"Time keeps moving on and we keep pushing on."

Well, a time of change is our midst. Not just in the wrestling world (we'll get to that in a bit), but in my personal life. I'm moving home once again and, strangely, I at once feel incredibly happy but slightly sad. After all, this was the flat that Shields Up was conceived, formed and rocked every Sunday afternoon upstairs in. This is the flat where demos were made and albums were recorded. This was where we drank, smoked and laughed for the past year and a bit. Sure, there were shitty parties and a few bad times but what you gonna do eh? That's, quite literally, life. So I will be moving to an all together nicer place with my drumming chum and hetero life partner, Jak. Let the good times roll.

So, despite real life getting in the way, I've managed to start keeping up with wrestling again, and I'm doing fairly well. I've started writing the Smackdown review and recap for Pro Wrestling Ponderings which is great, as I HAVE to watch Smackdown now (which features more moments of greatness that RAW does on average) instead of falling asleep. It's updated a few hours after the show so check it out.

The big news this week is Edge's rumoured achilles tendon injury that he suffered at a house show in a match with Jeff Hardy. This poses a number of questions about the direction WWE will go in, once they return to live TV next week (this coming week's TV was taped preceding an overseas tour). He is currently a tag team champion with Chris Jericho so WWE are going to have to get the belts off them in a couple of weeks but the question is, who gets them? Brian Fritz speculated in his Flying Elbow blog for the Orlando Sentinel that the two likliest teams to pick up the belts are Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase (who were my pick to get the straps) or a option I hadn't considered: The Hart Dynasty. While this may be a case of two new guys getting pushed too soon, I think David Harry Smith and Tyson Kidd would be more than up to the task. They look good in the ring and the three of them (Kidd, Smith and Natalya Neidhart) look great together. I have no idea how good they are on the mic admittedly, but the Hardy Boys got over like crazy in the late 90's and hardly ever spoke. As long as they can exude natural charisma, it'll be a winner.

This may also be the time  they elevate another guy up to the main event as well, even if it's just for a short run. Edge has just been an added to an "injured" list that all includes Batista,The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels. Jeff Hardy is also uncertain about his future and there's the possibility he might choose to go on hiatus rather than renew his contract. Chris Jericho is also pretty banged up, hence him being tagged with Edge, as both men needed to have a lighter load to carry in the ring. WWE needs some new guys to step up and this should have a positive effect on the younger talent as they strive to get noticed. I think the next few weeks should see some interesting developments within the current main event players and I think we'll see a bunch of lower card talent working really fucking hard.

I'll try and get the Steve Corino interview up soon and share my opinions on RAW and all that jazz, as well as review the ROH Supercard of Honor DVD, the show I witnessed live just a few months a go. Will it stand up on a repeat viewing? Found out soon!  In the meantime, listen to Stevie Ray Vaughn. And weep. Because you will NEVER be that good.