Badseed's Bottomline #405: Frustration Sets in
On Friday, January 12, 2007 at 8:01 AM EST Hey yo! This be that Badseed trying to make sense of it all and getting a big headache in the process.
Kevin Federline beat John Cena two weeks ago. Are you kidding me? In the biggest David Arquette moment of the year, the WWE weakened its brand and its champion by having a celebrity who just got his ass handed to him by Britney Spears win the match. I don’t care who helped him win. Umaga is a glorified jobber who lost match after match as part of Three Minute Warning with a former superhero.
Then to make matters worse, later, in the main event, we see John Cena easily handle The Coach, Estrada, Umaga and Johnny Nitro in a match until he gets himself disqualified by using a chair. He lost to Federline, but beats up four guys at once. And then this past weekend, Cena beat Umaga. Does that mean Federline is better than Umaga? Where does this make sense? Who booked this?
DX came out and HBK dissed Kurt Angle. When you are #1, you don’t acknowledge the competition. They are beneath you. The only reason you do so is because you fear them. This actually made the WWE look bad. And bad karma put HHH on the shelf.
For a company that prides itself on having no off-season, you’d think they wouldn’t air repeats, but I thought I already saw Orton and Edge ambush Flair and lay him out and then two weeks ago, I saw it all over again. Am I wrong?
Didn’t I already see a Carlito vs. Chris Masters feud start at last year’s New Year’s Revolution? What are they doing with Carlito anyway? Talk about a travesty of justice.
Why are they wasting our time shooting vignettes with Tommy Dreamer to have him only get squashed by the Great Khali? And here I thought Dreamer was actually going to be getting the push. You’d think that they would learn from the last time they tried to push that monster.
Nothing says Wrestlemania like Lashley vs. Khali. I guess the WWE realized the same.
Why run a gimmick of whether or not a team will win by knockout or tap out when there are no tag-team titles, making it pointless to have any tag-teams?
Why put Trinity with the FBI when she’s hot and can wrestle and WWE has no intention of pushing FBI? Bring them to Smackdown where a match with London and Kendrick would mean something.
RVD actually pulled out a great match from Lashley and then they end it with a horrible finish. We’ve seen people get power slammed through tables. RVD jumps and knocks Lashley off a table and we’re supposed to believe it was a trag0c move that resulted in both men being unable to compete. I heard of suspending your disbelief, but I also believe there is something to be said in treating your fans like they have some sort of intelligence. And then we get cheated again the very next week. At least Lashley is showing that he can hang with the best.
Sabu made Test look like gold in the ring. He took bumps like no other. Unfortunately, Sabu is not a jobber and shouldn’t be getting squashed the way he has been.
I hate Brad Armstrong.
Chris Benoit, king of 20-plus minute matches loses a main event match to Ken Kennedy in a little over five minutes. Benoit is U.S. Champion. He lost to Kennedy in five-plus minutes. Does something else seem wrong?
Tomko knows Abyss’ secret. Wow. I know a secret, too. Tomko can’t wrestle. I’m just saying. Sorry about letting the cat out of the bag.
What happened to Sting’s new look? Did someone eat too many Christmas cookies?
Final Resolution. I liked the PPV when it was called Turning Point. Can we have some new matches please?
DX does bad skits? VKM wore friggin sombreros to the ring and fought over a bullhorn. If that’s not dumb to the extreme, I don’t know what it. And that whole Alamo skit was horrible.
I wonder how much Christy Hemme gets paid to do absolutely nothing.
When does Monty Brown start with the WWE?
Can Senshi look any more ridiculous then he does in those stupid PCS skits?
I’ve had enough. Need an aspirin. This Backlund-approved column is over. Until next time, try to enjoy the matches. Peace.