Powell's Blog Random thoughts on Lance Cade, Paul Burchill, WWE developmental, TNA, and Scott Steiner Apr 15, 2008 - 12:17 PM CLICK FOR BIO Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing Tuesday, APRIL 15 - 12:17 P.M. -Damn overtime hockey games. Don't get me wrong, I'll take a Minnesota Wild playoff victory any way I can get one, but these overtime games have done a number on my sleep schedule and it showed here on the site a while ago when I included Lance Cade's name in the WWE Raw Hitlist title and then forgot to write about him. False advertising? No, more like butt dragging on less than five hours of sleep. I meant to mention in the Hitlist that it looks like Cade is about to become a singles wrestler. Nothing is official until it happens (as WWE proved with the aborted Brian Kendrick turn), but that's certainly the impression I got while watching Raw last night. Cade could be in for a big singles push. There has been some buzz for a while over his singles potential, and he has some powerful people on his side. -Good to see Paul Burchill and Katie Lea back on Raw last night. I'm not a fan of the incest gimmick that was teased with these two, but Burchill has a ton of talent and deserves a break after that silly ass pirate character he was saddled with. Speaking of pirates, does anyone know what the point of that equally lame pirate character was in Dodgeball? -There's plenty of frustration over WWE's (cough, John Laurinaitis, cough) decision to place all the developmental wrestlers under one roof in Florida. One of the many knocks against this move is that the wrestlers don't get to experience working in different areas or with different trainers. It's not going to be easy for all these wrestlers to work in front of the fans. Did you see the long list of wrestlers in Dot Net Daily who are scheduled to appear on tonight's event New Port Richey? I haven't seen that many wrestlers on one show since, well, TNA overloaded that Lockdown pay-per-view with 48 wrestlers. -You can't blame TNA for not including everyone at the Impact tapings (see Monday's Dot Net Exclusive story). It sucks for the wrestlers who expected to appear on the show, but there's just no need for 48 wrestlers at the tapings. Plus, I'm all for featuring a more serious product if that was one of the goals behind the moves. -I was disappointed to hear that Consequences Creed is one of the wrestlers who is no longer scheduled to appear at the tapings. He was just reintroduced with those vignettes over the last month, so it seems odd that TNA is keeping him off the next two weeks of television. Then again, it also seemed odd that they had him lose in his second match back. -I'm still scratching my head over TNA's decision to have Super Eric win that silly handcuff match on Sunday. Isn't Scott Steiner, who was the first person eliminated in the handcuff match, challenging Samoa Joe for the TNA Title at the next pay-per-view? -After battling back problems in recent years, I finally gave in and started a yoga workout yesterday. No, Dallas Page is not my DVD instructor. I don't know who the guy is, but I think he's been taking those two words DX always has for us literally because that seemed to be the goal of some of the stretches he had me performing. I'm tired, I'm sore, and I've bitched enough for one blog. BOOKMARK DOT NET AND ADD US TO YOUR RSS • HELP DOT NET: TAKE OUR ADVERTISER DEMO SURVEY CLICK TO RETURN TO MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY Powell's Blog Latest Twelve Articles WWE's latest talent cut, no room for managers in pro wrestling, Brock Lesnar vs. Fedor, the newest wrestler on the ECW roster, traditional Survivor Series matches Brock Lesnar is the new UFC Heavyweight Champion, but he faces an uphill battle in a quest to earn the respect of MMA followers Thoughts on UFC 91 at the box office, the Randy Couture vs. Brock Lesnar main event, and the weak undercard WWE cuts five wrestlers in four days, Jeff Hardy shows a mean streak, lame duck Ring of Honor pay-per-view event WWE cracking down on marijuana use, internal frustration over a TNA cut continues, Vladimir Kozlov fan reaction, one week away from Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Couture I lost my precious sticker, more on WWE Raw including thoughts on Stephanie and Shane McMahon, Vladimir Kozlov, the same old Jeff Hardy, and the strangest voter ever