With the card pretty much complete, I figure it's not too early to fire this up.
No Holds Barred: The Undertaker Vs. HHH This'll be better than most people think. Some heart-in-mouth false finishes, but UT wins. Of course.
WWE Title Match: The Miz (c) Vs. John Cena With Rock and Cena now hinting to the press that they might lock up in he future and UT/HHH scheduled for last, I think we see Miz retain and Cena and Rock come to blows. Maybe even the long hoped-for Cena turn?
World Heavyweight Title Match: Edge (c) Vs. Alberto Del Rio Edge retains here, but Del Rio takes the belt at Extreme Rules next month.
Mixed Tag Match: John Cena/Trish Stratus/Snooki Vs. Dolph Ziggler/Laycool The face team, naturally. With some Vickie humiliation worked in there too.
Randy Orton Vs. CM Punk Orton wins, decisively. Maybe gets a punt in on Punk, too.
Dashing Cody Rhodes Vs. Rey Mysterio I REALLY want Cody to win here, and I think he might.
Jerry "The King" Lawler Vs. Michael Cole A big ol' pop-the-crowd schmozz, with Swagger and Cole working a heat segment on Lawler before Austin equalises things and Jerry beats Cole to a pulp. Post-match sees Austin and Lawler bring out JR to replace Cole at the announcing table.
United States Title Match: Sheamus (c) Vs. Daniel Bryan Sheamus retains. I hope this gets time.
Eight-Man Tag Team Match: The Corre Vs. Big Show/Kane/???/??? The Corre desparately need a win here, but I don't think that'll happen. Faces go over.
- Agreed, this'll be better than most people think. It's also a rare straight up face vs face match. Can you imagine the uproar if Triple H is the one to break the streak? Taker wins, the streak continues.
WWE Title Match: The Miz (c) Vs. John Cena
- Miz wins, maybe due to some Rock/Cena misunderstanding. Either way, Miz retains.
World Heavyweight Title Match: Edge (c) Vs. Alberto Del Rio
- Christian will factor into this, probably to counter Brodus Clay and Ricardo. I'm going with Edge, with an eventual Hell in a Cell or Steel Cage match down the road to settle things.
Mixed Tag Match: John Morrison/Trish Stratus/Snooki Vs. Dolph Ziggler/Laycool
- First overbooked match of the night. Heels win, faces get their heat back after.
Randy Orton Vs. CM Punk
- Punk wins, feud might continue.
Dashing Cody Rhodes Vs. Rey Mysterio
- Rey picked the feud apparently, likely to help build up Cody. How do you do that? Let the kid win. COdy picks up the victory.
Jerry "The King" Lawler Vs. Michael Cole
- Second overbooked match of the night. Largest pop of the night? MAYBE! Lawaler wins with what I hope will the THE PILEDRIVER.
United States Title Match: Sheamus (c) Vs. Daniel Bryan
- Sheamus retains in what will be the best wrestling wrestling match.
Eight-Man Tag Team Match: The Corre Vs. Big Show/Kane/???/???
- Corre wins.
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No Holds Barred: The Undertaker Vs. HHH Interest: B Prediction: They will use the stip to hide both guys limitations. There Will Be Blood. UT wins.
WWE Title Match: The Miz (c) Vs. John Cena Interest: A- Prediction: I figure that a heel will win one title match and a face the other. As much as I think Miz is overrated, it makes the most sense for him to take advantage of Cena's occupation with Rock. Plus, there is really nowhere to go if Cena wins the belt. If they do want to do Rock Vs. Cena, they will either do it at Summerslam or next year's Mania, and that is too long a build to keep the gold on Cena.
World Heavyweight Title Match: Edge (c) Vs. Alberto Del Rio Interest: C Prediction: Alberto is hot and Edge has floundered since he came back over a year ago, but I can't see heels winning both title matches. Edge.
Mixed Tag Match: John Morrison/Trish Stratus/Snooki Vs. Dolph Ziggler/Laycool Interest: F Prediction: The faces
Randy Orton Vs. CM Punk Interest: C+ Orton wins, punts Punk, and will chase Miz through summer. I predict also that this will be the end of Nexus and Corre. Punk will come back even more Evil to go after Orton alone.
Dashing Cody Rhodes Vs. Rey Mysterio Interest: C Prediciton: This will show if Cody is worthy of anything more than midcard for life. If he can't hang with Rey, you might as well abandon any big plans for him. Rey wins here.
Jerry "The King" Lawler Vs. Michael Cole Interest: A+ Prediction: Best booked match on the card. Cole will run from Jerry, with Swagger interferring more and more. Cole runs, Lawler catches him, Swagger cuts him off, Austin warns Swagger. Austin finally gets sick of it and stuns Swagger and goes to the Announce table to give some fun commentary. Lawler continues to chase Cole while Swagger wakes up. The crowd gets more and more anxious. Lawler finally catches Cole and beats him up a bit until Swagger attacks him. Austin stuns him again. Cole tries to give up and run away, but the Divas come down the ramp and force him into the ring and turn it into a Lumberjill match. Cole gets his ass kicked. Strap come down. Fist off the second rope. PILEDRIVER. Cole wears a neckbrace for the next year and recruits KONG to kill the Divas.
United States Title Match: Sheamus (c) Vs. Daniel Bryan Interest: D Prediction: I think we've seen Bryan do about all his is gonna do in his WWE stint. I'm surprised he's been pushed as much as he has. Sheamus is homebrewed and that always beats out anyone with fame from another company. Sheamus O'Shaneaushay wins.
Eight-Man Tag Team Match: The Corre Vs. Big Show/Kane/???/??? Interest: F Prediction: Corre is killed off.
Random calls:
-Rock as host will announce JR as an announcer since Lawler and Cole are tied up.
Originally posted by ScottyflamingoI think we've seen Bryan do about all his is gonna do in his WWE stint.
Yeah, this is completely ridiculous.
They only put him in the main event of Summerslam, used him to help build the Miz, gave him the secondary title, made him a shirt, and generally treat him as the new Benoit.
But we're side tracking this thread =\
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My biggest prediction for this year's Mania is, that as this is the first one I'm attending in-person after watching this nonsense for 24 years, it will be a ridiculously fun evening, no matter the quality of the card or lack of a dream match.
That said, this card's really not bad at all. I think we're missing the confirmation of the Corre match, but I think that'll come together, maybe even the night of. And I can assume we'll see Santino make an appearance that night one way or another.
TRIPLE H v UNDERTAKER Undertaker retains, and I think HBK will get involved right when it looks like Triple H is gonna take this one. Winner: Undertaker
MIZ v CENA Sadly this depends on when this match goes on. If it's before Triple H/Taker, then I give it to Miz w Rockference. If it's dead-last, I give it to Cena with a stereo 5 Knuckle Shuffle/People's Elbow. Winner: Cena
EDGE v ALBERTO DEL RIO I think they continue the push. Winner: Alberto Del Rio
ORTON v CM PUNK There is no way they don't put Punk over here. And there's no way I don't get in a fight with some Orton fan over it, either way. A VERBAL war, mind you. I'm not getting tossed after 24 years of build-up. Winner: Punk
LAWLER v COLE Should be a blast. Austin and Lawler will have a beer shower x 5000. Winner: Lawler
SHEAMUS v BRYAN Either way, I really hope they get more than 5-7 minutes. Winner: Bryan
CODY RHODES v REY MYSTERIO This is a much-anticipated match from my perspective. I think it also opens the show. Winner: Rhodes
TRISH, MORRISON, and SNOOKS v LAYCOOL, ZIGGLER If you want have fun then do sumthin Winner: Faces
Tentative: CORRE v FACE TEAM MASH-UP The Corre needs a win, and though it's unexpected, I bet they get it. Unless the surprise is Diesel, then forget about it. However, it won't be Diesel, it'll be Kofi and someone else. (Bourne?) Winner: Corre
The Corre, over Kane/Show/Kofi/Santino/Kozlov...the Corre debut a new member (Sheffield?) to even the sides
Lawler
Orton
Mysterio...this feud has already put Cody over like nuts, but since he's gotten the upper-hand throughout, Rey wins the actual match
Sheamus
Trish, Snooki and Morrison
Cena...I really don't think Rock will get wrestle again, and his comments to the AP this week were just window dressing. Though it makes more sense to have Miz retain, the power of the WM happy ending equals Cena winning the title
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'Taker, Cena (rooting for Miz), Edge, Morrison/Stratus/Snooki, Orton (rooting for Punk), Rhodes, Lawler, Sheamus (rooting for Bryan), ShowKane's mystery team.
General predictions:
Cole gets piledriven. Swagger gets Stunnered.
If Christian comes out during the Edge/Del Rio match, it'll be to screw over Edge for whatever inexplicable, illogical reason they can think of.
Cena and Rock have a face-to-face a la Rock/Hogan at WM18. They don't get physical with each other, though Rock might get physical with Miz.
Snooki does better in the ring than Jay Leno did back in '98, but that's not saying a whole lot.
Morrison does something awesome.
Miz/Cena goes on last.
Trips/Taker ends up better than we fear, but not as good as their WM17 confrontation that "never happened". 'Taker does the insane suicide dive that he always breaks out for WrestleMania.
'Taker goes back on limited duty; has maybe four or five televised matches between WM27 and WM28, in which he defeats John Cena to go 20-0, and then retires.
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'Taker goes back on limited duty; has maybe four or five televised matches between WM27 and WM28, in which time he has a world title reign or two and vacates the belt.
'Taker goes back on limited duty; has maybe four or five televised matches between WM27 and WM28, in which time he has a world title reign or two and vacates the belt.
Fixed it.
Ha, you might be right, actually.
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DANIEL BRYAN'S GIG: INVOKE TITLE REMATCH AGAINST THE NEW UNITED STATES CHAMPION, SHEAMUS (AND THE HAIRDO, TOO). WHITHER LASSES?
SEE THIS: THE KING LAOCH ASPIRES TO SHEAR AND SLAY (VEGAN?) AMERICAN DRAGON. (AH, BUT IT WOULD SMITE, THEN DINE ON THIS WHITEST MEAT.)
Prediction: Bryan
HUBRIS, IT SLIPS... CODY RHODES, SELF-WORTH SHOT, SEEKS REVENGE AGAINST REY MYSTERIO BECAUSE A FREAK ACCIDENT MADE HIM DASHING NO MORE. UNREAL, NO?
DOS HOMBRES SIN CARAS: ONE...HIS DREAMS SHATTERED...HE HIDES IT IN SHAME. ONE FOR LEGIT CULTURAL PRIDE...BOOYAKA! GUYS IN MASKS...FEW GET EVERY CONCERN.
Prediction: Rhodes
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Originally posted by ekedolphinTrips/Taker ends up better than we fear, but not as good as their WM17 confrontation that "never happened". 'Taker does the insane suicide dive that he always breaks out for WrestleMania.
I think this move is beyond UT's purview. He didn't do it last year against Michaels, probably gunshy after the botched spot the year prior with the cameraman (Sim Snuka).
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You know, if Austin wasn't the ref, I would bet the farm on a finish of "Lawler piledrives Cole into oblivion, gets DQed for an illegal move."
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." --- Bart Giamatti, on baseball
Originally posted by Big BadYou know, if Austin wasn't the ref, I would bet the farm on a finish of "Lawler piledrives Cole into oblivion, gets DQed for an illegal move."
Undertaker vs. Triple H, No Holds Barred Match: Taker wins, Streak continues.
The Miz vs. John Cena, WWE Championship Match: I'm not as sold on Cena winning as I was a few weeks ago, but I still think he takes the title. I'd be overjoyed to see Miz win though and keep that "M" title.
Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio, World Championship Match: Del Rio has been beaten two weeks in a row by Christian on Smackdown, which one would think signals a Del Rio win at the PPV, but these losses feel different. I'll still go Del Rio, my original pick, though.
Randy Orton vs. CM Punk: This feels like a match that could end in some sort of non-clean finish. I'll say Orton wins by DQ, continuing the feud.
Michael Cole vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin as special referee: Hopefully, a Vince vs. Bret-like burial of Cole here. Lawler wins.
Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan, United States Championship Match: I'll say Bryan wins it back here.
Trish Stratus & John Morrison & Snooki vs. LayCool & Dolph Ziggler: WWE gets their mainstream media moment, Snooki gets the pinfall win for her team.
Cody Rhodes vs. Rey Mysterio: I think a win here for Cody could do wonders for him and really vault him to the next level, but it's Wrestlemania, so Rey wins.
The Corre vs. Kane & Big Show & Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov: Faces win.
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