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    man, JEFF HARDY of all people punked him out with a promo...Jeff Hardy...

     

    Just personal preference I guess, I've never gotten in to his KENNEDY KENNEDY schtick...I mean he's OK on the mic, but nothing that makes me go ga-ga or anything. Personally, I think MVP has come along a lot further than Kennedy.

     

    How can someone get "punked out" in a promo, when they are scripted in the first place? It's not like they are going out there without lines....

     

    Blame the writers and not the other person's apparent lack of mic skills (which clearly isn't true, Kennedy can talk) for that.

     

    let me rephrase...he was out-promoed

     

    btw, you do know those things aren't always 100% scripted, right?

     

    Mick Foley's The Hardcore Diaries leads me to believe that all the promos are scripted.

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    When somebody accuses you of being a paper champion and then you prove him wrong by beating him (in this case one by a distraction and the second time theoretically cleanly) it does establish credibility and pays off to a storyline that developed over a couple of months. That would be a huge boost to CM Punk and he will be that much stronger for his next challenger feud.

     

    That would be great if it was anyone other than JBL playing the role of the rub giver. I don't think there are too many casual fans thinking "man if Punk beats JBL, then he'll finally have earned his spot!". I'd assume most of them are thinking, "I hope he knees JBL in the face and then goes on to face someone better/more important". Even if JBL loses cleanly, I don't think that really makes Punk look like he's on a higher level if and when he goes on to face a Cena or Batista or anyone of real significance to the fans. They'll still be playing the same basic storyline out until Punk cleanly beats a "name" as champ or turns heel because no matter how many people he beat he still didn't get the respect he feels he deserves.

     

    It would be a big deal at this point, since JBL just beat John Cena at the Great American Bash and is coasting on a wave of huge heel heat from his recent attempted power trip after the McMahon accident. The crowd reactions to JBL last night indicate that JBL is perceived to be a big deal by the fans.

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    Punk vs. JBL in my opinion is the best world title match on the card. You guys might think JBL sucks, but I'm digging the storyline they're building. JBL calls Punk a paper champion, and Punk has to prove him wrong. If Punk goes over, and he should, then that gives him a huge boost of credibility and wraps up a nice little storyline.

     

    How is beating JBL going to be a huge boost to anyone's credibility? He already beat JBL with Cena's non physical interference. JBL's whole thing is that Punk is a paper champion and then he earned his second title shot by falling backward onto a guy. Unless Punk hits JBL with a GTS inside of a minute that match is going to be booked to make JBL look like he blew his shot and that Punk still had no legit claim to being champion. At this point I wouldn't be shocked to see Kane run interference to protect JBL and keep Punk's streak of "he wouldn't have won if Wrestler X hadn't saved him from taking his opponent's finisher" matches intact.

     

    When somebody accuses you of being a paper champion and then you prove him wrong by beating him (in this case one by a distraction and the second time theoretically cleanly) it does establish credibility and pays off to a storyline that developed over a couple of months. That would be a huge boost to CM Punk and he will be that much stronger for his next challenger feud.

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    That Khali/HHH match is going to draw better than people think too. I don't like Khali either, in fact, I think I hate him, but he has a history of being a baffling draw (I'm guessing amongst the casual fans who are actually impressed by his height) so his spot in a main event on a card filled with other matches being touted as main events won't hurt anything.

     

    Punk/JBL should be very interesting, I'm with JPopStarKarmi on this one.

     

    Batista/Cena is very appealing and will really boost this show.

     

    The Hell in a Cell is another big draw.

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    After spending two weeks in Maine, I am a lot more terrorfied of the upcoming elections. Basically everyone I heard talking about politics up there seems to know absolutely nothing about either candidate's positions, but they are leaning towards McCain because he's the more conventional candidate.

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    Chuck Palumbo is one of the annual casualties of the draft each year, where a bunch of the guys on the supplemental draft never show up on the program and end up released. Maybe that'll change.

     

    I agree that Palumbo is a solid hand. I even liked him in WCW when he was in the Natural Born Thrillers.

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    With Triple H, Umaga, Mr. Kennedy, and Carlito all on Smackdown now, I've been enjoying Raw about a thousand times more. Basically, I was tired of all four guys, especially the ruts some of them were in on Raw (aside from Kennedy, who was finally catching on in a manner that didn't bore me).

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    Ultimately, I think JBL's groveling will earn him a title shot but not in the one-on-one fashion that he is seeking but in a F4 match with Kane and Jericho in addition. Elimination rules would be best for the match with Punk getting JBL at the end to beat him clean once and for all thus giving Punk his first decisive victory to cement his place as champion which has been the entire purpose of JBL-Punk.

     

    I really hope that's the case. At this point I get all worked up anytime Punk defends the belt because the way he has been booked is that he could lose the title at any time (which is awesome booking in some ways).

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    I had more to say on the Cena thing, but since he's finally stopped talking I'll link it to my original point.

     

    People cheering or booing Cena isn't neccessarily a problem if they use it right. When the announcers were instructed to ignore it, it was bad. When they gave in and started making reference to it, albeit spun into a positive, it added another dimension to Cena's character and arguably the reactions are better on the whole now than they were.

     

    However, there's no masking the fact people are chanting "You Can't Wrestle" at Khali. Loud. And often. That's the kind of reaction that needs action. And nobody will care if he can wrestle or not if he's turned into a comedy babyface, I promise.

     

    Excellent, excellent points. The way they developed Cena after half the crowd turned on him was perfect. Cena has progressed into a character whose actions please his fans and create positive babyface heat while at the same time pissing off the grumpy men in the audience and creating the type of heat that is percieved on television as positive heel heat. And since Cena embraces it all, it means that he can be the top face in the company and build business the way he does without having the perception on television that he's a bitch who no one likes.

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    I went to Warped Tour while I was gone on vacation. While I was there, I checked out:

     

    Anberlin

    Reel Big Fish

    Ludo

    Madina Lake

    Bouncing Souls

    Dr. Manhattan

    The Devil Wears Prada

    Four Years Strong

    Cobra Starship

    Say Anything

    Relient K

    Katy Perry

    Angels and Airwaves

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    Also, anyone remember the harm that Austin's heel turn in 2001 did to business? If they turn Cena now, I see a similar thing happening, only it will be worse because WWE isn't anywhere near as popular as they were in the Attitude era (not saying they aren't making a profit now or that they don't have a solid fanbase, just saying).

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    I seem to remember the Raw ratings took a hit after Cena's injury (though a lot of the smark blame for that seemed to go to new WWE Champion, Randy Orton). And I recall when Cena was off filming that movie in the spring, crowds were actually upset about Cena not being there, a lot of live notes from news sites made mention of it.

     

    You know, it seems to me that a certain portion of the IWC made up their minds in 2005 that Cena was terrible and would always be terrible and then have spent the three years since covering their ears and eyes, trying to ignore all the in-ring accomplishments he has had since then.

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    I'm currently watching The Fink's favorite Summerslam matches. It's a good waste of time.

     

    I hope the expansion of content includes more full Raw's, Smackdown's, Nitro's, etc. I've been watching the 1993 Raw's in order and it's a good time.

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