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Originally Posted by DonkOneMore
Believe I read Jerishow was dropping the titles because Show needs knee surgery? But idk
Big Show actually had knee surgery a couple weeks ago. I dunno if he needs another, but i doubt it. Probably some crossed wires in where you read this.
Its pretty amazing he can get non invasive surgery to clean up his knees and be back working within a few days.
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Sheamus winning the title is great and all, I love the thought and if used correctly, could push him into becoming a solid heel fast, but how he won was just so awful I thought.
For the most part i agree. I like Sheamus and i agree the way he won just looked ****ing terrible, it was clear that Cena just randomly jumped through the table and its more amazing that King basically said this at the time in commentary.
As much as i like having someone new winning the belt, Sheamus i think is a poor choice. Has he actually been in a one on one in a PPV before that match? Going off memory he hasnt, but he certainly hasnt held any other belt and his total list of conquests was Golddust, a few jobbers, King, Noble and Santino. Hardy a glorious rise through the ranks, at least when the Goldberg did similar he beat real wrestlers first.
One of the problems they always find when pushing guys too fast is they pass their character level. There isnt anyone in the company who cant work higher than they do, but their on screen persona forces the level they work. By overpushing Sheamus they can easily make him look weak if he drops the title back to Cena at the RR (or even if he just takes a cheap way out like self DQ). The test of a person's push isnt at the peak but how they exit that feud and move on to the next one.
Time will tell how well this works out for Sheamus, but i know id personally be pissed if i was Miz who got squashed in 5 minutes by Cena after building some momentum off his back, or guys like MVP who have been in the company paying their dues and at the moment they build up for a run at the title its pulled away (he was beyond over when he got drafted to Raw, dont know how well the crowd pops nowadays since i dont watch Raw anymore but im guessing less than before).
Also the same goes for guys like Swagger and Kofi, though Kofi is being built up hard right now even with his loss the other night (which he looked pretty strong in).
The one thing they never dead in their careers was become close friends with Triple H. Similar can be said of Drew Macintire who has received most of his push from being close to Shawn Michaels.
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Christian/Benjamin was definitely awesome, it's sad how they're pushing so many of these new people through ECW and pretty much instantly right away going for titles. Push back up Masters, Guerrero (doubt that's possible now), and especially Bourne, how is he not feuding for the US title i don't get. He's huge over, a great new young face, and basically should be feuding with Miz already. Push Swagger first I think, he's shown he can fly up there as well.
For some reason they cant work out what to do with Bourne. The company is actually really high up on him and he is respected by everyone, but they cant find a good feud for him so he is kind of out in the cold right now.
Masters im not a fan of, Chavo i am but he is so buried that it would take a miracle feud for him to be a credible US Title holder, let alone anything resembling the big leagues. I assume Masters isnt getting a huge push because they are still wary of him, he is on 2 strikes of the wellness policy and they need to be absolutely sure he wont get his third. Frankly loads of people were against even hiring him back due to how risky a gamble it is that he wont third strike himself and bring loads of negative publicity against the company.
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I've only been able to watch ECW as of late, and from what I've read/seen on raw it's nothing new anymore. ECW is at least continuing feuds and making it still fresh, Hurricane/"Ripper", Christian/Benjamin, and Regal trying to get back into competing vs Christian, while his 2 comrades are feuding against each other, all while they showcase new characters slowly. Sometimes they fail, but it's still going very well I think, how they killed Raw so badly idgi
ECW is going to be the show to watch when Danielson debuts there. He is expected to debut at any point having skipped FCW but ive no clue if he will need to do a dark match or two first.
On a similar note Kaval (Low Ki) has been doing dark matches that have been well recieved and he is due to debut for real any time now.