Monday Night Open Mic

I never have and never will wish a broken neck on anyone but as someone astutely pointed out, Bryan broke his neck before the company effectively cut off his nuts.

On one hand it sucks because his title reign might be over before it began. On the other hand it's not so bad because his title reign didn't have the opportunity to fully make him look like a pathetic weakling and returning from any form of a broken neck in three months is pretty bad ass.

Moving on there are a few options for a new champion, most of which will make us cringe. They could go back to the franchise (no, not Shane Douglas) because if anything, Cena is durable and can keep business afloat.

They could go to Brock and probably have to pay him more money to make monthly stops on the PP...errr Specials. They could go back to Orton, who actually didn't do a bad job in the role he was asked to perform.

Shame is, had they just not floated the U.S. Belt to him, Sheamus would be my choice. Had the booking not had Bryan screwing around with Kane, Sheamus could have used this to really get his heel turn going. Hit Bryan with a few neckbreakers, clotheslines and a Brogue kick or five and it becomes a killer move. He could even go old school Owen Hart (or older school Greg Valentine) and wear a "I Broke Daniel Bryan's Neck" t-shirt. I miss those sort of old-fashioned heel type things. Like mean t-shirts and cheating and using the ropes to choke someone.

The problem this injury exposes is the WWE is deep on talent but short on top guys. You've got Cena, Orton, Batista...sort of..., Sheamus...sort of...., Brock...seasonally..., and Triple H I suppose. Batista will be gone to film bad movies for a bit. It would be nice to have more options from that stacked group of mid-carders but very few of them have been giving the opportunity to get that level of credibility.

So again, if he's healthy and willing to give it another go, there's a very talented worker in Chicago that one of the major controlling stockholders should give a call to and see if he's healed up nicely. That's what I would do.

Anyway we got NBA Western Conference Finals Game 1, NHL Eastern Conference Finals Game 2, a three-hour wrestling card and other stuff so find your fun place. And keep it clean!