Listen, be honest.
Would the ladies love me more if I did this?
Probably, right?
Ambrose, and his meticulous facial ticks have touched a nerve. Down in the girl parts region. The guy's tongue is on a rampage. He licks his lips more than LL Cool J in a Fun Dip factory. He sticks his tongue out more than Bill the Cat in an Ack Factory.
So, for those of you who hadn't seen The Shield's two PPV matches, what did you think of them on their first RAW match last night? That match they had against Sheamus, Ryback and Jericho was sort of a reworking of their PPV match, since most matches seen by fewer people than who watch RAW get reworked for RAW (the excellent Del Rio vs. Ziggler match was a re-do of their Main Event match). The Shield really impressed me at TLC, but their matches at Elimination Chamber and RAW were just okay. A decent showing with the most important part being that, for f***'s sake, they won. Not only did they win against the seemingly unbeatable team of Cena, Ryback and Sheamus, but they won the next night too - defying my hot shot theory that Jericho, who'd awkwardly inserted himself into Cena's place, was going to reveal himself as the leader of The Shield and turn on Ryback. Turns out, the awkwardness was just awkward.
All that and they got to have JBL put them over both the Freedbirds and the Horsemen. Dayyum.
Ack!
But the Jericho swerve never happened and The Shield won again. Jericho being behind the Shield would have served a pretty nifty purpose, and given some real weight to his return. Without that reveal, that I freely admit, like a nutbag, I wished really hard would happen within the timespan of about twenty minutes, it just seems even more like Jericho's been all over the map since he's been back.
In a month's time he's been in the Rumble, feuded with Ziggler, had a match with Punk, Big Show, an Elimination Chamber match and now a war with The Shield. A few weeks ago the rumored plan was to have him face Ryback at 'Mania, so a Shield swerve would have made sense. Keep in mind that if Jericho's short-term contract is also up at 'Mania, then he'll have to lose at 'Mania. Another loss. I mean, look, Jericho's looked amazing since his return and the bouts have been stellar, but he doesn't seem to be serving a purpose other than outshining 90% of the roster. And winning polls that were supposed to be won by Orton. And getting bigger pops than Orton, Cena, Sheamus and Ryback.
Okay, I get it! Thank you, AJ. Enough now.
I really do like the Shield, and I'm even more happy that they're beating big guys clean. It means they'll stick around a bit longer. Some of you out there wonder why so many of us are looking for a "secret leader," and to be honest there doesn't have to be one. I think when they started attacking so many different people and their "injustice" explanations started to get more murky, it seemed like they might have had a different agenda than the one they originally stated. But they could just be themselves. Still, if done right, a big star revealing themselves as the true leader, in a heel turn move even, could be awesome. Plus, The Shield could always turn on that leader and Nation of Domination him. Which is now a verb because JOURNALISM!
Anyhow, I think that some of us douchebag dreamers are also juat looking for that extra big story/swerve to get us into the 'Mania mood. Things seem a little grim right now. We're still over a month out, but Cena, who's now apparently done giving a s*** about The Shield after losing that one mid-card match to them, seems so irrelevant now. I don't know. Last year Rock vs. Cena was huge. And I thought they actually had a freakin' great match. With an ending that was a welcome surprise. This year, with the ending pretty much cinched up, things aren't buzzing like they were before. Not that I don't think they could have another excellent match, but it's Cena's stock that's fallen over the past year. Ever since that dumb, jokey pre-Rumble promo, Cena seems diminished. Not that most of us have a deep love for the man anyhow, but last year it really felt like Titan vs. Titan. There's a part of me that kind of just wants him to keep feuding with The Shield. He fits in that scenario better. Especially after Ambrose went off on Cena. Cena, basically, had no comeback for that. And then he lost.
Plus, there's the Punk factor. Man, there's nothing like teasing us with a big match and then telling us it's next week. Apparently, friggin' Undertaker is still wishy-washy about this year's 'Mania and so the WWE is giving him one more week to think it over and then they have to decide the finish to Punk vs. Cena. If Taker's back, Punk will lose. If Taker's out, then it'll end controversially or in a draw so that the 'Mania title match can become a Triple Threat. Which, in the end, might be for the best. I really wanted Punk vs. Undertaker. But if it means Punk has to lose to Cena and then enter into a rushed program then maybe it's better to let last year's "End of an Era" match be the end of an era. Then we can move on to the next era...
Rock vs. Punk at Elimination Chamber, plus the new WWE Championship Belt, on page 2...
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