Raw, 2/21/11, & More - February 7, 2011

Welcome to the "Milwaukee turned on R Truth as quick as it took for him to say the words Green Bay". Not a good idea to not remember where you are. I'll get to that in a bit but it was funny.

The focus of tonight's Raw was mostly on the focus of Punk looking to get he and Nexus to start injuring people competing in the Chamber match. Not taking them out where they would be replaced but to where they would not be at 100%. They did get to some guys but Cena got the best of them at the end of the show. I did like the opening segment with Orton and Punk. It actually made sense. Punk's reasoning on why he is set to destroy Orton? Well, it is payback for Orton and Legacy putting him out of action back in 2008 while Punk was champion. Wow, using history. Who knew? Punk surely had to be the one that actually remembered that happened cause we know how WWE is about remembering history. I did find it kind of funny that Lawler was ranting about how it wasn't fair that Nexus was teaming up on Orton. I laughed pondering if he had just watched the same footage that I had seen with Legacy teaming up on Punk. It had a feeling of "what's the difference?" ha ha.

Other notes from Raw. Tonight was one of those nights where Michael Cole was way too over the top. Just too much. When he's so over the top, he takes away from the broadcast and I couldn't pay attention to the divas match cause he was screaming at Natalya the whole time arguing with her. Michael Cole is getting heel heat. He's getting X-Pac heat. If he keeps it up, we'll have to change the term of X-Pac heat to Michael Cole heat. I don't mind the character some times but when he's way over the top and distracting from what you're watching, that is the problem. That was definite a lesson in wrestling 101 tonight and that you don't mess up saying where you are. If you missed it, R Truth did his normal rap and yelled out Green Bay, Wisconsin instead of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The crowd booed him and then a Milwaukee chant broke out. They booed R Truth for the rest of the segment which included him taking a beating from Mason Ryan. Michael Cole then went nuts on the headsets about how terrible Truth was and I just really had this feeling that Vince McMahon sounded the same on the other end of the headsets encouraging Cole. Cole was probably yelling at the same level that McMahon was. Oh, and the Packers did win the Super Bowl so they played off of that tonight. I think I'm one of the few people that didn't watch one second of the Super Bowl. Just really have no interest. I missed it a couple of years ago cause of the ice storm and just realized that I really didn't miss it. I haven't watched it since then. Ok, Dolph Ziggler. This guy just does nothing for me. Never has. I know there are a lot of people that do like him. If you do, that is perfectly fine obviously but I just tend to zone out when he appears on my TV. So, Vince McMahon appears tonight and announces that there will be an announcement next week (follow all that, LOL) of who the guest host will be for WrestleMania. He said it would be huge buys. Hmm, do you think it might be Austin? When they talk of buys and the fact that Austin is back working with Tough Enough, maybe WWE wants to give him a role on the big event. Just a thought. I've heard nothing.

The 2/21/11 commercial got a LOT of people talking last week. A lot of speculation started on that it could be teasing Sting coming into WWE based on the look of the commercial. The video definitely had a Sting look to it from the late 90's of WCW. However, the other talk was that it was probably a return of The Undertaker. All signs at this point are pointing toward Undertaker's return especially after tonight's commercial that had the Johnny Cash song that had been used for last year's Undertaker/Shawn feud. Plus, the arena that is hosting that show posted a promotional video on their website for the show. In it was promoting the return of The Undertaker. WWE had the video pulled not long after it went online and news got out about its existence.

Something to keep an eye on later in the week is the WWE conference call. They are set to announce their quarter numbers and they are lower than anticipated. There appears to be a lot of worry within talent in the company that cuts may be coming as a result.

Is Edge's career starting to come to a close in the next year or so? He sure is teasing it. After a show in Toronto last week, Edge got on the mic saying how he wouldn't have very more of these shows in front of his home crowd.

If you missed it, Booker T is now on Smackdown doing commentary. He got a big pop from the crowd. Such a pop that you'd think that.....Stevie Ray walked out to resume his commentary career cause suckas need to know. How many people remember that? :) Booker T does seem to be very excited about the role. I'm interested to see how he enjoys it based on what you have to deal with and that is Vince McMahon screaming in your ear the whole time. This was common knowledge but you really get a big feel for it after you read Mick Foley's Hardcore Diaries book.

Speaking of Smackdown, I don't watch a lot of it but did watch the main event last week. Kelly Kelly was fired by Vickie Guerrero after she and Edge defeated the team of Ziggler and LayCool. Kelly got the win by pinning Ziggler. Vickie went nuts and Kelly was fired.

If you've been a long time fan, you'll know the name of Sir Oliver Humperdink. He has been a part of this business for decades but has recently announced bad news. He is battling kidney cancer. Paul Orndorff also revealed lately that he is battling cancer as well. Definitely keep both of them in your prayers!!

The reveal of "they" on last week's Impact brought a good rating. Dixie Carter announced on her Twitter account that it was the second highest rated Impact in history which was just over a 1.3. I didn't watch it. it has potential. However, TNA has potential with a lot of things. I've seen them mess up too many things.

Well, since I was snowed in today, I did finish watching the WWE Night Of Champions 2010 PPV and also finished Mick Foley's fourth book. PPV was all right. Great crowd in Chicago. I always love that crowd cause they like who they like. Chicago, New York, and Toronto have to be my favorite WWE crowds cause they like what they like. I enjoyed Foley's book but will go more into detail about it later. Ready for Jericho's book now which is just a week away from release.

That is it for tonight. If you're here locally, stay safe out in this mess of weather. It was nasty out today. Take care and God bless!!