Tuesday, June 12, 2007

WWE Draft and POOPPOOP

So my brother bought an XBOX 360 and XBOX live. The first thing he does with Live is downloads a game demo. Pretty neat huh? It's Phantasy Gay Star Online something. Anyway, I think it's amazing and hilarious that the very first thing we see when he zones into this new fabulous online world is a guy running in circles yelling "POOPPOOP". The internet is awesome.

Last night was the WWE draft. It went down about like I expected. There were more big names moved than I thought, but I guess the WWE likes to do that sometimes. I'm writing this early because I haven't read any reaction to the draft yet and I want to try to remain unswayed. Yeah fuck you, I'm THAT nerdy.

Edge def. Cena by Countout --> Khali to Smackdown

This was kind of obvious. Khali had nowhere else to go on RAW after getting rocked by Cena. Now he'll probably just coast along in another high profile feud until his contract is up and he disappears back to the jungles of the Punjab.

CM Punk def. Carlito --> Boogeyman to ECW

First off, I was a little disappointed that a pretty solid midcarder match wound up in this pretty insignificant move. Punk and Carlito had a pretty good amount of chemistry going on, and they both sold their butts off. Good work fellas. But Boogeyman? I guess he can feud with Kevin Thorn or something. I liked what he had going with Kane though. They always do this to Kane. He gets something that works, and they fuck him in the butt with... stuff.

Umaga squashed Balls Mahoney --> King Booker to RAW

Balls Mahoney is so mistreated. I love Booker though. This could really work out well for his character. I could really see him coming back as a goofy face and rocking Umaga.

Lashley def. Beniot --> Benoit to ECW

Lashley still can't wrestle that well, but he showed some real power and amateur skillz. Beniot is still the man, and this move was way obvious. He was rotting on Friday nights, and he is the proud producer of one of the biggest spots in ECW history even though he wasn't there terribly long. He immediately jumps up into the main event ranks with RVD and....(insert).

MVP def. Santino --> Torrie Wilson to Smackdown

::yawn:: Santino still ain't much of a wrestler and holy shit did MVP learn from Beniot or what. I just found out a few days ago that MVP has a couple ugly ass black power tattoos on his chest from prison, and that's fucking awesome.

Snitsky squashed the Miz, but Miz won due to overdoing the beatdown --> Chris Masters to Smackdown

Masters was probably a sure bet too. I guess he now goes and rots in blue and white rather than red and black. Oh well.

Candice def. Krystal --> Bobby Lashley to RAW

And Lashley was stripped of the ECW title. I like the angle. Now Bobby goes to RAW and maybe the McMahon thing is behind him with both men coming out on top. Neat. The woman's match was horrid as expected, but Candice really isn't that bad anymore. I'm not sure where there's room for Lashley on RAW, especially if HHH and HBK come back by Summerslam. Oh well.

Batista def. Jeff Hardy & Elijah Burke --> Ric Flair to Smackdown

Wow. Batista fucking turned it UP tonight. Now I see why people still pop for him. That was pretty damn good. Hardy and Burke didn't do bad themselves neither. Flair is awesome and will be awesome anywhere. Maybe on Smackdown he gets a REAL push and holds at least one more non-Tag title.

15-Man Battle Royale won by Randy Orton --> Snitsky and Kennedy to RAW

It was kind of obvious that Orton was winning this as he was the biggest name in there. A few things are of note from the match itself... they bury ECW like crazy. Dreamer, Thorn, the Sandman, and Striker all went out way fucking early. That was craptastic. They had an opportunity to showcase Nitro and Dykstra, but didn't. Matt Hardy looked pretty good. But the definitely highlight was the HUGE pop that was given when the ring was cleared and Viscera and Mark Henry spotted each other. Now that was epic. Big Vis may still be a bit of a jobber, but holy fuck he's still scary. I need a video of that moment when he yelled and charged with his white eyes blazing and gold teeth glowing. That was a fucking moment. And Mark Henry just looks like he's ready to rape anyone at any given time, and then rip off their arm and beat... something with it. Anyways, Snitsky moving appears insignificant. They have been building him up for months... for this? Gay. Kennedy to RAW is big however. Hopefully he comes back with a HUGE push and goes right for Cena, but with Lashley, Orton, and Umaga crowding it up... I doubt that's the case.

Clearly the belt needs to come off Cena soon, and I think they know that. I also think they know that Umaga and Orton aren't really credible champs at the moment. Lashley would sort of work, but he's still green. I think Kennedy is ready. If they give him, I dunno, some real publicity and time to talk? Like put him on the Tonight Show. Introduce the world to him like they do for Cena and Edge, that would rock nutsacks across the world.

But the event that overshadowed it all was the creepy ending to RAW. The McMahon appreciation skits were GREAT. Bret Hart on RAW?!? The Iron Sheik speaks (sort of)? Rowdy Roddy comes back? Etc etc etc. It was pretty damn good and cool. McMahon's ending was so odd though. The creepy walk to the ring, then in the back with all the wrestlers who didn't perform tonight--that was odd. But the blowing up of the limo was REALLY good. I mean, REALLY well done even if Vince still can't act. WWE can still do special effects well, that's for sure. And they can still you know, pull a turd out of a hat and make you wonder how pooppoop came from there. I'm really hooked. Next week's RAW should be interesting.

Last note, the next ppv should be AWESOME. The whole "every belt defended" thing is going to be way good. Especially when they claim the main event is WWE Champion John Cena v. Randy Orton v. King Booker v. Mick Foley v. Lashley. Wow that's a lot of good names. WWE could either really rock assholes the next weeks to come, or of course, blow it and suck their grandpa's cock. We'll see.

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