One week removed from No Way Out, one week closer to Money in
the Bank. It is the first week of
summer. It is scorching hot, very humid
and wrestling has hit a crucial part of the year. The summer months can either make or break
how fans feel about said year. Case in
point, 2010 was a mediocre year for WWE and a lot of it was due to the
mishandled Nexus storyline that permeated the summer of 2010. On the flip side, last year the WWE had a
phenomenal summer headlined by one the best storylines in years as Punk held
the WWE for ransom. While 2011 had its
ups and downs, it was very good year altogether mainly thanks to WWE’s own Summer
of Punk. Summer 2012 has not started
that great for the WWE with a lackluster No Way Out PPV and a Raw that started off
great, but ended horribly. We still got
two more PPVs and the 1000th episode of Raw to go before this summer
is over. We will have to see if things
get better from here.
Where Does WWE Go
From Here?
With John Laurinaitis fired and Big Show demonsterfied, honestly
where can the WWE go from here? Going into
No Way Out, we were at the point where Laurinaitis’ reign over Raw and
Smackdown was looking to take off. For
the past few months, Laurinaitis seemed to have been coming into his own and
becoming a character you love to hate almost on the level of Vickie
Guerrero. Every time he got close to
taking that next step, there would be Triple H, Vince McMahon or John Cena to
knock him down a peg. If you want a heel
General Manager takeoff, you have to give him full reign to be a complete utter
ass to everyone and everything. Abusing
power, making the every faces’ life a living hell, benefitting the heels these
are things that a heel General Manager needs to do every single week. We did get some of it, but it seemed like
things were about to get going when WWE decided that John Laurinaitis will not
be the GM of Raw and Smackdown anymore.
He just got all this power two and a half months ago and now it is all
flushed down the toilet due to McMahon’s short-sided booking. Yes, this development is supposedly leading
into Laurinaitis being in Brock Lesnar’s corner at Summerslam. Honestly why should John Laurinaitis be in
Lesnar’s corner when Paul Heyman should be in Brock Lesnar’s corner? The question is where WWE goes next. Big Show is set to be in the WWE Championship
Money in the Bank Ladder Match and feud with Brodus Clay, but nobody really cares
about the Big Show after losing the Steel Cage match anyway. John Cena is rumoured to face CM Punk for the
WWE Championship at Summerslam and go onto be a big part of the WWE Title
picture for the next part of the year (something this writer is not excited
about at all). Right now all I can
really say is that I am sick and tired of the WWE and World Heavyweight feuds
being overshadowed by all these stupid bloody storylines involving Cena and
hope this summer these feuds get a chance in the main event limelight.
Speaking of the WWE Championship feud, this weird yet highly
entertaining feud is the best thing on WWE television lately and it has not
ceased to entertain. At No Way Out, CM
Punk got the better of Daniel Bryan and Kane thanks to a big distraction for
WWE’s resident crazy chick AJ to retain his WWE Championship. No Way Out was not the end of it as we got
even weirder moments from AJ this past week.
On Raw, she skipped her way down to the ring in a full-on Kane costume,
which distracted the Big Red Monster and Daniel Bryan enough for CM Punk and
Sheamus to pick up the victory. Then on
Smackdown, AJ tricked Bryan into thinking he caused Kane to submit to the Yes
Lock by hitting the ring bell while he had the hold locked on Kane. AJ’s trick would cost Bryan the match as Kane
hit the chokeslam for the win. With
Money in the Bank coming up fast, it makes this writer wonder if WWE will have
another Triple Threat Match between these three superstars or see a
straightforward one-on-one match for the WWE Championship. While I am personally hoping for CM Punk vs.
Daniel Bryan to main event Money in the Bank, it will most likely be the
former. The key to this feud and crazy
love quadrangle is Little Miss Crazy AJ Lee.
Who she finally allies with will be the key to how this feud is
remembered for the years to come.
Ziggler’s Time
He is here to the show the world and he is here to show you
now. For the past few years, Dolph
Ziggler has been caught up in as many stop-and-start pushed as Kofi Kingston
has tag team partners. Everytime it
looks like the Zig Zag Man looks to be on the cusp of breaking the glass
ceiling, Dolph gets dropped right back to mid-card purgatory. He has the charisma, he has the look and he
definitely has the wrestling talent to be a star in the WWE, but this company
just cannot see it. Well hopefully no
more. After Alberto Del Rio supposedly
went down with a concussion last week, Ziggler won a Fatal 4 Way Elimination
Match to get the honours of challenging Sheamus for the World Title at No Way
Out. Even in defeat, it was said Dolph
put on one incredible match with the Great White at last Sunday’s PPV
event. This Monday saw Dolph Ziggler
drop the extra baggage that was Jack Swagger as he beat the All American
American for the right to have Vickie Guerrero as his manager. While I personally would have liked if he
dropped Vickie too and went solo, it is a step in the right direction
nonetheless. Finally on Smackdown, Dolph
Ziggler got a non-title rematch against Sheamus. The match was absolutely incredible as both
superstars traded moves for a good 12 minutes (it felt longer than that when I
watched it). The match did end with
Dolph’s shoulders pinned to the mat after one insane Brogue Kick that came from
absolutely no where. In the end, Dolph
Ziggler came out of this week looking like a million bucks in that ring with
the World Heavyweight Champion.
Hopefully this week is a sign of great things to come for Dolph Ziggler
this summer. We will have to see as
Vickie Guerrero will be the Guest General Manager of Raw and Smackdown this
coming week.
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