By Ryan Kester

What Went Right

- Mark Henry was phenomenal this week. He must have been holding out on us, as he seems to have become the perfect, calculating monster heel he always should have been seemingly overnight. The fact that he made Randy Orton look vulnerable was an absolute joy to see. If WWE decided to put the title on him and have him hold it for a good run, he could really put over whoever finally gets the better of him.

- WWE continued to push their tag division last week, including the debut of Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks as a heel tag team. I think we will learn a lot about the future plans for this division with the tag title match at Night of Champions. If they are given plenty of time to show off, then I think it will be a great sign that WWE is going to really get behind this division for the first time in ages.

- On Impact, the Bound For Glory series finalists stood in the ring and had a lengthy promo segment. Only Bully Ray and Bobby Roode had anything of note to say, but the segment was entirely focused on selling their matches for the No Surrender PPV. That was really the only focused hype that the PPV got during the go-home show, but it was still solid hype.

- Brodus Clay continued his string of squash matches on WWE Superstars. WWE is doing a great job of making him look like a monster, and he's done a good job of adding enough difference to his move set each week to prevent the squashes from getting stale.

- Daniel Bryan and Heath Slater had the match of the week on Superstars. They kept a great back-and-forth going almost the entire match, and the finish made Daniel Bryan looks like the in-ring technician that he is. If you haven't seen this match, take some time to do so. You won't be disappointed.

What Went Wrong

- Kevin Nash texted Kevin Nash at SummerSlam. At least, that's the story WWE gave us as a payoff to their main angle involving Kevin Nash and C.M. Punk. What's worse, Triple H hired Nash for this offense one week after Nash told Triple H that his contract was guaranteed, and that's the entire reason Hunter didn't fire him then. This is yet another example of WWE stumbling upon something good only to ruin it by the time they're finished.

- Jeff Hardy's apology did not ring true to this viewer. It felt like someone gave Hardy a set of key points to hit and phrases to say, and that does not work if you're trying to legitimately ask fans to trust you again. Like I have said elsewhere, I hope I am wrong, but I just cannot trust Jeff Hardy at this point, and his apology on Impact did not feel legitimate enough to sway me from my stance.

- No Surrender's main event wasn't announced until the second-to-last quarter-hour of the show. This just shows how unmotivated TNA is in pushing their PPV product, which is a shame considering how untapped that market is for TNA. I can understand that the PPVs don't bring in a lot of revenue, but that is no reason to just throw up your hands and not even try and change things.

- Jinder Mahal and the Great Khali appear to be on the outs, and I don't know if Mahal's career will recover/. He will need a bit of a character overhaul, which is staggering considering how little time he's been with the company. WWE had a great dynamic going with those two, and yet again they let a good story slip through their fingers.

- John Cena was the lone man standing on Monday Night Raw from an eight-man elimination tag match. Afterwards, he effortlessly fended off the current WWE Champion in seconds. Just in case fans weren't convinced not to care about the WWE product heading into the football season after the Kevin Nash blow off, they were treated to a retread of the stalest act in wrestling. Fantastic.

What Needs to Happen Next Week

- WWE needs to not miss a beat with their push of the tag division. It's refreshing to see WWE at least attempt to put some thought in something that doesn't involve a handful of main event talent, which is all we've been given for far too long.

- TNA needs to not overthink the finishes to the BFGS tournament at No Surrender. This, despite its faults, has been the best thing about TNA for the past couple of months and I don't want the last image people have of the series to be a bunch of run-ins and ref bumps.

- Brodus Clay needs to move on to squashing some undercard wrestlers on Smackdown. While I enjoy covering his squashes on Superstars and seeing what he comes up with for that week, he really needs the exposure that one of the main shows would bring.

- WWE needs both an Intercontinental and United States Championship match at Night of Champions. I hope we get some form of storyline reason for these matches to take place this week and the usual trick of having an unadvertised title match doesn't take place at the PPV. The secondary titles on WWE are nearly meaningless for the attention creative gives them, and I'd like to see those championships get the same attention the tag and women's titles have received over the past few weeks.

- Cody Rhodes needs to progress his character. At one point, he talked briefly about making others ugly like he is and I'd like to see them flesh out his character in that matter. If he's targeting babyfaces with the intent to "scar" them like he was, then he would regain that edge he had before he walked out with paper bags. If he does that and gets a new finisher, his current one reminds me of Legacy run-ins more than I'd like, that target the face then he will be golden. Something like the crossface submission hold would do well for this but any form of facebuster would work as well. If they make those few simple changes then they can make their Intercontinental Champion feel fresh without forcing him to start from scratch. I realize this probably comes off as fantasy booking, but Rhodes is in need of polish, and I just came up with that idea in minutes. Why can't he get that much effort from WWE creative?

If you have any questions or comments, or just wish to chat with a fellow wrestling fan about whatever, then feel free to email me at ryan.kester@gmail.com, or follow me on Twitter at @TheRyanKester. Have a great week.

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