State of the Wrestling World Address

Thank you for joining me. Ladies and Gentlemen, this has been a depressing time for the wrestling world. Oh, you haven't notice. You haven't noticed because your a mark. You watch, you pick the most boring and predictable thing and then wrestling does it so you look like a genius. Now, you think you know wrestling because you get a few picks right. I'm hear to tell you, you are right. You know the boring mundane wrestling we have seen in recent years. I know a different wrestling time. A time where wrestling was shocking, unpredictable and when some simpleton on the Internet wouldn't pick 19 out of 20 pay per view picks. Congratulations if you had Orton winning the WWE title at Night of Champions, so did 2 million other wrestling fans, except me. The WWE is stale with writing and it's time for a new revolution.

The only thing going for them is Taker and Kane. Finally someone is taking it to the Deadman. He's been a force and this story has shown weakness, real weakness. It's fresh and exciting, the way wrestling is suppose to be. It's a simple story, one man hates the other for certain reasons, in this case jealousy, and we watch it unfold. Kane may have won but that's the brilliant part. Fans always believe Taker is going to win and a turn has been made. We need more simple stories. Dolph and Kofi, Miz and Bryan and Taker and Kane are the only real one on one feuds. Easy to set up and easy to execute.

The E should look at what the Internet says. They believe they know everything the writers are thinking before they do it. Guess what? Most of the time, they are right. It's boring. Where the hell is the fun when 200,000 people tell you what's going to happen and end up being correct. The Internet ruined 3/4ths of what made wrestling so good. Why was the attitude era so cool? You didn't have 1.5 million wrestling sites telling you, Austin is going to drive a Zamboni through the arena tonight on Raw. The Attitude era hit at the perfect time, before the Internet boom hit. Go back and watch Seinfeld, one of the greatest shows ever, and you'll find it doesn't hold up since a cell phone and modern technology would kill half their problems. Well the Internet has brought on big problems to wrestling. How can we fix it?

In the past three years, the biggest surprise was Cena winning the '08 Royal Rumble when no one knew he was coming. The truth is the problem can be solved with better writing and ALL LIVE SHOWS! The E has thousands of employees, a group of them could be dedicated to searching for "rumors" and how the Internet is thinking. I'm not saying knee jerk reaction that causes stories to be come more clustered, then it'd be TNA, or if one person says Miz won't cash in and you switch it. However, when the majority is screaming we know what you're going to do, then change it. Make it a subtle change. As far as the writing, that's easy. The tag division is a mess. NOC, they crowned new tag champs and no one cares. No build, nothing, just through something together. Lazy! The tag titles are on both shows and you can't provide a story. You're fired. The other thing I mentioned put a smile on your face, all live shows. Smackdown each week should be live as should TNA Impact. You know why fans feel Smackdown is the "B" show even though it has better writing and stories going for it? It's taped. We know the entire show before it airs. I know the WWE has house shows on Friday night to make more money. I also know Smack would see a ratings increase if it were to go live.

I've heard and read people say, "wrestling should have an off season." No freaking way! Wrestling is written out to continue and not have a finale, take 2 months off and come back. I purpose having only 8 pay per views not 12 or 14 a year. Pay per views should feel special and exciting. They have beaten gimmick matches to death when you try and spice up 12 shows. The Rumble, Mania and Summerslam are irreplaceable. The ones after each of them are not which is why we should throw them out. Again, the WWE is screaming, taking away 3 pay per views and we lose more profit. Not necessarily and I said we are going to eliminate 4. I'd eliminate the ones after those three I previously mentioned and the one before the Rumble. Now, you can go out and sell those 4 shows as a package to a network. You have a big time program in February, May, July and December. A national network, I was going to say NBC but I think they had enough fun with the Saturday night Main Event debacle, would want 4 big events. Even USA would probably fork out the money for those shows if you bill them just like a pay per view. If you can remember them, think WCW Clash of Champions. TBS carried those and they had pay per view like quality and were free. All of these shows would be on a Sunday night starting at 7pm and on for three hours. You reward fans with special free shows and in return they buy an extra pay per view or two.

Less pay per views, better stories, a few free shows that are big shows and all shows are live sounds like a wrestling world I want to live in. See, if this were a politician, he'd tell you what the problems are and no solutions. He would bitch and moan about how this is bad and that is bad but never give any solutions to the problems. I'm tired of hearing people complain about wrestling but never giving a solution or they simply say make the tag team division important. The question is how? I've given you several ways wrestling could be big again. I'm a man of action, a man of the people and with resolutions. The wrestling world needs a change and I'll lead you to a new decade. One where shock and awe returns and stale is thrown out like moldy bread. Join me, stand up and let your opinion be heard. Until this time comes, and it will, we are stuck with the same old boring wrestling.

J Call

Night of Champions

By this time last year, this pay per view already happened and Jeff Hardy won the World title. One year later, Jeff is in TNA and rumors are rampant about Jericho leaving, although more now that he is leaving for Smackdown and not the company. Night of Champions, NOC, is the only time when the titles are the forefront, to bad the title matches don't feel special. NOC feels more like just another gimmick. I'm only looking forward to a few matches on the card, with hope a tag match is thrown in with no build because there's no need to build up a tag match. My picks have sucked but I have to turn it around one night and maybe, that night I'll be a champion.

Punk vs Show
No title so I don't know why it's part of this show. I guess filler because again a tag team title match doesn't belong. Show has dominated the SES and with Serena released, it's a matter of when not if the society will dissolve. Punk could make Show tap, highly unlikely. Punk has no shot at GTS unless he wants to kill himself. What can Punk do? Get dq'd. Show wins by DQ.

Women's Diva Title Unification match
Melina vs Lay or Cool
No build on Raw, no interaction on Smack. I'm giving this match as much hype as WWE has when they announced it on the "special" 900th episode. Melina wins.

IC Title
Ziggler (c) vs Kofi
If Smackdown wants to push one heel, Ziggler's the man. He and Vikki are way over and get the most heat on Smack and perhaps the WWE. Dolph backs it up with quality in ring work. I wish this guy was on Raw. Kofi and Ziggler have had the longest IC title feud since Jericho Rey spring of last year. I've enjoyed their matches and constant bantering. I wish they hadn't wrested so many times one on one or had given this one a gimmick. Either way, it could be a good match. Ziggler keeps and hopefully moves on to a new opponent.

World Heavyweight Championship
Kane (c) vs The Undertaker
I normally put this and the WWE for last but I don't think this ends the show. How special has this feud been? The promos, head games and history makes Kane and Taker unique. I've loved almost everything about this story. Taker's first attempt as a sympathetic figure has been a success. I don't find it strange he's looked weak. I find it a new aspect to Taker and a story only Kane could have with him. Kane needs this win, has to and gotta gotta have it now. (I bet you never thought a James Brown reference would end up on a WWE blog. I'm that damn good.) Kane gets this one but Taker will get revenge. By the way, the WWE could flip the script, have this main event and have Miz cash in on one of these two.

U.S. Title
Miz vs Daniel Bryan
Speaking of Miz, he's in one of the matches I'm most intrigued to watch Sunday. I know everyone seems to think Bryan is getting the belt and I was no different until Raw changed my mind. Bryan got the final laugh and looks ready. Miz will be a heavyweight champion, either WWE or WHC, sometime soon. He's ready now. I have one question for anyone who thinks this is the show Miz cashes: Is a wrestler more tired after a 6 pack challenge or a Hell in a Cell? I'm going with Hell in a Cell. Miz holds it for one more month before Bryan takes it away.

6 Pack Challenge for the WWE Championship
Sheamus (c) vs Cena vs Orton vs Edge vs Jericho vs Barrett
I'm conflicted. Let me explain, I don't tend to pick the same as the Showstoppers. They seem to go with the majority. I, on the other hand, probably over think things and shoot for shock and awe. I don't care so much if I go 1-6 on my picks if one of my off the wall picks comes through. Enter the 6 pack. Orton comes in with a near perfect build. Cole has said numerous times, "Orton is the odds on favorite." He's RKO'd everyone and seems the logical choice. I'm not going with logic. That's boring. I have the testicular fortitude to pick someone else. I wish I could pick Sheamus. He hasn't had a clean win as WWE champion in either run. He should get this huge win but he won't. The WWE is crowning a new WWE champion. Cena, ha, no. I'm going out on a giant gut feeling that when Night of Champions is over this man will hold the WWE title. That's right, I'm going for it and if I'm wrong screw it. I took a shot and didn't settle for boring. Hell, I can't get any worse.

J Call