Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho, Fatal Four-Way World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sheamus wins. I think they'll ride him a little while longer, but I wonder if his "feud" with Orton will last past this PPV.
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan, WWE Championship Match: Punk wins and retains. I guessed AJ would get involved last month and I was wrong; I'm torn as to whether she interjects herself here.
John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis: Does Ace convince Show to come back to save him, with the promise of getting his job back? Lesnar could too, but it wouldn't make as much sense with his feud with Cena not continuing. Part of me hopes Cena wins and Ace's time is passed, but based on tonight's Raw, I'm thinking Ace does something creative to skirt the Board's orders. I'll go Cena anyway.
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger, WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The faces win and keep the titles.
Layla vs. Beth Phoenix, Divas Championship Match: I don't like that this is the only heel I have going over on this show; Beth wins.
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Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho, Fatal Four-Way World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sheamus wins here. Hopefully, his eventual one-on-one with Del Rio will have a little more heat thanks to this match.
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan, WWE Championship Match: If AJ didn't involve herself last month when the opening was right there, I can't see her coming in here. Punk retains. Match of the Night by a mile, obviously.
John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis: My angry, irrational reactionary response was that Brock would run in since he's technically not a WWE Superstar. The consensus seems to believe Big Show's running in to save his job, which would be equally stupid. Either way, Cena, who overcame all the odds and beat the unstoppable $5M monster, will find himself jobbing to the retired midcarder. Laurinaitis wins.
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger, WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Vickie Family has gone nowhere fast and I think it's time to start breaking them up. Heel miscommunication lead to an Air Truth win.
Layla vs. Beth Phoenix, Divas Championship Match: Layla does the Kelly Kelly bit where she wins by fluke rollup.
SUPER LATE NITE EDIT: I had a talk with a friend today and in thinking it over...there is only one scenario in which a John Laurinaitis win will result in me NOT walking away and, in fact, will make me excited for the product. And that's if the non-WWE employee that interferes in the main event...is Dave Batista.
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Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho, Fatal Four-Way World Heavyweight Championship Match: I think they are gonna have to either give Sheamus a hot feud or get the belt off him and repackage him a bit. ADR is a black hole of suck, and Jericho has not set the world on fire since his return promos. Perhaps an Orton heel turn? WINNER: Orton
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan, WWE Championship Match: This is interesting. As much as the E hates the IWC, they are essentially giving us our dream match. This is more like "Two guys we have to use because they are great, but don't want to build the company around". I see Bryan winning, because they need to drag this out a bit with the whole Brock thing taking over the main focus of the shows. They may toss the belt on Cena, but that makes it even more likely Bryan wins here. Winner: Bryan
John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis: On no logical level should Cena lose. He just beat Brock and he's facing a retired wrestler they portray as not being good to begin with. Another Big Show heel turn is the last thing anyone wants, but seems the direction they are going. My wishful thinking is that it is so obvious, they'll have Cena win to SWERVE the fans. Winner: Cena
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger, WWE Tag Team Championship Match: If they really care about giving Vickie a credible stable, the heels win here. Hell, Dolph deserves some gold for selling for everyone on the damn planet. Winner: Zig Swag (I just made that up!) Edit: Dammit eco. -SF
Layla vs. Beth Phoenix, Divas Championship Match: If they had booked Beth logically at all, this would be a no brainer, but she jobs more than Ivory. Winner: Layla
* Sheamus retains * Swaggler win the belts * Layla retains * Punk retains and, on a thin card, there's no reason this match shouldn't get 30 minutes * Cena wins. Big Show does turn and all seems lost, but Teddy Long intentionally sacrifices himself to give Cena enough time to recover.
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Originally posted by JustinShapiroThey usually just add super-scintillating matches during the PPV now. Also, Ryder vs. Kane on YouTube, which isn't going to be happy.
Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho, Fatal Four-Way World Heavyweight Championship Match: I really don't care about Sheamus as World Champion, so I'm hoping one of these other guys wins. Still, it's a bit early for Sheamus to lose, so... WINNER: Sheamus
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan, WWE Championship Match: This is one of those matches where either guy could win and it would be pretty satisfying. I predicted Jericho would win both times and CM Punk wound up winning. Maybe, though, Bryan ends Punk's reign as an apology to the fans? It's hard to say, out of everyone in WWE, who should beat Punk. But I don't want this to be the one time I predict Punk to win and he loses, so I'm sticking to my pattern and predicting a Punk loss. Winner: Daniel Bryan
John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis: Cena beat Kane, had a big loss, then a big win against Lesnar, and I see no reason to take Laurinaitis off TV just yet, or fake-fire him, so I think the pattern continues and Cena loses this one. The big question, though, is how. They've set it up so that Big Show or Lesnar could run in. I don't think it'll be Lesnar due to his feud with HHH. So, screw it. Let's just say Kevin Nash runs in. Winner: John Laurinaitis
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger, WWE Tag Team Championship Match: It's hard to predict what they're doing with the tag division these days. I think individually, Ziggler/Swagger are better off. By "individually," I mean just Ziggler. I dunno, Kofi and R-Truth just won the belts so I think they hold onto them for a little bit longer. WINNERS: Kofi/R-Truth
Layla vs. Beth Phoenix, Divas Championship Match: Layla
In a huge swerve, Big Show comes in and POUNDS Johnny Ace into the ground helping Cena win. Ace gets fired, HHH hires back Show the next night, Show becomes #2 face..... Or Show really does retire the following night in front of a cheering crowd.
It's just too obvious Show is going to beat up Cena, then Ace resigns Show..... So I'm saying the WWE pulls a swerve.
Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho, Fatal Four-Way World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sheamus.
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan, WWE Championship Match: Punk.
John Cena vs. John Laurinaitis: In my dreams, Road Warrior Animal comes in, hoists Cena up on his shoulders, and Laurinaitis comes off the top rope with an Ace Crusher for the win. I'll settle for the Big Boss Man Big Show costing Cena the match.
Kofi Kingston & R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger, WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Champs retain.
Layla vs. Beth Phoenix, Divas Championship Match: Layla retains.
Kane vs. Zach Ryder: Zach eeks out a win.
The Big Bossman raised the briefcase.
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Ooops. Double post. Anyway, how come Flair goes .6 Muta when he get a pipe to the noggin, but Mr. Movie Star can't even bear to open himself up here? Continuity?