Top-Down Smackdown: The Worst John Cena T-shirt Yet

Really, WWE?

I don’t expect you to be the hippest guys in the room, but I think literally every other licensed property that I like did a version of this LAST YEAR. Hell, even the Iron Sheik made his own personal take on it before you did.

Hey, how about a “Hard Rock Cafe” parody next?

There’s not a lot to say about the pay-per-view yesterday – the most notable thing about it was that my PS3 made me download a new upgrade for WWE network, and for the most part, the broadcast actually looked hi-def, and ran without pausing or triple-taking.

In general, I was happy that actual wrestling was the main attraction. Sheamus and Cesaro made me care when I hadn’t before, the Divas match was genuinely a good match, and Randy Orton and Chris Jericho got me interested in a match that had no storyline stakes at all.

Yeah, then they leave you with a bad taste by botching the main event with a finish to further the narrative rather than make a good match…but at least Cena’s still not the champion. Dean Ambrose’s return is also a big positive, and I imagine he and Rollins will do a Hell in the Cell match next. If the Money in the Bank briefcase is on the line, that can make it a PPV main event.

The Total Divas-Raw interaction continues to be weird, as certain snippets obviously shot months ago are treated as if they just happened and affect current storylines; meanwhile, John Cena and Nikki Bella are a major couple on one, and not even acknowledged as such on the other. Sadly, it’s just showing Total Divas to be more and more obviously staged, rather than enhancing Raw at all. Except it does make me like Rosa Mendes a whole lot more than before.

Your thoughts on Raw, Total Divas, Night of Champions or any of that? Let’s hear ’em.