Night of Champions and "Did You Know" ...

Night of Champions is two weeks away tomorrow, a night when every WWE title will be defended. Some decent intrigue so far:

1. John Cena vs. Triple H is hardly uncharted territory but they're both good at what they do.
2. While I don't understand why Chavo Guerrero deserves the chance at the US Title vs. Matt Hardy, if it means Chavo wins it to land all the gold on La Familia, leaving Matt to feud with Edge for the big belt, and ultimately elevating the Matt Hardy - MVP feud redux into the stratosphere, I'm all for it.
3. Edge vs. Batista is perhaps the most predictable, 'in a holding pattern' match on the show and hopefully it goes off well.
4. I'll be interested to see Natalya fight for the Diva's Championship (although frankly I'd rather see the women's division consolidated, as there's enough talent there now that if they were all on one brand/in one division, it could make for the deepest women's roster since Lita/Trish/Gail/Jazz/Jacquie/Victoria etc.).
5. Cody Rhodes and Bob Holly vs. Ted Dibiase Jr. and a mystery partner is also interesting (bets on Cody becoming Teddy's mystery partner and Holly having to go it alone?).
   
6. Kane vs. Big Show for the ECW Title will be 'extreme' I guess ... extremely something. :P You know, ten years ago, this would have been all about what ECW stood for; two talented behemoths who were not only 'extreme' to look at, but talented brawlers (if not quite technicians) in the ring. But age and injuries have limited what both men are willing and/or able to do to their bodies and I don't know how they, today, are supposed to represent the spirit of ECW in any form or fashion. And I know Vince doesn't INTEND to represent that spirit - he says so himself, the OLD ECW is DEAD - but then call it something else already for Pete's sake! /End rant.
   

Matches I hope to see added: Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho for the IC title (highly likely at this point, imho) and Miz and Morrison vs. Ryder and Hawkins for the SD tag belts; Ryder and Hawkins winning those, plus Chavo winning the US belt (sorry Matt ... just creates a more interesting storyline, and gives Chavo some strength back which he needs after his arse-kicking from Kane; you deserve it more though) makes La Familia look unstoppable, giving a major rub to anyone who can start dismantling the machine (CM Punk? Hardy? MVP? Ken Kennedy or Jeff Hardy post-draft?)

Anyway ... if WWE can focus on the sheer potential their product is offering right now (lots, w/two of their longtime main eventers on the DL and some very talented guys just entering or still being in their prime - John Cena, Edge, CM Punk, hell I'd even include Triple H on that list still) instead of insipid $1,000,000 giveaways, this PPV, the draft, and the summer ahead could actually be watchable wrestling! :)

And on that note:

I know I always pimp out Jason Powell's http://www.prowrestling.net and get you to check it out, but this weekend he has a really funny 'Did you know' series going on, inspired (OK, not quite - more like 'in response to') Raw's "Did You Know" segments from Monday this week. Really funny stuff, check out part 1 & 2 over at the link earlier in this paragraph. Great stuff.

Enjoy Jason, and I will chat y'all up later. :D Peace.