It's not exactly sweeping the WWE Universe yet, but there's a new chant in WWE, and it's a heck of a lot better than "What?"
As part of Edge's transformation from conniving heel to cool babyface, he is trying to get the crowd into his finisher by having them yell "Spear! Spear! Spear!" When he tried to get the chant going during his show-opening confrontation with The Big Show on Friday night's episode of Smackdown, the response wasn't overly enthusiastic. But after Edge speared Big Show to win the main event and then hit the move on Chris Jericho in the post-match run-in, the spear cheer was in gear.
I thought this was the week that Jericho would exact some revenge on Edge, but the No. 1 contender got the better of the world heavyweight champion again. Jericho still has three more weeks to administer a beat-down on Edge to get some heat on him before their match at WrestleMania XXVI on March 28.
Other thoughts on Friday's show:
The verbal exchange between Edge and Big Show was nothing special, but I think I've gotten spoiled with all the good promo work in WWE lately. On a side note, I'm surprised that Edge and his "former wife" Vickie Guerrero haven't had any interaction since his return, even if it was just them passing each other in the hallway. ...
There was another upset in the Money in the Bank ladder match qualifying, as Matt Hardy pinned Intercontinental champion Drew McIntyre. Yes, I do consider that an upset considering their respective pushes. I really thought it was a lock that McIntyre was going to win. There is still one spot open for the MITB match, and I think McIntyre is going to get it. ...
I didn't like the angle in which Vince McMahon erased McIntyre's loss to Kane last week from the record book and decreed that McIntyre was still undefeated. I know it's supposed to get heat on McIntyre, but I think it's just stupid. I'm guessing that McIntyre's loss to Hardy is going to be stricken from McIntyre's record as well. ...
The question of what John Morrison and R-Truth will be doing at WrestleMania was answered, as they won a triple threat tag team match over Cryme Tyme and The Hart Dynasty to earn a shot against WWE unified tag team champions The Miz and Big Show on the pay-per-view. I'm glad that Morrison and R-Truth are going to be on the card, but I'm surprised that Morrison isn't in a singles match or the MITB ladder match. ...
Morrison busted out some cool breakdance moves after the match. I seem to remember him breakdancing when he was auditioning for Tough Enough years ago. ...
The Shelton Benjamin-Dolph Ziggler match (won by Benjamin) and Rey Mysterio-Luke Gallows match (won by Mysterio) were both good. ...
Ezekiel Jackson looked like a real monster in his squash of Jimmy Wang Yang. I wish that WWE would have kept Jackson with William Regal. ...
The spinning bump that Yang took after a failed cross-body block on Jackson was awesome. Yang rarely wins but he still is a valuable member of the roster because he does a great job of making his opponents look good. With that bump, for example, all Jackson had to do was stand there and let Yang take care of the rest. ...
Tiffany has gone from the world's hottest general manager to the world's hottest baby-sitter. Whatever gets her on TV is fine with me. I thought for sure that either CM Punk or Serena were going to terrorize Mysterio's young daughter and Tiffany while Mysterio was busy wrestling Gallows, but it didn't happen. ...
In talking about Edge, Matt Striker said, "Though his mind is not for rent, don't put him down as arrogant." I'm not sure how that relates to Edge, but props to Striker for quoting from a song by one of my favorite bands, Rush.