Post by andrew8798 on Aug 15, 2013 15:07:42 GMT -5
WWE has attempted to keep this quiet, but Cena will be undergoing surgery shortly on his left elbow. The surgery may be as early as next week, although we were just told it would shortly after SummerSlam. Cena’s left elbow is swollen like he had a something nearly the size of a baseball implanted in it, and that isn’t good. It got so bad that Cena was pulled out of all in-ring, pulled from the only weekend house show in Oakland, where he was scheduled to main event, as well as pulled from wrestling on Raw, where he was also advertised in the main event.
Like the last time, it depends on what they find when they open him up how extensive the surgery will be and how long he’ll be out of action. Even had he not needed surgery, it feels like the right time for him to lose the title. They could swerve and have him retain, and have Randy Orton cash it in on Raw the next day or the next week, but more than likely the change should be part of a big angle on Sunday. Because there is no way of knowing how long Cena will be out of action, which figures to mean getting the title off him is a decision that has to be made, whether it would have been the original decision or not.
But to their benefit given the timing, Bryan has tremendous momentum as a face, and it is the time to give him the title if he’s going to stay face. And if he’s going to go heel, it’s also the time for him to get the title.
Like the last time, it depends on what they find when they open him up how extensive the surgery will be and how long he’ll be out of action. Even had he not needed surgery, it feels like the right time for him to lose the title. They could swerve and have him retain, and have Randy Orton cash it in on Raw the next day or the next week, but more than likely the change should be part of a big angle on Sunday. Because there is no way of knowing how long Cena will be out of action, which figures to mean getting the title off him is a decision that has to be made, whether it would have been the original decision or not.
But to their benefit given the timing, Bryan has tremendous momentum as a face, and it is the time to give him the title if he’s going to stay face. And if he’s going to go heel, it’s also the time for him to get the title.
This match is expected to end up as the kickoff of the WrestleMania angle with the McMahons. HHH being added as referee is not because they think Bryan doesn’t have enough star power and they need HHH there. Quite the opposite. HHH is there because this is a high profile title match, the biggest since WrestleMania, and the right spot for the angle to kick off the McMahon family.
As noted here many times, the original McMahon family storyline was that at SummerSlam, they would become united, and then after, it’s HHH that goes heel, leading to a match where the ownership of the company is at stake. There is also a long time for that direction to change. But based on television, it does appear the ultimate long-term program is the McMahon family’s battle for power.
HHH going heel as referee would be the swerve that could happen. You are led to believe Vince is going to try and screw Cena or Bryan, and Bryan more than Cena, and HHH as referee will save the day and the right guy will win.
As noted here many times, the original McMahon family storyline was that at SummerSlam, they would become united, and then after, it’s HHH that goes heel, leading to a match where the ownership of the company is at stake. There is also a long time for that direction to change. But based on television, it does appear the ultimate long-term program is the McMahon family’s battle for power.
HHH going heel as referee would be the swerve that could happen. You are led to believe Vince is going to try and screw Cena or Bryan, and Bryan more than Cena, and HHH as referee will save the day and the right guy will win.
Another positive regarding the rating is it is rising each week, even though its lead-in, “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” does almost an identical number (between 2.8 million and 2.9 million) viewers each week. It’s now doing appreciably better than what E! had in that Sunday night slot following its biggest hit show.
A key that hasn’t been talked about is that Total Divas draws a completely different audience than all other WWE shows. While WWE usually does 65-70% men, last week’s episode of this show, when it came to the 18-34 demo, the only one we have info on at press time, did only 34% male viewers. E! programming in general does 41% male viewership, so it’s even more female-oriented in reach than usual programming on the station.
A key that hasn’t been talked about is that Total Divas draws a completely different audience than all other WWE shows. While WWE usually does 65-70% men, last week’s episode of this show, when it came to the 18-34 demo, the only one we have info on at press time, did only 34% male viewers. E! programming in general does 41% male viewership, so it’s even more female-oriented in reach than usual programming on the station.
The ratings success of Total Divas has led to E! ordering six more episodes for a second season. The current season ends on 9/15. A second season, in the same 10 p.m. Sunday time slot, will run from 11/17 to 12/22.
Jo Jo Offerman from Total Divas, who has a great voice, will be singing the national anthem or “America the Beautiful” at SummerSlam.
The Wyatts are HHH’s major project right now. In a sense, they’re being groomed for The Shield’s spot. We’ll see, but there is a lot of talk of The Shield being moved down, since they hurt Undertaker and Orton.
The Wyatts are HHH’s major project right now. In a sense, they’re being groomed for The Shield’s spot. We’ll see, but there is a lot of talk of The Shield being moved down, since they hurt Undertaker and Orton.
Cena and Nikki Bella this past week celebrated one year together as far as a real world relationship.
A story to watch for SummerSlam is if the Reddit guy does picks right before the show starts. There is also the question of how the odds shift in the final days. The odds in the Punk vs. Lesnar match shifted from Punk as a major favorite to Lesnar as a minor favorite after Raw, but that’s because Punk got the better of the angle, and people have been taught to think whoever on TV looks like they will in during the final angle is a swerve and the other will win. In other words, they’ve tried so hard to be unpredictable that people predict exactly the opposite of what the TV leads them to think. But the big telling shifts come the final day or two after the meetings where the finishes are decided. Any changes now are pure speculation. As noted before, after all the publicity coming out of the Money in the Bank show, where odds shifts and the Reddit guy picking Sandow and Orton to win, as well as correctly picking every result, and it was an embarrassment to the company. Someone who claimed he was the Reddit guy actually contacted someone that I know who is actually well known in the underground of another sport and said he wouldn’t post winners and pretty much revealed his identity. If nobody posts, there’s a very good chance, based on the story, that the guy was legit. If he does post and gets them all right, then obviously the guy who claimed to be the guy was a fraud.
-WON