John Cena granted a wish ahead of Raw and worked a post-show dark match. He teamed with Alberto Del Rio to beat Jack Swagger and Ryback. As long as he sells what happened at Extreme Rules the next time he's on TV, I'm ok with him showing up for the live crowd as a "bonus".
Curtis Axel was originally going to be "Curt" Axel, but for whatever reason they changed plans at the last-minute. Either name's fine with me and much better than "Michael McGillicutty". I'm pretty sure that Lesnar and Axel are pretty close behind-the-scenes, so that could have helped him get the chance he's getting now.
Mark Henry tweaked his shoulder at Sunday's PPV. I'll be interested to see what he does in the months to come.
Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a story about Andre The Giant. I'd love a collection of Andre stories.
Everything else from yesterday is after the break.
James Storm gave an update on his injuries. I actually am sorry about his damn luck, because he's a great part of TNA.
Hulk Hogan weighed in on the accidental leg drop from the Billboard Awards. I wonder if he gets tired of all the "brothers" and such. He's been doing this gimmick for decades.
Raw was back up to 4.23 million viewers. That's a good sign for a show that put some spotlight on a "new" talent who most of the audience isn't very familiar with.
WWE producer John "Big" Gaburick is finishing up his run with the company. He was a close associate of Kevin Dunn. There's speculation that this is a result of the continuing internal changes put forth by HHH and Stephanie McMahon.
Another name gone from WWE is former Head Writer Aaron Rudman. I don't know how much this will change things if Vince and Stephanie keep some of the same mindsets. There does seem to be something of a push for some new names on-screen (Ziggler, The Shield, Ryback, Axel).
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1. It all depends on why and where both people go from there. I like both Rhodes and Sandow and would want their feud to have meaning. Rhodes could be a good face, I think, if they went that route.
2. I think Cena is vastly underrated as a worker. Everyone focuses on the "Five Moves of Doom" and his admittedly usually mediocre and unfunny promos. If he varied things up a bit every once in a while and completely changed his promo style, I can see him really improving. I honestly think a lot of it's going to depend on who he's working with. He was much better against Punk and Lesnar when they were treated as at his level and serious threats instead of flavors of the month who were ultimately going to lose and have no meaning on Cena's progression as a character. We'll see if WWE is interested in changing him in the years to come.
3. I don't think he should have "squashed" Cena, but I would have liked for him to get the win in impressive and/or heelish fashion.
4. It probably would have gone unnoticed if Mr. "wrestling fans are either idiots or creeps" didn't have to get involved. This is what wrestling journalism has turned into...
5. I'd be hard-pressed to disagree here. People get mad as hell over villainous TV characters being villainous and demand action, but when someone's legitimately hurt and needs a lot of help, it's just another story. Where are the Moral Guardians who had to get so much attention in the Bully, Aries, and Punk incidents?
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