?Reported by Mike Siciliano of WrestleView.com

On Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 4:33 AM EST

It's one of those things. When you got a lot of stuff spewing in your head, instead of trying to sort them out, you just let loose and see what happens when the remains are sifted through. That's what this piece is. Nothing more than a fan of the business spewing venom in the middle of the night. Good luck sifting through this rubble.

I sat in this flea market, drooling over the US spinner championship replica, saying how much I wanted it, and wanted it, and wanted it, and what happens.. I don't buy it, and JBL destroys it one week later. I guess things can finally go the way you want them to go when you think and hope hard enough.

Anyway, the road to Wrestlemania continues, and quite frankly, I'm tired of discussing it. I can't wait for it to go down already, and let's get this thing moving. We're coming up on two weeks away, Benoit is getting screwed again like he did for the previous 17 1/2 years before his five month reign as World champion, and quite frankly, if John Cena does not win the WWE championship, especially with the rumoured acquisition of Randy Orton as a heel on Smackdown shortly after Wrestlemania, well, if Cena doesn't win, I may be forced in to actions that I will definitely regret.

Oh, why did I mention the Benoit thing? Simple. Let's forget about any of these 'corrections' of sorts with regards to the past record between Triple H and the Wolverine, and let's get down to brass tax. Benoit beat the Game within an inch of his life, to use Game's own words, and instead of letting someone else get the momentum, instead of showing the respect for his fellow peers for a performance well worthy of victory, some way has to be discovered for this guy to continue to win his matches by the absolute skin of his teeth, and it makes me violently ill. Don't tell me because he's a heel, and it's his job, and all that sort of crap, because I don't want to hear it. If you are a enthusiast of watching this business, and you didn't think Chris Benoit deserved to win that match monday night, well, you're entitled to your opinion, but quite frankly, you don't want to know what I think of that opinion.

Anyway, now, Triple H picks Batista's poison, and it's the guy that saves Batista from a 3 on 1 assault from Flair, Snitsky, and the champ. Kane. Five months ago, Kane vs. Batista could've been one of the sickest matches ever put forth by Raw and WWE programming. Now, Kane's a near face, Batista's pop is almost gunneral, it's so insane, how are you going to get a physical confrontation out of this like you did last week? You're not. So, it's going to be the same predictable bull with Flair and Hunter interfering, and nobody getting a clear cut momentum edge going in to Hollywood and the big dance come April 3rd. It's like we're revolving around a merry go round of predictability, and quite frankly, it's disappointing.

On to other thoughts, as I think more and more about it, the ladder match at Wrestlemania is going to be a classic. Edge & Christian, two ladder match icons, back from TLC, Benoit & Jericho, also TLC veterans, and victors, Kane, who won a TLC by HIMSELF, and Benjamin, possibly the most purest athlete in the contest, going for the shot at the big time. It's too damn close to call, or predict a winner, and I'm not going to go out on a limb, yet. But, I gotta admit, this one is creative, it's intriguing, and has the potential to be one of the best on the entire card. I can't wait.

How bad did Jake the Snake Roberts look last week? And on the opposite side of the coin, how good did Marty Jannetty look? Snake looked like, well, quite frankly, he looks like me, the pot belly, the staunch walk, the whole schmere. I know his story is not a pleasant one, and his road has been rocky as hell since his departure from active competition, but come on, let's be sensitive here, why put a man on who is due for hip replacement surgery, and who's looked like he just got out of the ambulance after the NWO ran him over with a semi- truck? (Remember that stunt?)

How good did Marty Jannetty look? I mean, really, he almost looked like he's ready to take on a full time schedule again in WWE right now. I think I would like him to kill some of the frills in his ring attire, but, all in all, the 'Rockers reunion' was a treat to behold, and I gotta give some props to Michaels for bringing Jannetty to Raw to set that up. It was tremendous.

It's rumoured with the Orton move that there will be a draft of some sorts after Wrestlemania in order to facilitate that move. I'd like to take a moment to try and predict some other movements in the ranks to hopefully bolster some careers.

CHARLIE HAAS to Raw. Haas has disappeared off the planet since Rico's departure. Haas is an amazing talent, and a feud with Shelton Benjamin could end up being one for the books. With Shelton likely to have the IC title still, and his chances in the ladder match not being the best, as experience predicates, this could be a doozie, if it happens.

THE HURRICANE & ROSEY to Smackdown. I have to think that they'd move Hurricane back to allow him to bolster a weakened cruiserweight division. By bringing Rosey along for the ride, it sets up a bonafide tag team to challenge for the straps, which right now, with the Dudleys in mothballs, Smackdown has zero bonafide tag teams. Zero.

SHAWN MICHAELS to Smackdown. What else can he do on Raw? Not too much. If Orton does turn heel, number one, and go to Smackdown, number two, they're going to need a top face to help stem the tide, outside of Cena, who I think will be the first guy busy with Orton following the 'Taker situation, but in the meantime, Michaels can come in, and start up business with JBL and the cabinet. It's new, refreshing, and different, and it does the one thing that I think both Shawn Michaels and Triple H want the most. Put distance between them.

BIG SHOW to Raw. For the same reasons as HBK. What else can he do? I mean, really, do we want to see Big Show go up against a sumo wrestler at the biggest pay per view of the year? Does that mean that the possibilities for Show on Smackdown have filtered to nothing? I mean, one year ago to the day, Show is a heel and a half in the opening match of Wrestlemania 20, losing the US title to John Cena. Now, fast forward a year, and he's facing a sumo wrestler. No disrespect to Akebono, but come on, where's the continuity? Bring him to Raw, and let him loose, heel or face, against everybody. How about Batista vs.Big Show? I know my wife would hate it, but hey, I gotta admit, it's sounds good.

One last pair...

LA RESISTANCE to Smackdown. Why? For the same reasons as bringing Hurricane & Rosey to Smackdown. Join them up with Dupree and let them wreak havoc as a three man faction in the tag team division, it is that poor at this time on Smackdown. Raw can make shift a few good teams, Edge & Christian, Benoit & Jericho to name a couple, so I think Raw can survive the hit. Smackdown needs tag teams, badly. If they're not going to bring Eddie and Chavo back on the same page, which doesn't look likely, then this move makes a lot of sense.

I am having trouble with another two to Raw.. There really isn't many others out there that I think would benefit from a change of scenery. You could mention Paul London, but I think he's going to get a push as a cruiserweight, Rey Mysterio, but he would need to drop the tag belt, Eddie or Chavo, or both, but they both have significant baggage to clear before coming across. It's really lopsided on the Smackdown side, with a lot of people that they really cannot afford to lose.

Anyway, it's been a while since I last wrote, and I had some thoughts swimming in my head, so here they are, for you to dive in and mangle till they're bite sized. Drop me a line at PALACE@WRESTLEVIEW.COM if you have something to add to this piece.

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I'll be back soon with some thoughts on TNA, AJ Styles, Jeff Jarrett, and their attempts to woo the Rock.

KIMOSABE, SUMO!?!?!?