No Way Out of that PPV…
Monday, February 25th, 2008Boy, take some time off and the wrestling landscape sure can change.
For the past 10 days or so, my entries have been few and far between because my PC died, I had to buy another one, and then had to get the new PC up to speed. Long story short, I was not at my usual keyboard when No Way Out aired.
In retrospect, it was a bit of a ho-hum, paint-by-numbers PPV. Having Chavo Guerrero defeat CM Punk as the openinig match was further evidence that WWE doesn’t know what to do with ECW now that Heyman’s long gone and his influence is no longer anywhere to be seen.
The introduction of the Big Show-Floyd Merriweather tilt at WrestleMania was strong enough to get some real-world sports media buzz outside of traditional wrestling circles, though the match promises to be tough on both men’s posture correction. And Raw’s ratings are back up in the 4.0 range last week, a good sign for the biz.
I thought the Cena-Orton nonfinish was ho-hum, while the Elimination Chamber all-too-predictably put Triple H over the top. With all the new blood in the Raw picture, going with the “safe” WrestleMania booking of Triple H - Orton or Triple H - Cena, or a triple threat between all three is just too predictable and boring. But, like McCain vs. Obama, it now seems inevitable.
But the best news remains this: I’m not sitting behind a 3GB RAM, 4400+ Intel Core2 Duo, 500GB HD, Acer Aspire; I’m ready for the next big thing, and I don’t mean Brock Lesnar.
