Well it's time for another edition of the weekend wrap up.
If you are a "wrestling" fan there wasn't very much of it this week from either of the brands this week.
Triple H's return promo wasn't anything special IMO, I think this match at mania could very well be his last in WWE as he is in the front office of WWE and will be running things once Vince finally calls it quits.
The Undertaker made his return to Smackdown! was very effective, defending his streak at mania.
I hate to say it but I'm rooting for Hunter come mania. I know Taker will win but I gotta root for Hunter just like i rooted for HBK the last two years.
The Rock cut another GREAT promo on Cena this week. The Rock can STILL put on a GREAT promo. To bad he won't be staying past Wrestlemania, It's been fun having him back in the WWE again.
Nice to see Evan Bourne back on Raw again, it was a very short match but still nice to see him return.
It'll be interesting to see what WWE does with Michael McGuility when he comes back after getting the punt kick to the head from Randy Orton on Monday.
I really enjoyed The Miz's work during the cage match on Monday night, to see him live-tweet during the match was pretty cool.
WWE is bringing Stone Cold Steve Austin to Raw on Monday, Should be huge ratings for them. Most likely he will be there to talk about the new tough enough show which has 14 contestants. I'm really looking forward to this new season, I think Bill Demott, Booker T and Trish will make GREAT trainers on the show.
I enjoyed the new crowd for TNA impact it was nice to see a different crowd and they were pretty pumped the whole show.
To bad for them there wasn't very much wrestling.
I think TNA and Dixie both received a lot of negative reaction to their 3-3-11 promo for ripping off WWE or as some would say "making fun" of WWE as TNA did NOT air the promo throughout the show like WWE did. Probably a wise move on TNA's part.
I can't say I'm thrilled about Sting being TNA champion, I know his reign won't last long. They should of NEVER taken the belt off Anderson in the first place, cause they will soon make Sting drop the belt to Hardy anyway.
It's a shame TNA doesn't take pride in their titles anymore, It's ok for the belt to change hands on free TV once in awhile but why would i bother ordering a PPV when I know your main title won't change hands? I also wish they would give guys a longer title reign, I'm a fan of long title reigns as I feel it makes the belt mean more.
The Wedding angle was easily my least favorite part of impact this past week, just plain boring and I feel like I've seen this wedding destruction before.
TNA scored their highest rating this week, Congrats to them, but the thing is can they keep it? Chances are no. I feel they needs something different. Dixie should of really pushed for Paul Hayman a little bit harder Hogan and Bischoff aren't cutting it for me anymore.
Matt Hardy looks to be getting in better shape which is good for him, to bad he will always be that mid-card wrestler.
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A couple of things to add - First off the Wedding Angle on TNA. You said you've seen this wedding destruction before. I think it was obvious what was going to happen. Even Taz, whose job is to call matches and pump up the storyline pretty much said he's seen this a million times before and they never turn out pretty.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah one more thing, the "Network" angle has been done a few times too. Please TNA stop using old gimmicks that never work!! It was first done with ECW when it was on TNN and then done by WWE with the Right to Censor stable.