Jack Swagger Wins US Title

The little drama with Evan Bourne was not the only thing that involved a title changing hands. Jack Swagger annihilated Zack Ryder to win the United States Championship. Not bad for a guy who was not doing anything much for a long time now.

Obviously, the match went the way it did to keep Ryder looking good. Ryder, although selling how injured he was, kicked out of Swagger's finisher multiple times. Eve was there to cheer Zack on. Even if Ryder never wins back the US title, his romance angle with Eve is still there.

I had been waiting to see the WWE push Swagger a little better. He may not have great drawing power, but he is a good wrestler and can be entertaining. It's a shame that it took the WWE running low on talent to have this push be given to Swagger. Aside from Otunga and Swagger, who are the other midcard heels on Raw who are not currently involved in their own feud?

It did not take long for Jack Swagger to become a pawn in Cena's storyline with Kane. Cena destroyed Swagger in a hateful rage. Will Cena fully embrace the hate? This is the part where I usually say that this is the question that will draw interest, but I'm not really buying it. Cena destroyed Swagger? So what? He was doing it more out of frustration and anger than actual hate. Fans not liking him did not cause Cena to snap. I don't really buy that Cena hates Swagger. The storyline was already showing signs of not working well to draw viewers, but with the current developments, I don't think much will be improved.

How about Swagger and Ziggler? One has a title, the other is going after a title. Both are still aligned with Vickie. I am surprised this team still exists. They have teased issues between the guys almost from the start of the team. You can say that it is refreshing to see a team with animosity amongst itself sticking together like that, but it doesn't really make too much sense. Ziggler is making fun of Swagger in one segment, yet Swagger is still trying to help Ziggler when he has to? I still think it will be more fun to see the feud these two guys will have against each other than the pushes they are getting now.