I've been watching the WWE internet blind lately. Not by choice, but because I haven't had the internet. I was also without Foxtel for a week or so, so I missed WrestleMania 21, and the RAW and SmackDown! before it.
Anyway, I watched and was intrigued by the pops towards Christian (which tells me he must have done a pretty good job in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match). I was a bit worried about the lack of Rhyno, Gene Snitsky, Rene Dupree & Kenzo Suzuki on my TV (can anyone tell me on what grounds Rhyno was released, and what's been happening with Gene, Rene and Kenzo?), and when I first tuned into SmackDown! I heard Cena was getting a new Championship belt. Joy.
I don't mind the general look of the new belt, but I really think it could have done without the spinner thing. It might have been nice to have JBL come out with Vince McMahon and have Vinnie Mac strip Cena of the WWE Championship, and re-award JBL the Championship, but still have Cena claim to be the Champion, and have him announced as the "Chain Gang's Champion" or some crap like that. Then have JBL vs. John Cena at Judgment Day to "unify" the belts.
As far as being too critical goes, you will never hear me bad-mouth a superstar. I like Viscera, I like Kenzo Suzuki, I like Heidenreich, I like Snitsky, I like Chris Masters, and the list goes on. I do get a bit upset when guys like Val Venis and Rhyno sit on the side lines during a time when the WWE is low on tag teams, and they fill what could be a decent tag team filler with RAW Whores or SmackDown! Sluts. It's not because I hate the product, I'm a loyal fan. It's just that I like it so much that I have a connection with it and really don't want it to be useless crap.
If the WWE really wants to throw away $250,000, use it to get a guy a celebrity manager for a few weeks, or use it to get top quality entrances for guys like Matt Morgan, Orlando Jordan, Luther Reigns, Hardcore Holly & Charlie Haas or Mark Jindrak. I don't see why getting some more semi-hot women on TV is important, especially when you can't keep your decent talent like Molly Holly. The only good that can come out of the Diva Search is that Gail Kim enters, then kicks the ass of all the other contestants then says she is here to wrestle. But you just know it is going to be used for Jillian Hall to make her debut as a reject called "Moley Holey" and possibly as little as a week later we'll see her using Molly Holly's old music as a shot at her by management.
