While the interaction between Edge and Christian was mostly fun to watch, the segment as a whole did not go over well. There were a myriad of reasons for this (Edge and the booking crew passing off what happened to Paul Bearer as minutiae and the announcers not selling the appearance of Christian among others), but there was one thing that irked me the most about this segment. During the whole sketch, Edge and Christian acted very casually and friendly, as if nothing in the past had happened between them that would cause animosity. Yet just eight months ago, before Edge was drafted to Raw, he and Christian had a confrontation on Smackdown which ended in Edge completing his heel turn and admitting that he was manipulating the fans to get his way.

In fact, the two of them have shown some animosity going back to Backlash in 2009. So why did they seem so friendly at the Slammy awards? Because Edge has since turned face once again and WWE booking simply looked past this episode. Why is that important? Because it is endemic of the sort of thing WWE booking often overlooks, details previously given that are quickly forgotten and glossed over. And it is these inconsistencies that are making fans uninterested in what is happening in the current WWE universe.

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Kane has an announcement for the WWE Universe. (Source: Online World of Wrestling)

The epic rivalry between The Undertaker and the World Champion, Kane, continues on Smackdown.  Kane had a “major announcement” that would shake things up going into Night of Champions in a few weeks.  What was it?  Read on and find out.

Video Package: The Undertaker was attacked and put in a vegetative state.  Kane stood up for his brother and believed it was Rey Mysterio who attacked.  It wasn’t.  It was the “Big Red Monster” himself.  Since then, the Brothers of Destruction have been at odds.

Alberto Del Rio is introduced and comes to the ring where a fiesta is awaiting him.  He shows a video package of what he did to Rey Mysterio last week.  The incident fractured Rey’s wrist.  Del Rio says that Rey is ashamed, that’s why he wears a mask.  Alberto beats down a pinata in the ring wearing a Mysterio mask saying that Rey is now broken.  He goes to have a champagne toast to himself.

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