That's right the House is back.
First off, I just want to say that it's about tyme that Shad and JTG get a shot at the tag titles. Those guys are way over with the people and deserve a good title reign. The being said, I'm about 70% sure that Rhodes & DiBiase will will and continue to get pushed down our throats.
Speaking of pushing something down our throats, WWE seems to be bound and determined to push their new "Championship Scramble" to the point that there hasn't even been one wrestled yet and I'm already tired of the concept. Fair warning, the next part of my blog contains spoliers for tonight's ECW on SciFi so if you don't want to know, skip to the next paragraph... Instead of doing one for Raw and seeing how it goes over with the fans the WWE higher-ups decided that it was a good move to add one as not only the SmackDown Main Event for the WWE Championship, but also a third for the ECW Championship. Three in one night? Seriously WWE? It's an untried match concept and instead of testing the waters with one you book three. You're just setting this whole thing up to fail. Even if one or two of them are good, odds are, one will be terrible and that's the only one that will be remembered and will doom the match type to have an stigma of "suckage" surrounding it. It's like the old adage says: Less is more.
Santino Marella as the Intercontinental champion is devaluing the title by the day. He's a comedic heel designed to help get faces over and entertain. Right now he's basicly Beth Phoenix's, and please excuse the lanuage, man-b*tch. Beth is one tough woman and I could totally believe her being able to beat up Santino, but the IC champion playing "second-fiddle" to anyone other the the World champion makes the title look like a joke. And any title that has Steve Austin, Owen Hart, Bret Hart, Roddy Piper, & countless other greats in it's title history, should not be made to look like the belt of a uni-bow sporting, man-beyotch. Sure Chyna held the title too, but I'd rather try and block that from my memory.
It's been almost two weeks since I last mentioned Freddie Prinze, Jr. I wonder if I can keep that going... ah nuts... never mind.
Speaking of Freddie, I'm begining to think he's dropped off of the face of the planet. He said he'd continue his blog, but his last one was on July 31st and that makes me a sad panda. (Fans of South Park will get that "panda" reference.)
Too bad about John Cena's injury. Like him or not the guy is dedicated to the business and is passionate about it. For him to suffer another injury less than a year after returning to the ring from injury has to leave him feeling let down a bit by his own body. I guess the "silver-lining" in all of this is that it was a herniated disk and not a broken neck/vertabrae. Get well so John.
Another get well soon goes out, once again, to Melina. Raw needs you back.
Speaking of Diva's returning, I can't help, but wonder when the recently resigned Gail Kim will return to WWE programming. The question I have within my own thoughts is do you hype her return since most people know about it already or do you just have her pop-up from "nowhere"? The answer I usually arrive at is you have her return by helping Mickie James. Either by helping her beat Beth Phoenix (either for the title or in a match to get a shot) or by making the save for Mickie during a Beth "beat down" on Ms. James. Putting Gail anywhere other than Raw and as a face, at least until Melina returns, makes no sense to me at all. That being said, the way the booking is going lately, watch her pop-up on ECW or something.
If you think I'm being to critical of WWE right now I have to say that I agree with you. However, you must know that I've been a WWE fan for 20+ years. I've always been a WWE guy and always will be. Even through out the Monday Night Wars I was a WWE guy. It's just that right now I think they're really making some poor booking decisions on their shows. There are some really good things going such as CM Punk as the World champion and the movement of some of the younger guys up the card, but when the booking looks as if it's going to cause something that could be great to fail miserablely I feel compelled to speak up. Even if it is to the seven or so people that read this.
That's it for this edition party people. Until next time...

