WM Fallout

No, not the kind of fallout that hit the people in the upper deck. [I kill myself.] I know I promised a post-WM WWE booking plan but I’m still kinda pissed at them. I knew that HBK was going to beat Flair. But that doesn’t mean that I was ready for it to happen. I was quite pleasantly surprised that Orton walked out of WM with the strap and they weren’t dumb enough to let Edge end Taker’s winning streak. But I’m just still dumbfounded that for the rest of eternity HBK will have his name attached to Flair’s career.
I guess it’s kind of a cop out but I have no feel for where to go with anything right now. It seems like Raw has the opposite of last year. Last year between injuries and suspensions, the roster was depleted. This year, everyone and their mother’s uncle has returned. After the fallout from the Benoit situation, the company seems to have recovered. And now they have a glut and no way to keep everyone happy.
With the diluted pool, the alternate titles were phased out. And the IC chip that was left was devalued by not defending it. Same for the tag titles. Granted the WWE strap itself is being competed for at the highest level. But there is no European, Cruiserweight or Television titles to have as a way to push storylines and give guys things to do. So we’re left with Cryme Tyme vs. Cade/Murdoch which is too ‘traditional’ [white southerners vs. young northern urban blacks] to be anything more than a farce. Jericho doesn’t have anyone to work with. And he also doesn’t have his legs totally under him. JBL is pretty much a step slow and probably will be for the rest of his career. Maybe we can just put him and HBK in a program to last the rest of their careers so I only have one match that I don’t have to watch. Show is relegated to the B show with a C level program. [Did you see the promo with Khali giving Show gifts? Water from the Tigris-Euphrates? WTF?] And we’ve got this ridiculous cycle with the title matches wherein HHH and John Cena are added to every fucking match. I will say that if this leads to Orton pinning all the other competitors except Hunter and the HHH-Orton feud climaxing at SummerSlam, I’m all for it.
I’m also tired of these implied long title reigns. I know that Russo devalued the WCW strap by having change so many times, but why can’t we have a little bit of surprise? Give me a random title match and even a change on Raw. I think that Taker deserves another long title run, but when’s the last time that MVP defended the US? Ditto Jeff Hardy and the IC. I’m glad to see Jericho defending on Raw vs. Umanga. But let’s get some more matches of import when I don’t have to shell out $45.99. Because if history is any indicator, I won’t. So please Vinnie, throw me a fucking bone.
Something else that strikes me came from the King of Kings DVD. [Totally not worth it by the way.] Hunter said that it was very meaningful to him to win the IC belt. Because this was at a time when guys like HBK, Perfect and the Hitman were fighting over it. This is a time when they were putting in 30 mins of fighting while Hogan was posing for 4 minutes. And I guess that’s what gets me most about the title situation and interest piquing with the WWE. Everyone is fighting over the same belts. It’s like they want you to think that everyone is on a similar level. We all know that’s not true. Why am I supposed to believe that Y2J gives a fuck about the IC chip when he was the original Undisputed Champion?