WWE PPV Aftermath #001
New Year's Revolution has come and gone and shall hopefully not be dredged up again in 2007. My predictions seemed to come to an even 50% accuracy rate. The first error was picking Maria instead of Ashley in the Bra & Panties Gauntlet "Match" but then Ashley just wound up stripping anyway. There was as much point to the whole thing as a giant rubber ball of boredom anyway, so let's move on... Lawler beat Helms, which is pretty bad. Even worse was that he did it without any outside interference. The giant rubber ball is now filled with rampant stupidity... Stratus wound up retaining the Women's Title against James, which is merely delaying the inevitable switch. It lets James rack up the crazy points a bit more, in addition to giving Stratus a full one-year reign as champion (albeit with a three-month absence due to injury) so fair enough.
The entire show plodded along rather lifelessly but they did FINALLY decide to do something with the Money in the Bank gimmick and, rather amazingly, they actually went with making Edge the new WWE Champion. The move has been attributed to hitting the panic button since the crowds have blatantly turned on Cena in an even fiercer manner than they turned on Orton this time last year. WWE had been heading towards a Cena/HHH match at WrestleMania XXII but now it's been blown wide open. The unpredictability factor is welcome but it is a bit of a shame that this year's WrestleMania will be utterly devoid of any defining moments. They could still yet wind up with Cena/HHH if they decide to hotshot the belt yet again in the coming months. Failing that, they could simply go for a triple-threat by adding Edge to the mix. Then there are Angle, Michaels and Flair, all logical candidates for a title shot. Hell, even Hardy could wind up getting one. That'd be stretching it a bit but he's no less credible than Mark F'N Henry.
Wait and see, I guess.
Sword of Omens, come to me!
Is Daivari writing on the back of Kurt's head?
Patience, luv. Patience.
Helms admires those with better career prospects than him...
Alimony? Fuck!
Show finds his date for the evening sadly lacking.
Nope.
Heavy Metal 1, Light Rap 0
Christ, this thing's fugly...
On Smackdown, the title situation has been muddled again due to Batista picking up yet another injury, this time due to Mark F'N Henry. They've nobody to blame for this one but themselves. Batista working through his original injury was admirable in the aftermath of Eddie Guerrero's death, but by January it was rather pointless. Putting him in a feud with Henry was equally baffling. By this point Henry could probably trademark the term 'bumbling oaf' if he wanted to. The plan is still to go for Batista/Orton at WrestleMania so for fuck's safe, just let Batista sit out the Rumble and spare us anymore of Mark F'N Henry - #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Title.
The entire show plodded along rather lifelessly but they did FINALLY decide to do something with the Money in the Bank gimmick and, rather amazingly, they actually went with making Edge the new WWE Champion. The move has been attributed to hitting the panic button since the crowds have blatantly turned on Cena in an even fiercer manner than they turned on Orton this time last year. WWE had been heading towards a Cena/HHH match at WrestleMania XXII but now it's been blown wide open. The unpredictability factor is welcome but it is a bit of a shame that this year's WrestleMania will be utterly devoid of any defining moments. They could still yet wind up with Cena/HHH if they decide to hotshot the belt yet again in the coming months. Failing that, they could simply go for a triple-threat by adding Edge to the mix. Then there are Angle, Michaels and Flair, all logical candidates for a title shot. Hell, even Hardy could wind up getting one. That'd be stretching it a bit but he's no less credible than Mark F'N Henry.
Wait and see, I guess.
Sword of Omens, come to me!Is Daivari writing on the back of Kurt's head?Patience, luv. Patience.Helms admires those with better career prospects than him...Alimony? Fuck!Show finds his date for the evening sadly lacking.Nope.Heavy Metal 1, Light Rap 0Christ, this thing's fugly...On Smackdown, the title situation has been muddled again due to Batista picking up yet another injury, this time due to Mark F'N Henry. They've nobody to blame for this one but themselves. Batista working through his original injury was admirable in the aftermath of Eddie Guerrero's death, but by January it was rather pointless. Putting him in a feud with Henry was equally baffling. By this point Henry could probably trademark the term 'bumbling oaf' if he wanted to. The plan is still to go for Batista/Orton at WrestleMania so for fuck's safe, just let Batista sit out the Rumble and spare us anymore of Mark F'N Henry - #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Title.
posted by Thed at 10:47
2 Comments:
I think Edge vs Matt Hardy would be a great WM main event (Hardy would have to win the Rumble for this to happen after being kicked off RAW), the storyline writes itself - Hardy continues as he vowed when he returned to WWE with his policy of "making Adam's life as miserable as possible". A ladder match for the title would pretty much garuntee a good showing.
Of course, it'll never happen, and Hardy will probably continue to get squashed by JBL for refusing to sell for the Undertaker (pot, kettle?).
Yup, the window of main event opportunity for Hardy has been and gone by this point. Not that this is terribly surprising, since WWE clearly took no great interest in him other than exploiting the Edge/Lita relationship.
Still, you never know, Hardy and Edge might end up facing one another at Mania after all. It wouldn't involve the title, but I'd love to see an interbrand Money in the Bank match (maybe adding Cena, RVD, JBL and Benoit to the line-up). That would mean getting the belt off of Edge before then, but in the magic world of fantasy booking that's mighty easy to do.
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