I'm sorry to say this and I feel many non-kid diehard fans may disagree, but this Last Man Standing bout between John Cena and Edge is a blockbuster. I don't care what anyone says though because back when the first time these two feuded, the matches were often times strenuous and brutal, and with a last man standing stipulation, should be the same.
I even remember the time after the first feud ended when the two would randomly match up. It was almost a treat to see because of the history of their story. And the great thing about it was that the choreography exuded this by inserting a lot of grappling and mat wrestling maneuvers into the fights.
Now the two will duke it out to see who is the last man standing and the intrigue for this match is just the same as always; Cena dealing with that pesky opportunist, Edge. It will be interesting to see how things play out afterward if the expected (Cena winning) actually happens. What will Vickie Guererro do to keep her “loved one” in contention for the World Heavyweight Championship? And are Cena and Edge going to create a part two to their feud?
This year's Wrestlemania is somewhat classic. There are no big promotional gimmicks like Billionaire vs. Billionaire or boxer vs. wrestler. Most of the matches are straight forward, with no wild stipulations and the WWE is going to rely solely on its own people to put on a show. 我认为这是一个好主意。 With that being said, here are my predictions.
Chris Jericho vs. Rowdy “Roddy Piper,” Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, and Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat in an elimination match
I bet Jericho eliminates all three, but then the four of them and Ric Flair will beat on Jericho at the end. Jericho wins, but still gets his.
25 Diva Battle Royal
I'm really not looking too hard into this, and just found out it was a match when I prepared to write this article today. I'll just throw out Michelle McCool's name.
Money in the Bank Ladder Match
I'm still sticking by my statement that part of drawing Christian back to the WWE was a contractual guarantee that he has a title reign in his first year back. Christian wins.
Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker
The Phenom is not about to lose his perfect 16-0 streak at Wrestlemania in a match that means nothing. Shawn Michaels rests in peace.
WWE Tag Team Champions Miz and Morrison vs. World Tag Team Champions Carlito and Primo
The Miz and Morrison have been holding onto their titles for too long. The two Puerto Ricans will win.
Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy in an Extreme Rules Match
This is a tough one. But, I guess the gut has to go with Jeff Hardy.
JBL vs. Rey Mysterio for the Intercontinental Title
These two men will be going toe to toe on April 5th, 2009 at Wrestlemania 25.
Randy Orton is pushing his character's envelope. On this past Monday Night Raw he DDT'd Stephanie McMahon, which was awesome. Not only does he knock her out once with an RKO, but he comes back again and shows Triple H that he's not messing around by putting her out of commission with another hard move.
Even whenever he was just hovering above her while she was laid out on the canvas was in a way borderline. But to be truthful, I'm glad someone's got the stuff to pull something like that off. It seems like every time this Wrestlemania starts feeling like it's going to be bland that the matchup between Triple H and Randy Orton is keeping things interesting.
I guess one of the main reasons for that is this is one of the first times in a long time that a grudge match is for the WWE Championship. It's the most coveted title in all of the WWE, and yet its match is based more on the tumultuous relationship of the two characters embodied by Hunter Helmsley and Randal Orton.
想想吧。
无论是两个已经争得不可开交了谁是最强壮的人，谁还会被握住的标题很长一段时间。 The only thing this storyline is about is who the better man is. And that… “that's cool.”
I can't wait for the Triple Threat World Heavyweight Championship match on April 5th at Wrestlemania this year. I think it's gonna be absolutely great. After thinking it over a little harder, even though the Wrestlers have been seen in the ring together before, and the culmination of this match happened rather quickly, based on pure choreographical entertainment, this match could be tough. All three of the Wrestlers have a lot of in-ring entertainment qualities.
And another relatively young pro wrestler goes down.
I went onto the WWE's website this morning and to my shock, the head article was that Test, former WWE Superstar and Motley Crue body guard, had passed away. I must say that after a good five seconds I was not surprised at all that another pro wrestler, whose last in-ring action was as recent as 2007, is dead. What angers me is the way the WWE attempts to commemorate his “passing” away.
The headline on their website reads “Test Passes Away” as if to suggest that the guy was 80 years old or something. Why the hell would they use that verbiage for a guy that couldn't be more than 42 years of age? He obviously has “passed” by some cause that the WWE doesn't want to get any bad press for.
What doesn't sit well with me even more is the WWE's half-hearted effort with a literally one paragraph article about the man. And they say they extend their “deepest condolences” to the Test family. I doubt the WWE even knows his damn family.
我不打算说谎。 I love pro wrestling. But some of the stuff they do is just way too obvious, and I'm not talking about the show itself. And even though Test was not one of the biggest headliners, and we still don't know for sure how he left our world, he still deserves a little more than the obituary-like comments that his former employers gave him.
Last night on RAW, the bookers put the final stamping on the battle for Smackdown's title, and added John Cena to the match (as if that wasn't inevitable). The WWE's attempt to convince us that Cena had a good reason to be added by Vickie Guererro was quite comical. “Apparently” Cena exposed a steamy love affair between the Big Show and Guerrero, but before doing so, he used it as black mail to be entered into the match. I guess that shows the bratty side of Cena's character: blackmail the acting General Manager into placing you in a high-profile bout, wait until it's official, then expose your bargaining chip anyway. Even though this plotline is intriguing (yet unoriginal even for the WWE's standards), I feel many fans may agree that they are being short-changed by this turn out.
I think for the most part, everyone knows that Wrestlemania this year would not have been the same thing without mister Cena headlining. However, the storyline is not juicy enough for a Wrestlemania. The outcome is painfully obvious with that being Cena coming out victorious. But even with its apparent conclusion, things are not what they seem.
Last night on Monday Night RAW, Vickie Guerrero finally honored Cena's contractual obligations by giving him his rematch against Edge. However, Edge did what he's always done, what he's done since he got to Smackdown, and what he did in his first feud with Cena… cheat.
I'm all for cheating in the WWE. It's kniving, clever, and keeps stories interesting. You can't wait until that guy finally gets caught, or he defends his title with stipulations where the title changes hands on disqualifications. And a lot of the time I even like seeing a guy get screwed over by some cheating too. But this time it was too obvious and so unoriginal it was a slap in the face to the so-called WWE Universe.
Edge didn't cheat in any special way. He did what many champion cheaters do and that's use their belt as a weapon. It just puzzles me. Why would the WWE restart a feud that lasted quite a long time already the first time around, and rehash the same tricks as the last time?
Now the bookers are trying to fool us by having Vickie Guerrero, acting RAW General manager, name Big Show as number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship. That's crap. Nobody is going to believe that outside of the little kids who still think it's real. If this Wrestlemania matchup does not get altered somehow by the time it goes live, I will be astounded. And if it actually does end up being the Big Show and Edge, I will be forced to predict something unprecedented to happen.
For now though, my prediction will be that Cena somehow will qualify for the match and it will be a Triple Threat. We'll see though.
In this day and age, the WWE has one main rival. That rival is called TNA. And it sucks.
I'm going to write this article for those who know more or less about each franchise in pro wrestling. For those of you who know, TNA did have a solid stretch of success and intrigue in their story lines not too long ago, when they had guys like Jay Lethal and AJ Styles gaining some notoriety.
But now, they're a bunch of bums running on their last legs. They keep trying to lure disgruntled WWE stars to go to their show, and once they do, they immediately make an impact over the homegrown TNA talent.
Remember when Kurt Angle first came on the scene? 他做了什么？ He faced the undefeated Samoa Joe for the “whatever” title they call it down there and won. What's even more is that guys with lots of potential like AJ Styles had been relegated to follower duty behind Christian… another former WWE mainstay.
It's stupid little desperate moves like this that make TNA look like it may be dwindling down. One thing I cannot stand is their match choreography. Sometimes it seems like the wrestlers are so busy doing flips and moves that showcase their athletic ability, but when they make a hit on someone it's just too unbelievable. The only guy who makes crazy moves like that in the WWE is Rey Mysterio, when he flips guys like Kane solely with the force of his legs wrapped around his opponent's necks.
Anyways, TNA will go down hard because they don't have faith in building up their own guys, and keep trying to lure WWE vets like Angle, Christian, Booker T, Rhino, Sting, and others to boost up their ratings (Looks like Christian wised up and got out).
Oh, and somebody needs to introduce Shark Boy to Stone Cold. I don't think he would like little Shark “Ass” Boy too much.
How about this unpredictable No Way Out Pay-Per View? Both the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championships changed hands in the elimination chambers, thoroughly setting up an intriguing card for Wrestlemania.
Now that the Game is back in the main event of Wrestlemania, who can the WWE put him in the ring with to actually make things interesting. Triple H is great, and necessary for the WWE to succeed, but he's getting old as a Wrestlemania main eventer. But even then, with all of the sporadic title changes going on, who even knows if he'll be headlining it.
As for Edge, what the heck man? Why does he get to have the RAW title? 这是没有意义的。 I mean, it's kind of interesting, but sometimes the WWE likes to bend the rules of their own game too often. I can't even begin to think who he should be facing at Wrestlemania.
I doubt it would be Orton, even though a heel vs. heel match would be interesting. Orton would most likely wrestle Triple H of course due to their Evolution background. But that wouldn't be too entertaining. Those times were way too long ago.
Whatever the WWE decides to do for the big show this year, I say it will either be highly disappointing or greatly unprecedented.
What's up with Ric Flair stepping back into the ring for an episode of Monday Night RAW ? I wonder if there's some sort of storyline they are trying to develop, but if so, it can't be that good. It kind of also means that some of what Chris Jericho was getting on him about tonight is true.
To open up RAW Ric Flair got into the ring and started riling up the crowd. Nothing really memorable was said here, and nothing that hinted at a possible storyline for the future or Wrestlemania. He just kept assuring the crowd that he would not return to the ring but that he still loved the business. Then comes in Jericho, bashing him about being a sellout and contemplating how long it would take Flair to return to the ring.
Jericho also went as far as to accuse Flair of living the life of the character that Mickey Rourke portrayed in the move “The Wrestler.” Finally, Flair couldn't take it anymore and he cold-clocked Jericho in the face and onto the canvas.
Whatever Flair's “return” means, I still don't see the point of it. Even if he says he's no sellout, does his “storyline story” really mean anything? But it probably does comes down to just a 50+ living cash cow coming back to do his thing.
I am putting Rick Flair under citizens arrest, for being sooooo old and still some how finding a way to get back on Raw…Next week this guy is going to get in to a big battle with who else but Chris Jericho. Honestly, I hope that this doesn't mean “The Nature boy” comes out of retirement and I have to watch his wrinkly butt attempt to bang with the likes of Jericho. He can't possibly think it is worth it, can he? All Jericho did was say that he was washed up. Is it really worth it? I mean he'll probobly get his head kicked in or something like that. Either way, I really never liked Ric Flair so maybe I am just really biased. All I know is next week on Raw you may see the rebirth and death of a legend, so stay tuned in and “WooooOOOOOoo!”
It's time for some rivalry renewal this year at the Royal Rumble. These two have fought already in 2008, but not for any titles like they did when Cena won his first ever WWE Championship. They had their New York Parkling Lot Brawl match, and a few other scuffles in the summer of 2008. Now the tides have turned and JBL's got a lot more than swagger in his corner. He has his newest “employee” in Shawn Michaels.
Having Michaels playing puppet for JBL certainly heightens the intrigue of this match. If it had just been JBL by himself going up against John Cena, the obvious outcome would be Cena holding his title. Now with Shawn Michaels in the fray, things could definitely be interesting.
One would certainly have to think that a late Sweet Chin Music by HBK toward the end of the match could end up costing Cena his title, especially after what transpired during the contract signing on Monday Night Raw this week.
John Cena was trying to explain to Michaels that he still saw the good in him. Michaels didn't even flinch, showing no hint that maybe he'll change his ways at the Rumble, and then followed that attitude up with a tough punch to Cena's face. This then resulted in a super clothesline, or “Clothesline From Hell” as JBL likes to call it, from the Texas, excuse me, New York redneck.
Now for prediction time. I look for a bunch of momentum changes to occur in this match as usual. Cena may even take a Super Kick from HBK, but it'll be while JBL is on the mat, giving Cena just enough time to regain his strength and kick out. After that, with a little more fighting, I see Michaels going for another Super Kick, Cena getting out of the way somehow, and then Cena capitalizing on this good fortune by picking up the pinfall.
It's a great storyline, but I still think it's too early for Cena to lose his belt this early in his title reign.
On last Friday Night Smackdown, it appeared that a feud might be brewing between Jeff Hardy and Big Show. The kind of feud that starts off with the champion, Hardy, losing a few times to the Big Show, but inevitably ends with Jeff Hardy retaining his title to further build up the drama of the moment when he actually does.
But to my surprise, Smackdown did things a little different this time. They had Hardy actually beat the Big Show. Although the victory wasn't without question as Hardy won by count-out, it still makes things fairly interesting for the next few episodes of Smackdown as we still do not know who will be Hardy's opponent for the Royal Rumble.
Another interesting tidbit is the fact that there may be three Divas matches at the Rumble. First, there is the obvious Monday Night Raw, Women's Championship match that may take place. Second, Maryse just beat Michelle McCool on Friday night to become Divas Champion, so she too could be defending her title at the Royal Rumble. Third, in the match that Maryse won, Maria was the guest referee, and Michelle McCool decided to take out her frustrations of losing on Maria.
So the WWE is attempting to create a somewhat “gripping” women's feud, and surprisingly, this one isn't all that bad. And I mean, that's pretty cool but then again not really. Don't get me wrong. The Divas are really hot and they are truly great eye-candy, but most of the time as soon as one their matches begins, the “God please let this end” woes ensue. Tune in to see what the hell unfolds!
John Cena's time is now, but it's not his time to lose at the Royal Rumble. But let's see who he might face anyway!
After the December 22nd edition of Monday Night Raw, the pool of possible opponents to challenge for John Cena's World Heavyweight Championship at the Royal Rumble dwindled down to four. Shawn Michaels Super Kicked Kane in the face and got the pin. Then JBL was about to be 619'ed before his newest “employee” Shawn Michaels pulled him out of the ring and slapped him in the face to get JBL the win by having his opponent Rey Mysterio disqualified for interference. Then the douche bag, Randy Orton advanced by default because apparently his punt on Batista on the last Raw was too much for him to handle. After that, Chris Jericho advanced by way of a mid-air Code Breaker on CM Punk.
Now the four winners will meet next week on Monday Night Raw in a Fatal Four Way match where the winner will face John Cena at the Rumble. Of the possible four, you have to eliminate first and foremost, Shawn Michaels. He has been relegated to the role of puppet to JBL, and will be forced by his new master to do everything in his power to help JBL win. The next man out is Chris Jericho. He has already had the opportunity to beat Cena in the last two Pay-Per Views, Armageddon and Survivor Series. The WWE Universe does not want to be subjected to the obvious outcome of a Jericho loss again.
Finally, we have two men left. JBL and Randy Orton. This is so tough to call. First of all, the Randy Orton and Cena feud was never able to come to fruition as Cena suffered his first of two pure injuries prior to last year's No Mercy, where he was set to face Orton in a Last Man Standing Match. However, Orton wouldn't be a bad pick to win the Rumble for that same reason so that he could face Cena at WrestleMania (Truth be told, I think Batista will win it).
JBL on the other hand is a good option because we know he's not going to win the Rumble, and he would obviously lose to Cena if they fought because there is no way the bookers would let Cena put JBL over. 至少目前还没有。 Furthermore, the Royal Rumble is the king of all WWE Pay-Per Views where the title-holders retain their belts.
So for me, I am going to say that the big-talking New Yorker from Texas will be coming out victorious on next week's edition of Monday Night Raw. Then after that it will be some showman trash talking mic skills being spewed from JBL's mouth on John Cena for almost an entire month as the Royal Rumble won't take place until January 25th, where he will eventually, and undoubtedly, lose.
John Cena has considerably less tenure in the WWE yet is no stranger to championship success. Jeff Hardy, left, and Matt Hardy, right, are still newcomers to this type of limelight.
How about those three champions in the WWE! On ECW we have Matt Hardy holding the ECW Championship. This guy had been jobbing pretty hard perhaps a year, and then some, or so ago on Smackdown before MVP made his debut and they began their feud and Tag Team Championship reign. The enigmatic Jeff Hardy gained his first main title by winning the WWE Championship this past Sunday at Armageddon with his lights-out performance. And then we have the ultimate hardass… John Cena. And I don't mean hardass in the sense that he's a jerk. If anything, Cena is one of the prime examples of a face player… and he has the World Heavyweight Championship. I'm talking about an unbreakable good guy hardass.
Speaking of faces, all three of these guys are face characters for the WWE. I just think it's a little different and interesting to see them all with the titles of the brand they wrestle for. For guys like the Hardys, this type of success was a long time coming. The Hardy boys were constantly subjected to drawing “Oohs” and “Ahhs” from the crowds purely on wrestling ability, and both had a history of coming up short as singles competitors whenever they weren't tagging it up.
What's up with the WWE these days? I remember a time when almost every match and storyline was worth watching or following respectively. This was a time where Pay-Per Views didn't have to lean on having nearly every match be a title match, and start mixing brands. Nowadays you have the RAW title holder, Smackdown title holder, ECW title holder, and whatever Womens/Divas champion all defending their belts on the same night at almost every Pay-Per View.
There are good aspects of this and bad. The bad is that it has to suggest that separate Pay-Per Views for each brand (RAW, Smackdown, ECW) were not enough to draw TV purchases. But the good is that those matches sucked besides the title matches were starting to be all that anyone really cared about. I mean, when you had one Pay-Per view that was just Smackdown feuds, the only stuff that really mattered was a US Title match, the main event for the World Heavyweight Championship (now on RAW), and perhaps one pretty good grudge match like Undertaker and Great Khali. Other than that, every other match would be a bunch of filler for the most part. Stuff that the kids will enjoy.
However, now with the Supercards having mostly title matches or actually intriguing grudge matches, the Pay-Per Views really have become more purchase-worthy. But don't put some new marketing changes past the WWE anytime soon. For any of those who have been watching lately, I'm sure you've noticed the blatant exposure that Monday Night Raw has been trying to create for their Intercontinental Title with their 8-man tournament for the title against William Regal.
All in all, any real wrestling fan will not let this stop them from at least keeping up with the goings-on of their beloved program. The WWE may seem to be in a rut (especially when Vince McMahon has to give away millions of his own money to fans) but in truth, nobody gets more down and dirty than Pro Wrestling at its finest, and for those of you who already watch, you know what I'm talking about!
The three hour special of RAW looks like it will be pretty good. They've got three Pay-Per View worthy matchups and a three hour time slot for the WWE Universe's enjoyment. But if you ask me, the most entertaining stuff will be whatever gimmicks and comedic skits they come up with because I have a strong feeling that the three top-flight bouts, Cena vs. Edge, Batista vs. Triple H, and Chris Jericho vs. Jeff Hardy won't end in “one-two-threes” or tap outs.
First up, we have John Cena vs. Edge in a champion against champion match. Chris Jericho will most likely have already had his match against Jeff Hardy as well as Batista and Randy Orton. I am more than certain they all will interfere in this match as all six fighters have in one way or another between themselves at Armageddon.
I can see it now. Cena and Edge duking it out in what so far will have been an entertaining struggle. Then comes Jericho who faces Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship at Armageddon, and Orton, who faces Batista for no reason at Armageddon, interfering by beating up Cena. After that it'll be Batista taking out Orton who he faces at Armageddon, and then Triple H and Jeff Hardy running to the ring and messing with Edge, who they both face in a Triple Threat.
Even so, the show should not be missed as most three hour RAW specials are usually high quality.
The Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship that has been booked by the WWE board of directors for this coming Armageddon was so blatantly fixed up that… it should come as no surprise. When Triple H was attempting to pin his opponent, Shelton Benjamin, in the third of last Friday night's installment of Smackdown's Beat The Clock matches, it was plainly obvious that the referee was looking up at the clock. Now a match that should have been a one-on-one battle between Jeff Hardy and new WWE Champion Edge is a Triple Threat between the former two and Triple H.
Although the match may provide for plenty of excitement, the outcome is inevitable that Edge, with his new bearded look, will remain champion.
In recent years, the WWE has seemed to love the idea of setting up a Triple Threat match following a new champion's reign with the new champion defending his title. Anyone should see that Edge is not going to relinquish his belt just yet and he'll probably win in a manner befitting one of his nicknames other than “Rated R Superstar” with that being “Ultimate Opportunist.”
So, basically, either Hardy or Triple H will look like they're about to score a big pinfall, Edge spears the attempted “pinner,” and Edge covers the wounded contestant for the pin. Once again, this matchup should be of no surprise to anyone who watches the WWE, as it has been booked solely for the intentions of building up a notorious heel character in Edge.
It looks like the “Straight Edge Superstar,” none other than CM Punk has received some really good press from the inhabitants of his hometown, Chicago Illinois. He was selected to fill the role of Grand Marshall for the Thanksgiving Day Parade this past Thursday. What does this mean for all WWE superstars and punks alike? Some much-needed positive and family-oriented press that has been hard to come by for the WWE in recent years.
With the countless and mounting deaths of professional wrestlers and most infamously, that of Chris Benoit's suicide shortly after killing his wife and child, the WWE could use some Holiday lovin.
I think it is great that superstars may be beginning to be recognized for traits other than massive steroid use and “tasteless” entertainment. Guys like CM Punk are what the WWE needs. The crowd loves him, and so far, he truly is a straight edged superstar. So kudos to him for bringing a bright spot to the WWE.
Who knows? Maybe even fellow Chicago native and now president-elect Barack Obama will also have something nice to say about Mr. Punk as well.
How in the world is John Cena on top of the RAW food chain once again? It must be a combination of his stunning charisma and persistence to be one of the main, if not the immediate, faces of the WWE. After his second injury in under a year, Cena has fought just one match and become the new World Heavyweight Champion in the WWE above other top superstars that have been attempting to build their reputations on the raw roster in recent weeks and months; Randy Orton, Dave Batista, and Chris Jericho would be the main names to call out.
On November 23 rd , John Cena makes his return from injury to do battle with Chris Jericho in an attempt to regain what he had lost in his first of two injuries in just under a year… the top spot on Monday Night Raw with the World Heavyweight Championship. What makes this match so intriguing is that it will take place in the hometown of John Cena in Boston Massachusetts.
John Cena may very well be in this position again November 23rd, but holding the World Heavyweight Title as opposed to the WWE Championship.
It may seem a little surprising that Cena's first scheduled match after his injury is for the title already, but that's what Cena has earned being one of the WWE's practical poster-boys. Even during his injury he was regularly attending promotional charity events for the WWE, as well as appearing as a guest on television shows for Nickelodeon.
Jericho has the title now, but will he at the end of the night at Survivor Series? Alex V doesn't think so.
As for the match itself, I can only see one possible outcome… John Cena regains the title. I do not see anytime available for the WWE to build up a Cena-Jericho feud, nor do I see Cena losing his first match back from the injury, and especially in his hometown.
And if you're thinking about the possibility of a bitter Batista interfering and causing a disqualification, there would be no advantage for him in doing this as his personality fears nobody. His character simply does not care who is holding the title at a certain time because he always feels he should win. Plus, the WWE has yet to set up any actual Survivor matches for Survivor Series, and I'm pretty sure that's where we'll be seeing our beloved “Animal” for the Pay-Per View.
So for now, I'd say “the time is here” and “the time is now” for John Cena to be back on top on Monday Night Raw.
Good thing Vladimir Koslov doesn't need to speak English to become WWE Champion.
Smackdown has been getting busy the past few weeks building the feuds of Shelton Benjamin and R-Truth, tag team Champs and brothers, Carlito and Primo Colon versus Miz and John Morrison, and even the Big Show and Undertaker. However, one of the funniest growing feuds is that of superstars Vladimir Koslov and Triple H.
The WWE has been known to play off the realities of their superstars in the past to create drama-filled action; Hardy and Edge over the love of Lita, and Ric Flair and Mick Foley in the whole “Glorified Stuntman” argument just to name a few. And now in the present, in the feud between Triple H and Koslov, it is the origin of Koslov and his ESL level of speech that have The Game rolling on Smackdown.
On Cyber Sunday, Dave Batista regained the title he once held three times on Smackdown... the World Heavyweight Championship.
The time and the day has come for WWE's Monday Night Raw 800 th episode. And boy have the WWE bookers created a great one in pitting Chris Jericho against Dave Batista in a Cyber Sunday rematch next Monday night. Chris Jericho invoked his rematch clause this past Monday assuming he would get to face Batista in a traditional match. However, General Manager Mike Adamle came up with another one of his “Adamle Originals” and declared that the match be staged in a steel cage and it should be a good one.
This time, Jericho won't be playing keep-away to save his title from a clearly superior opponent in Batista. He will have to scratch and claw for it, especially in the steel cage, so expect for Jericho to launch a spirited assault on the Champion. Do not be surprised if Batista is caught off guard in the early going by whatever strategy Jericho will employ in their rematch next week.
Mike Adamle and his "originals" gets'em every time!
Now, with that being said, the main title will rarely change hands on television. That is a scenario that is typically delegated to the Supercards (aka Pay-Per View). Either way, the match should, for sure, feature much excitement. The WWE should never be counted out to deliver when they are celebrating one of their benchmark achievements, and I would say that the three hour special 800 th episode of RAW should not disappoint.
Smackdown is trying its best to score new talent. It looks like they found someone in R Truth.
I want to talk about a guy who is making waves on the Smackdown roster as of late. He is the man who comes out of the fan-level rafters rapping, just finished beating MVP this past Friday, and knocked out US Champion Shelton Benjamin the week before in non-title action. This newcomer I speak of is R Truth, formerly known in TNA as Ron Killings.
His high-flying antics have drawn much cheer from the crowd in the past weeks and that shows that he has some impressive in-ring skills. Aside from his in-ring skills he is also something of a public relations person for the WWE. When he enters the arena to begin a match he comes out of the fan seating area rapping his own theme song “What's Up?” and allows a fan or two to sing along as he passes them the mic when the song goes “What's Up?!
His speech skills aren't that great but his back story gains sympathy for the crowd. It is a classic chip on the shoulder comeback story. A man from the rough areas of Charlotte North Carolina who has spent time in prison and now aims to turn things around with Pro Wrestling.
The WWE has lately been trying to hype up their new talent using commercial promos that air weeks before the newcomer even wrestles their first match. This is one superstar that might be in the spotlight in the near future. US Title Triple Threat match for Cyber Sunday involving Shelton Benjamin, MVP, and R Truth anybody?
Finlay has never been a real Super Card draw so I don't see that changing. When the fans select Evan Bourne, the WWE will plan an exciting matchup that will elevate Evan Bourne's status with the fans.
Evan Bourne has a chance to make even bigger waves than he already has at Cyber Sunday.
Three potential opponents have been selected for the WWE Universe to vote for to face Matt Hardy for his ECW Championship; Mark Henry, Evan Bourne, and Fit Finlay. At this point in Matt Hardy first title reign as the ECW champ I do not yet see him losing the belt. However, there will still be one benefactor in this match and his name is Evan Bourne.
Tripple H looks to continue his reign against the Smackdown roster.
Koslov shows a lot of promise, but he still has plenty to prove.
At Cyber Sunday we'll be treated to a title match where HHH will defend his belt against Jeff Hardy, Vladimir Koslov, or the two of them at once. Either one of them alone, or both for that matter at the same time, is going to be a handful for HHH.
Jeff Hardy brought HHH to the brink of defeat at No Mercy, while Koslov is a wrestler that neither HHH nor Jeff Hardy know all that well. The upper hand would look to be Koslov's when looked at in this light.
However, I would still say it's too early for the WWE and Smackdown brand to give the title to Koslov or Jeff Hardy, and HHH is going to win. I just see him losing it in a long, hard-fought singles match against another face wrestler in the future.
As for who HHH is going to wrestle and who fans are going to vote for, I'd have to say everyone's going to pick the Triple Threat match. It usually allows for a lot of excitement, but the title rarely changes hands whenever there are more than two wrestlers in the ring.
The Animal can be guilty of acting like one at times. He could easily fall prey to a Jericho & Cade trap.
This match is gonna be real cool to watch. First of all, everyone knows that Stone Cold Steve Austin is going to get the most votes to be the guest referee for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. And if anyone saw Cyber Sunday last season, Stone Cold reffed a straight match between Batista and The Undertaker.
Furthermore, Chris Jericho just won his title, and this isn't CM Punk, so I think it's still too early for him to lose it. But, everyone knows that Jericho doesn't have the power to pin Batista straight up or win convincingly. So what will the WWE do?
With all that being said, I can't wait to see what Vince McMahon, Shane, Stephanie, or Mike Adamle have planned for this. I am going to predict the following. Anyone should know that Chris Jericho will retain his title. But how?
I predict that on one of the Monday Night RAW shows before the Pay-Per View that Stone Cold will get into it with Batista, prompting Austin to screw Batista over in the match.
Or…
Some kind of a crazy disqualification involving either of the three during the match. Maybe one of them bumps into Steve Austin and he gives them a Stunner? Perhaps Lance Cade gets involved? We'll see.
Stone Cold Steve Austin, a long-time fan favorite should be a shoe-in as the Guest Referre this Cyber Sunday.
Chris Jericho is too devious to lose his title on the first match agains Batista.
