http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/blog.php?7319-Smilie Wrestling News and Discussion - eWrestlingNews.com Community en Thu, 23 May 2013 11:01:33 GMT vBulletin 10 http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/blog.php?7319-Smilie http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?1062-WWE-Extreme-Rules-Triple-Threat-Match Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:21:52 GMT So the WWE Championship match at Extreme Rules is a triple threat match between The Miz, R-Truth and yes.....John Cena. I would have preferred to... So the WWE Championship match at Extreme Rules is a triple threat match between The Miz, R-Truth and yes.....John Cena.

I would have preferred to see The Miz v Randy Orton v John Morrison. How has R-Truth managed to get a WWE title match? Don't get me wrong, he;s a good worker in the ring but he is not one of the potential top superstars. I remember at Vengeance PPV in 2002 with The Undertaker as the current WWE champion defending the title against The Rock and an ever improving Kurt Angle (hot off his feud with Austin through Summerslam 2001 through to the beginning of 2002).

And why, after such an awful performance at Mania 27, is Cena still considered a number one contender for title matches?

And why do we need to have another Lawler v Cole match. If the one at Mania 27 wasn't painful enough, we have to go through the embarrassment one more time that includes JR in the tag match....

With Edge's retirement tonight on Raw, I think that unless they give Del Rio a decent title run, they will merge the Heavyweight Championship with the WWE Championship at some point this year and make Smackdown just an additional show for Raw stars to appear in, as they did back in the days of The Attitude Era.

The Extreme Rules PPV card is a let down again and maybe this will be one they should scrap. There are too many PPV's from WWE and a good few seem to just go through the motions without giving the audience something fresh, something exciting, something controversial.

On a final note, I made a point on previous blogs that The Miz is a breath of fresh air as the WWE Champion and hope he is given a decent run this year as the Champ. My only comment is that they get rid of his sidekick Alex Riley. To date, The Miz has not defended his title successfully without some form of interference. All this does is undermine The Miz's ability as a Champ and as someone who can do it on his own, which is what he deserves. ]]> Smilie http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?1062-WWE-Extreme-Rules-Triple-Threat-Match http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?1059-The-Rock-v-Cena-Wrestlemania-28-amp-Cena-as-the-face-of-WWE Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:51:33 GMT I'm not at all surprised by the announcement - I did however assume that Summerslam 2011 would have been the favourite PPV for the match, especially in order to carry the feud between the two superstars for the next few months. By holding the match a good year away, it means we will have forgotten about the feud for a good while until it resurfaces no doubt by the beginning of next year and the run up to Wrestlemania 28.

While watching Raw live, Cena announced that his match versus the Rock will be a WWE Campionship match - that poses a number of problems for me. The one that concerns me most is that I have never rated Cena and already a year down the line, he has been guaranteed a headline spot at the biggest WWE PPV of the year.

There are also a number of other concerns:-
1: What happens at The Royal Rumble or even at the last PPV before Wrestlemania 28? Because we know that the Cena v The Rock will a WWE title match, that means we will already know the result of both previous PPV's leading up to Mania 28, especially if, as expected, Cena will be defending the WWE Championship at those PPV's.
2: There is a chance either The Rock or Cena can sustain injuries prior to Mania 28 - what's Plan B for McMahon and Co?
3: Has the eagerly anticipated match predictions for Mania 28 gone out of the window as we now know what the main event is a year in advance?
4: Did McMahon not notice the boos from the Raw crowd last week when The Rock screamed that the match versus Cena will be at Mania 28? The WWE Universe would rather have the match up in the next few months rather than wait a whole year.
5: Can The Rock v Cena top Mania 18's The Rock v Hogan. I don't think it can in any shape or form. Remember in that match, Hogan was heal and the crowd was actually shouting out Hogan's name and booing The Rock - it was an amazing moment and the match itself was surprisingly good by Hogan standards. I cannot see Cena, as heal in this match, getting the crowd on his side.

Cena as the face of WWE? He never was and never will be. He has never carried WWE in the last 7 years. When WWE have relied on increasing their ratings, what do they do? Get The Rock or Stone Cold to make guest appearances. Bring back Bret Hart. Reform DX............I cannot think of a "classic" WWE match Cena has been involved in, where I've walked away and thought "Wow, the guy is good!"


For me, Randy Orton v The Rock would have got me really excited as a match up! It is a shame the WWE creative team and McMahon do not listen to the fans............ ]]> Smilie http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?1059-The-Rock-v-Cena-Wrestlemania-28-amp-Cena-as-the-face-of-WWE http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?1028-WMania-11-A-Letdown-WWE-Aims-for-2012 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:38:17 GMT Simply put Wrestlemania 27 was a major let down. After all the hype for weeks, especially around The Rock's role at Wrestlemania, we, as fans, assumed big things were going to go down on the big night. It never really happened. What is clear, is that The Rock's involvement in the last few weeks has been a launchpad for the bigger picture - Wrestlemania 28 - the main event match versus John Cena.

I was also very surprised by the mediocre build ups between key superstars and their matches at Mania since The Elimination Chamber. Randy Orton v CM Punk stood out, as did The Rock - which was really nothing to do with the actual WWE title, but Edge versus Del Rio, Rhodes v Mysterio could have had more spice before the big night.

I assume that the WWE have now put the Royal Rumble on the back burner of importance - just like the US title match which never happened. A Superstar that won The Royal Rumble could gloat they would feature at the Main Event at Wrestlemania - not anymore, as Del Rio's match with Edge kicked off the night and was put as a mid card match......more embarrassing, Michael Cole's irrelevant match versus Lawler was given more airtime.

It also took two veterans to rescue what was becoming a dull PPV - The Undertaker v Triple H - just like The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels rescued Mania's 25 and 26.

The Rock coming out to rescue the WWE title match and interfere was all too obvious and just too safe.....especially with the huge build up over the last few weeks......what would I have done differently?


1: I would have added Christian to the Heavyweight Championship and make it a Triple Threat Match, with Del Rio winning while Christian and Edge start a feud which goes through to a major showdown at Summerslam. Del Rio is a breath of fresh air and deserves a chance. I'm getting bored of Edge as Champion. He is a great performer but not too great on the skits or promos....for example, The Mitz is a more interesting champion.

2: The Big Show v Jackson would have been a better match than the worthless 8 team tag match which lasted a few minutes.

3: Kane v Barrett match

4: Morrison v Ziggler singles match - Morrison is a superb in ring performer - his Elimination Chamber performance was amazing and Ziggler is an underrated superstar...this would have been a very good match to watch.

5: Scrap the Cole v King match

6: Scrap the Divas match with Snooki

7: Make the WWE title a triple threat match - The Rock comes out and says he wants to give both Cena and The Mitz a good kicking and as Host has decided to to it in the title match.............The Rock wins and uses his title match win as a platform for a Rock v The Mitz title match at the next PPV, with Cena's interference, it launches a platform for The Rock v Cena at Summerslam..........Wrestlemania 28 is too far away and you could hear the boos from the crowd when both superstars shook hands on this on Raw the next night.


I agree that the WWE is in transition.....there is not enough collection of great superstars at one go - we regard The Attitude era as one of the best parts of the WWE history because you had a collective group consisting of Austin, The Rock, The Undertaker, Kane, Triple HHH, HBK, Mankind with the added mix of Vince McMahon..........these guys knew how to cut a promo and how to give the crowd what they want as well as being great performers in the ring.............at the moment, all I see is Cena being pushed and my opinion is he is over rated - always has been.

WWE should consider some changes urgently that I am sure will make WWE a lot more watchable and interesting - hopefully by pushing this group of stars for a good time, we may well be able to start talking about a new era that could rival The Attitude era......

1: Del Rio needs to be Heavyweight Champion
2: Edge v Christian feud needs to kick off soon and the promos need to be hot
3: John Morrision needs to be pushed - he has the looks, the moves, the talk....he can be a continuation of the HBK character to some extent.
4: Push Ziggler - but without his Manager Vicki Guerrero - I can see him building a character that becomes a tough SOB like a Sycho Sid or a Curt Henning....
5: Push The Mitz as WWE Champion
6: Randy Orton needs to headline - he is the complete performer in the WWE at the moment.....to be on a mid card match at Mania was wrong
7: CM Punk......he has always been better as a sole performer and not as the leader of some group.....he is a great wrestler and also needs to be headlining - where you had a triangle feud of The Rock v Austin v Triple H, I really think feuds between The Mitz, CM Punk and Orton would work really well........

All the above is just my personal opinion and I am sure others on here will also have some great ideas...would be great to hear them.........I am now seriously wondering whether paying over £15 for a Wrestling PPV is value for money after the lack of quality at Mania 27. ]]> Smilie http://www.ewrestlingnews.com/community/entry.php?1028-WMania-11-A-Letdown-WWE-Aims-for-2012