Saturday, September 21, 2002

The Nicole Bass lawsuit has been ongoing for over a week now. On the surface, it doesn't seem like a case the WWE is likely to lose. Many statements have so far dealt with the fact that Bass was released for no other reason than the fact she couldn't wrestle worth a damn, and showed no signs of improving. Her firing had nothing to do with anything else.


It doesn't seem like a case the federation can lose... but after several high profile losses in other cases lately, anything's possible.

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

This week's RAW set up several more matches for Unforgiven.


Based on the formula that they've never broken from (in a PPV encounter, the competitor who comes out on top on TV always loses), I don't think we'll see Rob Van Dam as World champion - at least at this event. This is a feud worthy of a build-up.


More people are being given the main event push - but I just get annoyed seeing Jeff Hardy up there. Yes, he's worked his way up from the bottom rung... but he just doesn't have the top card sizzle needed to be up there.


Rosie and Jamal versus Chuck and Billy seemed an inevitable match - but they can be used better in inter-brand rivalry. They could effectively start an InVasion event, better than the WWF vs. the Alliance storyline ended up.

Sunday, September 15, 2002

As I suspected, the Chuck & Billy wedding angle did generate anger from GLAAD - but only once it was revealed that they weren't gay, and weren't getting married after all. The head of GLAAD claims he was lied to about the outcome.


For one of those rare occasions, I'll actually defend the WWE stand on this one. They did not in any way demean homosexuals or insult them here. In no way was the lifestyle ridiculed, just the wrestlers playing it. In fact, they said as much on the Today Show two days before Smackdown! aired. They also stated there that they weren't gay themselves. That alone should have been a giveaway that the wedding wouldn't happen.