Wrestling 9/05

Zmans Wrestling Top Ten for 9/05

1. Interesting goings on in TNA recently. Mick Foley unofficially debuted, Gail Kim may return, and Team 3D's contract is supposedly up. How sick would it be tomorrow night at Unforgiven if they make a surprise return to the WWE. Have Vicki make the Undertaker apologize to her, and while in the ring the Dudleyz run in and beat the everloving hell out of him. For sheer surprise alone, that'd be a remarkable moment.

2. Speaking of TNA, how about Sting's promo from last week. I think he was supposed to be a heel, but everything he said was cheered. He actually became more of a babyface and turned Joe and AJ into more heels. Something tells me that TNA is getting rid of the entire face/heel dynamic and is making every wrestler on their roster a tweener.

3. Rumor has it that Paul Birchall and Mr Kennedy are on the chopping block for the WWE. Sad news for me as I am big fans of both, but Birchall hasn't seemed to get over recently and Kennedy is injury prone. Releasing them both could be a big mistake. If they do get rid of Burchall though, I could see him ending up in ROH. At least with Kennedy, make him an announcer or manager and capitalize on his personality or something.

4. Usually I promote THE Brian Kendrick, but after seeing Ezekial this week and reading the things Simon Dean said about him, I am becoming a fan of his manager. There is definetely something to the Shawn Michaels/Diesel idea they are throwing around with the two of them.

5. And I know I've spoken about him too, but Evan Bourne's shooting star press gets my vote for finisher of the year. What an incredible move, such a pleasure to watch.

6. Attention people in charge of Smackdown divas : stop pushing people because theyre hot. Natalya and Victoria are the two best women wrestlers on the roster. Not Maria, not Maryse, not Michelle McCool. Give the belt to an actual wrestler.

7. I was happy to see Orton back on RAW on Monday. And it looks like the 2nd generation stable is coming true with his interactions with Dibiase and Rhodes. Let's look at all the candidates that could join. DH Smith, Deuce Snuka, Natalya Neidhart, Jessie Gordy, Primo Colon, Carlito Colon, Afa Jr, and Joe Henning, who apparently has been impressing people in FCW. I'd personally give Henning a shot as it seems his dad fits in with the others, but wow, the WWE could be on to something here.

8. I am a huge CM Punk fan. That being said, he loses the belt at Unforgiven. I blame it on an RKO from a returning Randy Orton with a few seconds left in the Scramble Match, giving the title to Batista.

9. How great is the Honk-a-meter that Santino debuted this past week. I feel like they actually are going to try and build him up to make him the longest running IC champ ever, especially now that Honky Tonk Man has seemed to go nuts.

10. I'm also gonna go out on a limb and predict new champions for Smackdown and ECW because of the scramble match. And those champions? Well they just happen to be brothers...