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JR's Blog: MITB Thoughts..

Posted: Jul 20th 2010 By: mikeiles

Hello from KC where my SW plane is 90 minutes late. Lovely sitting in KCI when I could still have been horizontal. Here's MITB random thoughts...excuse the misspelled words...working on Blackberry. Solid show dotted w/ hard work and effort in an often times challenging environment. KC crowd picked their spots but what 1 could have predicted would be crowd friendly was. Making 2 MITB bouts different is a daunting task. The 2nd of these bouts has the advantage. Raw gets the nod in the MITB bouts Sun. Big night for jumpstarting Kane's persona. Hope Kane can continue to be a major focus to get him more ready for Summerslam & beyond. Swagger is evolving. He's improving daily. Has a shot at being really good. It takes time & he's arguably a year away. Just steer the course. Miz is 'this close' to permanently residing @ next level. It's inevitable unless he suffers an injury. Classic, smarmy, arrogant persona. Divas in tough spots on the card. No lack of effort but following 'hot' content w/ 'cold' content equals indifference. I do think that some of the divas have improved their in ring game. Tag bout needs the time to establish roots w/ the Hart's & Uso's. Closing few minutes were exceptional. Give em all the time they need as it does and will take a while. No significant injuries that I heard of but some ladder guys will be sore as hell today. 'The Nexus' monicker gets my ire up...1 of those things I guess..the name sounds like a bunch of tools. Ref Charles Robinson's face got a little bruised when he ate some steel cage. He'll be ok. Freebird Michael Hayes was dressed flamboyantly ala a James Brown backup singer. Several WWE stars now using personal tour buses. Smart move if one can afford it. It's certainly a tax write off and makes trips easier & are family friendly. Good connecting w/ many old friends @ the event. I like being able to exchange ideas w/ the talents on a variety of topics. Crowd was inactive during some bouts but it goes back that the live audience has bot yet made an emotional investment in some stars. Again, steer the course as becoming a real star is a 2 year minimum process...if ever. several orders will be shipped today. We are back on schedule. Order today & orders will likely be shipped tomorrow. HOT bbq doing well as is Ketchup & Beef Jerky. WWEShop.com ships abroad & they just ordered for the 4th time in about 6 weeks. Several WWE stars are ordering product for upcoming family cookouts. I was a traveling salesman Sunday in KC. More soon...gotta get home first.. and get ready to head to Tampa. Boomer Sooner! J.R.