut and cookie weight. Good hardcore match at ECW One Night Stand, too. Finally, John Cena is feuding with the entire of ECW and with Edge and Lita, so probably with Foley too, not to mention probably RVD (who has his belt). Stick a broom up his ass and he can feud with the floor, too...
Smackdown... well, Finlay's 'leprechaun' looks to be yet another in the surprising recent list of appalling booking ideas that somehow really rock in practice. The guy (now named 'The Little Bastard') rules! He's also added a weird abusive mentor/father figure aspect to Finlay's bar brawler character. For some reason it reminds me of that Jet Li film, Unleashed. Only with a midget. The resurrection of King Of The Ring as a televised tournament rather than a PPV has given us the godawful spectre of Booker T (the winner) changing his name to King Booker and coming to the ring in full cliched regal regalia, calling people peasants. Lashley continues to improve. Gunner Scott is doing a half-decent job of being Chris Benoit while Benoit's off TV. The Shite Khali continues to squash cruiserweights in non-matches every week while people increasingly fail to care about his feud with Taker, who patently isn't holding up his end, in that he's not actually turning up. Mysterio is still champion (matches since WM22:- two title defences at PPVs, seven non-title matches on TV. Outright wins since WM22:- Two. Outright losses since WM22:- six. WWE faith in their 'underdog champion':- Zero). Just holding the belt till Big Dave comes back... |
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