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Sounding good so far, to me. I disagree with some of the decisions of the matches, though. Well just Elijah Burke and Kevin Thorn going over Tommy Dreamer and Stevie Richards. I think the faces should have won that much. It continues Stevie's slight edge over Kevin Thorn, gives Dreamer a win to keep his relevance up, and Burke and Thorn had that falling out when they were in the New Breed, which should screw them up. That's just my opinion, though.
CM Punk going over John Morrison sounds awesome. As much as Morrison has been entertaining as fuck recently, to have him take the ECW Title off-screen with him while he is suspended is not a good move. Punk has a title shot, he finally beats Morrison, and this is the first TV World Title change in some time. Also, Punk is now a World Champion, and the best one in the WWE, at that. That is something to be happy about.
I love the way they are writing off the suspended parties. Morrison should play embarrassed that he talked a lot of shit, and just disappear for a bit and maybe come back repackaged (yeah, yet again, but that seems to be what the John Hennigan character does). Chavo Guerrero will no doubt get injured in his match with Rey, or he will be removed from the SmackDown! roster when he says "I quit." If the WWE wanted to be really clever, they'd have Theodore Long getting rid of Chavo after he quits piss off Vickie Guerrero some, and she gets in Kristal's ear about the wedding. I don't want to see Vickie take over or anything, but something needs to disrupt this wedding.
It's going to be interesting to see how they explain the RAW suspensions. I'd have William Regal suspend Randy Orton (and maybe King Booker, depending on whether or not he goes) and having Mr. McMahon accuse Regal of abusing his power, and make their suspensions con-current, and when Regal lets Orton back, he can also return. The WWE could turn this into a slight Regal vs. Orton program. Regal could get a great match out of Orton, and beat the shit out of him as the WWE's way of telling Randy to not be a cock. Of course, Orton will probably be gone for 60 days, but they could have Regal take some time off and help train guys, or something. I'm campaigning now: William Regal vs. Randy Orton for either Survivor Series, Armageddon/Starrcade (I'm hoping they change the name) or the Royal Rumble. Then they can move back into John Cena vs. Randy Orton for WrestleMania, with John Cena, Sr. at ringside, ooo drama. Don't make it for the WWE Championship, though. Johnny is the golden boy, but even he needs a break from the WrestleMania main event every once in a while.
Why am I talking about this in a SmackDown!/ECW thread? Because the spoilers aren't complete yet, so there's nothing worth discussing, other than I was a little disappointed with how Matt Hardy and MVP's title win came off on SmackDown!. I'd rather see Matt Hardy and MVP reveal there is a begrudging respect for each other, and a desire to be WWE Tag Team Champions. It's just a small thing, but I was hoping that MVP would reveal something about their strategy in a backstage segment, telling Matt that he did a good job soaking up even more punishment than usual, so that MVP could come in stronger and finish them off. Have MVP tell Matt Hardy that seeing as he got the pin, he will hold onto the belts, just to motivate Matt Hardy. Matt gets annoyed, because he did all the hard work, but agrees to play ball, somewhat, trying to impress MVP, with the US Title always in his sights.
This week sounds like a more positive step for the angle. MVP had Matt Hardy as his guest, and I'm hoping there is some explanation as to the relationship between the two, and they're not going to go the John Cena/Shawn Michaels route, and make it look the WWE Tag Team Championship doesn't matter. That MVP is helping Matt Hardy win matches so they look good gives me a lot of hope for it.
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