Kofi Kingston, in my opinion, has a lot of potential. He already relates to the crowd, has a very unique style and reminds me a lot of Shelton Benjamin in terms of in-ring ability. This guy has a future, no question about it. The only problem was that his opponent didn’t sell at all. He made Kofi look terrible and was not animated enough. Kingston should just do the exact same match with someone else because I gaurantee it would look a lot better.

Another thing though, I wonder why WWE would have him debut the show before the Rumble. Why not give the time to building up matches or something else. But then again ECW is not on the Rumble really so I guess it’s a moot point.

The opening match was a great build up for the Rumble this Sunday. And in true ECW form, the finish was damn good and was very creative. Having Shelton hold the ropes down and Kane eliminating Miz & Morrison was a good idea already. But to then have Shelton pull Kane out by his legs was a thing of beauty. Whoever booked that match should get a gold star and if it was Dusty Rhodes than I’m not surprised. Great match even though it was short.

Colin McLaney (sp?) or whatever his name is…is hilarious. I just can’t stop laughing at this guy and everyone loves to see him get his ass kicked. I’m still laughing. And the look on his face after that video clip played was priceless. Oh one more thing, it was hilarious when Khali hit him with the chop and he just went down on his ass. I haven’t laughed this hard since seeing Gillberg on the RAW Anniversary show.

I remember reading that Kelly Kelly got breast implants. But it doesn’t look like it after tonight. And I for one am glad that she didn’t because she’s great all natural. It’s good to see Lena Yada on ECW just because she’s Asian. However I don’t see much personality from her, but it’s too early to tell I guess. She does have that classic bitchy attitude, but anyone can pull that off and it’s not enough to get you over as a heel or babyface. Can she wrestle?

I really liked that Royal Rumble video package they played which rattled off the statistics. I think it’s a perfect video to get you pumped for the Rumble. But I question why WWE would play it on their only one hour show. Or maybe it was played on RAW too and I just missed it.

I’m not too sure what to make of Chavo being champion. I’m guessing he’s going to be a transition champion, but to beat CM Punk (with a lot of help from Edge), is still strange. Punk’s title reign has not been very interesting, but then again his feuds since becoming champion have not been well crafted as his title hunt was. Once he became champion it’s like WWE quit putting effort into his storyline & character. So you can’t put the full blame on him. Either way, Punk needs the title off him but to put it on Chavo is really strange. I’m not gonna be harsh on this subject and will see where this goes, but my first impression is that I don’t like it because Chavo just swoops in and becomes champion? As for the match, I thought it was good, but the finish of seeing Edge, Chavo & everyone was just weird.