The Happy-Go-Sucky Wrestling Report 07.09.08

Posted by Steve Sullivan on 07.09.2008

WWE and TNA releases and quitters, Kane's apparent heel turn, Moose breaks a leg, Punk vs. Batista, and more!

Not that anyone cares, but I really frickin loving this new job of mine. I basically get to convince venues and concert halls to give me free tickets to give away on my station, and then get them to give me free stuff too. So basically, I will never have to pay for anything music related ever again.

With that being said however, my job IS going to keep me from going to the WWE Raw House Show in Lexington this Friday. So bah.

Anyway, let's rassle!

News: Trevor Murdoch was released by the WWE.

Happy: I was worried for awhile there that we were going to have the mixed tag team of Trevor Murdoch and Jillian Hall terrorizing my ears. But if anything, this was the best thing that could have happened for Trevor Murdoch. He's not good enough for a singles career. He's barely over as a multiple time tag team champion. Nobody was digging the singing.

The best moment of Trevor Murdoch's WWE career was that house show where Edge lost his luggage and had to borrow his singlet to wrestle in.

But before you anger filled, hormonally challenged column writer haters begin filling my comments section with your hate messages and your "Epic Fails", understand that I DON'T believe it was Trevor Murdoch's fault. Trevor had the pedigree and the training and every opportunity to become a major contender in the WWE. But it takes super human charisma and talent to go from being a tag teamer to a successful singles wrestler. When you think about guys who pulled away from being known only as one half of a tag team, to Single's Superstar, you have to get into the company of guys like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Matt & Jeff Hardy, and Edge. Trevor Murdoch can not and will not ever have his name mentioned among these people.

Go Sucky: It's unfortunate for Trevor because a year or so ago, when Dusty Rhodes was head over Smackdown and ECW, Dusty wanted Trevor on his show. Apparently, Dusty had a plan for Trevor and was ready to push him as a singles wrestler. And given that Dusty probably knew Trevor since he was a child, Dusty might have pushed him into a title picture.

But of course, Dusty is gone. He's working with FCW and developing talents down there. And Michael Hayes, whom given recent events, you'd think would be all about a country, tobacco spitting, down south redneck like Trevor Murdoch, had nothing for him. This was really bad timing on the part of WWE.

News: TNA has released James Mitchell.

Happy: I'm honestly surprised he's lasted this long. This is good news in so many ways. First off, it means that TNA won't be bringing in three or four different guys to beat up on Abyss when Abyss returns. Relik, Judas Mesias, Black Reign….it's all been done. Over and over again. What was TNA thinking hiring guys like this anyway? Yes it makes a fairly entertaining storyline for a couple of weeks. But once Abyss gets past them or gets put out to dry by them, what other purpose do they serve? Judas Mesias may have had a career in the form of what Kane was to the Undertaker in his early career. But the others never stood a chance.

Ok so that doesn't necessarily take aim straight at James Mitchell. But with Mitchell leaving, that frees up Abyss to be either himself, or focus on other storylines that don't involve him being his daddy, or someone kidnapping his mommy.

I'm a big fan of Abyss and I really look forward to seeing what comes of his career knowing that we might not have to see anymore Battle of the Monsters anymore.

News: TNA Knockout Mickie "Moose" Knuckles broke her right femur and is expected to be out of the ring for 6 months.

Happy: The good part is that Moose had the surgery yesterday which was a success. She is expected to be able to walk out on crutches sometime today and that she will be able to get back in the ring again once she's healed up.

Go Sucky: It's never a good thing when someone gets hurt. And unfortunately for Moose, she doesn't have medical insurance either.

And say what you will about her. True she isn't exactly attractive to look at. But she was fairly talented in the ring. You have to admit it was kind of fun to see women in hardcore matches.

But unfortunately, the timing of this injury was awful. Sure she picked up a big win against ODB, but nobody is going to remember that 6 months from now. So now, she will likely lose her spot in TNA and return to the indies and start all over again. I wish her the best….mainly because she's a fellow Kentuckian!

And yes, Hazard really is the name of a town here.

News: Kane has apparently turned heel on Raw.

Happy: YES! YES! YES! This is what I was hoping for! Kane as a face has been an awful experience. I'm a huge fan of Kane, mainly because in the past, he and only he was one of the reasons I tuned in each week. I wanted to find out what kind of crazy stuff Kane was going to do next week. What kind of stunt would he pull off? Like jumping into a pit of fire, or riding in a limo straight into a semi truck? Will he light Jim Ross (or better yet, Michael Cole) on fire again?

I want so bad for Kane to get into a feud with The Undertaker when he returns (whom I DON'T believe Kane is asking about). I want them to get into another epic battle between two brothers and I want the Undertaker to "burn" Kane's face off so that he has to go back to wearing the mask. That was the best Kane character. Not this vanilla, movie star, child friendly Kane. A pissed off, sadistic Kane will bring in some good ratings and an interesting storyline that hasn't been used in awhile.

What I DO expect to see here is a feud between Kane and the McMahons. A lot of people think Kane is wanting to know if The Undertaker is still alive, but obviously by WWE storyline, the Undertaker is just retired. Not missing or injured. He walked away.

But of course, one person we don't know the "status" of is Vince McMahon. It would seem as though Kane was the one who "destroyed" the set and it is Kane who will be starring in this summer's McMahon Murder Mystery.

Go Sucky: I don't really see anything bad coming out of this. I didn't really expect Kane to get a push like this when he came to Raw so once again, the WWE has shocked me. The only bad thing here I guess is that this isn't really promoting a new star or pushing anyone that might need help getting over, but it's re-inventing a classic character. Which I guess if you think about it, with guys like Punk and Kofi Kingston heading up the main titles on Raw, why would they need to promote another younger talent?

News: C.M. Punk vs. Batista has been announced for the Great American Bash.

Happy: I'm really intrigued by this match. On paper, C.M. Punk has no friggin chance in hell. This is good because I still don't think that Punk is ready to head up Raw. I do like the idea of getting Punk in the ring with guys like Batista and JBL and really playing him up with the big guys. But I just can't help but to think they are going to push the guy too hard and rush this or worse yet, injure him.

Go Sucky: Unfortunately, what I see happening here is a lot of interference, mainly from JBL or even John Cena. So Punk will pick up a cheap win and retain the title and continue looking like some bozo who can't win his own fights. Some "face" champion huh?

News: Mr. Kennedy is expected to pick up on Smackdown with the same status he had on Raw.

Happy: I've heard several definations of this bit of news. My understanding of this is that Kennedy will continue to bob back and forth between the main event and mid card. Unlike on Raw with Kofi Kingston, Kennedy goes over to Smackdown while he's already over and will find himself in the mix of big contenders over there.

Go Sucky: Unfortunately for Mr. Kennedy, that mix of big contenders includes Triple H, The Big Show, Jeff Hard, Edge, and many others who are probably not about to put Kennedy over just yet. So Kennedy has his work cut out for him. And with the U.S. Title over on ECW right now, I'm not sure what they will do with Kennedy other than job him out to the big dogs for awhile.

And to think this time last year, Kennedy was supposed to be the big pushed superstar. Stay off drugs kids!

Rapid Fire!

News: Shelton Benjamin was moved to Smackdown because Michael Hayes is high on his work.

And thus begins Shelton's 168th push. The over/under on him getting pulled again is 2 months. Any takers?

News: Scott D'more is leaving TNA at the end of the month.

Scott had been working as an agent for the last few years since the disbanding of Team Canada. Which was a shame in the first place because he could cut a fantastic promo and really could have helped push a younger talent over. Look what he did for guys like Petey Williams, Robert Roode, and Eric Young. No word on why he's leaving as of print.

News: Triple H & Shawn Michaels are on the cover of Raw vs. Smackdown 2009.

How awful would it be if Shawn Michaels decided to up and leave after publication of this game? Don't get me wrong, I haven't heard anything about that happening, but there always seems to be one guy who leaves the company after they get put into the video game. But how bad would it be if one of the cover guys left! I guess the WWE learned a little lesson about guys like Brock Lesner and Bobby Lashley so they went with the sure thing!

News: Ashley Massaro wants out of her WWE contract to be with her 7 year old daughter.

Good for her…better for us!

News: Smackdown scored a 1.6 rating on the 4th of July episode.

Don't read into that too much. That 1.6 were probably immigrants.

And that's going to do it for me this week! Enjoy the week and until next week, may your lives be Happy…or Go Sucky!