Weve seen former WWE wrestlers Jamie Noble and Joey Mercury getting more and more screen time in recent months, with Mercury involved in a backstage vignette with Triple H after Stephanie McMahon got arrested. But Monday night basically cemented that Noble and Mercury are this generations Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco to the Authoritys Mr. McMahon. And thats a good thing. Noble and Mercury are perfect for this sometimes serious, sometimes comic role, and they are coming along at the right time. Up until this point, Triple H and Stephanie have had to enlist Kane and Randy Orton to do their bidding. The problem with that is that there are plenty of times that you need the hero to easily outsmart and thwart the villain, and having Kane and Orton constantly being defeated isnt whats best for business. Much like how Stone Cold Steve Austin had to combat Mr. McMahon and the Stooges (Patterson and Brisco), it looks like Dean Ambrose (whos sliding effortlessly in the Austin role) will have to contend with Noble and Mercury as the Authoritys charges. That still leaves Kane, Orton and Seth Rollins as the heavies, but it adds an extra layer, and it gives longtime fans a nice callback to the Attitude Era while providing the former superstars with a more defined role than breaking up fights.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
