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Last Sunday, WWE returned to the Land of the Free for their Vengeance PPV event.  This writer did not get a chance to watch, but from what I have read it was a very polarizing event.  Some people thought it was the best PPV of the year (sorry, this writer does not believe that a B show like Vengeance could dethrone Money in the Bank from that position), but the vast majority believe it was another average non-memorable PPV. 

The Raw and Smackdown that followed Vengeance this week were very enjoyable shows with some of the best matches we have seen in a while.  Just watch the Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler match from Smackdown this last Friday and you will see what this writer means. 

Talking about great wrestling if you have not gotten a chance to check out ROH’s new TV show, you are missing out.  ROH puts on quality wrestling matches week-in week-out.  It might not have the production values of a WWE or TNA show, but if you enjoy pure wrestling over promos and skits ROH is the show for you. 

Check out the ROH World Title Match between Davey Richards and Roderick Strong from two weeks back and see what some of you are missing.

And with that let us rundown the biggest news in this past week of professional wrestling.

 

John Cena to Tag With The Rock, Wait Wasn’t That Already Announced?

Well to the chagrin of the thousand members of the Cenation and a sigh of relief to every other wrestling fan, Super Cena did not leave San Antonio with the WWE Championship.  Del Rio did get the win over Cena in the Last Man Standing Match, but not without some help from the Miz and R-Truth. 

After beating the likes of Triple H and CM Punk at Vengeance, the team of Awesome Truth has set their sights on the Face of the WWE.  Monday rolled around and Laurinaitus put John Cena with Zack Ryder to face Awesome Truth in the main event of Raw.  Before Ryder made it out to the ring for his first Raw main event, the Miz and R-Truth attacked the Long Island Iced Z. 

Without a partner for Cena, the match was changed into a Handicap Match.  Cena went hold-for-hold with Miz and Truth until the Awesome Truth decided to take out Cena rather than get the win.  R-Truth hit Cena with a water bottle and the match was thrown out.  The Miz and R-Truth would go on to attack a defenseless Cena until security and John Laurinaitus rushed out to stop them. 

We even got to see some emotion from the monotone Senior Vice President of Talent Relations before he announced that the Awesome Truth will face John Cena and a partner of Cena’s choosing at Survivor Series. 

To everybody’s surprise (not), Cena chose the Rock to be his tag team partner and now will be waiting for The People’s Champ answer this week on Raw.  The thing that this writer cannot get out of his head is the fact that Cena and The Rock are teaming or joining forces as the poster says at Survivor Series has already been announced about a month ago. 

Why the bluest of blue hell is WWE trying to insult our intelligence with this stupid angle when we already know the result?!  If the WWE kept their mouths firmly shut and had The Rock’s appearance at Survivor Series be more of a surprise, the final angle on last Monday’s Raw would have been amazing. 

By releasing an official poster that has the tagline, “The Rock and John Cena Join Forces.  Never Before, Never Again” a month before this reveal, the WWE killed all the impact of Cena asking The Rock to team with him at Survivor Series and The Rock’s clearly obvious acceptance of that offer this week on Raw.

CM Punk’s Quest for the Gold Meets Johnny Ace

After losing the WWE Championship to Alberto Del Rio back at Summerslam, CM Punk never received his one-on-one rematch for the title that he once held.  Back from fighting the likes of Triple, the Miz and R-Truth and with John Cena off doing other things, it looks to be Punk’s turn to enjoy the limelight of the WWE Championship scene. 

On Raw this past Monday, the Voice of the Voiceless interrupted the WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio’s victory speech and made his case.  That did not help as the Interim GM of Raw and Grade-A Weasel John Laurinaitus would not give the Straight Edge Superstar the match with Del Rio unless he proved himself worthy. 

Laurinaitus wanted Punk to say he respected and in CM Punk fashion, he did technically said he respected the Raw GM, but still found a way to make fun of the Senior VP of Talent Relations, which Laurinaitus did not enjoy. 

So this week on Raw CM Punk will face the World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry and if he somehow irks out a victory over the World’s Strongest Man, Punk will get his shot for the WWE Title at Survivor Series. 

Hopefully WWE will find a way to give Punk his title shot and not hurt Henry’s credibility.  After the months of Cena dominating the WWE Championship scene, it is a nice change of scenery to see Punk and Del Rio feud for the title.

Bischoff Family Feud

It seems that every week, this writer has something bad to say about TNA.  For the few TNA fans that actually read this weekly article, to quote James Storm sorry about your damn luck.  If the product that TNA put out on a weekly basis was not so downright horrible, this writer would not bash them so much. 

So let us dive into what inane storyline TNA has for us this week.  From the ever-creative minds that gave us a feud between Daivari and a referee, now taking centre stage is a feud between Eric Bischoff and his son, Garett Bischoff. 

Two weeks back at Bound for Glory, Eric revealed something all us have known for a year now that referee Jackson James was Bischoff’s son.  Hoping that Garett could screw Sting out of beating Hogan at the event, Eric’s plan did not come to fruition.  Garett called the match right down the middle, which upset his egotistic father. 

Now we wrestling fans have to suffer for it as this past week on Impact instead of focusing on the TNA World Title, we got this feud shoved down our throats.  Yes, it seems relevant considering how it was set-up at Bound for Glory, but why focus on a feud involving two non-wrestlers rather than give that time to the actual wrestlers? 

Hopefully the ending of these weeks Impact will be the end of it as Eric Bischoff and Ric Flair beat the crap out of Garett and we can move on to other better feuds.  Sadly that does not seem likely as rumours say that TNA is hoping to build towards a Hulk Hogan and Garett Bischoff vs. Eric Bischoff and Ric Flair match for Lockdown next April. 

TNA, personally I don’t know how you do it, but you keep topping yourself week-in and week-out.  Cannot wait to see what crap you will have for us this week on Impact Wrestling.

Mark Henry and the Big Show, a Wrestling Ring’s Worst Nightmare

If you have not heard or seen it by now finish reading this article and go find it.  Wondering what I am talking about?  Look up at the picture above.  Last Sunday at Vengeance, Mark Henry and the Big Show wrestled to a no contest as the two superstars were unable to continue after a superplex that literally destroyed the ring. 

For many this spot has been seen before, but for all the new fans that were unable to watch this spectacle happen back in 2003 with the Big Show and Brock Lesnar, it was an amazing memory for them. 

My thoughts are that it was a pretty good spot that has not been used in a long time so I am fine with it.  Hopefully WWE does not exploit this spot and have it happen every year or so with the Big Show.  It is a spot that should only happen every once a decade or so or it might lose its luster. 

Considering how the match ended Sunday, personally I was surprised nothing has been set in stone for a rematch between Mark Henry and the Big Show.  On Smackdown, Big Show did say that he will get a rematch against Henry, but he did not say when, where and what kind of match.  Reinforcing the ring and having another normal singles match would be nice. 

Sunday showed that the squared circle cannot contain the force of these two giants so why not make the stakes higher and have Henry and Show compete in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at Survivor Series. 

It would be crazy to see the World’s Strongest Man and the World’s Largest Athlete fight each other all around Madison Square Garden.  It would open up the possibilities to have some really destructive spots and culminate the feud between Mark Henry and the Big Show just fine.

The Sliver Wrestling Report By: AJ Silver

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