Monday Night Open Mic

Howdy Blog O’Doomers, I hope those of you in Canada are having a fine Thanksgiving and those of you in the United States are enjoying this Government holiday. As for the rest of the BOD universe, I hope things are well.

My only thoughts this week are wondering has there ever been a period where (at least in the eyes of the die-hard fans if not so much the actual numbers) where the WWE went from hot to cold so quickly.

They had a really good PPV in Payback and a tremendous RAW episode the following night (Mark Henry’s faux retirement, Lesnar attacking Punk, etc.) and then Money in the Bank was tremendous fun followed by a Summerslam card with two legitimate MOTY candidates. Like we were all generally excited to watch the WWE at that point right? And now…at least personally speaking…I’m pretty much set until the build for the Royal Rumble. The main story is going nowhere…even the Punk-Heyman stuff has hit a stand still. Even thought they have completely fudged the main story it shows to prove how difficult it can be to keep an audience excited for one full year without a break.

Oh yeah, if you haven’t heard Steve Austin’s most recent podcast with JR, do it. They quickly skate around his “retirement” because no need to burn bridges. Ross said he’d be very interested in the UFC and maybe calling some college football. He also said he wouldn’t mind doing some spot acting. He had some incredibly funny stories and it was just a good hour of listening. Ross in UFC may or may not work. Hard to say. I think his talents can translate through calling any sort of action however. Ross actually did a good job on the couple of XFL Games he was assigned.

Now I’m hoping Austin can get Bischoff and Shane McMahon on his podcast. Those would be two guys I would love to listen to.

Anyway enjoy the show or the baseball game or the Monday Night Football game. But whatever you watch come out swinging and keep it clean!