(Gustimania) The ECW Road Continues…

9.49 a.m 2.12.2009

ECW

Let’s move on to discuss about the state of a wrestling show that always fill up the wrestling fans’ appettite avery Tuesday night, ECW. Ever since the WWE draft earlier this year, we have seen several new faces that have truly shine towards the end of this year and no mistake about it, could ptentially move on to the bigger shows next year. Two in particular the Japanese superstar Yoshi Tatsu and of course the guy with the Power of Woo Woo Woo, Zack Ryder.

It has been a long time since we have a Japanese superstar. In the past we have seen the lights of Kai En Tai, Kenzo Suzuki (remember him?), and Tajiri were among them. This year saw the emergence of Yoshi Tatsu, with his simple persona and also full of determination in the ring, he has won several matches against the best of ECW superstars such as Shelton Benjamin, William Regal and others. He even came close to win the ECW championship from Christian. He does have the potential, but I have my doubts about his ability to step up because of his lack if mic skills and inability to vary his style in the ring. Maybe with a mouthpiece, or a manager in his corner to speak on his behalf, he might possess that tool to move further up the order in the WWE. Where is unaki when we need him?

Then comes Zack Ryder, in my view the most improved superstar this year. From being one of Edge’s lackey, with his quirky gimmick and athletism in the ring, he heads towards next year looking up, rather than looking down. Honestly, we need more of this kind of persona in the ring today, with weird but acceptable personality paired up with good in-ring works. He also came close to taste the ECW championship at one time against Christian. I love his entrance theme song. Perhaps the best in all of the WWE. Believe me, he might get a run at the ECW title early next year before moving on.

The Abraham Washington show has grown up in me and I am startng to love it. It brings fresh air to an ordinary wrestling show that is ECW. Abraham Washington reminds me a lot of Chris Tucker. A great talker, he manages to bring a lot of heat from the crowd. With the addition of the hilarious Tony Atlas to the show, every week it becomes one of the better segments in WWE today. I just hope, if he is capable though, that Abraham Washington does his talking in the ring sooner rather than later so that his persona does not become lame.

The main event scene in ECW has been revolving around one man and one man only, Christian. The departure of superstars such as Mark Henry and Jack Swagger during the WWE draft have left huge gap in the main event scene of that show. Sure, we have the lights of Regal, Finlay and Tommy Dreamer (where is he by the way?) but the title is still in the hands of Christian. I don’t know why but perhaps it maybe that the WWE creative trying to stall Christian’s progress and wait until the return of the Rated R Superstar. Yes you heard me right. The reunion of Edge and Christian maybe in the works. That will be as big, if not bigger that the reun ion of the Hardys a while back. The upcoming WWE TLC sees the return of the ECW championship match after being left out for four straight PPVs. The ladder match for the ECW title between Shelton Benjamin and Christian will steal the show given the huge experience that Christian has in terms of ladder matches and also the great athletism of Shelton Benjamin when it comes to this type of match.

Tifanny, as the General Manager of ECW has done a pretty good job as the autoritative figure of the show. All in all, ECW maybe look as the weakest show of all the WWE, but one cannot hide the fact that it has been the platform for a lot of superstars in the past. Just look at the amount of talent that originated in ECW that participated in the elimination matches at Survivor Series. Hopefully next year the planned brand revamping of the show will be scrap up because I like the way it is now.

Next we will see through the state of Smackdown, the best show of this calendar year but by the looks of it, may start the next year on a very bad state indeed.

Au Revoir.