Evan Bourne suspend

The tag team division is given a twist, and Evan Bourne is suspended. What does it mean for the Tag Team Titles?

By Carlos M Reynosa  

It was early reported that that Even Bourne was suspended for failing a drug test. The World wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has been stricter with their drug policy by suspending or firing wrestlers who have been under the substance of marijuana. As a result of this being Bourne first time failing a drug test, he received his first warning which is a 30 day suspension with out pay. The next warning would be a 60 day suspension and the final warning would be termination.

However, as a result Bourne being one half of the tag team champions, there were concerns on what was going to happen with the tag team division? Especially when Bourne and Koif Kingston were the only Tag team that was getting most of the media attention as Airboom.  After AirBoom loss last Monday night to the intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes and wade Barret some fans assumed they were going to drop the titles to them. But after this week shows, it seems that they are just not mentioning Bourne on TV and hope no one would notice.

Although it is good to see the WWE take their drug policy more seriously and this was Bourne’s first offense, the punishment was not strict enough. For one thing Bourne is still the champion if they wanted to take their policy more seriously then they should have him and his Tag Team partner, Kofi Kingston, drop the belts to someone else. It is almost if the WWE are under the impression that putting two wrestlers together and have them hold the belts for a year is what make a tag team division. However, in my opinion what make a strong tag team division would be more tag teams. Form many Tag teams as possible, each one with a certain charisma that they could bring to the table and problem like this could simply been resolved.  

By keeping the belts on Airboom the WWE are sending a mix message to other superstars. The message that their leaving is the tag team isn’t important and that not to take their drug policy seriously. Bourne does deserve a slap on risk for this being his first time in trouble, however losing the belts would have been a stronger message to not use marijuana.

Of course keeping the belts could indicate that they are planning a storyline with Airboom very soon. However if they really wanted to be taken seriously then they should really think about their actions.

reading spoiler alerts

 

            A brief review of this week’s episode of Raw, Impact, and Smackdown. Plus on opinion on why I prefer to watch wrestling without reading the spoiler alert first.

 

By Carlos M Reynosa

 

 

            This week’s wrestling wasn’t entertaining for me as I watched all three episodes and only found Smackdown exciting.  The Muppets were amusing as they were promoting their first movie in 12 years “The Muppets.” They had a sense of humor that hasn’t been seen in both Hollywood entertainment and wrestling entertainment in a long time. I enjoyed Satino Merlla’s involvement with the Muppets and found interesting to learn that Shamuoes and Beeper are distant cousins.

 

However what bored me was after months in advance, the Rock agreed to team up with John Cena at Survivor Series. The rest of the night felt predictable and I believe it was due to the advertisement that was already announced. That is the downfall of reading spoilers, once read the magic and mystery of the show is gone and there is no point in watching the show. As wrestling reviewer it is important to know all the news and get it out there as quickly as possible, however, as a wrestling fan it’s more important to be surprised by the out come then to know it.

 

In impact wrestling fans were already aware of Robert Roode wining the World heavy weight title two weeks in advance. Granted it encouraged fans to watch it, however the ratings were still the same and the match wasn’t that impressive. If there was no knowledge of the title change then perhaps the match would be viewed with more interest. Fans would argue this theory, believing that the delivery of the result would be more interesting to watch. The most famous example would be the announcement that Mick Foley winning the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) World Heavy weight title. The announcement caused a dramatic shift change in the ratings giving the WWE the lead in the Monday night wars.

 

It is a good example but there are many differences between that example and what happened on I

mpact. The first difference was that Foley’s announcement was in a matter of seconds before the match and it was suppose to discourage fans from watching Raw, where as the results of impact wresting was leak out two weeks before the show began to air and the delivery wasn’t that affected.

 

Out of all three shows, the one the caught my interest was smack down and it was because I didn’t read the spoilers. I enjoyed the street fight between Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes and the rivalry between the big show and Mark Henry is developing nicely. As a result of not reading the spoilers I was able to appreciate the delivery of the matches more and was excited to see what was going to happen next.

 

Knowledge is always power, but too much of it could leave mystery and the fun out of certain things. If wish to know every thing then by all means do use so with caution. As for me I keep enjoying the mystery

A fortunate title shot

James storm’s first Total Nonstop Action’s (TNA) title defense was announced, but will he considerate a fortunate decision.  Also Jerseys shore invadesTNA again for ratings to remian the same.

By Carlos M. Reynosa  

Impact started with the New World Heavily Weight Champion James Storm celebrating with fellow fortune members and friends. However the celebration was short as they were interrupted by Soma Joe who wished to challenge Storm for the TNA title. Joe accused Strom’s title reign will only be defended among his friends and nobody else. This confrontation led to Sting to appear to make an official match between Soma Joe and Storm’s tag team partner Bobby Roode.

Roode was victorious as he stood in the middle of the ring with Storm pondering with the idea that they will face each other next week for the title. Although it was nice to see Soma Joe being useful on the show, He is still being poorly misused and hasn’t gained the audience’s attention in several months. What was once an unstoppable machine is now considered a simple fill in for whenever the TNA writers run out of ideas.

As for the storyline between Roode and Storm, it’s developing nicely. Although it was already announced through spoiler alerts, that Roode will turn on his partner and become the New World Champion, The audience was still excited of how nicely the transition is becoming. However, some the internet fans are furious on the notion that the company wanted them to pay a high price Pay Per-View and the title changes hands on a free taped television show. This type of strategy is rarely used in other companies as a way to keep their shows interesting. But it seems that TNA is constantly using this strategy that the fans are becoming more aggravated than interested.

Also on Impact, it was announced that Ronnie from the T.V. show, “Jersey shore” will be soon appearing on Impact. This would be the third cast member to make an appearance in TNA, and once again received less media hype from it. Not even when one of the cast memeber J  Wow  was actually considering going to be a wrestler, there wasn’t any major media interest. Granted it is important to keep up with the audience interest by bring in celebrities that are currently popular. But when you know target audience is not interested in that celebrity, then you need to move on with a new strategy. Not to say this strategy couldn’t work.

The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) had successfully advertised Snookie, from the Jerseys Shore television series to appear in Wrestle Mania 27. Although the WWE did not receive a lot of the fan’s interest in the advertisement provided, but it did create a lot of the media attention.  Whereas, TNA who received neither the fan’s interest nor the media attention. TNA must consider revaluating who their fans are and what type of new ideas that they are willing to accept.