From what I gather, CM Punk wants to stay in the WWE. He likes wrestling in front of the large crowds and he likes [most] of his co-workers. He also dislikes TNA and getting re-accumulated money-wise to the Independent circuit would be pretty tough. The main problem is not because he's being buried, since his contract status is the reason it's happening in the first place, but because the WWE wants the rights to his name. Ever since the Montreal Screwjob and the time Alundra Blaze dumped the WWF Women's Title into a trashcan on WCW Nitro, McMahon refuses to push possible departing workers. While I don't think that method will encourage guys to re-sign, most understand. Anyway, Punk obviously doesn't want that. Punk is a much better businessman than the WWE gives him credit for and there also the possibility of wrestling post-WWE even if he re-signs. If I were the WWE, I would suck it up remove it from the contract. They let Del Rio keep his naming rights, is Punk less important? Of course not.
Letting Punk walk due to that would piss me off something major. He's the perfect performer. He doesn't have to yell or scream and be over the top to get a reaction from the crowd like Cena and he doesn't have to do. . .whatever the hell Orton does to get a reaction.
I'd imagine Sin Cara's botches are due to the schedule. Mid-card WWE performers are on the road about 300 days out of the year due to un-aired house shows and autograph signing events. That's why most finishers in the WWE aren't as
impressive looking compared to Indy promotions, the work schedule leaves more of a chance a botch that could cause a major injury. Sin Cara, being a high-energy flyer, would probably take more of a beating than a technical ground guy like Bryan or Rhodes, so fatigue would be an issue more-so for him. It's why the WWE bailed on the Cruiserweight Division.
Chavo getting that major concussion from Kidman's SS Press was the last straw. Hopefully, SC can adjust as he gets used to the schedule.
I think that Riley has already made his face turn, he gotten quite the pop the last two weeks for putting his foot up Miz' ass two weeks in a row. Now all they to do is move him to SD were he belongs. This could go down as one of the pointless drafts in history if he stays on RAW after that entire troll session with Cena.
Yeah, sadly the Diva's Division is nothing but eye candy. My anger with the Women's division reached it's peak when an interview with Tough Enough contestant and reigning Miss USA Rima Fakih popped up on another forum I frequent:
Quote:
Jeffrey Harris: How did you get the chance to be on the show? Was it previous appearance and association with WWE when you crowned Sheamus King of the Ring?
Rima Fakih: Before that, they were at a pageant. Sometimes there are scouters trying to reach out to find divas or something like that. And I saw from far way, that's the WWE logo. So I was like "Why do they have a WWE logo?" So I ran up to them. And at the time, they were coming out with applications for people who want to do Tough Enough. But when I expressed interest and told my organization; they got me to host a few events and I had already entered to be one of the contestants on Tough Enough. So like everyone else, I had to go in and audition. And the producers and the people doing the show when they heard Miss USA, they were like, "What?!" And they warned me when I got there, "You're going to be picked on. You sure you want to do this?" Like nobody thought I could do it, and that made me want to do it more.
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Source. That's just a slap in the face, there are plenty of pretty wrestlers that have been in the business for years. As much as I love her, I blame Trish Stratus. She was a model brought in replace Debra and Terri Runnels as eye candy, but managed to care enough to put in the effort and make herself a credible wrestler. Vince saw that and thought he could do that with every model they brought in and tried to cut the "middle man" out in wrestling experience. It worked with Michelle McCool, but she was a collegiate volleyball standout at a top tier university, so she already had athletic ability. Kelly Kelly hasn't improved a bit in 4 four years. I wonder why Gail Kim came back, it must have been the money. . .
There's a small hope in me that R-Truth could beat Cena at Capital Punishment. I know the WWE has made bone-headed moves, but even they have to realize that the top faces holding the titles at the same time is not good, right?
Right?
I hear that Shelton Benjamin has been doing some dark matches lately, it would good to see him back.
Sorry for the long VM.
