My first thought on RAW: what did they do to Victoria's ring entrance? Granted, she can dance... but it still looked pretty cheesy. I guess they decided to can her "crazy" gimmick... but the TaTu song had a lot of zing, and didn't lead to a cheesy intro.

The continuing Kane/Lita/Matt Hardy story seems on the bubble. Overall it's been lousy, this week it was mildly curious-lousy. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Based on what happened, I'm guessing they will now have a Chris Jericho/ Tyson Tomko feud. Unfortunately, Tyson has yet to show anything more than stereotype big mnan power moves though... another case of "we'll see."

Albert and Chuck Palumbo showed up on screen for the first time post-transfer. Does that mean they'll be used soon, or are they just like Jerry Lynn and Haku were in the end: just window dressing?

Eugene got another huge rub, having Chris Benoit his tag partner. I just wonder why first Johnny Nitro said Regal wasn't on the active roster, then Jim Ross said he had a medical emergency. Someone wasn't paying attention to storylines, it seems...

So this wasn't a show with blow-away matches - just stuff to think of.

I haven't updated this journal in a week. Smackdown! just sapped out my interest in posting... but I couldn't allow today to be a quiet one:

Today, May 23^rd marks the 5^th anniversary of the death of Owen Hart at the Over the Edge PPV at the Kemper Arena in Kansas City.

I still remember watching the event at a friend's home, but the rest of the event is a blur to me. After Jim Ross told us that Owen was being taken to a hospital, that it wasn't an angle, I didn't really pay attention to the rest of the show. Once they announced he'd died... I don't remember anything.

To this day I'm amazed that any of the wrestlers could focus on their performance that night. This is why I'm very much in the "they shouldn't have gone on" camp.

Granted the point is moot. What is important is that we lost what I've read was a great person, and far too young. 5 years, and I can still remember it well.