Yeah both guys have some value with Hogan being good for promoting and Bischoff for help with booking but the roster hates how neither guy wants to push Russo to be better.

Originally Hogan wanted Russo fired before going to TNA but somehow Russo kept his job either because Hogan dropped the demand or a vote ended up saving his job.

My predictions for tonight's Monday Night Raw.

Going out on a limb there, Dave?

Superstars? Awesome

OH MY GAWD

Impact? Superstars?

He's wasn't under a broadcast contract for awhile he was just a regular WWE employee. I guess that has changed now.

Ladies and Gentleman, the current X Division Champion The Brian Kendrick!

Was totally expecting some Hardy-esq druggie pic.

ok the new guy at work looks JUST like Christian. Whoa.

Ask him how his balls are.

450 is featured in a question on Outhink the Fink.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtremeECWv1

A LOT of ECW footage there including full shows and DVD/VHS releases.

Rock's Breakfast

<a href="http://www.whosay.com/DwayneJohnson/photos/48067" title="Dwayne Johnson's photo Breakfast of Champions - buffalo and egg whites (AM pie is optional)."><img src="http://media.whosay.com/48067/48067_la.jpg" alt="Dwayne Johnson's photo Breakfast of Champions - buffalo and egg whites (AM pie is optional)." width="644" height="481" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.whosay.com/DwayneJohnson/photos/48067">Dwayne Johnson on WhoSay</a>

vs.

Punk's Breakfast

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg739/sca...=640&ysize=640

WTF is that? lol

Omelette with plenty of eggs?

From PWInsider:

Take it for what you will but on his Twitter account, Sean Waltman is saying that HHH really has taken over for Vince McMahon as the person now in charge of WWE. He said that he had gotten a text earlier in the day from HHH that made sense after he saw the end of Raw. Yes, he is saying it is a shoot. Given that WWE is publicly held company, if that is the case it will come out.

Glad you could join the party.

He said there is a pancake in there somewhere. I just think it's heaven/diabetes on a plate.

Hey Fellas, Haven't been on here in two days. Mainly because I just watched Money in the Bank and RAW today.

Sup, Team Rodney?

Well that explains why you weren't on the PPV or Raw.

No Xero, he was roaming the mean streets of Greenwich, Connecticut looking for some fights.

was he using his lessons in thuganomics?

Basically.

Things I learned from RAW last night:

1) A firing angle with Cena will never work.
2) Getting fired by Triple H isn't as exciting as I had hoped (no pedigree :()
3) Cena is soo entrenched in WWE marketing that it is impossible for him to take any time off even if its just a week.

I wouldn't be surprised if the WWE panicked again at the thought of not having Cena for a few weeks like they did twice last year. The first was him getting "fired" by the Nexus and most of the crowd left before the show was over. The other time being the WWE offering refunds when it was assumed Cena was hurt and wouldn't show up at shows.

And now for some Animated gifs and pics

Those guys are pretty serious about taking baths.

Raw Ratings are dissappointing.. What's your solution?
 

In the past year or so, we've seen WWE go outside of their comfort level and do a few things that us IWC would call legit.

Nexus Angle - Bringing back factions is a dream of ours.
Rocks Return - Headlining Raw after Wrestlemania/imposing dream match vs Cena.
CM Punk - Creating a legit Rebel is bringing back the Austin/Sting days.

Unfortunately...

This week’s edition of WWE RAW drew a 3.2 cable rating, with 4,800,300 viewers. Although the number is up from last week, it is obviously a disappointment as they had the MITB PPV the night before and also featured a major angle that has been ongoing for weeks.

The 7/16 edition of AM RAW did a 0.67 (0.7) cable rating, with 821,000 viewers.


What can WWE do to increase viewership to Attitude Era numbers?

Push TNA to be a better competitor? Get Shane to take over TNA? I want some whacky, crazy ideas, I'm sure I'll hear the same old rhetoric about tag teams and Cena turning heel, but please feel free to pretend your a writer in the WWE and prove yourself useful.

Step one-collect underpants
Step two-
Step three- Profit!

Fire creative and hire you.

No seriously though. If I wanted to improve ratings, I'd hire people to write that have a vested interest in the product. Someone who's been a fan all their life and who knows the talent's back story will always come up with something better than a soap opera writer who's never watched.

The rating was higher than last week's? What's the problem then?

Well, with your assumption, Heyman should come into WWE as Hogan and Co went to TNA.

I'd say that competition creates cash, as soon as TNA gets on the road and returns to Monday Nights, the better for wrestling in general, but more importantly, better for WWE.

If my memory serves me correctly, the ratings were in the 6.0-7.8 range when WWE was previously on USA, and they haven't reached anywhere near that level since returning to USA Network.

After pulling off such a wonderful angle and using many resources including the Rock, many are left wondering how they can be on top like they once were. I'm looking for your input and ideas on such a path that could be rewritten and rephased.

Fire creative

Hire Noid

It's going to take a while to convince people that they can be consistent again. At least the ratings moved in the right direction. I don't think there's a need for a massive overhaul or anything. They just have to keep putting out quality stuff and things may change over time.