Back to wrestling:
My thoughts on RAW:
I forgot to set RAW to tape (always have to set it manually to catch the overrun). I remembered about 30 minutes into the broadcast and set it to tape when Edge did his promo.
That was a damn good promo that Edge cut; I'm loving these shoot-style promos of late. Really got me more interested in the Hardy-Edge match for SummerSlam. I wonder how that's going to go down.
Fast forwarded through most of Buff Bagwell... er... Rob Conway's match with Viscera. You know that they were going to give Conway the win, anyway.
Also, I suppose that Conway is borrowing his wrestling trunks from one of the divas' wardrobes. That see-through black stuff he's wearing is a bit disturbing; plus his theme music is cheesy as hell.
6 person tag... fast forwarded most of it as well. As soon as I saw that Stacy was going to WRESTLE... I knew that I didn't want to see this match.
Jericho's Highlight Reel and the match with Patton was just a time-killer basically. It was pretty funny when Bischoff started slapping Patton. Was he trying to slap his head or his hand? I couldn't tell.
Also, I laughed my ass off when Cena blew his spot with Carlito. Did he trip or just jump too early with that shoulder block?
Diva Search crap... yawn... is that a real phone number, anyway?
It was nice to see Matt Hardy in the ring again. The top-rope Twist of Fate was pretty cool. Looks like Matt has gotten bigger since I last saw him.
I laughed my ass off again during the backstage segment with Matt. He starts walking with the "cops" and then all of a sudden bolts for Edge's dressing room and starts punching him...
I skipped the Cena video.
Hogan and Michaels were OK. I really loved it when Hogan mentioned Bret, and then ragged on Michaels for "losing his smile." If only Hogan would've started shooting on Michaels more. It would've been classic:
"Listen, DUDE! I'm not the guy backstage who's shitting on people's lunch plates because they won't sleep with him. And listen, BROTHER! I'm also not the guy who lobbies against WrestleMania world title matches that aren't one-on-one... and then proceeds to be in a TRIPLE THREAT match at WrestleMania XX! But I guess when you smell a paycheck, nothing else matters, BROTHER!"
Overall, an average RAW.
Does anyone think that WWE is trying to plant the seeds for a Bret Hart return? Hogan mentions his name, and then the fans go crazy... while Michaels is mouthing, "Go ahead. He's gone and I'm here, so I don't care." Also, the fans wanted to lynch Michaels when he answered their "You Screwed Bret" chants with "Yeah I did, and don't you forget it!"
The question is... if you could only have one Bret Hart appearance (not counting a possible Hall of Fame induction), where would you want it? Montreal? SummerSlam? Or at another place and time?
Also, do you think that Bret is well enough to do a run-in? From the looks of him, he seems to be in great shape still (besides the injury, of course) and keeps active. I know that he can still do the Sharpshooter, since his role in the Aladdin play involved him wrestling some other actors and placing one of them in the Sharpshooter.
Michaels in the Sharpshooter again... a guy can dream, can't he?