A Quick Thanks To The WWE...

I've only read the Survivor Series results, so that's what I'm going on here...

After reading the results from last night, I see that WWE has given some well-deserved time and attention to some of the top talent that they have in the developmental set-up. This is encouraging news for the future.

Last night, NXT Champion Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns debuted and beat Ryback down, allowing CM Punk to make the predicted pin on John Cena, and reach the 365th day of his WWE Title reign. From this there are several things to be grateful for.

First of all there is NEW talent in the WWE. Don't get me wrong - there has been more and more guys coming through the ranks in the last few months but last night seems as though the 'change' that CM Punk talked about, over a year ago, is finally upon us.

I realise that Punk was looking out for his own career at the time and to be fair, it's worked wonders for him and he is where he is as a result of it. Another thing to be grateful for is Punk's reign as champion - a whole year MEANS something to me. It's the first reign in a long time that I can remember where the defenses (early in the year) were GREAT matches. Obviously after his heel turn the defenses have been somewhat smash-and-grabs to keep it going. The respect is well and truly deserved!

Rollins, Ambrose and Reigns joins the likes of Damien Sandow, Titus O'Neil, Darren Young (briefly with Nexus) and Ryback in being new talent that WWE is trusting for the future. Hopefully these guys won't just be 'fed' to Ryback tonight like fellow-NXTer Brad Maddox was last week (even though I can see Maddox being part of this set-up at some point soon). I can see the four of them coming together as a kind of Nexus 2012, and possibly aligning themselves with CM Punk and Heyman.

Unlike the last minute Maddox angle, i think there are better plans for these three - last night was much more of an impact than a rogue referee. Either that or it's another way of getting to the Rumble with Punk keeping hold of the belt. I think the next PPV needs to be more decisive though - there's only so many PPVs they can go with a screwy finish.

Let's hope we get some answers tonight on Raw.

Other positives from last night were that Ziggler was the sole survivor in the Team Foley/Team Ziggler match - this is more like it if they are going to give Ziggler the World Title in the near future. Not sure how good/bad The Miz looked coming out of this though?

The tag team survivor match was a nice addition, too. It was good to see Gabriel/Kidd promoted to the main card (instead of being the pre-show with 3MB) and along with The Prime Time Players (& Rey/Cara/Primo/Epico), showcased the tag team division and the future. I suppose Tensai and Brodus Clay were there to make the numbers up...

Something that won't change for a while is John Cena. Even though he lost last night and was the one that got pinned, I fully expect him to be part of the WWE  Title match vs Punk at TLC. I can imagine Ryback being busy with the newcomers so that leaves the top two to carry things until the Rumble.

Prediction: For me it'll either be Cena vs Punk at TLC (more likely), or they'll do the right thing and finish/continue two rivalries that took a backseat due to the Survivor Series card being messed around - Cena vs Ziggler (to continue the Ziggler build/finish this god-awful AJ/Vickie crap) and maybe Punk vs Foley (long shot, but it'll take up a PPV and set Punk up nicely for The Rock at the Rumble/give Foley some retribution).