WWE Vengeance wasn’t as bad as it could have been considering how poorly a job I felt WWE did promoting it as an entire show. Basically, the show was about three matches: HBK versus Kurt Angle II; Christian versus John Cena versus Chris Jericho and Batista versus Triple H in Hell in the Cell. No Matt Hardy (though acknowledgment from the announcing team is a sure sign that WWE plans to emotionally drain Matt’s fans until he returns) and no Trish Stratus. I felt all three of the above mentioned matches were reasons to watch the PPV, I felt Cena/Jericho/Christian had great chemistry and some great spots — and in a Triple Threat match that is sometimes used too much in wrestling, it worked out to be an exciting bout to watch. HBK versus Angle II was incredible – they are absolute magic to watch. To me it felt more like the main event, it made me feel as I was watching it that there was no way Batista/Hunter could make me feel that with their championship match. BTW, that sick spot with Kurt powerbombing Michaels on the top turnbuckle – completely scary spot to watch. There’s not much protecting you can do with that move (though I did notice that HBK tried to have his arms touch the ropes – I assume to help brace the impact), I’m surprised it hasn’t been given some fancy name yet. I felt everything about the match was handled well, and I can’t wait for Angle versus HBK 3, I would love for it be a Ironman Match or an exciting 2 out of 3 falls. It was brought to my attention last night that Angle actually hasn’t held a WWE championship belt in two years. Batista versus Triple H was violent and bloody and you knew it’d be with all the heavy blatant hints by JR all before the match was really getting started. The finish was appropriate with the spinebuster on the steps and then the Batista Bomb as HHH couldn’t execute the sledge hammer on The Animal.
Onto RAW, Angle versus Flair was mark out city for me. Flair’s Flair, no matter how old he is, and Kurt Angle can make anything seem like money. Fans genuinely want Flair to be someone they can cheer for and still be entertaining and not a goody-goody. I still wish to see Flair versus Triple H because anyone who has followed Flair’s career knows he wouldn’t stick with a guy with no belt this long and he’s never been anyone’s lap boy. I was genuinely nervous about Flair’s slip from the top rope onto the floor however, everything else, I could watch those two go for hours. Guys learning the ropes wish they could learn everything Flair and Angle have forgotten in their careers.
I felt the Kane and Edge post match stalking was oddly placed because it was so after the fact and it wasn’t like you could tell they had been fighting that entire time as Big Show beats Snitsky. So basically you have to believe that two minutes plus commercial plus Maria is dumb as a brick/John Cena and HBK segment that Edge and Lita couldn’t get their stuff and leave the arena in that amount of time?
Tajiri’s selling to Masters Masterlock proves that even after a ECW PPV that WWE still doesn’t know how to use guys that Heyman brought the best out of.
It’s nice to see Mr. Thursday Night Rob Van Dam be Mr. Monday Night once again. I’m looking forward to what RVD and Carlito can bring out in one another, it’s still ashame that RVD isn’t being pushed in main events.
Diva Search has the one designated bitch who apparently, get this, has watched the product at some point by referencing Flair and Austin the same quick promo. I’ve got three reasons to laugh about this entire thing:
1) The one girl whom I won’t bother to remember her name yet who talked as if talking like you’re a porno actress was normal behavior.
2) Designated bitch – there’s always one Carmella in the bunch except she already is showing signs of a personality so that’s world better than Carmella anyway.
3) None of this matters because as history has proven, you don’t have to watch the product, you don’t have to be intelligent, you don’t even have to sound like a star, and you don’t even have to win because chances are you’ll get hired anyway just for “playing”!
Sergeant Slaughter is getting on the phone for his Sergeant Slaughter Diva Bikini Boot Camp – doesn’t that sound like a sleazy movie coming on at 1 am on USA? It’ll be fun to hear him call the girls “pukes” and “maggots” but it’s too bad they are going to laugh about it anyway.
Hollywood Hulk Hogan proved just like many have, one night is never one night. If Hogan has a way to cash in, he will find a way to cash in, that’s what makes Hogan, Hogan. WWE went right for the nostalgia vein for all of us (though I would have chosen The Rock for a special appearance), the next generation Chain Gain Hulkamaniacs, everyone pops for HBK and Cena gets to milk just being in the company of two men who combined who have the entire life span of John Cena as a professional wrestlers under their belt. How is Cena being the people’s fighting champion when he’s hardly in the ring? Is it just because he gives his props to the more experienced (and more entertaining) wrestlers? What is the most telling is Hogan and HBK got more in ring time than Cena did the entire time! And that’s putting it in perspective, thank you for reading, as always your comments are welcome at Bam@4sternstaging.com.
