Post by Venom on Jul 5, 2006 20:13:45 GMT -5
This is the blog I posted last night, right after I learned of The Big Show taking the ECW Heavyweight Championship away from Rob Van Dam:
I guess anyone who tuned in to ECW tonight has already figured out what's going to be done about the whole RVD/ECW Champioship situation.
'During the ECW Championship Match between Big Show and RVD, Paul Heyman showed his true colors. Covering for the incapacitated referee, Heyman appeared ready to perform a sequel to One Night Stand. Instead, Heyman stopped short of the three count and assisted Big Show in his triumph.'
This is the headline that I found when I visited WWE.com. I also saw where RVD had been suspended by Heyman for 30 days, no doubt so that the WWE can work out his conviction. I can't say I was surprised, but I don't think The Big Show was the right guy to hand it to. Although, as I look at the "Extremists" roster, I see that there's not much else they could've done. Half the guys on ECW's list of superstars will probably be dead or retired in the next 5 years. But anyway, back to my main focus: Rob Van Dam. What can I say about the guy. He's entertaining when put in the right position. I mean, some of his older matches in ECW and his occasional Ladder match in the WWE were good, but as of late, a really great RVD match is few and far between. It sorta makes you wonder if the drugs are finally taking a toll on ol' Rob. And that brings me to my second point: the current WWE drug policy. I have mixed feelings about what happened to RVD and Sabu over the last week or so. By law, they should've already been shown the door, but like I said, I feel differently about it at times.
On one hand, the substance that RVD and Sabu were caught with were not any sort of 'enhancement' drug, such as a steriod or anything, so I'm sometimes unable to see why it's any of WWE's business what their superstars' personal lives are like. I mean, if it's not helping him win matches, and God knows it's not, then what's the big deal. If anything, it's hurting RVD's career.
However, on the other hand, I can see where WWE would have some concern. Of course, this concern would only be because of storyline/angle purposes. I mean, it's hard enough for the WWE writers of today to come up with an honest-to-goodness entertaining storyline, but it would make it even harder for them to have to work around another Eddie Guerrero situation. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that what happened to Eddie had anything to do with drugs of any sort. That's not my point. My point is that another death on WWE's hands would complicate the system even more than it already is.
So, I suppose that only time will tell what the WWE will do about RVD's conviction. I believe that if Sabu wouln't have been involved as well that RVD would've just been let off with this 30 day supsension that he's been given. Now, the WWE is going to have to make a huge decision whether to bend the rules to keep a superstar that they want around, or lose both RVD and Sabu, who I believe the WWE cares nothing about, just to prove a point. I guess no matter what happens, in the end, the WWE has learned a big lesson out of all of this: always, ALWAYS.....keep an eye on the stoners.
I guess anyone who tuned in to ECW tonight has already figured out what's going to be done about the whole RVD/ECW Champioship situation.
'During the ECW Championship Match between Big Show and RVD, Paul Heyman showed his true colors. Covering for the incapacitated referee, Heyman appeared ready to perform a sequel to One Night Stand. Instead, Heyman stopped short of the three count and assisted Big Show in his triumph.'
This is the headline that I found when I visited WWE.com. I also saw where RVD had been suspended by Heyman for 30 days, no doubt so that the WWE can work out his conviction. I can't say I was surprised, but I don't think The Big Show was the right guy to hand it to. Although, as I look at the "Extremists" roster, I see that there's not much else they could've done. Half the guys on ECW's list of superstars will probably be dead or retired in the next 5 years. But anyway, back to my main focus: Rob Van Dam. What can I say about the guy. He's entertaining when put in the right position. I mean, some of his older matches in ECW and his occasional Ladder match in the WWE were good, but as of late, a really great RVD match is few and far between. It sorta makes you wonder if the drugs are finally taking a toll on ol' Rob. And that brings me to my second point: the current WWE drug policy. I have mixed feelings about what happened to RVD and Sabu over the last week or so. By law, they should've already been shown the door, but like I said, I feel differently about it at times.
On one hand, the substance that RVD and Sabu were caught with were not any sort of 'enhancement' drug, such as a steriod or anything, so I'm sometimes unable to see why it's any of WWE's business what their superstars' personal lives are like. I mean, if it's not helping him win matches, and God knows it's not, then what's the big deal. If anything, it's hurting RVD's career.
However, on the other hand, I can see where WWE would have some concern. Of course, this concern would only be because of storyline/angle purposes. I mean, it's hard enough for the WWE writers of today to come up with an honest-to-goodness entertaining storyline, but it would make it even harder for them to have to work around another Eddie Guerrero situation. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that what happened to Eddie had anything to do with drugs of any sort. That's not my point. My point is that another death on WWE's hands would complicate the system even more than it already is.
So, I suppose that only time will tell what the WWE will do about RVD's conviction. I believe that if Sabu wouln't have been involved as well that RVD would've just been let off with this 30 day supsension that he's been given. Now, the WWE is going to have to make a huge decision whether to bend the rules to keep a superstar that they want around, or lose both RVD and Sabu, who I believe the WWE cares nothing about, just to prove a point. I guess no matter what happens, in the end, the WWE has learned a big lesson out of all of this: always, ALWAYS.....keep an eye on the stoners.
