Change of Direction

Been awhile folks. Sorry bout that. I have been thinking about direction of this blog, and frankly watching WWE programing is really tiring me out. It's that bad. So I've decided that for mow this will be a primarily TNA blog. I'll still make the odd post about WWE, but I'll focus on covering Impact,and TNA PPV's starting this week. So look for a new post by Sunday afternoon with my thoughts on this weeks Impact!

My thoughts on Monday Night Raw from July 6/09

Okay peeps (tee-hee) I finally got around to watching this weeks Raw, and all I can say is thank god for the Million Dollar Man and MVP. They made it actually entertaining for the first time in weeks. How sad is it the highlights of the show had nothing to do with wrestling? *Sigh*

This will be much shorter than my Smackdown post, because I didn't bother to take notes and I'm running of memory. And let's face it, not much was memorable. SO here are my impressions on what I can remember.

It was great to see the Million Dollar Man back. I was always a huge fan of his growing up (I think he was the only heel I liked) and he didn't disappoint me. From that first laugh I was enthralled whenever he was on screen this week. I loved every word that came out of his mouth...especially when he told Cody what he thought of his dad (Why would the Million Dollar Man ever associate with the common man?) I only wish he had actually forced Cody to wear his old mans polka dots. Now that would have been great!

Speaking of Cody...waht a joke. Yes, I understand you cannot concivable beat a man the size and strenght of Mark Henry. Suck it up princess. Don't bail like a coward (*cough Randy Orton cough*) stay in there and take your licks boy! Like your friend Ted...

I was relativly immpressed by the young Dibiase. There is no denying he has talent. Here's hoping we are close to seeing the end of Legacy so we can see him be more than Randy Orton's bitch. He held his own in his match though, so good on him for that.

The diva's match....yeah I fast forwarded through that. The diva's hold nothing for me, so I just wait for TNA to watch women wrestle. Although I did notice Gail Kim got the pin. Perhalps she might actually be used somewhat properly on Raw.

Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne...good match but too short. I like both the guys, and think they are fantastic talents. Hopefully one day we will see a longer match between them.

The VIP lounge rocked. May I just say now that I love MVP? I liked him as a heel, but the face push they are giving him is great. And watching the two time (two time) all american reject (okay so I added the last part in) back down from MVP was great. I hope MVP beats the stupid smirk off his face soon!

The main event was pathetic yet again, and the three way match for Night of Champions was so predictable my hubby called it at the start of the match. But that does bring me to another rant...

I am really frustraed with the WWE trying to "clean up" there shows. The F-U is now the attitude ajustment? THe STFU has lost a letter too. To that I say WTF. We cancelled WWE on demand because now they are editing blood out of the old matches, turning them black and white in places where somebody is busted wide open. I understand trying to be family friendly, but the shows on at 9pm, give us adults a break would ya? Even as a kid I would have thought this was hella lame. ANd while I'm on a tangent, whats with the King using all of JR lines? If you want JR back on Raw, then just freaking move him back there. As the hurricane would say "what's up with dat?"

Here's hoping next week will be better...although I'm quickly losing hope. At least I have Thursday (and Impact) to look forward to.

Till then, take it easy. And leave me your thoughts in the comments :)

My views on the current state of wrestling, or my state of the union address

Okay so as promised here are my views on the current state of pro wrestling. I figured the easy way to do this is show by show, so without further ado....

Raw- The flagship show really of the WWE. Monday night raw for the past few months has just plain sucked. Honestly, if I see Randy Orton win one more match by cheating I swear I'll scream! Legacy is a joke, the tag time division is a joke, the diva's....yeah there a joke too. The Diva's champ is annoying as all hell. And the worse part is they actually have some good talent on the Raw roster. So why are they not used properly? Why are guys like MVP and The Brian Kendrick not being used to there full potential? And yet the Miz gets to fight Cena week after freaking week. Does anybody give a crap? Not me. I watch this on my PVR and honestly I've been skipping most of it. And it saddens me to say it.

Smackdown- I have not been watching this regularly in about a year. I need to start again. The whole Vikki/Edge angle I hated, and it really turned me off this brand. However from what I've seen in the past few weeks, I'm liking this more than Raw (yeah I can't believe I said that either, but given my options...) They have some good talent in CM Punk, R-Truth and Jeff Hardy. The down side...well I have to listen to Chris Jericho go on and on. Not a good thing. And I used to be a Jericholic. I'll reserve anymore judgement on this show for now. In a few weeks I'll do another post about this, once I've had the chance to watch some more smackdown.

ECW- I don't watch it. I will not ever watch it. Not even Christian can make me want to watch. And I'm a peep through and through. I used to watch ECW in it's original incarnation. When it was EXTREME. Now it's just weak and watered down. Let's be honest, when Vince bought the name and the rights, he did it to kill the legacy of something that he did not create. And he's doing a fine job of it. That's all I have to say on that one for now.

TNA: Impact- Before you start to wonder why I would call my self a fan when I don't like anything that has the McMahon name on it right now. This is why. TNA is blowing everything the WWE has out of the water in my opinion. The talent they have is amazing, honestly amazing. The Knockouts are not like the Diva's. They actually fight...pretty hardcore too. I mean I've seen a chick thrown onto tacks twice in the past month. To me that's awesome. That the knockouts are not in bra and panty matches, they actually wrestle real matches is a huge plus to me. And it's not just the ladies. With talent like AJ Styles (my fav at the moment), Samoa Joe, Eric Young, Jay Lethal, Abyss...I could go on, but honestly they just blow my mind. These guys are so athletic and so talented . And the best part is most of them are not huge guys! Most of them are the guys that would be mid-carders or jobbers in the WWE. And then there are the tag teams. Beer Money and LAX are two that stand out to me. It's good to see the tag team is not truly dead. I don't think I even need to mention the talent they have acquired from WWE in past years. It must be the 6 sides, because I've never seen most of these guys look better!

If you've made it through this whole thing, Thank you!! I know it's a lot and next time I think I'll break it into separate entries. I would love to hear what you think about the state of wrestling. Please leave your thoughts in the comments. See you next time!