This second installment of the "weekly round up" came up sooner than I thought, with me only having two entries to show for this week. Then again, I've been distracted with other things that have slowed down my process of being able to sit and type out my $0.02 on something. I do have some other entries in the works that I hope to be finished with sooner than later, though. Until then, get all your brainbustering questions and commentary in.

SephirothX (04/09/2009)
Taker vs HBK was the best match of the night and argueably one of the best Wrestlemania matches of all time. The rest of the PPV was kind of eh. The two other bright spots were the money in the bank match and the legends match.

Money in the bank was a display of great althetic ability from a number of guys, but the match left a sour taste in my mouth because CM Punk won it. The guy who put argueably the least amount of visible effort into the match walked away with the victory, when is WWE going to realize this guy is just a poor mans RVD?

The Legends match was promising mainly because of Ricky Steamboat and Roddy Piper. Piper brings a chaotic humor to the match that kept it entertaining, and Ricky looked like a wrestler who never left the ring.

On a side note, I wanted so badly to see Cena NOT walk away with the belt. This guy is argueably the most forced talent to come along since The Ultimate Warrior and has argueably less talent. When is McMahon and WWE management going to realize that the fans just arent going to cling to him like they did Stone Cold or The Rock? Hell, Cena now gets twice as many boos as he did a year ago... and did you hear the crowd jump on him at the Hall of Fame ceremony? Cena is far too much of a PG Rock/Austin hybrid that is forced down our throat. Not to mention I'm sick of him constantly trying to prove he's better than The Rock, since Rock took the advice of Flair and Foley and moved on before the business caught up with him.

I think CM Punk needs to add atleast 10 more spots to his moveset for him to be considered a "poor man's RVD". As for Cena and him being forced talent like Ultimate Warrior, I don't think Warrior got such mixed reactions from fans like Cena does, I mean in reality John Cena is the one being screwed here with the way he's being booked. Had this been a time when WWE had competition I would think he would have had a better build-up and even then if he did and still got the same reaction that he does now, he would more than likely been fired after having been repackaged atleast 5 more times.

[url=http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Teen Idol/]Teen Idol[/url] (04/09/2009)
As long as Cena is still around, I REFUSE to watch WWE again.

If you do that, U CAN'T C HIM.

Haxan (04/09/2009)
Great recap. You keep making refreshing my memory as to why I don't watch wrestling anymore save the very rare occassion that I check out TNA to see Mick and The Dudleyz. Please tell me that the Dudleys... ahem, that Team 3D are still heels there. That's the only way that they shine. Though never as bright as when they ruled ECW with an iron cheese grater.

Ah, memories. I once went to an ECW show and the Dudleyz got the crowd so fired up that I swear that a riot was just about to erupt. Yet, they managed to keep the show going without even threatening to cancel it if people didn't settle down. I totally fucking miss those days. Fucking WWF, er E.

As of now 3D are faces, actually. I kindof prefer it over watered down heel 3D and I also like how TNA uses them with their NJPW working agreement, I'd still like for them to go back to their old heel ways of spitting on and calling fans inbreds or threating them to come to the ring and fight them.

Endstiem (04/09/2009)
I'm disappointed Orton/Triple H sucked - because the feud has been good in my opinion.

Yes, though the build-up is about all they did right. I mean, you really thought the match was going to end with both of them being a bloody mess, but it's not 1998 anymore.

norm9 (04/09/2009)
I watched Raw the next day, and they showed a rematch of the dark match at Wrestlemania- Miz Morrison versus The Colons.

Watching it and seeing how great they are as wrestlers and storytellers made me even more pissed off that Kid Rock played decades old songs instead of having them wrestle.

I had forgotten all about that and that Kid Rock performance was so bad. As for the Colons, they're fluid in the ring and are probably the best tag-team WWE has right now and I mean actual tag-team, not two singles wrestlers put together because they have nothing for them to do or are trying to build them up. Speaking of which, that's exactly what they're doing with Morrison, I can see him being something of a Rick Rude-esque type character in the future, the rest of the guys like Primo and The Miz will probably be turned to lower card guys, like Chavo Guerrero. I do see Carlito possibly being a mid-carder with a few pushes here and there, like Matt Hardy.

leftoversmack (04/09/2009)
Taker vs HBK should have been the main event. It was all down hill from there. As always HHH gets another boring main event all for himself. The man's been stale since 2002. Also I got excited when Cena's old entrance music hit. I thought he was finally going to be interesting again but that was too good to be true. CM Punk's another one that has potential to be interesting but WWE just seems to book all the faces wrong these days. The fans want edgy, exciting characters, why can't they realize why Austin was such a big hit.

I really don't see anything getting more edgy, more exciting or wrestlers working to their full potential until WWE gets some kindof competition.

norm9 (04/09/200)
The Legacy idea is great, but all three of the guys are being systematically buried like nobody's business. And with Batista back, Ted and Cody are definately going to go the route of Kane (losing week in week out).

I was also disappointed that in the Diva match, Mae Young got no recognition at all.

Finally, Natalya is one of the top five women wrestlers, but she too is going the way of Kane. I just don't understand the creative team at WWE at all.

I can actually see both Ted and Cody being higher up on the card, though ultimately to end up being fed to Triple H. I think they'll end up doing something with Natalya sooner or later, if not, then she'll need to find a way to make herself look more like Michelle McCool or Maria so WWE's creative team will give her a push. Though it's still kindof sad to think Kelly Kelly gets more air time than her.

TheToiletDuck (04/10/2009)
I wish Rey would go back to his question mark costume from WCW.

At this rate, I'd just like for Rey to go back to wrestling in his WCW style. Though it will more than likely never happen, what with him being such a high investment. I'll have to settle for Matt Sydal/Evan Bourne until they do the same for him.

Keeping up with the last weekly round up:
KBS Wrestling Youtube Mix Vol.2

1. New Jack - Natural Born Killa
2. Yutaka Yoshie - Wild Night
3. Mike Quackenbush theme
4. Harlem Heat theme
5. Curry Man theme
6. Disco Inferno - Disco Fever
7. The Brian Kendrick - Man With A Plan
8. Legion Of Doom - What A Rush
9. Masahiro Chono - Main Eventer
10. Steve Corino - Old School Style
11. Nunzio theme
12. Mark Henry - Sexual Chocolate
13. Mistico - Ameno
14. The Fabulous Freebirds - Badstreets USA