- I've got to start with the recent releases, most of which are not surprising or particularly bothersome. There's one that really stings though. If anyone has been following this blog you know that one of my favorite wrestlers is Shelton Benjamin. Well, 2 days ago he was wished well in future endeavors by the WWE. As I've said before, I felt like he was the most athletic worker on the roster. He was a legitimate amateur wrestler and it showed. He seemed to always work hard and throw in a cool new spot or two in all his matches, even the ones on ECW and Superstars. And he made a lot of matches more watchable. Now, I know he wasn't great on the mic and I know he lacked that WWE Superstar look, but how could it hurt to have a guy like that on the roster? I mean, he was in Money in the Bank for 5 years and was one of the stars of the match every time! He'll be missed and I really hope he gets picked up by Ring of Honor where his work can be appreciated.
- RAW and Smackdown have been pretty confusing. Sometimes for better, and sometimes for worse. I already made a Jack Swagger post so I won't bring that up again. By why are they having him lose clean so much? This is the kind of booking I just don't understand. I get that they don't want to job out Undertaker, but why does he have to go clean over the Champion. It's clear as day that if your Champion doesn't win then people are not going to take him seriously is that what they want?
- Overall it just seems like they can't wait until the Draft is over and they can start fresh. Nothing appalling happening, it's just been kind of lackluster.
- More Hart Dynasty please!
- I wonder what was supposed to happen on RAW being that the roster was stuck in Europe. I guess we'll never know!
- My DVR didn't tape NXT for the last 2 weeks so I missed it. I understand Daniel Bryan keeps losing and they keep putting the rookies through stupid challenges. Not good. Does anyone else get the feeling that the show is already starting to run its course?
- I will offer my Extreme Rules predictions this weekend at some point, though I really am only interested in a few matches. I don't think this PPV will have any major ramifications. I certainly hope the titles stay right where they are. What a joke it would be if a month after Wrestlemania there was already 3 title changes.
- Lastly, I don't usually comment on TNA because I rarely watch it and I loathe most of what I do get to see, but one of my all-time favs RVD won the TNA World Title, so I'm making an exception. Now, I have no problem with him winning the title. He's still in his prime (though certainly pushing towards "past his prime" time), is still capable of putting on main event quality matches, and is still a known commodity with a solid history. I get that. But I have to wonder why they would rush a quasi-dream match (at least to smart fans) such as Rob Van Dam vs. AJ Styles on an episode of Impact with little promotion if any. This match could have been built up for a while and culminated in a big PPV event. This is the kind of booking that helped WCW go out of business and the same thing will happen to TNA if they don't wise up. I've never bought a TNA PPV, but I would've actually considered it had they built this up properly and gave it time to be promoted. But with it already having been given away for free on TV and with all the shenanigans you can expect with the likes of Hogan and Flair being involved, I will continue to spend my money on WWE. Good for RVD as he has the easier schedule that he wanted and a company who seems to be very behind him (unlike if he returned to WWE where I don't believe he would have ever sniffed main event status again). But bad, very bad for TNA.
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