Creative Review

Lots of news about the WWE's writers and creative direction on Inside Pulse last week. Not sure if I believe it all, but even so:

- It's nice to see that Heyman has booking reins again. With him and Tommy Dreamer in control, they've got a real opportunity to produce some great stuff in OVW and try things they couldn't do with ECW. Might be worth getting some of their TV shows in future (if I do, I'll let you know).

- I'm convinced that Vince McMahon can only come up with the goods when he's threatened by real competition. Back in the 80s he had a nation to conquer and the NWA to crush. In the early-to-mid 90s? Nothing - and the product went to pot as a result. Then in the late 90s WCW surged forward and stole their crown, so Vince kicked into gear, yanked it right back, and then bought them for good measure. And now, in 2005, with no competition in sight, Vince's 'great creative mind' seems to have abandoned him. It's his own fault, but his ego is so massive that he can't see it.

- Isn't it funny how one of the new Raw writers doesn't know a basic term like 'getting heat'? Isn't it a gas that one of the others was convinced that all the blood is fake? ('Cause who would be crazy enough to cut themselves open with a sliver of razor blade for a 'fake' sport?) Isn't it just laughable that someone would take a job with a company without even attempting to do a little research about the industry beforehand?

- At least Court Bauer has some experience in the business, even though he's a comparative blow-in. Despite what others are saying, it was a smart move to give him the book for Velocity; I bet the other writers are just sick about it, and that makes me very happy.