Category: Musings

Browsing through WWE.com, I couldn’t help but comment on a small bit written by Jim Ross in his recent Superstar-Of-The-Week column:

Randy Orton had a fine Vengeance and RAW, but his leering at Hulk’s daughter disqualified young, master Orton. Will Orton never learn? Doesn’t Randall watch VH 1’s Hogan Knows Best like the rest of us?

Now I don’t know about you, but last time I checked, the rest of us that I know of weren’t watching Hulk Hogan’s TV show. Which probably means that by not doing so, my respect for Randy Orton has gone up. Mind you, that isn’t saying much.

Also, RVD got caught for carrying weed, eh? Can’t say I’m surprised. So now as a result of their Wellness Policy, WWE has made it so RVD loses both his shiny belts; one of Mr. Copeland and the other to Mr. Show. On top of that, he gets suspended for thirty days. Oh yeah, Sabu was also busted too.

Could the lack of these two marquee performers do in ECW for good? Not really. After all, Vince is in control now so chances are he’ll screw up something with or without them along the way. Never did the phrase “going up in smoke” seem more appropriate than it does now.

I’ll have more thoughts in the upcoming Bite commentary, which should be up sometime next week.

From insidepulse.com:

Survivor Series 2007 will take place in Montreal, marking the 10-year anniversary of the Bret Hart Screwjob, according to WrestlingObserver.com.

Frequent DTM Blog readers might recall a certain blog post from last week which went something like this:

Another point that has been brought to my attention: Today in wrestling history; ten years ago, Shawn Michaels beat Bret Hart in a 60-minute Iron Man match for his first WWF World Title. I’m bringing this up because a lot of other wrestling sites are doing it, but if you’re reading this post, do me a favor and don’t complain to WWE for driving the Montreal screwjob to the ground. And don’t tell them to move on, because you know they’ll milk it for all it’s worth when THAT tenth anniversary comes around.

Coincidence, folks? Hardly.

Why would Vince McMahon or anyone in WWE ignore quite possibly the most infamous event in wrestling history as much as everyone else tries hard to do so? While I never suggested they hold the show in my neighborhood, it doesn’t mean the thought hadn’t crossed my mind… I never really believed that they actually do it, but shows you how much I know. Then again, this isn’t the official word, so take this information with a grain of salt. Furthermore, I shouldn’t be bringing you wrestling news on a blog of all places.

Later.

Another point that has been brought to my attention: Today in wrestling history; ten years ago, Shawn Michaels beat Bret Hart in a 60-minute Iron Man match for his first WWF World Title. I’m bringing this up because a lot of other wrestling sites are doing it, but if you’re reading this post, do me a favor and don’t complain to WWE for driving the Montreal screwjob to the ground. And don’t tell them to move on, because you know they’ll milk it for all it’s worth when THAT tenth anniversary comes around.

I’ll see you in eighteen months.

According to RAJAH.COM, SNME did a 3.4 national fast rating, thus indicating that showing wrestling on a major network did nothing to increase interest in the product… well, it would have helped if the show was actually, you know, any good. Unless NBC is in a happy mood, don’t expect another episode of SNME to air anytime soon.

I mean, come on guys. Just because your currently crappy shows are getting “huge” ratings on lowly networks like USA or UPN doesn’t mean they’ll fly on a major network like NBC… Of course, you can always blame it on the NCAA tourneys, but you can just as easily blame it on the crappy weather.

This doesn’t bode well, but if they get another shot, maybe they’ll do a better job… or not.

So yeah, for anyone who cares, NBC is airing the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event, the old WWF show of the 80s and early 90s that has become a token WWE TV special. As much as I enjoy the prospect of catching a WWE show, I felt not much has been done to give people a reason to care about this show other than the fact that it hasn’t been on the air for thirteen years.

So for the sake of clarity, there’s only three matches that I’m covering here. I ain’t going to do the beer-drinking contest because that’s an Austin thing that always goes the same way… and let’s forget the women’s match, which had a hot angle going before it dragged and became usual WWE diva fluff that I really don’t care for anymore. So let’s begin this thing – raw and unformatted:

Booker T versus The Boogeyman
Hmm… on second thought, make that two matches to commment on, because we all know Booker is going to lose this one.

WINNER: Nobody. The match never happened.

Shawn Michaels vs. Shane McMahon – STREET FIGHT!
So Shane McMahon gets his bumpfest match this year. Let’s not kid ourselves – if it wasn’t for the fact that he’s the boss’ kid, Shane-o-Mac would have been a top contender for the World title. Not a seasoned wrestler, but he’s sort of like Mick Foley-lite, but with more teeth. But because he’s the boss’ kid, he gets to fight and bump endlessly before losing the match to HBK – just so he could contribute to Shawn’s feud against Vince… who has to get in yet ANOTHER Wrestlemania match.

WINNER: Nobody. We got a re-enactment of Survivor Series 97; HBK as Bret Hart, Shane McMahon as HBK, and Vince as himself. Time-honored tradition my ass.

John “Boring” Cena and Triple “Vince Jr. Jr.” H vs. Kurt “You Suck” Angle, Rey “Eddie-lite” Misterio, and Randy “Resthold” Orton
Actually… ah crap. I’ve got nothing today, guys. Sorry. Let’s go with Boring and Vince Jr. jr. and call it a day, alright?

WINNER: Boring and Vince Jr. Jr. Hey, somebody had to win a match on this lousy show.

Man, they should have kept this show buried.

Later.