RAW stuff-
-Backstage at MSG, there was a lot of anticipation among the wrestlers and other staff when Lita went out there since MSG crowds are known for being vocal about such issues. There was a lot of satisfaction taken in the reaction Lita received since there is great resentment at Lita and Edge for what happened originally, and now even more so because the belief is Hardy lost his job over it.
Vince McMahon considers MSG his gauge for what's over in his company. Wonder what he was thinking during that segment?
Say what you will about rowdy NY crowds in general, but this crowd was on point. They knew Chris Masters sucked; they knew when they bought their tickets a month ago they didn't pay to see Hunter punch JR's forehead over
and over, and they knew Lita screwed over Matt Hardy.
I'm all for 'new blood' on Raw and Smackdown- MNM debuted on Smackdown last week. So what does WWE do? They water it down and confuse the issue by debuting the lame Heart Throbs act four days later. The Heart Throbs are supposed to be the Ambiguously Gay Duo. Having Coach proclaim that he parties with them at (straight) bars in NY confused the issue and rushed the joke - which is that they're metrosexual straight men who take things a bit too far and are oblivious to it. Their debut should have been held off a bit until MNM 'grew roots' on Smackdown.
*nice to see Hogan get winded just from posing. I sincerely wish crowds would stop popping
for the guy cause I'm sick of him. I've been sick of him for years now.
-C