World Heavyweight Trainwreck.

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I don't think I need to explain why I'm unhappy with the current state of affairs on SD. TV time for Mark Henry and Khali? Sheesh, there's ethics to consider. Anyways, last Sunday, The World Heavyweight Championship (which belonged to Edge before he retired, in case WWE didn't stuff that down your throats enough by now) was on the line in a ladder match. A bloodbath and a bunch of bruises later, Edge's best friend Christian unhooked the belt and was declared champion. YAYYYYYYY! Seventeen years and he finally got his first world title.

Ok, let's forget his two previous NWA World title reigns (after all, the WWE championship is the most coveted prize in the business. Ahem). I can live with the fact that WWE won't namedrop a "rival" company. I use that term very loosely these days.


What I can't seem to wrap my head around is the fact that Christian holds it for two days, gets challenged and is forced to drop it. Not to put someone new over ... nope, Christian jobbed so Randy Orton could have his 8th world title. Why the fuck do you want to do this?


Backstage musings claim that Vince, among others, wants Randy Orton to be the actual top dog on SmackDown, and he needs something to exemplify that. No he fucking doesn't. Randy Orton is over, people. Didn't you hear the cheers when his ridiculously cheesy rock music started playing? (I really fucking hate that theme)


It gets "better". Christian seemingly only won the World Title as a favor to Edge. Yup, a favor. The same reason why Rey Mysterio went way out of his league and left Mania 22 with the world title. Christian is well liked, but nobody believes that he's that over. Because fans cheering him does not constitute being over as a face. I must be missing something here.


So now, Randy Orton will headlock his way towards a lengthy, but not-exactly-new-title-reign. I can't say I'm excited. I like Randy's work (aside from the million headlocks) but seriously? Robotic promos galore. Can't wait. 


One Chris Jericho immediately went on twitter and announced his displeasure of the fans' malcontent: "To all those bitching about SmackDown: ever think it might be part of a bigger storyline?"


Well, Chris, I hope so, but that still doesn't constitute a two day WHC reign. He could've AT LEAST held on to it for a good three months. You know, averagely speaking. Basically a message of: "Hey, I see you're over. We're gonna give you a run with the belt, but don't get attached to it. Because to us, you're still nothing."


The fact that John Cena's in his umpteenth reign? I wish I could've cared, but spouting the same arguments every time. Nah, he's still too over.


But how shitty WWE's booking may be, you can always rely on TNA to consistently outperform them on shitty angles and poor booking. I may not have been up to date on the whole TNA business, but I gathered that Kurt Angle and Jeff Jarrett are feuding because Angle's ex-wife banged Double J and proceeded to marry the guy. Yay, typical Russo garbage.


Now, Angle and Jarrett have been head-to-head a few times, and then Angle reveals he has a mistress. Boy, Russo is outdoing himself. The mistress is revealed some time later. You already go into it with the idea that it's gonna be shit, and still TNA manages to hit you sideways with something shittier than you expected. 


Kurt Angle's mistress? ... Chyna.










Looking for something witty there to go with it? No need to, the idea itself is a fucking joke. Though I'm sure she and Jeff Hardy will get along just fine. 


TNA should really get a medal, for charitable purposes and for being consistently underwhelming. 
Oh, and the final note: TNA Impact is now "Impact Wrestling", so they can focus on the wrestling aspect and cater to those fans. How do they plan to do that? With about 20-25 minutes of wrestling (part of which poor women's action) in a 2-hour show. Good job, guys.


So while WWE's booking decisions may be consistently strange, they won't have to fear, because TNA is there to make them up north look good. I guess TNA is destined for a 1._ rating 4 life.


~D.