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[quote][i]Originally posted by OORick[/i] The lack of well-hyped matches is pretty inexcusable, but in this case, I think there might be SOME sort of method to the madness. There are simply plenty of things they can do to fill up time and create a nice, full, twisty-turny show, when you consider who is not booked into an official match: (1) ShowMiz should and probably will defend the titles, and I agree that MVP/Henry are the logical choice at this point. Why not set that deal up on Monday, when you could have hyped it in the immediate aftermath of the upset/non-title win? Probably because that would have ruined any sense of drama over ShowMiz's scheduled title defense the next night on ECW.... flimsy excuse, but I can see WWE thinking it's the right play. (2) Shawn Michaels is not booked. Everybody and their mother is now expecting him to be a surprise entry into the SD Chamber. This will take some doing, but would be worth it to cost Taker the title (it really should end up on Jericho). (3) Batista is not booked. His new "I don't owe you people anything" shtick means he doesn't owe us matches (getting counted out) or explanations (for attacking Bret), but I figure we get he'll tip his hand at the PPV as prelude to his announced appearance on RAW. (SYNTHESIS OF 2 AND 3) I still feel like a nice little play for WWE would be for Vince to pull some strings to create a Batista-for-HBK trade. Vince wants Batista to be his hired goon for dealing with Bret, and in exchange, he sticks Teddy Long with Shawn Michaels as "adequate compensation." There are a billion different ways to play things from there, but they could play out in a combination of the PPV (Shawn getting into Taker's business) and on RAW (more of Batista's side of the story, though he could also interfere and cost Cena in the other Chamber match, too). The various skits and machinations to establish the trade and the severity of Morrison's injury (or to have Michaels punk out R-Truth as a swerve) would be a night-long dealy made up of either backstage segments or in-arena announcements/promos. (4) Bret is not booked. But no matter how shitty that little leg-breaking skit was on Monday, you can bet it'll be recycled ad nauseum on the PPV in the form of video packages. Because nothing beats paying to see something that already happened on free TV~! Either that, or Vince/Batista will address it (and the Mystery Female Driver) in a skit/promo on the PPV. It won't be an issue that is ignored for 3 hours, I promise you that. (5) Edge is not booked. But regardless, he really oughta be ubiquitous on the PPV, either in backstage skits/confrontations to tease the ambiguity of which title he'd chase, or in a bigger stand-alone sort of segment/promo (naming his WM opponent after doing guest commentary, say). Edge needy PPV time, not just for the good of the stories, but because he's one of WWE's three best all-around performers and it'd be stupid not to put him to use entertaining us. So looking at the big picture... yeah, only 4 announced matches. But 2 of those are guaranteed to be in the 30-40 minute range. And there's just that huge list of 5 things above that all oughta be dealt with, but not really in ways you can hype in a traditional way before a show. But they WILL happen. And they will eat up a substantial amount of time... time well-spent, or poorly-spent? I really dunno. But spent it will be... To be utterly serious: I'm more concerned that WWE thinks McIntyre/Kane is worth ITS time than I am about what unannounced things they'll do with all the rest of the time. Something I'd FF on Friday nights, and here it is, live and in color, on a pay-per-view. Whee? It's really gonna be on the SD Chamber match and proper use of the unannounced swerves/unbooked talent to "make" this show.... everything else looks like a giant whiff to me on paper. Rick [Edited on 2-20-2010 by OORick] [/quote]
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