No Hogan...what next?
While I have not given up hope they will be able to coax Hogan into playing hurt at the match at SummerSlam, I have to wonder if this is indeed, yet another ploy so he won't have to lose to a younger, more important up and coming star. One of the basic rules of the business is that you always not only work to get yourself over, but your opponent as well. Sometimes this is easier said than done, but if you want an example of trying to use an older guy to try and establish a star, look at Judgement Day and what Undertaker did for Kahli. He not only lost the match, he lost it with a decisive effort from Kahli, even letting himself get pinned with a foot on his chest. Of course before I give too many kudos to Taker, the true rematch will be a SS in a last man standing, and again, if you are looking to build a big star in Kahli, the only way for this match to end is with both men being knocked out and it ruled a draw. That way Taker saves face, and Kahli is still on the fast track to being a major star. As for Hogan, you have to say that the proposal of him losing at SS to Orton, then getting a win back in another PPV to settle the score would not be all that bad. But Hogan being Hogan, it sounds as if he is refusing to do the job, and will simply use the knee injury to sit out the match, just to show others that product suffers without him. He simply has to understand that it is in the best interest of everyone to take a clean loss, like he did to Angle, Rock, and Taker back in his true last WWE run. His career is not going to be tarnished with a loss to a guy who will end up as a multiple WWE champion in Orton. Sack up, take the loss, and look even better in the long run for it.
As for the other SS matches shaping up, I hope they just make the Edge - Cena match a Street fight or something along those lines. Those two will likely go on last, and have to have a great, not just good, match to make the card a good one. Cena will be in his hometown, but I still think that Edge keeps the belt for now. Rumors now have Lita being the next diva gone from WWE, as she wants to be a full-time actress. Fine and dandy, but they should set it up where either she turns on Edge in her last night in the promotion, or costs him the belt with a messed up chair shot or hits him with the belt on accident. Something as a cool way she can go out with, and still have the door open for a return. The diva division is really thining out with Kiebler, Stratus, and now Lita seeming to be gone for good either now or in the near future. I do like the direction they are taking Krystal Marshall. She seems like a decent worker and can get over as a heel..they need 2 or 3 more like her between the two major shows, Raw and Smackdown.
I am in the process of watching one of the newer WWE DVD's - Wrestlings Greatest Managers. It's a long one - three hours, but I will have a review once I am done with it. Watching what I have watched it so far is very good, and makes you miss the days when managers were a big part of the sport, instead of just divas and the occassional manager that does not contribute much.
Till Raw Tonight,
Matt
As for the other SS matches shaping up, I hope they just make the Edge - Cena match a Street fight or something along those lines. Those two will likely go on last, and have to have a great, not just good, match to make the card a good one. Cena will be in his hometown, but I still think that Edge keeps the belt for now. Rumors now have Lita being the next diva gone from WWE, as she wants to be a full-time actress. Fine and dandy, but they should set it up where either she turns on Edge in her last night in the promotion, or costs him the belt with a messed up chair shot or hits him with the belt on accident. Something as a cool way she can go out with, and still have the door open for a return. The diva division is really thining out with Kiebler, Stratus, and now Lita seeming to be gone for good either now or in the near future. I do like the direction they are taking Krystal Marshall. She seems like a decent worker and can get over as a heel..they need 2 or 3 more like her between the two major shows, Raw and Smackdown.
I am in the process of watching one of the newer WWE DVD's - Wrestlings Greatest Managers. It's a long one - three hours, but I will have a review once I am done with it. Watching what I have watched it so far is very good, and makes you miss the days when managers were a big part of the sport, instead of just divas and the occassional manager that does not contribute much.
Till Raw Tonight,
Matt
