Evil...pure evilI just don't get it.
Rumor has it that Vince McMahon gave Mike Adamle a huge contract...and since it is obvious he is God awful as an announcer, I believe Vince is trying to milk as much out of the bastard to make his pay check worth it. Which is fine...but do we really need to push this on Mike so soon?
Think about it, last week he debuts by closing the show as a huge mystery announcement. This week he has the dutie of opening the show with a promo...something very few performers in the business can do without sounding boring or creepy in Adamle's case.
Why not start him off with a few backstage segments? See how his acting is. Why not make him General Manager of ECW first? See how he can handle a situation on a smaller scale.
No Vince throws him into the fire, hoping for the best.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but a billion dollar corporation shouldn't just throw shit at the wall...and 'hope for the best'. It just comes down to a problem I have been noticing about Raw lately.
Lack of preparation.
Now if someone can honestly tell me a few months back that WWE wanted Mike Adamle to take over as General Manager of Monday Night Raw you should be locked in a room with Chris Benoit and a bible. The fact remains that they didn't prepare for anyone to take over for Vince once he got himself crippled. An idea popped into someones head...and Vince liked the controversy it would create; Regardless of the obvious growing pains he displays on camera in front of a national audience.
So at Summerslam it will be Batista Vs. John Cena, who now currently own the tag team championships. Let me explain to you why they are tag team champions. Because they put together a big money match...with a few weeks build. Now they will resort to tricks such as putting the tag gold on them to give their match a feel that would have been easily obtained with proper promotion. My opinion, they didn't plan on this match a month ago...and now they are rushing a feud. I still believe this match will NOT be a 1 on 1 contest...something will happen to change that, just a prediction.
Is it me, or has CM Punk looked less than impressive during his shocking cash in of his Money In The Bank. I think I know the problem, he has no opponents to fight against. Think about it, they put him in the ring with guys...who they are still trying to protect. A win over Kane? That would help Punk...but he barely did it. Why? Because they need Kane's current storyline to get over. (His old mask is in the bag by the way!) Punk barely beats Batista, why? Because they need Batista to stay strong. Sure he beat Snitsky...but honestly nobody has given a crap about Snitsky since he killed Lita's uterus.
They didn't prepare for any legit opponents for Punk to go over on. How did Cena become such a dominant Champion? Because he spent months beating guys like Edge, Umaga, HBK, Triple H...anybody on the roster. Punk is going over guys, while WWE is trying to get those same guys over. That can't happen, WWE needs to focus on the guy who *should* but the centerpoint of their broadcast. Get the Champion over...then worry about everybody else. That or get the belt off him.
Regardless of how Punk has been booked, he will be fighting JBL at Summerslam. Which leaves Jericho.................where? This guy is coming off probably the best feud WWE has had in recent memory and how do they capitalize on that momentum? Leaving him off the PPV? And what about his protege Lance Cade? Did they drop that already? HBK/Y2J was the highlight of Raw every week for months...it would be a shame for them to drop the ball now.
It just seems since they held the draft the booking team has had a hard time creatively putting together storylines that didn't involve Jericho or Michaels. JBL, Cena, Batista, Punk, Kane, Jericho...I couldn't tell you what they will be doing after Summerslam. I doubt the booking team could either!
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Mike Adamle obviously isn't the greatest announcer or commentator; so let's make him the GM of Raw instead?! What they could've done was bring Teddy Long from ECW to Raw to be their GM and send Adamle back to ECW as their GM. The thing is that you have to build up and justify that move so that the fans would either get pissed, cringe at the thought of it, and/or turn away from the product all together. Adamle without a doubt is being is rushed as the new GM; WWE looks to be banking on this controversy to bring in dollars and increase ratings but of course this is going to be interesting to see how this unfolds.
Now we Batista and John Cena as World Tag Team Champs; these are two are heading into Summerslam with tag team gold and as opponents squaring off against each other. Either this is going to be one on one, a tag match, triple threat, or a fatal 4 way in my opinion. I'm not too sure if this is going to stay a regular one on one match.
Initially I thought CM Punk as World Heavyweight Champ was cool but now since he's barely getting over his opponents; it's nearly impossible for me to accept Punk of ever being a dominant champion or one that can firmly hold their ground and have that commanding presence as champ. Now he has the task of going against JBL at Summerslam. Good luck with that Punk.
Hopefully the Jericho and HBK feud doesn't end; we don't need Lance Cade at all for this to happen honestly. We'll see how things go in future weeks.
Charles H. aka Bad News C
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