First up for Saturday, a query:
1. While it's always possible that Christian will turn face, I don't see it happening any time in the next couple of months. Since he returned as a heel and seems like such an obvious opponent for Sheamus for the World Title, I think that's the route WWE will be going.
Here's part 1 of an interview with Trish Stratus, in which she discusses the potential for one more match/rivalry, and gives some interesting opinions on the controversial character directions for Eve and Natalya. I guess if Trish's character can survive being made to bark like a dog by Vince McMahon, their characters can go beyond where they are now. They can at least say they're getting TV time. Trish working to improve the Divas division behind-the-scenes would be a godsend. She made good points about putting the Divas division on the map. I think in addition to the likes of Beth and Tamina, Kaitlyn and Maxine have made fans care about what they're doing from a wrestling standpoint on NXT. I recommend some of their recent matches if you're a fan of Divas wrestling. They're not godsends, but they've been impressive.
Mick Foley was also interviewed recently about his comedy tour and potential WM28 roles. I do think Foley could add to the HIAC match. If they're going to go full-out nostalgia, they might as well involve him. Funny and smart guy. Some fans hate Cena because they see him as the embodiment of everything they dislike about the PG, mainstream WWE.
For my take on PWInsider.com's Saturday questions:
1. Don't give them any ideas! There's enough bad "sports entertainment" on the shows as it is. I don't see that character appearing doing anyone any particular favors outside of a nostalgia reaction.
After the break, I go into everything else from Saturday, starting with a question on John Cena vs. The Rock.
2. I'm also pretty behind that promo, and agree with everything started here except for the complaint about Cena picking Rock as his partner for Survivor Series. They didn't become "BFFs". The whole point of the angle was that Cena could pick ANYONE he wanted to face Miz and R-Truth, so he picked someone he knew would get the job done. They continued to throw jabs back and forth at that time.
3. I agree that Cena and ROCK should close the show. It's the feud that's been built up for longer and Rock's the bigger draw in 2012 due to his Hollywood successes and how long of a hiatus he took.
4. What they said. Not to mention that the Orlando crowd has seen pretty much everything some of the performers can do and are at times jaded to anything that isn't a spotfest or hardcore.
5. As clever of a pitch as that is, the draw of the Draft has always been to see established performers going to other shows. The brands don't mean as much as they used to (by far), but that still holds some value. Maybe this year would be the impetus to make them distinct shows again. I don't know how well pushing 10 virtual unknowns into the already crowded shuffle would work out long-term without good plans for all of them. Good outside-the-box idea, but execution would be key.
Ryback defeated Alex Riley on the 2/24 Raw live event. They're either really unsure what to do with him or building him to be kind of a big deal. I'm interested in what he brings to the table after being off-screen for so long due to injury.
Superluchas.net has photos from the 2/24 Smackdown live event.
Finally, WWE is teasing another round of C.M. Punk vs. Daniel Bryan for Raw. I can't be the only one who finds it more than a little odd that the heel GM is trying to put on a match that fans actually do want to see.
That's it for Saturday's news. More to come later tonight. Thanks for reading!
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