2008 Running Pro Wrestling Thread

I already unsubscribed from their e-mail list after the third e-blast I received from them in a 24-hour span.

 

Did they put you on blast, or did you put them on blast?

 

Besides the Million Dollar Mess (it's embarrassing to watch, really), Raw was very, very good this week. Triple H and Cena are making their Night of Champions program a bigtime match and began the show with a top-notch in-ring confrontation that included numerous personal jabs by both.

Cena-Umaga was a good brawl to kick things off, Jericho's in-ring promo was incredible, Flair's appearance made for a pleasant surprise, I enjoyed Hardy vs. Carlito, and Kennedy's spear through the ropes was awesome. Main event didn't last long nearly long enough, but the show ended with Jericho getting harshly booed (with shit thrown at him) in the middle of the ring along with Lance Cade (?!).

 

Jericho's heel turn seems complete, but it seems like they wasted Ric Flair's on-air return. I always expected his return to be part of kicking off a big angle, which Jericho getting thrown into the Cena-Triple H mix is big, but I was thinking Return of the Four Horsemen big. Something that would set up the direction of several angles on Raw for the next year, not something that sets up a match on Raw and tries to get Lance Cade a push.

Now, maybe they will end up not wasting it. Maybe the Jericho-Cade thing at the end of the show is the start of a stable, not the Horsemen, but a strong heel stable that could push some younger guys like Cade into the spotlight under Jericho's tutelage. And maybe, just maybe, they push it all the way and bring Flair back as the group's mentor just to swerve everyone.

Of course, this is the WWE, so Trips and Cena will squash Jericho and Cade in a match next week, with HBK showing up to get in a superkick on Jericho for good measure.

 

my boss during the end of raw, asking about cade: "who the fuck is that and what's his beef with triple h?"

 

Vince can give away lots more money, and I'll never sign up. He gives $1 million while making much more from the third-party spammers who just bought your name, phone number and e-mail address.

 

I too am wondering what they are doing with Lance Cade. It's not like he's had any sort of buildup.

On the other hand, I still remember the first time Michaels and HHH teamed up (prior to DX forming). I remember wondering why the hell was a main eventer like Michaels tag-teamming with a midcard loser like Hunter Hearst Helmsley. We all know how that turned out.

 

They've been wanting to pull the trigger o a Lance Cadet push for a while, but this was pretty abrupt. Wasn't he feuding with Trevor Murdoch not two weeks ago?

since he graduated HBK's wrestling school, i'd imagine he'll get a little more from DX than your typical mid-carder could expect.

 

OK, here's a question to toss out there: Who will be Million Dollar Man Jr.'s mystery partner?

My hope is Bryan Danielson, but since there's all the talk of a second-generation stable, I'm guessing British Bulldog Jr. with American Dream Jr. turning heel. Of course, they've made Bulldog Jr. look like a chump in a bunch of his matches, so maybe we'll get a surprise.

Any other hunches?

 

It's gonna be Cody.

I can hear Bobby Heenan screaming it in my head ... "But who's side is he on?!"

 

For the first time ever, I fast-forwarded through all of Raw on my DVR, not watching one match.

OK, I did slow down to look at Melina in her bikini. But then I fast-forwarded the rest.

 

I would love to see a Horseman stable, led by Flair that features Jericho, Cade, and a few other young guys. (DiBiase Jr.? Danielson? even RKO?) It'd be really fresh and I think you could build some up-and-comers as bigtime heels while still having the big money faces (Cena, Trips, HBK, Batista) align to go against them.