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While they’re taking their sweet, slow time about it, it’s clear WWE is grooming The Great Khali to become a legit giant in the tradition of Andre the Giant. That’s a trick they never quite got right with The Big Show.

The main problem right now with The Great Khali is that he’s so large - a legit 7′2″, 420 pounds - that building him up makes his matches a bit boring, because they’re all squashes. How many times can we see Khali absolutely destroy Super Crazy and Carlito before it becomes a joke that the man’s not a number-one contender for a WWE title?

But at least he’s being promoted the right way, unlike Umaga. Umaga is way heavier than Khali, without being anywhere near seven feet tall. Seriously, Umaga should do a diet comparison and work out with Khali. Drop about 60 pounds and Umaga might just be as fearsome as he’s being promoted as being.

By devoting the entire hour-plus-overrun this past Monday to a “WrestleMania rematch” between John Cena and Shawn Michaels, the WWE has done more to legitimize the feud between the two babyfaces than anything they’ve done to date, including their Wrestlemania 23 main event match.

The Raw rematch, broadcast live from London, England, did not place Cena’s WWE title on the line, but in every other respect, the match was superior to the WM23 Cena-Michaels clash. It was longer, more brutal, more entertaining and took both men more to the limit of their showmanship and physical endurance abilities. Following the match, I’m sure both were interested in hangover cures.

That’s saying something. But not something good. WrestleMania is supposed to be WWE’s biggest annual event, and yet they give away a better match on a RAW broadcast from England than they asked people to pay for as part of WrestleMania? That just doesn’t make sense.