WWE is spoilin' for ratings...
 

Mr. McMahon returns in two weeks!

Yaaaay!

He better come out in the Pope Mobile since he's been prone to life threatening accidents...

No Chance in Hell!!!

Vince is gonna come back and show those young whipper snappers like Cena, Orton, Batista and Jericho how to cut a charismatic but pointless RAW-opening twenty-five minute promo, because nobody does it better than Mister McMcMahon!

We all know that Vince will boost the ratings...

I want to laugh but I know this is totally what's going to happen

He probably will, at least short term. And since that's all WWE cares about, they'll call it a huge success.

They wouldn't be, if they were planned. Interesting cycle, yes?

i hope vince is alright after what happened.

I hope he has bionic legs now.

Or they could claim he got implants from Chuck Norris. I think the joke is old enough for Vince to pick up on it.

I just hope he isn't going to book himself in a match at Wrestlemania. That would suck.

Unless it's like a 6-10 man tag, those are great.

And even with the intial report on how long it would take, he still could have followed the original plans and been viable. The problem wasn't the long-term plan, it's that they panicked and did something knee-jerky even when they had the facts.

Given the choice between sticking with their long-term plan and blowing their load early, when both were possible, they didn't choose the long-term plan. I think that's actually indicative of the problem in their planning.

Also very classic in the Smackdown Vs. Raw series, brought to you by THQ.

I have a feeling this will a be a one time appearence, to give Steph his seal of approval, either that or give Shane control of RAW.

I'm still certain that Mr. Kennedy was not meant to cash in at WrestleMania. He was a slimy heel at the time. I would have expected him to cash in after a random filler PPV, or something, while Michael Cole kept screaming "Not like this!"

And when The Undertaker was injured, Money in the Bank was the obvious way to go to get the title off him. Kennedy would have won it then, if he himself was healthy at the time.

I'm sort of hoping that Vince announces a new General Manager. It just seems untidy to me that SmackDown! and ECW each have one, but RAW is run by one of the Executive Vice Presidents. Also, who is "President" if Shane and Steph are "Vice Presidents?"

I'm thinking he may also announce that WWE Superstars show.

Kennedy announced he'd cash it in at Mania (And almost anything on the subject seemed to confirm that). Which gave more than enough time. Six weeks or Six months, it doesn't matter. They had a long term plan, and they ignored it.

But Kennedy also wasn't anyway near The Top when he won the MITB. A straight year of successes and momentum would have made a title shot at Mania valid. But without it, he would have been a midcarder who got there on good luck.

I'm not saying that's bad -- I've been begging foir yearsa to have a Stevie Richards kinda guy win the Rumble. But, that's not how WWE thinks. They talk about surprises and nevber give us any. Putting that aside, I don't see anybody getting a push from midcard to WM ME in 6 months.

Especially when your company has the nerve of a paranoid meerkat.

Paranoid Meekrat on meth.

But still, they could have continued much of the promotional work. And Hell, if they couldn't get him over, they still had half a year to drop the MitB to someone else.

Me too. (He is my fav!)

Oh, I'm not arguing that. I think they pissed the whole thing down their collective leg. I'm just saying, that's the last I recall of any "long term plans", and they freaked at the first sign of trouble.

Which is sort of the issue. When they hit a bump, they jumped right back into short-term mode. I think they believe long-term booking is a bad idea based on their experience with it. Kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy, if you wheeeeeel.

It also doesn't hurt that they often don't do thinking up front, either. Orton was pushed to the moon, on to his way to "greatness," even though it was pretty well established he was a dick and probably trouble. Which also leads me to their long game and their views on drugs and steroids. Though that last part could just be because Vince and his lot are carnies at heart, and think they're pulling one over on the "rubes."

I forget the storyline reason for his departure.

Of course he isn't.

He's a Kizarny.

I still hold out hope for Vince returning as "Crazy Uncle Vinnie" like he was when his hair was just starting to regrow after WM 23 and he had that weird almost-southern-drawl.

Also, Fox, the storyline was that the Million Dollar Giveaway sign fell on him.

I'm not familiar with American business, too much. Thank you for answering. It was sort of a rhetorical thought, though. I just find it mildly amusing (although I'm sure it's something that actually happens all the time), that you can have someone with a VP title, when there is no officially P to be the V to.

Looking into it, I've found documents that say that a President can either report to the CEO as COO (which would make Donna Goldsmith the President) or is synonymous with "Chairman of the Board," which would make Vince President. I'm thinking that President may be a flexible term? But you may know better. I should read more about American business.

I still think it would be awesome if it were William Regal. Long live the king!