2009 Running Pro Wrestling Thread

What I've seen of Sheamus on ECW is pretty impressive. Now how he managed to move from ECW without a draft, they didn't bother to explain. But they're making it even more clear that ECW is a feeder system to Raw and SD, which is fine. Maybe if they explain that somewhat, that'd be nice. Or merge ECW with Florida Championship Wrestling, call it Future Championship Wrestling, then run that as the third show and sell it as tomorrow's Raw and SD stars.

 

When did Kofi Kingston get a personality?
Somewhere between his match with Jericho and the segment where he destroyed the car he must've bought one on WWEshop.com.
And for someone who's billed as being from Jamaica, he certainly doesn't sound like it.

 

They did away with his Jamaican accent last Raw. Not sure if it was intentional or if he just forgot his accent when he spoke, and HHH called him out. Kinda funny.

Also, Kingston is actually from Ghana. But I guess people like Jamaicans more.

Maybe now that he doesn't have to remember to speak Jamaican, he can focus on getting the full force of his personality across.

 

I'm just glad they're trying something, anything with him. Guy is fun as hell to watch in the ring but never seemed like he was much on the mic. If anything can bring that out of him, it's a feud with Orton.

 

Anything will be an improvement, just as long as we don't have to hear Mike Adamle say 'Jamacian me crazy!"

 

Ok, apart from the Nascar douches, who you just knew were going to be terrible, tonight's RAW wasn't actually half bad.

Love the Kofi vs. Orton feud. It's new, fresh and is exactly what the WWE should be doing. It's been way too long since Kofi got a whiff of the main event spotlight.

As for Big Show vs. Taker? I like it. Makes sense since the only other real contender on SD is Punk and, frankly, I'm kind of bored with him.

But Cena vs. HHH vs. HBK? Pass. I can't see how they can make this interesting. I really can't.

 

I'm really sick of the one-shot guest hosts making matches for a major PPV a month down the road. There's just a "WTF?" feel to it every time it happens.

 

Yeah, but if you were a guest host, and you had real power, wouldn't you make a pay-per-view main event?

It makes a bit of sense. Then again, that means the writers aren't thinking that.

 

There's just no rhyme or reason to it. Like tonight, for example. The hosts come out in the last 30 seconds of the show, pretty much flip a coin, throw a dart at the board or spin the wheel to make the deal, and make a PPV main event. Just for the hell of it.
I understand they'll build up the triple threat. But this PPV especially, they had a chance to do something different. With Cena-Orton clearly being over and several guys clamoring to take the next shot at Cena, they could have spent two weeks building up suspense with a couple of No. 1 contender matches. Then use the last two weeks to push Cena-Whoever at the PPV. Even if you come up with the same triple threat match doing that, there's more logic behind it.
And instead of something fresh (Miz-Cena as champion vs. champion? Swagger-Cena as a roll of the dice? HBK-Cena for the first time in a couple years?) we end up with two of the same three guys who always seem to main event every PPV.
My only hope, and it's a longshot, is that they salvage it by putting the strap on HBK. I think it'd be fun to see him with a run on top, at least through the Rumble.

 

I didn't watch Raw, but after reading the results; it didn't seem like a half bad show. It's great to see the WWE finally touting some of their younger guys with Sheamus making the jump to Raw.

I, however, look at the Triple H vs. Cena vs. Shawn Michaels differently from the other posts. Considering where Michaels and Triple H are at in their career, you know both are considering hanging it up this year. In fact, I suspect this to be the beginning of one final feud for Michaels - with Triple H. I assume they'll play a long, drawn out story where all the tension between the two fighting for one last shot to earn the gold drives a wedge through them and it leads to a final match between them two at WrestleMania XXVI in Glendale. Then again, much like when Michaels fought Ric Flair in Miami (which had a lame ending, too), I can't see them two fighting to beat the living piss out of each other, however, I see Michaels picking Triple H to be his final opponent before he retires.

 

WFW. HBK deserves one last run with the strap. It's baffling to believe that with the skill and career he's had, he's only been a four-time world champion...