Friday, June 25, 2004
Great American Bore
Once again, wrestling non-fans can skip today as I bring you my predictions for this Sunday's Great American Bash Pay-Per-View.
First things first, though...if the WWE is going to insist on running so many damned PPVs every year (they're up to 14 now, with the addition of this Sunday's Bash and Halloween Havoc coming in October), they simply MUST do a better job building up the cards. There are only 5 matches announced so far, and they have no more TV shows coming up to hype more. So any other matches that do get added to the show will be complete throwaways. Would you spend $34.95 for something as poorly thought out as this? I'm not. On to the matches...
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP (TEXAS BULLROPE MATCH) Eddie Guerrero vs. John Bradshaw Layfield- YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! The long-awaited rematch between Eddie and JBL!!! Oh no wait, I was thinking of something else. This just sucks. Eddie will win and hopefully get a better opponent next time, because he surely deserves more.
UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP (FATAL FOUR WAY) John Cena vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Booker T vs. Rene Dupree- This looks really promising, as all 4 guys are really solid in the ring and should put on a hell of a match. Cena will probably keep his title for now, but I wouldn't be surprised if any of the other 3 guys walks away with it, either.
THE UNDERTAKER vs. THE DUDLEY BOYZ (CONCRETE CRYPT MATCH)- I'm still not clear on the point of this whole storyline, but I can't see the Undertaker losing. The Dudleys work great as heels, especially with Heyman managing them, so why are they not defending their Tag Team Titles?
CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero- It's hard not to like a match involving these two, but we've seen it a thousand times before. This was hastily thrown together when senior citizen Chavo Classic was fired, so I'm hoping that with more time they'll give some of the other cruisers a chance. In the meantime, Rey keeps his belt.
TORRIE WILSON vs. SABLE- Nothing wrong with a little T & A, but I'm just not a fan of it here. Why do they think guys are willing to pay $34.95 to see 2 chicks in bikinis for 6 or 7 minutes, when they can get a LOT more for free on the internet? I'm not even giving this a prediction. Oh, OK, I'll pick Torrie just to keep my brother happy.
Rumor has it that Mordecai vs. Hardcore Holly and Billy Gunn vs. Kenzo Suzuki will be added to the final card. If this is the case, Mordecai and Suzuki will win their matches, and nobody will care.
See you Monday.
First things first, though...if the WWE is going to insist on running so many damned PPVs every year (they're up to 14 now, with the addition of this Sunday's Bash and Halloween Havoc coming in October), they simply MUST do a better job building up the cards. There are only 5 matches announced so far, and they have no more TV shows coming up to hype more. So any other matches that do get added to the show will be complete throwaways. Would you spend $34.95 for something as poorly thought out as this? I'm not. On to the matches...
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP (TEXAS BULLROPE MATCH) Eddie Guerrero vs. John Bradshaw Layfield- YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! The long-awaited rematch between Eddie and JBL!!! Oh no wait, I was thinking of something else. This just sucks. Eddie will win and hopefully get a better opponent next time, because he surely deserves more.
UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP (FATAL FOUR WAY) John Cena vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Booker T vs. Rene Dupree- This looks really promising, as all 4 guys are really solid in the ring and should put on a hell of a match. Cena will probably keep his title for now, but I wouldn't be surprised if any of the other 3 guys walks away with it, either.
THE UNDERTAKER vs. THE DUDLEY BOYZ (CONCRETE CRYPT MATCH)- I'm still not clear on the point of this whole storyline, but I can't see the Undertaker losing. The Dudleys work great as heels, especially with Heyman managing them, so why are they not defending their Tag Team Titles?
CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero- It's hard not to like a match involving these two, but we've seen it a thousand times before. This was hastily thrown together when senior citizen Chavo Classic was fired, so I'm hoping that with more time they'll give some of the other cruisers a chance. In the meantime, Rey keeps his belt.
TORRIE WILSON vs. SABLE- Nothing wrong with a little T & A, but I'm just not a fan of it here. Why do they think guys are willing to pay $34.95 to see 2 chicks in bikinis for 6 or 7 minutes, when they can get a LOT more for free on the internet? I'm not even giving this a prediction. Oh, OK, I'll pick Torrie just to keep my brother happy.
Rumor has it that Mordecai vs. Hardcore Holly and Billy Gunn vs. Kenzo Suzuki will be added to the final card. If this is the case, Mordecai and Suzuki will win their matches, and nobody will care.
See you Monday.
