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Absolutely raging i didn't get my Burchill/Katie Lea return on Raw...

ha, one of the best things on NXT this week was trying to work out if Aksana was legitimately freaked out by Goldust playing his character - she looked confused a lot of the time. Goldust is a great man, and time on-air for Primo works for me.

The thing i just realised about this season of NXT is that we're probably going to see primo vs goldust in some form many times over the season - i'm not sure if that's a good thing yet

I like the Beautiful People, but just so I'm clear, they think they invented the snotty bitch gimmick and thereby no one else can use it? Pretty sure Trish Stratus was doing the gimmick when she turned heel way before the BP even existed. I also like the way they seem to believe gimmicks have never been recycled before in wrestling and that they're totally original. As i say, i like them, but i think they need to get over themselves a little bit tbh.

I can't stop watching Jericho call Cena a stupid man - too funny...

Just caught Raw and the ending with Cena beating up Darren Young reminded me of that Summerslam match between the two Undertakers - Young looks that much like Cena!

They're not just young - wild and young, i've heard.

Yeah, but won't he be anti-WWE, like a substantial part of the ROH crowd?

Of course they'd let him back - why wouldn't they let one of their most famous and most successful stars come back to heighten some dvd sales for a month or two, as well as gaining exposure for a star that was on WWE programming laying out John Cena on his last appearance?

Ok, fair enough - that's a bit of a mistype. i'm guessing though that a lot of ROH viewers are turned off towards WWE programming, and although they probably were aware enough to catch the angle from Raw, it probably won't be enough to turn them back onto WWE programming. Having Danielson go to the indies and sound off on the company adds legitimacy to the angle and gets the ROH loyalists etc perhaps getting passionate about Danielson's treatment over the release. Though saying that, I'm sure Vince and Stephanie don't particularly care about the indie fans whatsoever, so i might be off completely. Plus, in the storyline, Danielson technically doesn't have a WWE contract atm, having lost NXT, so it does seem a logical plothole for the WWE to announce that he's been released from a contract he never had unless it was a legitimate firing. It's a case of wait and see i guess.

Didn't Brian Pillman get legit released from WCW to go work for ECW to legitimise the beginnings of his loose cannon personna? Apparently, Bischoff and Pillman agreed to terminate Pillman's contract so he could develop the character in ECW, and then come back again. Ultimately he didn't go back, but i can see this being the same sort of arrangement - Danielson is released and by extension can say anything about WWE that is not PG and work the angle in ROH and other indies, reaching a wider audience. I find it hard to believe that Vince would give Danielson so much air time and then release him off the back of the most newsworthy angle on Raw for a long time.

<p>Well, it looks like the writing crew wrote the NXT segment first, felt so chuffed with themselves and didn't bother with the rest of the show. Fascinating end to a substandard Raw. Tarver's look with the bandana over his face in the crowd was perfect for the beginning of a very real-feeling angle. </p><p> </p><p> Barrett's the natural leader, just immense in his role. When they said the NXT winner would get a PPV title match, did it mean in a properly sanctioned, announced-ahead-of-time match, or could it mean a match similar to the MITB wins of the past? If it means a MITB style match, Cena retains at Fatal 4 Way and loses the belt straight after to Barrett. Really interesting angle.</p>

I love the idea, but i really wish tna would slow down - i could see a nice storyline to pull out over six months or something that would see Kaz increasingly prove to Naitch that he's the real new Nature Boy, and AJ has failed in his new role. Build the tension in Flair's new faction over months, with AJ getting jealous and then have AJ turn face and break from the faction feuding with Kaz at say Bound For Glory in October. That would elevate Kaz as a ****y top heel, lets AJ play an honourable face again and give tna some different angles to use over the next few months, rather than the same run-in over and over again. I just feel that they introduced Kaz into the Flair fold last week and now he's feuding with AJ? Way too soon... Plus, I don't really want to see Naitch taking back body drops in angles - ok, Ric, we get that you can still do them, just relax a bit eh? Also, Abyss is a disgusting excuse for an upper level face - this Chelsea angle is backwards and weird. That is all

Someone's probably said this already, but as far as Shelton goes, I can see him going back to WWE after a year or something if TNA don't pick him up - the 'E have a track record of rehiring workers e.g. Chuck Palumbo, Lance Cade, Joey Mercury and team-mate Charlie Haas. His release is probably a good thing - lets him go out and regain the passion that hasn't shown through in his work for years. If he finds it and something clicks for him as a worker, you can bet they'd have him back.

Just a thought, Katie Lea would've been perfect with Desmond Wolfe as well as wrestling on the side. Damn timing