Monday, October 13, 2008

A couple of thoughts

-Kozlov seems an odd choice for a push. He's OK in the ring, has a terrible accent, and, that I'm aware of, has not done anything of interest since showing up. I remember him doing his "Double Double E!" schtick for about a month, disappearing, then showing up on Smackdown! and doing basically what he's doing right now at random intervals.

-Punk showing up in the main event on RAW tonight was really great. I hate that it finished the way it did though. I'm not saying it was a burial, it's just another example of misuse of Punk and another scary sign that he really might be resigned to the midcard. Really though, the former world champion needing help from the special referee? I'm also really not crazy about how heelish some faces get to be. I'm fine with some tweener roles, but Batista is usually portrayed as a pure face, so it's odd when the announcers gush over him for being heelish, then dumping on the heels when they do anything to get out of line. Another example would be Punk and Kofi letting MVP run in the ring by himself at the PPV... just odd.

-Jackass in WWE again? And is Khali or RAW or Smackdown?

-Voting is on for Cyber Sunday. I know WWE is better at not faking polls these days, but just a note of interest. People are having to text their votes this year and it cost money, meaning if they fake or tamper with the results it could actually be construed as fraud if I'm not mistaken. Although I do have to say, I'm genuinely unsure about who they wanted picked for a few polls. HBK seems the obvious choice for the WHC match, but then they threw in Stone Cold?

-Jeff Jarrett defeats Kurt Angle at Bound for Glory. Are you serious? They do a 'passing of the torch' match, only to have the torch guy keep his torch. Jarrett hasn't been active in what, 2 years? Kurt Angle is supposed to be their biggest star at the moment.

-They finally pulled the trigger on Nash turning on Joe. Of course it didn't make any sense. Maybe if we're lucky we'll get a long convoluted explanation about how it was Sting & Nash's plan all along. And seriously, is Sting going to win the TNA title every year at Bound for Glory? I would throw in a dirty finish tradition, but I don't remember how it ended last year and I don't feel like looking it up right now.

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