Draft picks fail to excite

The WWE draft picks last Monday didn't particularly interest me.

As of late most of the big name wrestlers have been working overtime by appearing on Raw and Smackdown so the decision to move Triple H to Monday nights seems insignificant.

The fact that he is going to appear on Smackdown this week against two other supposedly Raw superstars, Rhodes and Di Biase, further backs up this statement.

It seems to me like Triple H was drafted purely to get a 'pop' from the crowd. I don't see the point of that because it's not like he is the most popular face to grace the company.

The most significant change up was the separation of Miz and Morrison. For me this is big as one of these guys is going to get a massive singles push and it should be Morrison. Read my recent post about why here.

It is slightly disappointing as they were such a good tag team but having been together for quite a while I suppose it's about time for a change.

I am surprised they have been moved onto different brands and presumably the writers aren't going to go with the customary 'lets see who is better' angle when a tag team break up.

I'm certainly looking forward to seeing what the have planned for the pair of them. Without a doubt the most boring draft pick has to go to Kane. He hasn't had a decent story line for so long now and it is a case of just waiting for June when he will be retiring from the ring.

Finally a mention must go to Jerry Lawler for mixing up the names of John Cena and Jack Swagger during their match. He called the ECW champion John Swagger which I found very amusing. The best thing is that no-one corrected him!

Raw ends with Triple H beaten to a pulp

The last episode of Raw had a truly electric ending which really intensifies the rivalry between Triple H and Randy Orton.

The segment made me cast my mind back to the days where Triple H seemed to beat someone to a bloody pulp virtually every week with a sledgehammer.

Now his role has been reversed which has made for some very interesting viewing.

Clearly the WWE want to make Orton into a massive star and this is certain to happen as he plays his twisted angry character brilliantly. Using Triple H to achieve this goal is a perfect decision by the creative team as they have been able to bring his wife into the picture.

Hurting your opponents wife as Orton did is without question the best way to generate massive heat from the crowd as seen many times over the years. To make things even more outrageous he then kissed Stephanie when she was 'knocked out'.

Every WWE fan would have been shocked by what they saw and there is no better way to get people talking than to show such disturbing scenes.

I would go as far to say that Orton is potentially a more effective heel than Triple H was when he was leading the company. I know this is a big call but Orton is simply on fire at the moment and the writers must be credited for how the angle has been put together.

Main event on titantron? Hmmm...

On Raw this past Monday the main event was shown on the titantron. If I had paid good money to come and watch the show I wouldn't be too pleased if the business end of the episode was shown on a screen.

Having been to a few shows myself I am trying to imagine the muted crowd atmosphere after the segment ended and the show was over. I must say though that seeing Orton thrown through the windows of 'his house' by Triple H was quite powerful and further builds the feud between the two.

I suppose the risk you take if you go to Raw or Smackdown is that you could get a weak show as opposed to going to a house show where it is guaranteed that all the best wrestlers will feature in matches. When I went to see Raw in Manchester a couple of years ago I distinctly remember waiting around for things to happen which is obviously due to the many advert breaks.

I record Raw and Smackdown on Sky+ and often find myself fast forwarding through long boring matches like the six man tag involving Mysterio and Christian this week for instance. That type of match is so clearly put there in order to fill time and has little impact on anything.

On the subject of Christian he got anything but a high profile return to the WWE. He just turned up on ECW one week to little commentator reaction and then when he came out on Raw he again got little reaction from Lawler and Cole. This seems strange for such a big name.