Twilling's Blog Booking C.M. Punk, Kane's angle, who should be the next Raw General Manager By Rich Twilling Jul 8, 2008 - 10:14 AM Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing Tuesday, JULY 8 – 10:14 A.M. -Raw was definitely an interesting show last night. It was not as good as last week’s show, but it certainly provided some interesting moments and left me very intrigued as to where they are going in certain areas. Rightfully so, I will begin with World Heavyweight Champion C.M. Punk. Not many people are going to love the fact that he wrestled Snitsky, but if they are presenting Punk as someone who will wrestle anyone for the love of competition, I like it. It was a non-title match. If Punk is constantly wrestling on the show, he will become more recognizable to the fans and they can “pad his stats” with multiple victories. Also, they will accumulate plenty of footage to make a video stating how well his title reign is going. I also like the fact, with a little bit of subtlety, they continued the “Whodunnit” angle with Punk. The fact that someone went after Vince McMahon and is now going after Punk could lead to something potentially very interesting. At the very least, people will talk about it. They could completely blow it but we will have to wait and see. Where I felt WWE messed up last night was when they did not let Punk join Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler on commentary during the main event. It would have made perfect sense to have him there because he is very good on the microphone and his PPV opponent was being determined in the match. Since John Cena, Batista, and JBL mysteriously disappeared after the conclusion of the match, Punk could have done the same. I found it to be a wasted opportunity to further put over the new champion. -Of course, the ending of the show last night will prompt a lot of discussion. When Kane was drafted to Raw, I felt as though he would linger in the midcard like he has in the past. While I hope he stays there, at least they can make him interesting again. I could see him working a PPV main event like he did back in 2004, but I hope they do not go down that road. No one will ever believe that Kane is actually going to win one of the major titles, so having him main event a PPV would not really sell a lot of shows. Building him up to challenge Punk on a main event of Raw would be a better way to go. Needless to say, it is imperative to create and establish interesting personalities for everyone on the card, so I am anxiously curious to see who Kane is talking about when he asked, “Is he dead or alive?” and to see where they take him from here. -Moving on, Raw needs an authority figure and not surprisingly, William Regal is eligible to come back soon. I had been clamoring for a Regal push for years and was happy when he won the King of the Ring. I am hoping WWE shows the confidence in Regal that they have shown in Jeff Hardy since his return from strike two. I doubt he will be pushed to the point he left off at right away, but I hope they will at least put him back in his General Manager role. Of course, they could put him back in the ring, retire JBL again, and have JBL become the General Manager. That could work too. HELP SUPPORT DOT NET! BECOME A MEMBER AT OUR CHARTER RATE OF JUST $5 A MONTH - GET THE FIRST LOOK AT EXCLUSIVE INSIDER DOT NET NEWS, TONS OF EXCLUSIVE AUDIO SHOWS, MESSAGE BOARD ACCESS, START YOUR OWN BLOG, AD-FREE MAIN LISTING: SIGN ME UP (or MORE INFO) GOT AN IPHONE OR IPOD TOUCH? THEN BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD OUR NEW FREE iPhone APP: (click here!) (or SEARCH "pro wrestling" in iTunes App Store) FOR MORE BREAKING WWE & TNA NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE PWTORCH.COM (click here!) FOR MORE MMA & UFC NEWS AND COMMENTARY, VISIT OUR AFFILIATE MMATORCH.COM (click here!) CLICK TO RETURN TO DOT NET MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY Twilling's Blog Latest Twelve Articles Twilling's Blog: If you haven't heard yet, Hulk Hogan has signed with TNA and that is a good thing Twilling's Blog: Looking at Shane McMahon leaving WWE, Nigel McGuinness going to TNA, where the best place for Nigel and Bryan Danielson is Twilling's Blog: Less is more; why the WWE Raw guest host gimmick is watering down the overall product Twilling's Blog: Did Chris Jericho make the Tag Team Championships so relevant that DX finally wants them? Twilling's Blog: Was Hulk Hogan's 80s run as bad as John Cena's current run? What was different about the times and why Chris Jericho is so valuable Twilling's Blog: Why are the fans accepting decent as good or great? Why finding the next Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin or The Rock cannot be forced