On April 21, WWE ran a three hour RAW on USA Network. It was during this show that a new King of the Ring was crowned. At one point, the King of the Ring was a WWE Pay Per View event. For the last couple of years, the WWE has stretched the KotR tournament over a few weeks on RAW. On Monday, they returned to the single night format.
I believe King of the Ring has found its identity on RAW.
Now, to the gripes. It would have been nice to have the KotR determine the #1 contender for a title. It seemed like most of the superstars in the tournament already had storylines going for them. CM Punk was the winner of the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania XXIV. MVP has a feud with Matt Hardy. Chris Jericho is the Intercontinental Title holder and will be the special referee for the Michaels/Batista match at Backlash. William Regal is the current General Manager of RAW. It would have been nice for some of the talent who didn't have ongoing storylines to participate in the KotR.
William Regal winning the tournament isn't horrible for me. I can see how the new title could play into his role as GM of RAW. I was really pulling for Finlay as this could have been the start of a new angle for him as his WrestleMania XXIV opponent JBL is working the fatal four way at Backlash. We'll see what King Regal does at the PPV.
Showing posts with label Chris Jericho. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Y2J Added to the Mix
The fallout of Rick “Wooooooo” Flair’s retirement story comes to a head at WWE’s Backlash. Scheduled for the show is RAW’s Shawn Michaels versus Smackdown’s Batista. HBK is doing penance for winning his WrestleMania XXIV match with Flair, thus retiring the Nature Boy. WWE began an angle between HBK and Dave “The Animal” Batista the next day. Batista’s beef with Shawn is that the Heart Break Kid should have “thrown the match” so that Rick could continue to be in the ring, performing. Batista is blaming HBK for taking Flair away from him.
This is a very organic way to develop a feud from the retirement angle. I was hoping that this would continue through out the summer and then culminate with the SummerSlam PPV. On the April 14 edition of RAW, the feud took a different turn. Thanks to some pointed jabs at HBK during Chris Jerico’s Highlight Reel (and sweet chin music to Jerico’s jaw), Y2J is now the special guest referee for the match between HBK and Batista. During the match, Shawn will have the upper hand against The Animal. At some point, Jericho will administer the Code Breaker finishing move on HBK, giving the win to Batista.
Here now is the real SummerSlam marquee event… HBK vs. Y2J. Now, will this be a battle for the Intercontinental Title or just a straight grudge match? I will have to go with “grudge” on this one as Shawn is a little above holding the IC Title. But it will be one hell of a match.
This is a very organic way to develop a feud from the retirement angle. I was hoping that this would continue through out the summer and then culminate with the SummerSlam PPV. On the April 14 edition of RAW, the feud took a different turn. Thanks to some pointed jabs at HBK during Chris Jerico’s Highlight Reel (and sweet chin music to Jerico’s jaw), Y2J is now the special guest referee for the match between HBK and Batista. During the match, Shawn will have the upper hand against The Animal. At some point, Jericho will administer the Code Breaker finishing move on HBK, giving the win to Batista.
Here now is the real SummerSlam marquee event… HBK vs. Y2J. Now, will this be a battle for the Intercontinental Title or just a straight grudge match? I will have to go with “grudge” on this one as Shawn is a little above holding the IC Title. But it will be one hell of a match.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Why Jeff Hardy, Why?
Reports are coming out today that Jeff Hardy has been suspended by the WWE for 60 days for violating the company's drug wellness policy. This comes as a shocking surprise as the rainbow-haired warrior was enjoying a big push by the WWE. Hardy was doing everything right in breaking out as a mid-card wrestler and becoming main-event worthy.
He enjoyed a huge push for the No Way Out pay-per-view for challenging Randy Orton for the title in the main event. His Swanton Bomb off the scaffolding on RAW will be on the 2008 highlight reel. He was doing everything right.
That's why his loss of the Intercontinental Title to Chris Jericho on the 3/10 episode of RAW was such a shock. It makes sense now, Jeff will be off the air for two months. And it couldn't have come at a worse time for him. He was to have competed in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania XXIV... say goodbye to that payday and to a match at the Backlash PPV. I was really pushing for Jeff to win this year's MitB match and get another shot at the title. Meanwhile, the company is less likely to push you upon your return, if you return at all.
On the positive side, Hardy has two months to sit at home and heal up and then explode on his return to the WWE. On the negative side, he has 60 days to loose his fire and realize there is life outside of wrestling. I am hoping for the former.
He enjoyed a huge push for the No Way Out pay-per-view for challenging Randy Orton for the title in the main event. His Swanton Bomb off the scaffolding on RAW will be on the 2008 highlight reel. He was doing everything right.
That's why his loss of the Intercontinental Title to Chris Jericho on the 3/10 episode of RAW was such a shock. It makes sense now, Jeff will be off the air for two months. And it couldn't have come at a worse time for him. He was to have competed in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania XXIV... say goodbye to that payday and to a match at the Backlash PPV. I was really pushing for Jeff to win this year's MitB match and get another shot at the title. Meanwhile, the company is less likely to push you upon your return, if you return at all.
On the positive side, Hardy has two months to sit at home and heal up and then explode on his return to the WWE. On the negative side, he has 60 days to loose his fire and realize there is life outside of wrestling. I am hoping for the former.
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