Well, at least this match has a set up. It's kind of weird, but it's a set up.
Meh. Not a bad match, just nothing to write home about.
Mick Foley obviously went to the Teddy Long School of General Managing. A tag match here made sense.
That was a good little tag match. Of course, the Usos won again. I can really see the complaints that we get that match a lot and the Usos pretty much always win. Between Raw, NXT, Superstars, Main Event, Smackdown, and SMS, there have been 18 times that these teams have faced off either 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 since PTP became a team early last year. In other words, they've faced off on TV an average of over once a month, excluding live events and matches were both teams were involved that weren't 1-on-1 or 2-on-2 (bigger tag matches, etc.). While overall The Usos are only up 10-8, they've won 8 straight. PTP hasn't won an outing since September. I like The Usos, but PTP's really getting hosed here. I don't think there's any kind of conspiracy: WWE just likes going to this match to warm the crowd up with a babyface win. That said, it's getting pretty old and formulaic.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
Here are highlights of an interview with one of the writers of the WWE Encyclopedia. He's not alone in appreciating good managers, tag teams, and dominant Champions (depending on who that champion is). These areas are better than they have been at least.
Mickie James took issue with a number of TNA topics. Here's a transcript. If this is trying to set up some kind of C.M. Punk-style "shooting" gimmick, it works perfectly. This is the most I've cared about Mickie probably since she came to TNA. She makes some good points, actually (even if she comes off as kind of arrogant). I hope someone's taking notice.
Adrian Neville, Emma, Paige, and Bray Wyatt all worked this weekend's Raw live events. I'm not really familiar with Emma outside of her gimmick, but the other 3 have gotten some high marks from online fans. I'm always interested to see some new talents, especially talents who have been touted for a while.
C.M. Punk has now been removed from the Raw tapings he was advertised for. The shows are really going to be missing something without him. I hope others can hold the fort down in his absence.
A Yahoo! writer hopes that The Rock won't be at next year's WrestleMania. Did he really use WrestleNewz as a source?
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
Nothing to add to 1.
2. She wasn't even on their recent Knockouts PPV, so I don't think we'll be seeing her back any time soon. Honestly, I ain't even mad. I'd rather see Ivelisse, Cheerleader Melissa, Winter and/or Taylor Wilde.
3. Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like? Ponder that for a second.
4. WWE's lost a lot of its "flavor" over the years and that's one reason why. Things in general felt more interesting years ago.
5. WWE is kid-friendly and sponsor-friendly! They're not a sport where people want to destroy each other; they're a fun entertainment show like Disney On Ice. They're like Eddie Murphy. No matter how much some people miss how awesome they were when they were edgy, they're generally going to play it safe. Some stuff has pushed some boundaries lately, though. Thank goodness.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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