Hey everybody and welcome back to This Week In Wrestling. Let’s get to it in a surprisingly busy week shall we.
Just for the record, spoilers may be included, but if you’re on this site you probably know all about this information anyways, so read ahead…
1. 1. Well I gotta say the big news, which was broken by PWInsider and simultaneously used by every other site on the Web, was that Jeff Hardy may be future endeavoring himself in the coming months. Apparently the unique, charismatic, rainbow haired enigma is burnt out and needs a break. Ironically, I think the last time he left the WWE, he was painting his face too, but I digress. If this does end up happening, expect him to job a bit on the way out.
2. 2. Just call this a domino effect, but I think the person who stands the most to benefit from Jeff Hardy leaving the WWE is CM Punk. After the draft, look at the top faces on Smackdown. Undertaker, who is more of a special attraction anyways, Punk, Hardy, and Rey Mysterio. And that’s it for top faces. So unless they decide to elevate R-Truth or turn Benjamin or Morrison face, Punk has just found himself in a very sweet spot on Smackdown. Didn’t something similar happen though when Hardy got suspended last year and he took Money in the Bank 2008? Hmm….
3. 3. Where are my manners, there was a TNA pay per view this weekend. And I begin this by saying kudos to the six sided company for snagging Bobby Lashley. Please though, use him soon. Don’t let him hang out for a month, make appearances on the stage, and have him leave. I want to see him wrestle soon, preferably his old foe Booker T at Sacrifice.
4. 4. Did TNA really make Mick Foley their champ by the way? Um…well at least it’s something different. But hey, can we please get the belt on someone who wasn’t involved in a Superbrawl in their lives? This is 2009, lets get with the program.
5. 5. Kudos to TNA for some of their new signings as well. Big ups for the Trevor Murdoch signing and Amazing Red return. Couple that with a new British faction, and it’s nice to see some new blood coming into TNA.
6. 6. Speaking of new blood in TNA, and I’ll get to blood literally next, I’m very interested in seeing this Tazz-Samoa Joe dynamic. And just pointing this out, in a few months, TNA is really going to have the Dudleys, Stevie Richards, Tazz, and Cactus Jack under the same roster? Something tells me we haven’t seen the last of Balls Mahoney or Brother Runt either.
7. 7. I’ve watched clips of Lockdown, and jeez what a bloody PPV. I guess if you really take the average of the WWE’s no blood policy and TNA’s every wrestler blades policy, you have a balance of plasma spilled. But look at the Team 3D match, Sting-Foley, and Abyss-Matt Morgan to see what I mean. And good lord, for the first time Matt Morgan bled in a match, he got busted the hell open. Abyss did not gently rub him with glass, he blasted it over the blueprints head. [I’m trying to think of some joke about his DNA being in space and all over the mat, if you can think of a good one please e-mail me.]
8. 8. Back to the boys up in Stamford…I’m quite curious to see how the draft plays out for some of the younger talent. Look at past drafts. Worlds Greatest Tag Team gets split up, Haas gets released. Deuce and Domino get split up, Domino gets his bags packed. Just saying, sets a bad precedent for people like Hornswoggle, Jesse, Ezekial, and even DJ Gabriel. Let’s see what the future holds for those individuals.
9. 9. I believe either Dave or Buck made this comment this week…but Backlash should get renamed “The Matches That Should Have Happened At Wrestlemania.” See Steamboat-Jericho and Edge-Cena for those fights.
10. 10. Just gotta say as well, love the British fans. Along with the Canadian ones, they make there voices heard. They got their point across with that Cena-Jericho match, started Punk’s long awaited heel turn a while back when he fought Jericho, and gave us one of Shawn Michaels greatest promos of all time.
So thanks all for reading, please send any and all feedback to zachlevine86@gmail.com. Be well everybody and catch you all next time.