Business Just Picked Up

   On Sunday May 1st at Extreme Rules the WWE universe experienced eight exciting matches, they were all special extreme matches. We saw a Falls Count Anywhere match, a Last Man Standing match, even a Tables match. However I would like to give a big thumbs up for a man I have seen in this business for years named Christian for winning the World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio in a Ladder match. After Edge retired from World Wrestling Entertainment as the champion, there needed to be a new champion to keep Smackdown exciting. I am so proud Christian, however it isn't his first World Championship, he is a former ECW Champion as well. I am looking forward to Christian hopefully receiving much more camera time to see him with this prestigious championship on his shoulder. It was good to see him have a discussion with The Rock behind the scenes for The Rock's birthday celebration.

  

   John Cena went on to win the triple threat match at Extreme Rules against former champ The Miz and John Morrisson to earn his 10th World Championship reign. This is going to spark confrontations from time to time between Cena and The Rock, like the intense scene during The Rock's birthday celebration when Cena explained his gift was the Championship, and that the Championship is what will make their WrestleMania match even bigger. I believe John Cena will hold on to the WWE Championship for a good 4 or 5 months, but I just don't see him holding on to it for a full year like he did in his very first WWE title reign. There are lots of built, athletic superstars in the WWE that are all great candidates to be the Champion of this business.

   Lilian Garcia's amazing voice returned to the WWE to sing the American national anthem at the beginning of May 2nd's Monday Night Raw. It was the start for amazing things to come. There was tremendous matches, humorous skits, and celebrities wishing The Rock a happy birthday in a video on the big screen. The famous hip-hop artist and Miami's own Pitbull made a brief performance near the end of The Rock's opening speech. The audience in Miami was electric even before The Rock made his appearance. I thought it was a great way to get people talking when The Rock commented on the Osama Bin Laden caught and killed situation by saying "The Rock just has one thing to say... we got him". Very strong message.

   As the evening rolled on we saw great performances from Rey Mysterio and Kofi Kingston as they teamed up to have a match against Jack Swagger and Drew McIntyre. Mysterio and Kingston would be exciting to see as Tag Team Champions, however they would have to go through the new Tag Team champions Big Show and Kane. Plus Kofi Kingston just won the United States Championship at Extreme Rules, so it looks like these superstars' storylines don't lead them in that direction. It was nice to finally see Swagger in a match with some young, popular competition. So far it seems like the Jack Swagger and Michael Cole alliance storyline has concluded. Out of it all Michael Cole earned two match victories, but suffered a Rock Bottom on Raw on May 2nd for "interrupting The Rock on his birthday".

  

   Overall I feel that Miami experienced an electrifying Monday Night Raw, The Rock did an outstanding job on keeping the evening interesting as it went on. Also the big scary moment when everyone thought John Cena had lost the WWE title one night after earning it was enough to get the millions... and millions of fans' hearts pumping. After all was said and done it was good to see Cena get some physical revenge on The Miz and Alex Riley. Everything is exciting on Monday Nights.

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Written by: Tyler McMurter