Friday, April 01, 2005
WrestleMania Goes Hollywood
This Sunday on Pay-Per-View is WWE's biggest show of the year, WrestleMania 21. Live from Los Angeles, it looks to be a fairly solid show. Here's my predictions:
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- TRIPLE H vs. BATISTA: WWE has done a hell of a job building up this match, taking their time and letting the fans slowly get behind Batista, instead of screwing things up by turning Batista against Triple H out of nowhere for no real reason (like they did last year, when they completely botched things with Randy Orton, who should have had this spot on the card). I think Batista will take the title.
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP- JBL vs. JOHN CENA: Cena wins the belt, no doubt. With Batista as champ on RAW and Cena on Smackdown!, it looks like WWE is giving some young guys a chance to run with the ball and see how they do. Smart move. Which leads us to...
UNDERTAKER vs. RANDY ORTON: Going with the youth movement, look for Orton to end Undertaker's 12-0 WrestleMania record. Orton is much more effective as a heel, so he'll probably cheat his way to victory, cementing his bad guy persona, and hopefully making people forget his atrocious "good guy" run of the past 8 months.
SHAWN MICHAELS vs. KURT ANGLE: Too tough to call. Should be a hell of a match. if I had to pick, I'd say Michaels, but it could go either way.
SUMO MATCH- BIG SHOW vs. AKEBONO: Wow. I so don't give a shit about this "match." I know Vince has a hard-on about getting celebrities at 'Mania every year, but does Akebono count? Mercifully, this should be short, with Show getting the win.
6-MAN "MONEY IN THE BANK" LADDER MATCH- CHRIS JERICHO/CHRIS BENOIT/SHELTON BENJAMIN/KANE/EDGE/CHRISTIAN: The winner of this one gets a one-year open contract for a World Title match anytime they want. This should be the match of the night. Ideally, I'd like to see Jericho win, do a heel turn, and have a long feud with Batista for his new title.
EDDIE GUERRERO vs. REY MYSTERIO: This was kind of rushed onto the card, making me think they have future plans for these two. I'm guessing Rey wins, pushing Eddie over the edge and turning on Rey after the match, setting up a nice feud.
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP: TRISH STRATUS vs. CHRISTY HEMME: Ugh. No disrespect, because I know these women work hard, but does Hemme really belong on the biggest show of the year? Trish wins.
A side note: WrestleMania has always been the biggest show of the year, with all the biggest superstars getting a chance to shine. Shame on WWE for doing a poor job this year, with several big names and titles not represented. Not on the show: Booker T, William Regal, Tajiri (and no Tag Team Championship for the first time at a WM), La Resistance, Rene Dupree, Orlando Jordan (no U.S. Championship match), Paul London (who had to settle for winning the Cruiserweight title in a battle royal this past week, instead of a well-deserved one-on-one with Chavo Guerrero- also left off the card- at WM), Luther Reigns, Mark Jindrak, and Heidenreich. I'm sure I'm missing some, but you get the point.
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- TRIPLE H vs. BATISTA: WWE has done a hell of a job building up this match, taking their time and letting the fans slowly get behind Batista, instead of screwing things up by turning Batista against Triple H out of nowhere for no real reason (like they did last year, when they completely botched things with Randy Orton, who should have had this spot on the card). I think Batista will take the title.
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP- JBL vs. JOHN CENA: Cena wins the belt, no doubt. With Batista as champ on RAW and Cena on Smackdown!, it looks like WWE is giving some young guys a chance to run with the ball and see how they do. Smart move. Which leads us to...
UNDERTAKER vs. RANDY ORTON: Going with the youth movement, look for Orton to end Undertaker's 12-0 WrestleMania record. Orton is much more effective as a heel, so he'll probably cheat his way to victory, cementing his bad guy persona, and hopefully making people forget his atrocious "good guy" run of the past 8 months.
SHAWN MICHAELS vs. KURT ANGLE: Too tough to call. Should be a hell of a match. if I had to pick, I'd say Michaels, but it could go either way.
SUMO MATCH- BIG SHOW vs. AKEBONO: Wow. I so don't give a shit about this "match." I know Vince has a hard-on about getting celebrities at 'Mania every year, but does Akebono count? Mercifully, this should be short, with Show getting the win.
6-MAN "MONEY IN THE BANK" LADDER MATCH- CHRIS JERICHO/CHRIS BENOIT/SHELTON BENJAMIN/KANE/EDGE/CHRISTIAN: The winner of this one gets a one-year open contract for a World Title match anytime they want. This should be the match of the night. Ideally, I'd like to see Jericho win, do a heel turn, and have a long feud with Batista for his new title.
EDDIE GUERRERO vs. REY MYSTERIO: This was kind of rushed onto the card, making me think they have future plans for these two. I'm guessing Rey wins, pushing Eddie over the edge and turning on Rey after the match, setting up a nice feud.
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP: TRISH STRATUS vs. CHRISTY HEMME: Ugh. No disrespect, because I know these women work hard, but does Hemme really belong on the biggest show of the year? Trish wins.
A side note: WrestleMania has always been the biggest show of the year, with all the biggest superstars getting a chance to shine. Shame on WWE for doing a poor job this year, with several big names and titles not represented. Not on the show: Booker T, William Regal, Tajiri (and no Tag Team Championship for the first time at a WM), La Resistance, Rene Dupree, Orlando Jordan (no U.S. Championship match), Paul London (who had to settle for winning the Cruiserweight title in a battle royal this past week, instead of a well-deserved one-on-one with Chavo Guerrero- also left off the card- at WM), Luther Reigns, Mark Jindrak, and Heidenreich. I'm sure I'm missing some, but you get the point.
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Yup, I guess you missed it on RAW a couple of weeks ago when he took out Stacy Keibler with a vicious RKO. I thought she was dead.
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