Evan Bourne Suspended

Wellness violation. He will be out for a month. One half of the Tag Team Champions will be out for a whole month. What will the WWE do? They can either write Evan off as "injured" and run an angle where Kofi continues defending the title with a replacement partner, or they can have the two drop the titles on Raw next week and have Evan Bourne's suspension officially start after that.

I would prefer they drop the titles. I think it is the smoothest way to go. But who gets the titles? Swagger and Ziggler? I don't think so. Not who I would give it to. I would give it to Miz and R-Truth. They are the main heel tag team in the WWE right now. They beat Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston just last month. Yes, because they are the main heel tag team, in the main event, getting all that hype, and whatever else, that all does not mean they need the tag titles, but I think it will give them back some momentum heading into Survivor Series. That does not mean that their match against Rock & Cena will be for the titles. Was Orton vs. Rhodes from Vengeance for the Intercontinental title? No. It would just make the match more interesting. Can The Rock and John Cena coexist to defeat the Tag Champions? That is an interesting question, even though the answer is obvious. What is the alternative? Can The Rock and John Cena coexist to squash two guys John Cena could probably beat on his own? Yeah, just give Awesome Truth the titles.

I read a fan somewhere make the comment that Evan Bourne screwed up the revival of the tag division by getting himself suspended. That is not the case. The WWE did hype that Air Boom was revitalizing the division many months ago, but nothing was really coming off that. It was all hype and overrating the situation. There were not enough tag teams for a proper revival. Hell, the few tag teams who were getting pushed consisted of guys who are more known for what they have accomplished in singles pushes and who will most likely be pushed by themselves again before the end of next year. This is not a true revival at all. Bourne and Kingston definitely were losing momentum. They were still popular, but the WWE's booking of them was losing steam. Not surprising. Point is, I do not blame Evan Bourne for the "tag team revival" possibly failing. It was doomed to fail from the start and the WWE was already sending it downhill.

October is over. I want to talk ratings. Why not? The Halloween Raw is said to have scored a 3.1. The week prior to that had a very good 3.31. Average those two, not surprisingly, you get around a 3.2. Raw averaged around a 3.16 for October. Compared to some other years, that is somewhat better. Nevertheless, not good enough to save the WWE from having their worst ratings for Raw in over a decade. You should also keep in mind that the WWE has brought out some of their big guns heading into Survivor Series, including The Rock and Michael Cole. Michael Cole? Yep, they're screwed. Smackdown's average in October was above a 2.1, which is above the current yearly average. That helps to keep it strong. If ratings do get killed again when Orton eventually wins back the title, the WWE might want to consider permanently replacing him as centerpiece, or run a new model where they rotate centerpieces better. TNA rotates, but it does not seem to be helping too much in sparing them harsh criticism from their loyal fans. Impact has averaged about a 1.13 last month. It is still on track to having the best yearly average in the company's history and it has yet to drop below a 1.0 for a weekly rating. The WWE isn't in danger of failing anytime soon, but they need to do something to start heading back up in the ratings. If they start to panic when they see low numbers and make stupid mistakes, then things really can get bad for them.