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Can't believe their still sticking with alboreto and sheamus. If I had one wish for wwe to be granted, sheamus dropping the tittle and gettin the hell out the main event scene would be up there. Was really surprised at randy orton being booked to tap out, doghouse...

Can't wait for ziggler to cash in.

Just watched WWE Morning Slam. Kind of a recap for anyone curious.

Had a spotlight on Brodus Clay and about Planet Funk. Then showed a few past wrestlers like JYD and Rikishi who had their own kind of dance.

Next was Santino was on commentary and he came out with the US title. Of course this match was taped before SummerSlam so that's why he has it. They're blurring some shirts in the audience lol. Anyways the match was Kofi vs. Heath. The match wasn't nothing special. Bit boring but had a little comedy of Slater running the ropes and running out of breath and asking for water lol. Kofi won with a crossbody off the top rope. He did miss a Trouble in Paradise.

They showed the SummerSlam music video at the end.

Overall it wasn't even that interesting. They do have Dragonball Z Kai after so I'm watching that.

quote Winter1

Is it just me or had Orton not been booked as strongly as in the past. Seems like he's been given the job to put people over for a while.

Two very big reasons for that. For one, his recent second Wellness Policy violation leaves him with one more strike before he's released. This makes him a very risky investment since at any time he could fail another drug test, so chances are he won't be world champ or headlining anytime soon (though they did make the exception with Hardy). Mysterio is in the same boat now. Second reason is he's leaving again in a month to film 12 Rounds 2, so there's not much point putting all the focus back on him when he's leaving again, especially when these losses could be easily forgotten in three months when he comes back from filming if they choose to push him.

And, of course, some of its just punishment for the violation still, like being left off the Summerslam card.

quote RVD1000

Didn't he lose to Kane at Mania too?

Yep. He won at Extreme Rules the following month, but Kane got the win at Wrestlemania.

Orton hasn't exactly been happy while doing promos though, his sarcasm was clear as day during the back stage segment he had after he got back.

quote Lazzara

ADR should win it and let dolph ziggler turns face tbh

I would actually love to see this, Ziggler is over with the fans and the only thing that's keeping him back as a top face is Vickie, she's a great heat magnet and to be honest should have gone with Swagger since Ziggler does have some mic skills compared to Swagger.

On the subject of Orton, I actually like the fact he's putting guys over, he himself is still getting big pops from the fans and at the minute doesn't really need to be champion. Personally though I'd rather see him go back as a heel.

Way too early for Ziggler to turn face, the guy's hitting his stride atm.. should probably just get rid of Vickie still. If anyone needs to turn face, it's probably Miz but that IC title is keeping him relevant for a little while longer I guess.

On top of everything said about Orton, it's pretty easy to book him the way they're doing, with all the rising heels on the roster. If it weren't him doing the deed, they would probably have turned Kane face or something.

quote fifthcolumn

quote Esso

I had been reading that Vince wasn't very happy about the last violation because Randy was complaining the got it wrong or something like that and what they found in him was something inside some sort of shake that he had taken and he didn't know the supplement was in there or that it would rise his testosterone or something like that. Could be all dirt sheet though.

The story I heard was (again, dirtsheets) was that Cody and Orton both failed the test at the same time, and they both claimed it was some product they were taking, not steroids. This turned out true in Cody's case so he didn't get suspended, but Orton still came up for steroids. It's similar to what happened with Sin Cara last year, where he kept claiming he had a prescription for what he took that made him fail the test but could never produce it. Just like in court, a punishment is worse if you deny your guilt and then get proven guilty in the long run.

Yes that's the one I heard. Although it didn't mention anything about Cody. The thing I read also went on to say that Randy may be having problems in the company because Cena is trying to get him fired because of how much they used to hate each other ... I stopped reading after that .

I know they used to hate each other but I doubt Cena is trying to push him out at the moment.