Monday Night Open Mic

Howdy Blog o’Doomers,

What a shitty Super Bowl. Hate when the season ends on a boring blowout. However much respect to the Seahawks because they kicked some ass.

I watched Smackdown this week when I heard about the Titus turn and I wanted to see how they executed it. Luck have it I watched the rest of the show too and found some nice surprises.

Dean Ambrose seems to be channeling a little bit of Randy Savage in his promos. Not with the same delivery but the promo he cut on Reigns, especially when he said ‘next time I’ll do it to your face’ seemed like something straight out of the Savage book. The Shield are probably as good a booking and pairing job the WWE has done in a long time. The only exception is how they are wasting Ambrose’s title reign. He’s held the belt since May and it barely gets used in the booking for him. Would be nice for him and Big E. to actually be booked as the dominant mid-carders if they are going to hold the straps. Why they aren’t booked for weekly title defenses against the various mid-card talent makes no sense. They should open the second hour of RAW with a defense against someone.

And Roman Reigns even sounds better than average on the mic. As I said before, the only thing the WWE can do with Reigns is fuck it up by waiting too long. If things run their natural course he’s going to make them a ton of money in and out of the ring. He’s already getting face pops and they are going to grow. Having him stare down HHH and get what he wanted was a nice step and subtlely starts the power struggle that will exist with him and Ambrose. I like Rollins too, I’m actually really impressed with him. He’s likely going to get swallowed in the Reigns-Ambrose but he’s one of those guys that can find a spot for himself in the second tier of guys on the roster.

As for the rest of Smackdown, a renewed Cesaro push is a nice thing. Spitting him and Dutch from Swagger is even better. Cesaro is a little too talented to be stuck in a meddling tag team but I enjoy the pairing of him and Dutch. Like I said before if there needed to be a replacement for Swagger in the Real Americans, it should be Mark Henry. He’s great as a heel and he’s a former U.S. Olympian so the connection is there.

Anyway silly booking, enjoy the show tonight and come out swinging but always try to keep it clean.