Powell's Blog WWE showed desperation with the Raw finish and the ECW announcer angle By Jason Powell Apr 30, 2008 - 11:45 AM CLICK FOR BIO Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing Wednesday, APRIL 30 - 11:45 A.M. -I still don't have a problem with the way Monday's Raw concluded. Yet after watching Mike Adamle and Tazz walk off ECW last night, the company is looking very desperate by doing shock angles on back-to-back shows. This might not be Katie Vick shocking, but the moves were clearly designed to get reactions out of the fans. The first one worked. Fans were very passionate about the conclusion of Monday's Raw. The second angle flopped. I got home from the Twins game about 20 minutes after ECW went off the air and not one person wrote to ask me what happened. One reader who attended the taping was nice enough to pass along the information that Adamle walked off the set, but there was no buzz after the show from people who wanted to know whether the angle was a work or a shoot. Granted, there were several people who didn't know whether the angle was a work or a shoot at the time it went down. However, not one person cared enough to write in and ask about what happened. I don't consider my email in-box to be the ultimate barometer for whether an angle clicks, but the fact that not even one person cared enough to ask about the angle tells me that the masses just didn't care. Frankly, why would anyone care whether Adamle and Tazz walked off the show? I'll admit that I'm curious to see where they take the angle next week, but it's not like I'm waiting on pins and needles to see whether they are back at ringside next week. It's not like Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler walked off during Raw. This is Mike F'n Adamle and the color commentator of a third-rate wrestling show we're talking about here. No one cares. -By the way, if WWE wanted people to take it seriously when William Regal pulls the plug on the Raw main event, then they should have opened ECW with some type of update on what took place after Raw went off the air. Rather, they waited until the traditional Raw Rebound spot roughly 30 minutes into the show to even mention it. Have they even mentioned what happened on WWE.com yet? This is the internet age. You can't expect viewers to wait a full week to find out what happened. By not reporting on the match on WWE.com and by not treating the event as a major deal on ECW television, WWE just sent their viewers the message that the match was no big deal. Somehow, I don't think that's the message they were going for given that Triple H vs. Randy Orton is scheduled to main event the Judgment Day pay-per-view. -On a lighter note, I had a good time at the Twins game last night. The first four innings of the game nearly put me to sleep, but it turned out to be a really fun game. Boof Bonser shocked the world by winning his first game at the Metrodome since June 2007. He rocked and delivered one hell of a performance. By the way, I was one of the only Twins fans in the entire stadium who cheered pro wrestling fan A.J. Pierzynski. The fans love to hate him, but I always enjoyed watching him play when he was with the Twins. I was even upset when we traded him and got Joe Nathan and Francisco Liriano in return. I'd say that deal worked out okay for the Twins despite my initial concerns. 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