Since I am in the mood to spoil stuff, I am going to talk about who TNA has signed to be Kurt Angle's "mistress" in his feud against Jeff Jarrett and Karen. It was revealed at the TNA tapings a few days ago, which will air next week.Let me just say that I am glad that it was not Isis. There are a number of reasons why, and none of them are anything personal against this woman. Reports were saying that she was not too impressive during her TNA match a few months ago, but that was not such a big deal for this storyline. They just wanted someone intimidating that Karen would think twice about bullying, which Velvet Sky is not. Isis could have done the job. No great wrestling needed. Would you even expect it with Karen Jarrett? Next, TNA's little mistress angle was pretty much an answer to WWE teasing Awesome Kong's debut. If they had gone with Isis, most fans would have seen that as lame. She is a poor man's Kong. Not much hype to her, even though TNA was hyping the mystery. Lastly, I am glad it was not Isis because it means dirtsheets were WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! One of the major things I like pointing out in my blogs is that you cannot trust these sites blindly every single time. This example here once again proves it. It does not matter if Diva Dirt confirmed that Isis would be debuting at last week's set of tapings, it did not happen. An assumption is not the same as a confirmation. Even when you do have a source, they can be wrong or deliberately trying to mislead you. Now these sites can say that TNA changed plans at the last second, and I have heard that before, but it does not really matter. For whatever the reason, the report was untrue.
Who is the mistress? Someone Jarrett has worked with before. Someone Angle himself has worked with. Someone who is a better choice than Isis. Chyna! Where do I even start with this? Let me say why she is a better choice than Isis. First, she is more well known. Yeah, another WWE reject that shows up in TNA, but still a big name who fits the role they were looking for. Second, shock value. While many people were spreading rumors that it would be Isis, and wrestling news sites were busy confirming that she would be debuting and it remained to be seen whether she actually would be taking the spot or not or whatever else, no one was seriously expecting Chyna at all. TNA did a good job there. While I would also like to talk about this in comparison to WWE signing and debuting Kong, I am going to put it off right now. But I will still give TNA credit again for actually pulling off something shocking that might potentially help a storyline and the company.
Let me talk more on Christian. I said that I wanted to wait until the WWE furthers the feud between him and Christian before I spoke more about it, but then I see Chris Jericho pointing out that fans may be getting worked up over nothing and Orton seemingly viewing the fans like they are ignorant morons. So I decided to say why I don't have faith that the WWE will do things properly.
A bigger storyline. That is what Jericho says may be coming. A lot of fans seem to believe that is possible too. I even held back to wait and see if that might be the direction it would go. Thing is, for whose benefit? Christian? He is going to regain the title? I can point to a lot of diva feuds where one woman wins the title, but the feud was really more for the benefit of the other woman. Moreover, just having the title is not enough. Christian can be World Champion, feuding with Cody Rhodes in the midcard, while Orton feuds with a returning Jericho or some other star bigger than Cody Rhodes in the main event. Yes, there are stars bigger than Cody Rhodes.
I hear someone will turn heel. That makes sense. Which one? It would make sense for Christian to turn heel. The fans were the ones who gave Orton the shot in a sense. Christian can blame the fans. They were pushing the idea that this situation was unfair to Christian. Christian can complain about it. Heel move right there. I do not think Orton really did anything himself to warrant him turning heel so far. They can still go in that direction, but I would like to see how they do it without it looking too forced. Issue is, if Christian does turn, will the WWE still build his next title win to mean as much as his first one did? I know some people are trying to sell the idea that Christian's win at Extreme Rules was for the benefit of making a moment for Edge. I do not see it like that. Edge did not really take Christian's attention. The commentators did not overshadow Christian for the sake of Edge. It really does seem like Edge was there to help make Christian's moment. If Christian is going back after the title as heel, his moment of winning may not be as good as the moment for the reign that just got killed off. On the other hand, besides Orton turning heel possibly being less fluid in the storyline, that move leaves few top faces. Meanwhile, a bunch of heels who are near the main event are not getting the push.
It is ignorant to hate on the WWE so soon for what they have done to Christian's reign? Is it also not ignorant to watch what the WWE is doing year after year and still blindly believe that Christian losing the title like he did, and to the type of superstar he did, is a sign that Christian will get a fair shot in the coming weeks? Smackdown has traditionally been the brand where one top guy does not dominate all the main-event matters for an eternity. They are usually good with passing the ball around. Orton goes to Smackdown. He pretty much is given the major spotlight right away. I am not saying anything bad about the guy. I am talking about what the WWE is doing. If the WWE could not even hold off a little to give Christian a fairer chance, what hope is there really? Yeah, maybe the little backlash from the fans may change a few decisions here and there, but will Orton still be top guy? When Christian was going for the title, I wanted him to have that top spot to go with the title. A feud with Orton would not have been bad to give him a rub, but taking the title off him like they did was just not good. It is a sign that Orton is meant to overshadow Christian.
To wrap it up for now, I am really just waiting for the WWE to give a legitimate reason why they had to take the title off Christian so fast. If it builds to him regaining the title in a bigger moment, it would have been for the best. I doubt they can do it. If it builds to a title reign where he is given the ball to really run with, I can accept it. But where would that leave Orton, who the WWE seems to want to have the ball? It does not really matter if Christian is fine with all this deep down inside. This is also about the fans. Seeing a new version of Cena on Smackdown in Randy Orton may not make a lot of fans happy. Seeing a guy who is popular to some degree get treated lowly is obviously not pleasing all the fans. This is also about making new stars. Is Christian really being made into a star or a jobber to top stars, somewhat like a John Morrison or Khali? While Orton and Christian are tied together, what about heels waiting for a push who could have gotten a rub from feuding for the title with Christian and from a feud with Orton? If the WWE had shown more faith in Christian and broken up the feuds better, I think a lot of things would look better for Smackdown. Then again, I would still like to wait for what happens next.
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