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8-16-02

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If anyone can get Lesnar over as a monster with the fans, it's Paul Heyman. Heyman delivered an awesome promo last night to open Raw. He really put over the fact that Lesnar had killed Hulk-a-Mania and that The Rock was next. The WWE writer on both shows have done a nice job of making Rock vs. Lesnar at SummerSlam feel like a must see match. It's no quite the Andre vs. Hogan hype I would have gone for but it's still a very watch able main event at this point. SummerSlam all around is looking good.

Fresh from attacking his brother on Monday, Matt Hardy has joined the Smackdown crew. Not sure why he's calling himself Matt Hardy version 1.0 since this is the second time he's been given a chance to be a singles star but whatever floats your boat.

When Tough Enough 1 was over and Maven and Nidia were announced as the winners, I never would have thought that Nidia would be half as entertaining as she is now. Excelent promos, good character work and solid in ring work. Her and Jamie Noble continue to shine…as do her breasts.

Funaki as a backstage interviewer is the best idea I've seen all year. Since his wrestling talent is wasted on the WWE B-level shows, why not have him replace boring guys like Michael Cole and Mark Loyd? There is a comedy gold mine there waiting to be tapped.

Speaking of dull interviews, how predictable with the Rock comedy bit last night with mark Loyd bending over? The Rock's personality and charisma can only improve a skit so much. The writers need to give him something better to work with.

I guess the honeymoon is over between D-Von and Bautista.

What does it say about Kurt Angle and the writers when I enjoyed Kurt backstage rant against Mysterio far more than I enjoyed his Mark Henry match? I'm really looking forward to their PPV match but it seems like they are just booking Kurt in filler matches until then. Maybe Mark Henry should win a few matches before issuing challenges to one of the top guys in the business.

Another interesting and fresh idea was Eric Bischoff's Subway commercial. I never would have had the idea to do that in a million years. Excellent concept.

Another enjoyable episode of Smackdown that was entertaining and really sold Next week's SummerSlam. What more can you ask? Austin Arrested If you missed the special update on Wednesday, Steve Austin voluntarily turned himself into police for charges of domestic violence. All of this stems from an incident that occurred on June 15th at 4am when Debra called police and told them that Austin had hit her. When officers responded they noted seeing "a large noticeable welt" on the right side of her face - just below her eye. Until now, she has not pressed charges. Austin was booked, fingerprinted and posted a $5000 bond. A court date has not been set.

All of this happened around the same time that Steve went AWOL from WWE shows. Seems to me like reality got a little out of control for Steve and everything snow balled into the eventual hitting of his wife. Voluntarily turning himself into police does show that he's thinking a little more clearly now and maybe the worst if over for him. Or he could go to prison and have to try and stunner his way out of shower rape. Who knows?

Ratings
Good news in the TV rating department for the WWE this week. This week's edition of Raw scored a 3.9 cable rating. The number is up from last week's 3.7. The final rating for Smackdown was 3.5, which is up from last week's record low 2.7 rating (keep in mind that the 2.7 was because the show was preempted in NY & LA.) Previous week were 3.2 and 3.3 so the 3.5 can be considered an improvement.

Maven Update
Tough Enough 1 champ and WWE star Maven will be out another two months due to newly discovered torn ligaments in his leg. Maven broke his right fibula and right ankle and tore ligaments in that ankle during his match with Christian on the May 28 taping of SmackDown! in Calgary, Alberta. Maven finished the match and was told by doctors later that he had only (only, geez) broken his leg and would be back in the ring in 4-6 weeks. Weeks later a different set of doctors informed Maven that he'd also broken his ankle. And now, after and MRI, Maven has learned that he also has torn ligaments in his leg. This just pisses me off. We're never going to find out what happened between Maven, Torrie and Tajiri!

Stern at SummerSlam?
Howard Stern stated on his radio show this week that he had been involved in talks with Vince McMahon about appearing at Summerslam, however, a deal was not reached. He mentioned that he is interested in being behind an alternative wrestling promotion and could do that in the future. Stern said Vince was a nice guy and didn't discount the possibility of working with them at another time. I would have thought that guys like Stuttering John and Hank the Angry Dwarf would have been more at home in the WWE than Howard.

Bitter Much?
Former WCW star Mike Sanders, who was recently released from his WWE developmental contract, blames WWE politics on his dismissal. Sanders believes he was caught in the middle of a power struggle between Kevin Nash and Paul Heyman. Sanders, who is good friends with Nash, was apparently not liked by Heyman. Sanders was also trying out to be Raw commentator when Heyman was doing that job, and he believes that Heyman worked against him. Sanders has a 90 day non-compete clause, after which he is expected to sign with NWA:TNA.

That's it for today. Join me again on Turesday. entary.

Michael Goodson

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