WWE answers question with more questions
As I watched Raw this past Monday, I thought back to a Roddy Piper promo from when I was a little kid.
Paraph-rasing the line to fit Raw on Monday, it went, 鈥淛ust when you think you have all of the answers, I change the questions.鈥�
This past Monday on Raw, Kevin Owens walked out of Raw as the new Universal champion after help from Triple H.
So the answer to my question last week about who would walk out with the title ended up being my sleeper pick in Owens, but there are so many more questions coming out of the show, hence the flashback to Piper.
After Owens pinned Big Cass leaving Owens, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins, Triple H came through the crowd and gave Reigns a pedigree outside the ring before rolling him in for Rollins to pin. Then Triple H gave Rollins a pedigree and told Owens to cover Rollins, which he did to become Universal champion.
Henceforth, there being so many questions moving forward.
Storyline-wise, everyone knows why Triple H screwed Reigns, but why did he pedigree Rollins? And did Stephanie know this was going to happen? Did Owens know?
By the look on his face, the guess is no, and speaking of Owens and his facial expressions, they were money.
But there are more questions.
Will Triple H蘑菇视频 presence overshadow Owens鈥� title reign? Will Reigns and Rollins reunite to reform two-thirds of The Shield? And finally, will Triple H spearhead an NXT invasion of Raw?
You know things are headed in the right direction when there are numerous questions coming out of a show.
That is what happened Monday on Raw, and the WWE has limitless directions to turn with the answers to those questions.
WWE蘑菇视频 classy move
The WWE announced Thursday that has started a new campaign to help battle pediatric cancer.
The campaign is titled, 鈥淕et the Gear, Give the Gear鈥� where fans can purchase bracelets and bandana蘑菇视频 with 100 percent of the net proceeds benefiting Connor蘑菇视频 Cure.
The campaign begins Monday and goes through the end of the month.
1990s Mt. Rushmore finally looked at
Due to the amount of wrestling news the last few weeks, column space was at a premium and I did not want to shortchange the decade.
At first, I toyed with breaking the decade down into two five-year Mt. Rushmores, but since I have been doing by the decade, I decided to leave the philosophy as is.
The 1990s were basically two separate eras.
From 1990 through 1995, the business was pretty bad and both the WWE and WCW were losing money hand over fist.
In fact, there was always talk that business was so bad for the WWE in 1995 that Vince McMahon had been approached about having to dip into his family蘑菇视频 personal bank accounts to keep the WWE afloat yet he refused saying he would fold before he did that.
How true is it?
We will never know, but the first half of the decade was brutal as both the WWE and WCW still used cartoon-like characters and it was insulting to fans.
Things turned around in 1996 and business boomed through the end of the decade.
Several wrestlers received consideration, including Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker, Randy Savage and the Rock.
But Hart missed the cut as he was the top dog in the WWE when it almost went bankrupt, and the Undertaker had not hit his prime yet.
Savage was more of an announcer for several years in the WWE from 1991 through 1995, and both Michaels and the Rock had too short of runs to garner the accolade.
So without further ado, here are the wrestlers who are the Mt. Rushmore nominees for the 1990s.
Sting
The most consistent performer of the decade, he was the top dog in WCW the entire decade.
While a rumored accident kept him out of the ring for over a year, he still appeared on TV to confront the nWo.
Ric Flair
Although Flair was past his prime and a shell of his former self by the end of the decade, he was still in the mix and won multiple world titles in both the WWE and WCW during the decade.
Hulk Hogan
Joining Flair as a repeat honoree, Hogan reinvented himself when he joined the nWo and extended his flailing career.
Steve Austin
While Austin is remembered mostly for his run as 鈥淪tone Cold鈥� from 1996 on, his work as 鈥淪tunning鈥� Steve Austin in WCW during the first part of the decade was also stellar.
2000s next week
Next week, we will look at the decade of the 2000s. Who will make the cut?
We find out in seven days!