Abraham Washington

It's no secret that I hate it when a wrestling program ends with something other than a wrestling match. Talk is a big part of the game, but wrestling's still on the marquee. Granted, if the interview segment is good, then maybe I'd begrudgingly make an exception.

Abraham Washington is not one of those exceptions. In fact, he's only been on ECW for a few weeks now, and I already want to throw a javelin between his eyes. He's quite easily the worst addition to the roster in ECW's New Talent Initiative, and possibly the worst person to work the mic in the company right now. I'm pretty sure Hornswoggle is better. I mean, let's see, his material is dated, his delivery is forced, his pitch is annoying and he has no stage presence, especially compared to his two guests last night, Tommy Dreamer and Christian.

And the fact that that difficult to watch segment was at the end of ECW last night, especially during a go-home show before the PPV, is inexcusable and deplorable. Last week, Kozlov beat Dreamer clean and Shelton Benjamin beat Christian 99% cleanly. You would think that would signify their involvement in things right? Well, no. Instead, we get Kozlov picking fights with Big Zeke Jackson and Benjamin going over Goldust cleanly. Oh yeah, and some lame guy who kinda looks like a blacker Rock cracking fat jokes at Tommy Dreamer.

Couple all of that with their insistance on keeping Goldust's stuttering character, and it's just more proof that the WWE would rather peddle their weaksauce brand of comedy over building good, solid wresting-based storylines and letting their legitimately charismatic and talented wrestlers do the talking and acting. Goldust especially, seeing as he's so gifted as a performer in that character. He doesn't have to resort to stuttering just to fucking stay over.

At the center of the problems on ECW stands Washington though. The guy's show is a disgrace, and at this point, he had better be the next Ric Flair for him to make up for the micwork in the ring. The WWE keeps slipping further and further away from my favor with every dumb move they make. The sooner they realize it's all about the wrestling and more importantly, all about the wrestlers, they'll start putting better quality shows on.