Quick note on Smackdown

Happy Easter to all of those celebrating today!

Sorry for the lack of updates, but I wanted to touch upon this past episode of Smackdown, where Jack Swagger cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and captured the World Championship from Chris Jericho.

I am disappointed to see Jericho drop the gold, since I would have loved to see him have a legitimate reign as champion (and my hopes were high when they had him beat the heavily pushed Edge relatively cleanly at WrestleMania), but I understand why they had Swagger win. I mean, if they are basing an entire PPV behind the Money in the Bank concept, it's important that they make the stipulation look strong. And I could see the event suffering because the last person to win the contract failed to take advantage of it.

But my real disappointment is in the way it was handled. More specifically, this should have happened at WrestleMania. For one, Swagger -- like many participants before him -- promised to cash in at 'Mania if he won the match. It would have been nice to see somebody actually come through with that threat. And if MITB happens at WrestleMania next year, it would add some extra suspense to the title matches later on. Additionally, WrestleMania XXVI was based on the premise of creating a "WrestleMania Moment," and surely the MITB winner cashing in later that night on a vulnerable champion would have made much more impact than the first 10 minutes of a typical episode of Smackdown (not to mention that Jericho looks like a bit of a chump, since Cena managed to prevent Swagger earlier in the week).

And finally, it would have benefited all involved. Swagger would have had his WrestleMania moment. Jericho would have a legitimate gripe about how he lost the title -- he had just defeated his arch rival at the grandest event of them all, only to be "screwed" because of an attack that occurred after the match had already ended, and Edge would have been in the clever position of unleashing all of the punishment but failing to come through, only for somebody else to swoop in and take advantage of all of the damage he had afflicted -- ironic since he had committed that very deed twice in his career.

Again, I don't necessarily have a problem with how it was handled. It just could have been done much better.