The Heel Report – Week 24
As a fan I have always been naturally drawn to cheering for heels and booing faces, now maybe I have the WWE backwards but it just seems to me that heels are far more entertaining to watch, so I have decided to showcase the heels of the WWE in all their cheating and underhanded glory with this weekly heel report.
This week’s top ten:
1st Place: Chris Jericho
A huge amount of air time this week leads Jericho to take the top spot. No amount of air time will save him though from having to captain one of the worst teams in elimination tag match history. With a one-sided battle this big expect Jericho to get a load of points at Bragging Rights since he will almost certainly have to wrestle the whole match by himself. (10/10 points)
2nd Place: The Miz
Another superstar who got a huge amount of air time this week was the Miz, but unlike Jericho, the Miz didn’t have to lift a finger in the ring to get it. He simply worked the mike on three WWE shows, an impressive feat in some ways and certainly enough to garner him nine points. (9/10 points)
3rd Place: Ted DiBiase
It’s a new day and DiBiase’s continues to gain heel momentum despite losing to his Legacy partner, Cody Rhodes, on Raw. Again this was just from the sheer persistence of appearing on the same show four times and ending the night by pinning the WWE champion. (8/10 points)
4th Place: Cody Rhodes
Coming up just behind Ted is Cody himself. A win over his partner and several appearances on Raw mean that Rhodes claims fourth place and nets himself seven points, but will any of the events of this last week actually have an effect on The Legacy as a unit? (7/10 points)
5th Place: C.M. Punk
A match on Superstars and a sneak attack on Mysterio at the end of Smackdown is what get’s Punk into fifth place this week. Diminished mike time means the Straight-Edge superstar suffers on the heel chart and I doubt he will be able to clamber back up to the lofty heights he once occupied without having championship gold once again, but will it happen on Smackdown? (6/10 points)
6th Place: Randy Orton
Not having a good night on Raw and coming in a couple of spaces behind his Legacy “teammates” means that the Viper probably isn’t in one of the most pleasant moods this week and will most likely strike on some unsuspecting victim on Raw. The only question is; who will it be? (5/10 points)
7th Place: Vladimir Koslov
A couple of appearances on ECW and a nice show of dominance on Superstars means seventh place for the Moscow Mauler. I think that’s quite good standing for Koslov, considering he has the mike skills of a domesticated chimp and the personality of a dish rag. (4/10 points)
8th Place: Jillian Hall
Right, how sloppy was this? One, how the frick is Jillian Hall in the heel chart and how in the hell do WWE creative think it is okay to just pass around a title, even if it is the Divas title. Also how can anyone be happy with winning a title like that, or losing it for that matter? Christ. (3/10 points)
9th Place: Ezekiel Jackson
The other silent member of the Ruthless Round Table comes in ninth on the chart. Jackson is just one of those guys that I route for but I know won’t go too far considering he appears to have no real mike or in-ring talent. I’d like to see him pull a Trish Stratus turn around and become a great champion, but somehow I don’t see it happening and the best he has to hope for is to become another silent big man who ends up having to job out half the time. Shame. (2/10 points)
10th Place: Shamus
Another big man, but one with a slightly more promising future than Jackson, is Shamus. Talking about stepping stones and extra baggage earns him tenth place on the chart. (1/10 points)
Overall top ten:
* 1st Place – Chris Jericho: 201/240
*2nd Place – Randy Orton: 160/240
*3rd Place – C.M. Punk: 132/240
*4th Place – The Miz: 106/240
*5th Place – Dolph Ziggler: 101/240
*6th Place – Jack Swagger: 75/240
*7th Place – Edge: 69/240
*8th Place – The Big Show: 58/240
*9th Place – Ted DiBiase: 55/240
*10th Place – William Regal: 52/240
Weekly Filler:
The Face-Off: Ask the Divas
Ah, an old favourite. Just because I spent so long complaining about Faces last week I am just giving a tiny portion of the report to my gripes by saying that whoever thinks this is good should be shot.
Face the Facts: Tommy Dreamer
Working with an elbow that has to be drained of fluid is mental. Dreamer really does go above and beyond the call of duty for the job he loves, but then again, what other job would have him? Oh and does anyone else think that Dreamer looks an awful lot like Louis C.K.?
On the Rise: Big Show vs. Chris Jericho
This was some good classic stuff from the two with some nice spots. Much better than the Batista-Rey match in my opinion, but then maybe I am a little biased since I hate both of them and their stale wrestling styles. Yes I know how high-flying Mysterio is, but honestly when is the last time you actually saw him do anything new? Plus the whole “world’s smallest underdog” thing is just boring.
I’m starting to think that it is all a work and that Big Show will be the secret traitor that costs the Raw team the match, although why you’d want to give the victory to Smackdown with the team they have is beyond me.
Flat-Footed: Team Smackdown
Speaking of which; lets go through the list shall we?
- Jericho: Fair enough, good choice as captain but you’d think a shrewd character like him would have been able to secure a more credible team than the one he has at the moment.
- Kane: Not too bad but basically just cannon fodder, and when cannon fodder is a co-captain, you know you are in trouble.
- Dolph Ziggler: Again not too bad, I reckon he could do quite well for himself in the match, but he’s no Cena at Survivor Series, he’s not going to secure victory for the team after the captain gets eliminated by pinning the Big Show, his audience just isn’t that big.
- Shad & JTG: WTF?! When the match started I thought ‘fair enough, would be interesting to see how new comers like the Hart Dynasty do against some of Raw’s better competitors.’ Not in a million years did I expect it to be Cryme Tyme who ended up qualifying for this match. At first they looked like they had promise but after so long of not really accomplishing anything they just seem like background to me.
- Drew McIntyre: What on earth has this guy done to get a push like this? Sure he’s okay, but that’s about it. He really doesn’t seem like he has too much to offer, but I suppose we will see at the PPV.
- And finally…Eric Escobar: Are you kidding me? What you are not? What do you mean your creative team were too busy off playing with kittens to come up with a last decent member of the Smackdown roster to put on the team?! Seriously this is a terrible idea. The guy has no real charisma to speak of and he really didn’t impress me in the ring.
I think what this proves, apart from that the WWE are either mental, have something planned, or just really want to get Raw over, is that the Raw card has far too many good superstars when compared with the Smackdown roster. I think this is wrong since so much time on Raw is taken up by pointless skits or celebrities while these decent superstars are going to waste. Having to sit backstage and listen to Santino work another poorly written piece of “comedy”. Jack Swagger to Smackdown, that’s what I say!
Not a great week for the WWE, especially considering the show TNA put on with Angle vs. Styles, which was brilliant and the great card for Bound for Glory. The WWE might seriously suffer this time for their negligence of story and sense. This is James Wright signing off.
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You moan when WWE dont push new talent, but when they do… you moan also?
Yes, if it is undeserved.
You seem to group new talent in one pool as if they are all at the same ability and have the same potential. This is clearly not the case. Some athletes deserve more attention than others and in my opinion the WWE picks the wrong ones to give the majority of attention to.
They both have star potential though, and come on…. Who’s more likely to get anywhere in WWE, Evan Bourne or Drew? Bourne was just an example, but why market people who aren’t going to get anywhere? Who do you think should have been put in? Finlay? But then you would have complained of how younger stars weren’t getting attention
It’s simple.
The reason why Cryme Tyme is in the match is every show there on they get a pop. The Heart Dynasty comes out and you hear not a peep. Sure there better then Cryme Tyme but intill they can start getting crowd reactions they will get a push.
Again you presume my opinion. I don’t care how young, old, new or dated talent is, as long as it is TALENT.
Whose to say who will and who won’t make it? All I’m saying is that from what I’ve seen of the two they don’t have anything special. They don’t stand out in their moveset or their appearance and at the moment the WWE has many stars that do so why are these, in my opinion, generic wrestlers being given SO MUCH of a push. Because that is the other thing, it’s one thing to market new superstars, it’s another to give them high PPV match slots while other superstars who have proven their abilities, potential and are over with the crowd get nothing whatsoever. It just makes no sense to me.
I take your point Hank, but then why put McIntyre or Escobar in the match if the WWE is thinking about pop? Both have little to no crowd reaction and one has only had a single match.
If Smackdown is the heel team, as has been speculated, then surely the Hart Dynasty would have been a better fit. I just think the whole thing is very sloppy on part of the WWE, especially after the card put together for Bound for Glory, which makes so much sense and promised lots of entertaining matches from the outset.
Well I read that McIntyre is liked by Triple H and HBK and when they like someone that person is given the rub. VIckie is Escobars manger and my guess is WWE is trying to give Escobar heat from Vickie. On her apperance on monday she drew mega heat and drew more heat during her smackdown gm run then edge did. i wouldnt be suprised if vickie played some part in the bragging rights tag match. on a side note i have all ways liked brand vs brand fueds but three weeks time is not enough time to build this kind of fued. WWE payper views are to close these days. if they want people to care about these fueds they need to let the build more. to me cena s orton is not ready for iron man match nor was it ready for hell in the cell. its time wwe built meaningful fueds instead of these dumb ass gimmick matches. and whats up with the corney wwe payper views names? im just sayin
You do realise that Escobar has been in development since 2005? He is great talent, he just hasn’t had time to showcase it yet, your only as good as your opponent and Matt Hardy has been sloppy as ever as of late.
And has for Drew, are you kidding me? Have you seen his independent work? He’s look of a superstar…..? Or maybe his great charisma?
Please don’t write columns if you honestly no nothing.
Your point is bias and neglects the fact that wrestlers like Evan Bourne, who you have decided just can’t make it in the WWE, have been in development for even longer than McIntyre or Escobar before they get to the WWE. Yet they don’t get to appear on PPVs only a couple of weeks after their debut do they?
It’s about being over with the fans, and clearly these two aren’t, it was even made light of on Raw. The WWE know that they aren’t well known enough to be in the limelight and yet they are pushing them anyway.
What’s the point in bringing up superstar’s development and work on the indie scene when a large percentage of your audience won’t know anything about it? Especially if you are marketing your product to children at the moment?
As always I am questioning the WWE’s decisions as an entertainment company and then giving my opinions on what I have seen. Fair enough if at the PPV both McIntyre and Escobar are impressive then I will write as such, but until I see it I’m not going to change my mind based on the opinions of a guy who doesn’t even KNOW the difference between ‘no’ and ‘know’!
Sounds like your the one who’s biased… and my do my spelling and grammar really give you the right to neglect my opinion, well maybe if i was going
“oMG URZ ARE SOOOO WRUNG”
But im not, so stop making excuses. Oh and by the way, Bourne was in development from 2007 to 2008… so longer? I don’t think so.
Intriguing arguement ensuing on here. I have to point out.. All though McIntyre isn’t over with the fans presently he will be. For some reason I find Drew and Shamus compareable, I find Shamus more entertaining at the moment, but Drew you can just see is oozing with protential. As for Escobar.. He seems to have the personality of Fred from Scooby Doo. I can’t rate his in ring work as have only seen that one match, but by gosh if he doesn’t atleast glare at someone he is never going to get over. Hell, look at Mark Henry.. That guy has stunk out arenas for a decade off and on. The only time he has ever had pops was with Mae Young when he showed personality and since he turned face where he showed yet more personality. Wrestling ability is only 3/10’s of the package, 2/10’s is the look and 5/10’s is personality.
Look at Hogan, can’t wrestle LOADS of Charisma.
Look at Hart, could wrestle wonderfully, hardly any charisma.
Yeah true wrestling fans will remember Hart in 100 years.. But everyone else will remember Hogan. There’s a reason why people like Hogan and Austin (Even when he had limited ability) sell $1,000,000’s of dollars of merchandise and why people like Hart and Benoit don’t.
I’d disagree on Henry, I’ve always enjoyed him. There’s nothing getter than seeing a monster squash people. When he was with Mae it was pretty funny and his recent run with Atlas was the best he’s ever had. Granted his theme music helped. Now he’s face again I think he’s finally won over the crowd.
As for McIntyre he’s definitely got “IT” in him and with Vince and DX backing him we’ll have to accept it either way. Just make sure his hair doesn’t come lose again because it totally made him look like a girl. He needs to wet it or something.
Sorry, when I said Bourne was in development I meant an in his career in general, I was kind of distracted. But you are right in terms of actual WWE development Escobar has four years, but in terms of wrestling experience Bourne has been around longer, although not longer than McIntyre. And yes normally I let posters go on their spelling and grammar but when you are specifically questioning someone’s knowledge and then misspell the very thing you are questioning it does leave you kind of open for attack, having said that, if I was neglecting your opinion I simply wouldn’t have replied to your post in the first place.
Anyway back to the point at hand, taking a point from Jimmy about Shamus I would say that part of my major problem with Escobar is that there are other wrestlers with a much more distinct style and look that could have really used a push like the one he’s getting. For me personally if it had been a massive guy like Shamus who qualified in his first match in the WWE I would have been excited to see what they could do in a PPV match. But Escobar just doesn’t impress me in any way so it’s hard to get excited about him being in any match at the moment.
I’m still not sold on McIntyre but I think he deserves a shot…although he’s already had one, but never mind about that.
Oh and as a general question to everyone, what was up with Jericho’s appearance on ECW? How weak do the WWE want to make team Smackdown look by suggesting that Jericho has to go to ECW to find new talent when in the same week Raw showed that it had a whole team of replacements ready. (Although admittedly those replacements wouldn’t have been as good…but probably would have matched up better to the mediocre Smackdown team)
Chavo vs. McIntyre, makes sense to me:)
Lmao at the McIntyre hair situation, 100% agree. He never will be able to do the whole Shawn Michaels hair tie pull out, nip up shenanigans we saw so often in the mid 90’s with hair like his.
I haven’t seen ECW yet, but that does sound kind of weak, although Smackdown and ECW are portrayed as being kind of together at times, seems to depend on the needs of the WWE at that present time.
I think I shall watch ECW right now while I clean my floor.. Yay me!