The new storyline involving Jack Swagger and Zeb Coulter
(Dutch Mantell) peaked my interest right away when it started. First of all, I
really like Dutch Mantel and secondly I think adding an old hand to a young
superstar who has potential is always a good move. However, in its short time
on television it hasn’t gone the way I thought it would.
When Zeb first took the microphone and cut his promo, I was
interested because I saw how edgy this sort of angle could be despite Zeb’s
subtleness. Thoughts of Col. DeBeers and his incredibly racist programs entered
my head, I thought about Greg Valentine and the Junk Yard Dog, and other angles
on this wavelength. With a Mexican World Heavyweight Champion, it wasn’t hard
to see where this was going. Sure enough Jack Swagger won the number one
contender spot and will battle Alberto Del Rio for the World Title at
Wrestlemania. However the most recent Raw has seemingly taken this in a
direction that I didn’t expect.
