The Complete Shot - April 5

[The Pez]

(Note: This will be going up on the main site when the site is ready, so give me lots of feedback so I can make it perfect when it goes up)
Hello and welcome to the VERY FIRST Complete Shot on WrestlePower!

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Before we get started, for those of you who may not have any idea who I am, I'll give a short intro.

My name is Josh Pesme from Ontario Canada. I am 19, making me the youngest WP columnist here. I've been a wrestling fan for about 6 years. My favs are Taker, Theadore Long, Austin, HBK, Cena, Eddie, Benoit, Angle and Jericho. Oh, silly me! How could I forget? My ABSOLUTE FAV is Stevie Richards.

From me, on WP, you will see two different columns. The Complete Shot, where I will discuss The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of a current WWE character or storyline.

I also will write A Shot in the Dark which will be a Raw and SmackDown! review that will come to you every Tuesday and Friday.

Being my first official Complete Shot here at WrestlePower, I am going to talk about Shelton Benjamin. However, for future columns, I would love to hear about what you would like me to talk about. So get those thinking caps on and start brainstorming.

Shelton Benjamin

The Good
Benjamin made his debut in the WWE alongside Charlie Haas as a member of Team Angle just over year ago. Team Angle was thrust right into the tag team title hunt and ended up winning the titles after they beat Eddie and Chavo. At WrestleMania 19, the two had their first Mania matches as they competed in a triple threat for the tag team titles face Los Guerreros and Benoit & Rhyno. Team Angle left Mania still the tag champs. On the same night, however, Kurt Angle had his final match against Brock Lesnar and was put out of action for the next couple of months. After WrestleMania, for a short little while, Team Angle was left without a cause and were sent down to Velocity ranks. Soon, however, they found themselves in a ladder match for the titles at Backlash against Eddie & Tajiri (who replaced an injured Chavo). Unfortunately, they lost the titles. The two were yet again just another tag team thrown by the wayside. However, that changed when Angle made his return just a few short months later. Benjamin & Haas dumped their former leader and became known as the Self-Proclaimed World's Greatest Tag Team. As the WGTT, they acheived minimal success. Feuding with the likes of APA, Brock & Angle and other sleeper teams. Then, along came the draft lottery. the WGTT was split up and Shelton was sent to Raw. The following Monday, Shelton had the oppertunity of a lifetime when he had a main event match against Triple H. Shelton went toe-to-toe with Trips and matched him for every move. Out of nowhere, the rookie pulled out the victory on the biggest dog on Raw! Shelton is a phenominal talent, and I'm incredibly happy to see that he is finally being used to his full potential.

The Bad
As of yet, I foresee nothing wrong with Shelton's current direction. So long as the WWE doesn't screw it up.

The Ugly
Shelton has the potential to become a major player in the WWE. He's got the talent and he's got the ability. The only things that he really needs to work on are his mic skills and defining his character.

That's it for this week. I'll be back tomorrow with A Shot in the Dark.

Remember to send in your Raw quotes, and comments about this week's Complete Shot, to the_complete_shot@hotmail.com

Thanks for reading.

Josh "The Shua" Pesme
the_complete_shot@hotmail.com

[The Pez]

Not ONE comment or reply?!?! Why is it that Rachel gets all the attention, huh??? Make me sad :(

[The Stig]

LOL, don't worry Shua. I read your column and it was a great read!! I agree with all your view points on Shelton. He does have a great future and the wrestling skills to become a future champion. During these past two weeks I think he really established himself, and he has great potential to work solo, rather then with a team mate.

Like you mentioned, once his mic skills pick up, he will trully shine. Unless the WWE Try to screw up his character.

Great Column :),
K-Dogg

[The Pez]

Good...was beginning to feel unwanted. lol

Thanks K-Dogg. Is there anything you think I should change/add to make it better?

Let me know

[The Stig]

To me the writing and the thoughts flow very nice. You introduce your subject, you gave us the different views and aspects, and you closed the argument. It is also evenly spaced, and it catches the readers eye. It just needs to be a little longer and this will be flawless.

I'm begining to sound like an english teacher, LOL.

Great Job Shua :)

[The Pez]

Ya, I know about the length. It would've been longer had "The Bad" & "The Ugly" been longer.....but, I guess it all depends on the topic.

Thanks again.

[Duff]

that's pretty much what i was going to say. I think the Bad and Ugly parts need to be longer, but it's a hard part to do with someone like Benjamin. (Although you should know all about Ugliness. You do have a mirror, right? lol)

What you have is well written, its just unfortunate there isnt more of it. but like i said Shelton is a tough one to do this type of column on, and you've done a dam good job with what you have.

BTW, do you really need to ask why Rachel gets all the attention? Isn't it obvious what she has that you dont? That's right, she has power, and with power comes love and affection, which is why everyone loves me lol

[The Pez]

Duff, did you just call me ugly?!?! YOU TRUTH TELLING BASTARD!!!! :p

[wwechick1982]

I have power? It's going to my head all ready, oh by the way, great read there Josh! I like Shelton Benjamin, he and Charlie Haas worked well together and yes, I was sad to see them split. However, both are getting the much deserved TV time and Shelton even did one over on Haas, he beat Triple H! It was a good match and I was tuned in to see if the rookie could really do it and he did! It was great to see Trips job to someone, like he has been doing a good job of; I conmend him, even though I dislike him.
Good job Josh, keep them coming! :)

[unpossibl1]

Nice job Josh. From what I have seen, Shelton's biggest problem, in my humble opinion, is his mic skills/persona. Sorry to say, his promo with Triple H really showed the difference between a well rounded professional and someone who just has the physical skills to perfrom in the ring. Triple H's promo was great, as usual, but Shelton looked like an amatuer next to the Game on the mic. First off, Shelton has a bit of a lisp, which makes it tough for him to really come off as a bad ass. When he told Triple H that his name was "Mr. Benjamin, to you" and then tried to stare down the Game I was laughing my ass off. Don't get me wrong, Shelton is an incredible physical talent and could become a big star, but his persona needs some major work, because right now he looks like a main eventer in the ring, but not on the mic. A guy like him is screaming for a manager/mouthpiece. I wonder what Bobby Heenan is up to these days....

Anyway, great job Josh...glad to see you posting here at WrestlePower! :)

[james_aust]

Okay now I am just going to give you MY thoughts with constructive criticism - do not take it for anything but some advice on helping you out.. I used to write a column for an Australian Site and there is chance I will continue this year, depending on time constraints but I would like to give you some thoughts none the less.. I thought the idea of your columns were great and has much potential, but you started off in a bad way.. without sounding rude, you should not tell people too much about yourself unless it is extremely impressive.. ie: degree in journalism etc.. people will not be impressed by the fact that you are 19 and have liked wrestling for 6 years, sorry to say - I thought "So what?! I have liked WWE for 12 years, does that make me or anyone else good enough to write a column?" - and quite honestly, I believe many people would think that.. but you have guts to write a column.. if you don't have great amount of skills to talk about or degree's etc.. don't talk about yourself, and don't bother mentioning your age either.. many people don't respect the opinion of anyone below 25 and that is a sad but true fact.

There is also no need to tell people who your 'fav' wrestlers are (or Fave's - which would be the way I would spell it if shortening it).. this gives people an immature look at you - thinking you will have bias for these wrestlers.. generally columnists shouldn't have "fave" wrestlers.. so you should introduce who you like slowly maybe every few columns, but never say you 'like them a lot' or anything along those lines, claim that you have a lot of respect for the character or person and they have much potential or something along those lines - you are impressed by them, etc..

Other then that you just have to do the general columnist tasks of making sure the columns are as long as possible without being boring - well just not too short.. people need to be happy that they clicked your link. Then there is the editing, always read and re-write what you do, I did for my columns many times - generally an editor will help and spell check ;) haha..

I am not being slack in any way, just trying to help you get to your top potential :winkok: you did well!!

:offtopic: = Good luck.. and I will be watching you! :chairshot

[The Pez]

James....thanks, I appreciate that. I will definately remove that and edit it before I put it up on the board.

[Gravedigger]

lol@someone wondering why Rachel gets more attention. Rachel's a hottie and you're a nottie lol.

Nah, man, good column. I enjoyed it. I might try to make more time to read the columns on here. I know I especially will once the site is up and running. Other than a couple of spelling mistakes, I thought it was pretty good.

[The Pez]

Gravy, that was hurtful! Made me cry.....:p

Well, like I said, I'll work on it. Look for the next Shot to come out in a couple of days. I have no freakin idea who I'm gonna do it on, any suggestions?

[Gravedigger]

Gravy, that was hurtful! Made me cry.....:p

Well, like I said, I'll work on it. Look for the next Shot to come out in a couple of days. I have no freakin idea who I'm gonna do it on, any suggestions?
Keep in mind that I haven't read all your columns so this might already be done.

If you're doing good, bad, ugly, etc. on angles and wrestlers....then I say do it either on The Undertaker's return or Angle being made into a GM.

[The Pez]

That's not a bad idea at all......I think I will try Taker's return for the upcoming Shot and then I shall do Angle as GM the one after.

[james_aust]

Sounds like a great idea.. it's your thing so go for it.. I am still watching you :naughty: hahaha - I am glad you are doing Angle next week or at least later to give him another week in the GM role before you get him 'shot' hahaha.. :rockon: