I mentioned before that I figured that Sheamus would get the Umaga match treatment, but boy was I wrong. Although it's interesting to see someone new as champion, I didn't mean a literally NEW guy. He was losing cleanly to Goldust on ECW and squashed a few jobbers, hardly enough to say WWE champion material, plus this seemed like hotshot booking in my opinion. The crowd seemed to be apathedic and I don't really consider him to draw. In fact, I see Cena possibly beating him tomorrow on Raw.
And while I feel a breath of fresh air for once, I can only question this move. Why now? There's only a few months till Wrestlemania (please God, don't set up a Sheamus/Triple H title match) and he's really a questionable guy to headline such a main event. There's only one other guy who has won the title quicker than Sheamus and that was Yokozuna and he was truly booked as a monster.
I really don't even know what to say about this. Unique? Absolutely! Smart booking? I don't think so. If Sheamus had spent time on Raw establishing his dominance, it would be fine, but that isn't the case.
Really, this is WWE's fault. They're always booking themselves into a corner by making some stars WAY too dominant so when they decide to bring someone else up, it just doesn't fit. I mean it would've worked perfectly if Sheamus was booked like Umaga was for nearly a year. This guy doesn't even have a damn figure, so I hardly see the ratings skyrocketing.
I'll be watching Raw tomorrow for the first time since Trish hosted. If they announce a rematch, I think that's probably going to end with Cena again. As illogical as this feels, MAYBE WWE will do something interesting, afterall I was wrong with JBL as champion.
| Sexton Hardcastle wrote: |
| Did he actually beat Cena legitimately or did he win by some under handed heel tactic? I'm amazed he won at all, but if he won clean that would be even more incredible. Also, how was the crowd reaction? When I stopped watching the crowd was pretty anti Cena. |
They were both on the top turnbuckle and Sheamus pushed him into a table while he fell backwards. The spot was pretty weird to watch, I mean it does look like Cena leaped backward a bit while calculating his movement.
