WWE Takes a New Route

In case you have been focusing on a sport like football, basketball or hockey, the little known sport of wrestling has been on going. Unlike any other "sport" on Yahoo! these days, the WWE is all scripted. This is a well known fact. Not to mention, is there really a 240 lbs. guy who can super-plex another 240 lbs guy from the top rope? I doubt it.

But I digress. I have been watching WWE since about March. I just turned the show on one day, and have been watching every Monday Night Raw since. One thing I didn't realize was that the week before I tuned in, CM Punk quit on the show. That was a huge blow to the programming that is still recognizable to this day.

Since that time, Daniel Bryan has pretty much come and gone as a WWE champion. Of all the moves the WWE has made, I think the Bryan dethroning has been the biggest mistake. They were making a killing off of Daniel and stripped him of his belt to piss off the WWE universe. Then John Cena get's the belt, while Bryan get's hurt. Little did we know that 6 months later, we would see the title belt once a month or less.

Tonight's show was the first time that I have felt something great since the departure of Daniel Bryan. Tonight, Mr. McMahon came on the show and pretty much threw the Authority under the bus and made them one up their survivor series rematch. The problem with the authority all along was that they only pissed people off. They never came off as truly bringing something new to the table.

So let's break down what happened tonight and it's implications.

The first is that Randy Orton is no longer in the authority. Outside of Triple H and Kane, the only fighting member of the authority is Seth Rollins. This doesn't look too good from the outside. Triple H throws down the orders, while Kane runs interference and Rollins does the dirty work. With Orton gone, this team doesn't look so good.

Rollins looks quite small, and doesn't appear to have the same appeal that Orton brought. Not to mention, who will enforce? The authority has been quick to talk about how Rollins starts problems only to have the rest of the group finish. The loss of Orton (assuming he leaves the Authority) doesn't do much to the Authority in the first place. Think back to the last meaningful match up with Orton. That match would be when he lost the WWE championship. That's a long time ago. Ever since then, it's been the rest of the gang cleaning up the shit for Orton. Much like Orton has been cleaning up after Rollins.

Now here is the interesting part. The WWE has always been built on feuds. There has always been a dominant group. Whether that be the Shield, the Authority, Degeneration X, or the NWO there has always been somebody. So while the idea of the Authority breaking up is awesome, it doesn't fall into line with previous writing.

The list of wrestlers who dislike the authority is long. So expect team Cena to be big. However, having a wresting group as big as team Cena for longer than 2 weeks will be a disaster. Eventually it will be about 5 wrestlers on team Cena with everyone else wanting a piece.

That idea is not John Cena. Cena is always about respect and loyalty. Ganging up on others is not never giving up. That's working the system over.

So this could play out really well for viewers. For about 2 months, we could see a WWE without a leading group. It appears that the authority is destined to break up. Let's just say they do.

It will only be a matter of time before someone organizes a group to re-establish the authority. So for two months, we could be getting just what we asked for.