Thursday's Thoughts

I recently watched Summerslam 92 on WWE 24/7. Sure, the prevailing memory is Bret versus Bulldog in front of that Wembley Stadium crowd, but something else stood out to me. The number of really credible tag teams. Remember, this was during an era where many people were unhappy with the tag team situation. Back in 92, you had The Natural Disasters as tag champs, Money Inc, Nasty Boys, The Beverly Brothers, The Legion Of Doom, The New Hart Foundation, The Orient Express, The Bushwhackers, and The Headshrinkers.

Today, we have London and Kendrick (the guys who have a gimmick, but no one seems quite sure what it is), The Spirit Squad (a b.s. Tag Team of 5 guys), The Pitbulls, The Highlanders, and a few other thrown together teams. All this and we have two sets of tag titles on two brands? Oy.

Hulk Hogan was recently on his favorite radio show, Bubba the Love Sponge. The Hulkster nearly broke down into tears when he found out that Bubba's listeners had voted daughter Brooke's lame ass music video No. 4 on VH-1's charts. Hogan discussed how he had invested so much money and emotion into Brooke's career. Lemme tell ya somethin' brother... if you want a musical investment that's gonna pay off – cut the tether with Brooke (she can help Uncle Jimmy Hart write wrestling themes for some indy company) and sink some dough into my boy Dan-e-o. Now, THERE'S an investment. P.S. Hulkster, he takes pretty decent bumps!

Former wrestler Chris Jericho will be one of the contestants on Simon Cowell's new show, 'Celebrity Duets'. He'll be paired with another B-lister to rock off karaoke style. I'll set my VCR now.

Some comings and goings to note:

Hacksaw Duggan has finally been added to the Raw Superstars page on WWE.com. He's had a full time contract for sometime now, so I'm not sure what the hold up was. Just Michael Cole and his crack staff on the ball again.

Sean O'Haire has been calling the WWE looking for work, but hasn't received any phone calls back.

Jimmy Wang Yang (real name James Yun / Yun Yang) will make his Smackdown re-debut tomorrow. He had a stint in the WWE as Akio and was a Velocity regular. Now, using his hilarious cowboy gimmick, Jimmy Yang may finally get the push he deserves.

2 Cold Scorpio worked a dark match for Smackdown this week. Here's a guy who was in the WWE before (as Flash Funk) and unfortunately was just another victim of the WWE gimmick machine gone wrong. He was a part of many classic moments in ECW, and if there is talk of bringin him back into the fold, I'm surpised it wouldn't immediately be as a member of that brand. We'll see.

Speaking of people on the ECW brand; it seems several ECW originals that are on the current roster are in danger of being released. Among them: Francine, CW Anderson, Tony Mamaluke, Jazz, Stevie Richards and Al Snow. The belief is that Richards would head to OVW to assist with training, and Snow (respected by anyone who's anyone in this business) would receive an office position. Francine has barely been visible as a member of this new brand. One of the telling signs that she is on the outs, is that the company decided to use Torrie Wilson this week for the bikini contest instead of Franny. Personally, I think this is ridiculous. Francine is a major assest to any company. Hell if she gets cut, she's got a job here at Tha "O" Show.

BG James and Kip James were both contacted on the weekend (by friends on the WWE roster) about returning for a run in DX. As The Road Dogg and Billy Gunn, these two were a major part of DX, and did a lot more for it than Shawn Michaels did. Remember, HBK's stay was short as he had to go have his back surgery, and retire for five years. Remember that? The James Gang are under contract to TNA and aren't going anywhere.

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