A Right Royal Kurfuffle

Well, in the words of Little Britain's Lou, this last weeks Royal Rumble was somewhat of a 'right kerfuffle.

The opener, in which Kid Kash lost his Cruiserweight Title, was somwhat of a mess. The only positive, saw Gregory Helms pick up the belt, and a switch to Smackdown seems eminent for the superhero, which is a good thing. I'm hoping for a Noble/Helms feud over the belt, but as they weight less that 250 pounds, I'm not getting my hopes up.

For a good story, the women's matches over the last four months have been dreadful. Mickie/Ashley was no different. All I can say is, I can't wait for Trish to kick Mickie square in the head.

JBL/Boogeyman was exactly what it had to be. I'm not a fan of this wrestlecrap at all, but at least they're booking it properly. As soon as Boogey gets pinned he's a gonner, but why is JBL getting jobbed to this dude? He's a former WWE Champion and doesn't need this shit to deal with. If Boogey's not gone by Wrestlemania, I'll be a very sad man.

The rumble was up next, and I really enjoyed it. There were some cool things in there like the elimination of Kane and Show, Lashley's dominator to the Big Red Monster and Tatanka's return (!). Of course, Mysterio winning it was the best thing the company could have done, but it seems they're going to blow it by handing Orton the shot at Angle's belt in Chicago.

Edge/Cena was terrible. I presumed Cena was going over, but begged for Edge to hold onto the belt. It seems Vince wants to go with his original plans and have Cena hold the belt going into Wrestlemania, although a good proportion of the fan base would rather see him chasing it. It was a horrible match, with moves thrown together and then a Cena comeback. I can't work out why Cena's using the STFU. Why doesn't he just pin them after the FU? All it's done is further push Edge's credibility down.

When I thought things couldn't get any worse, the world's strongest man made his way to the ring, and single handedly pulled a boring match out of Kurt Angle. Yes, 'boring' and 'Angle' in the same sentence. Henry showed that he's good at being a brick wall against Rey, but against no one else. At least the result went the right way by having Angle retain.

Then Mean Mark came down, signalled for the belt, did some crazy shit and made the ring collapse. Marvellous.

Sorry for being so negative today. I was hoping to not be negative in doing this podcast, but today has not been a good week to start.

Stay tuned for the first episode of the podcast coming very soon!