"Ziggler is going to be a champion. I’m really surprised that it hasn’t happened yet."

u seem to be a fan of ziggler so im pretty sure u know this, but i was watching an old dvd with the spirit squad vs dx and recognized ziggler as squad member nicky. hilarious. but they were tag champs, so he has already been a champion. i know thats not what u meant but i couldnt pass up the chance to catch u in a technicality

The Lex Express ruined my summer vacation as a little kid. No Bret, no Shawn, no Undertaker, just that damn bus and Lex Luger on every single inch of WWF television for what seemed like years.

John Cena's God push has nothing on the Lex Express debacle.

The Straight Edge Society has been a frustrating faction for me over the past month or two. Are we ever going to learn the identity of the masked member of the SES? And is Punk ever going to take his mask off?

I liked the angle with Serena being caught on video drinking alcohol in a bar and I’m interested to see where it leads, but I don’t get why Kane would so easily accept that as proof that the Straight Edge Society had nothing to do with the attack on The Undertaker. …

I guess maybe they somehow knew exactly when Taker was attacked, and it happened to be during the minute or so that Punk was in the bar. I won't think too hard about the likelihood of those two things happening at the exact same time, nor whether it makes sense for the bar to give its security tape to a bald drunk girl whose friends caused a scene in the place and scared off a customer, presumably out of the goodness of their heart.

Yeah, Kev, 'Dashing Cody Rhodes' just doesn't roll off the tongue.
They need an alliterated name so start hitting that thesaurus.

I didn't like the whole 'Serena in a bar' footage.
It was twee, unbelievable, poorly acted and simply too convenient.

I notice Layla was using a fragrance/deodorant to spray 'ugly' people.
No doubt yet another remarkable coincidence.

I'm not a big fan of the Vickie/Dolph pairing right now but it is way too soon for it to end.. unless it leads to Dolph FINALLY getting a title opportunity. He always seems to get so close.

One of these days, Chavo will get a push. Then we'll see who's laughing! For real, maybe somehow something possibly will maybe come from him being the third wheel to Dolph & Vickie?? I can always hope!

Hey Kev, I agree with you on Rhodes' position on the card. I for one always thought Rhodes was stronger than Dibiase on the mic during their Legacy days, but Dibiase had the size and in ring work.
I think the Shawn Michaels/Marty Jannetty theory of tag teams (one becomes the superstar, one fades away) is sometimes misleading. Case in point, John Morrison was always thought of as the "main event waiting to happen" and he was thought to have been "stuck" with the Miz.....now look at where Morrison is and look at where the Miz is.
Now it looks like Rhodes has the stronger upside and star potential than the stale "fortunate son" Dibiase.

I was rooting for Lex to win the title that night (and I'm a Yoko fan), so the Lex Exxpress wasn't a TOTAL bust.

I think it was that bionic forearm of his. I was a kid at the time, so...

Used to hit hit people with that running forearm all the time in that Royal Rumble game. So much fun.

I'm really pleased for Cody. I often find myself disagreeing with the prevailing "smark" opinion, and this is a good example, as I've always thought Cody had TONS more charisma than DiBiase, and is perfectly great to watch in the ring. I suppose DiBiase has better aggression and is bigger, but the difference isn't close to making up for the gap in personality. DiBiase kind of drones on when he talks, whereas Cody is, for me, very entertaining.

The gimmick doesn't suit him though. He doesn't seem fussy and "pretty boy" enough. The condescending, entitled attitude in Legacy was fine as it was, they should just have tweaked that and let him make it his own. But he'll still make it entertaining as it is.

To be honest, I was never that big on Ted DiBiase Jr. I thought and I still do believe he was getting praise only because of who his father is. I mean really, T.D. Jr has no charisma.

I maybe wrong but the only notable matches I can think of that T.D. Jr looked solid were his ppv matches against dx.

Can the SES be booked to look even more like weak chumps than they already have in the past two months?

What did Punk do wrong to get relegated to a feud with Kane? He was the clear star of the feud with Mysterio, yet his entire faction is being taken down single handedly by Kane while the puny World sans-Heavyweight Champion Mysterio is clearing the ring of multiple heels.

I hope they do not do the story line where Rhodes is afraid to have someone punch him in his pretty face...which they might actually do if there is a Rhodes/Big Show program.

Dashing Cody Rhodes works for me. If you keep saying it many times it will eventually sink in. At least It's better than Ink Inc.

Memories...I got a t-shirt from the Lex Express when the buss rolled in to Winter's Run Inn. Of all places, but it doesn't suprise me the boys knew of good haunts on Philadelphia Road. I don't think they just stopped to give out swag. lol

To me, Cody Rhodes has always showed that he was the better of the two Legacy members. He just seems like a natural in the ring and on the mic.

Your reference to the Lex Express brings back some good memories or should I say bad memories. I was a huge Hogan fan and even at the tender age of 14 I carried alot of resentment toward Lugar and that bus. Even though it was Yokozuna who won the title from Hogan it was Lugar who I was bitter toward for trying to replace our beloved Hulk Hogan. Not to mention it was an awful awful gimmick. Never have I been so happy to see a heel retain his title as I was that saturday morning after sumerslam on Superstars when I saw Yokozuna holding his then WWF title. Yes I had to wait nearly a week for the results because I had no access to PPV or the internet. The internet whats that? That wont be comminly used for another 5 years. It is 1993 you know. Kevin your the man keep up the great blog. Only can a couple days can pass before I have to visit the Baltimore Sun page to get my wrestling Gossip fix.

Did you hear the guy in the crowd yelling excuse me as Vickie was walking away after the Ziggler match?

Regarding the bar footage: I thought it was funny how Joey Mercury had his mask on. It would have been even better if Punk was wearing his mask too. And it looked like Luke may have been wearing his wrestling gear.

Another good line from Striker: calling Dashing Cody Rhodes' new move the Dashiel Hammett.

Like the title of this entry, Kev, and happy for Cody Rhodes. But given the caliber of participants in this match (no Orton, HHH, Undertaker, or even Cena), it's not much to write home about. In fact, I would invoke the words Kevin Nash once uttered to Eric Bischoff, "Notice the adjective: 'play'."

They should keep Rhodes and Swagger as a tag team....Call them LipSync

I must agree with John that Dashing Cody Rhodes doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Dashing Dusty Runnels, maybe.
They could have tied in Layla's deodorant spraying and made him Compost Cody Rhodes.
Whatever the name, the guy has talent, as does DiBiase. I believe Rhodes is 25 and DiBiase is 27. Both have high ceilings in the business and are capable of headlining shows.

Chavo is way underrated. He really is an amazing wrestler.

Dashing Cody Rhodes isn't such a bad gimmick, considering neither his dad nor his brother are anything one would consider "dashing." The point of Legacy was proving they were better than their ancestry, so it seems logical that Cody would play up on the fact that he's in better shape and easier on the eyes, as opposed to the portliness of Dusty Rhodes or the oddity of Goldust. He truly has made every attempt to create his own persona like Randy Orton, instead of making the past an extension of his future, as T.D. Jr has.