Heel Turn

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As most people were expecting the heavyweight championship to change hands this past Sunday, something more impressive came to light. Batista was seconds away from becoming the new champion but came up just short after Rey Myseterio broke up a pin-fall that would have awarded him the belt.  Next, Dave telling his so-called best friend that he was going to "rip his head off" came at a complete surprise. What a perfect way for the much anticipated heel turn by taking out the person who you have won countless matches fighting beside. It appears that "The Animal" has finally snapped.

This could be the start of a great feud between little Rey and Batista. I was kind of disappointed in movement of Dave from Raw to Smackdown because I was afraid of having a second John Cena type of character on the best show WWE has to offer at the moment. This heel turn is exactly what Batista needs and the blue brand could use. Batista has become the lovable teddy bear with a big heart. But now he can feed off of his body size and just destroy people in his war path. It may even be possible to see Orton and Batista wrestling together sometime in the near future which could excite some old evolution fans.

When a person's character becomes a little stale, a face or heel turn could reboot their career and develop a new fan base. Let's see how the writers do with what they have to work with in "The Animal". In the past two year there has been two very successful heel turns; Jericho and Punk. Both have perfected the bad guy persona. Batista can now officially say "I walk alone" and it could be the best thing for him.


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Bragging Rights

Raw vs Smackdown Divas Match: Melina, Gail Kim & Kelly Kelly vs Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix & Natalya

This should be be a no brainier. Any team with Kelly Kelly loses.
Winner: Smackdown Stanks

IC Title vs US Title: John Morrison vs The Miz

Rivals turned friends and now back to rivals. This match is a long time coming. Both have been on a hot streak latly and while coneventional wisdom places money on Morrison Ill side with the Miz on this one. The loss here won't hurt Morrison but would the Miz and likewise Miz would get a bigger benefit off of a victory where as it's expected of Morrison.
Winner: chick magnet

World Heavyweight Title Fatal Four Way Match: Undertaker vs Batista vs Rey Mysterio vs CM Punk

Any time you have four guys that leaves a lot of room for surprises, like betrayals, heel turns and clusterfucks. This one though dose have a fun dynamic but in contrast to physical size, styles and personalities. It would be fun to see a line up of the four competitors with the 7 foot tall undertaker, a slightly smaller but still huge Batista, average sized punk and itty bity rey. The personalities are as decidedly different as their sizes clash as much as their wrestling styles. The Champion a man of few words like Batista but shares the theatrical style of Rey Mysterio. He also likes to punish the wicked like CM Punk . As for the match I expect to see the Batista and undertaker to both go after punk and may end up getting in each others ways, and punk to use the distraction to go after the man shorter than himself. Punk and Undertaker have their submission feud going on so expect that to continue here. Smart money is on Punk getting Rey to tap, but I'm feeling a little stupid. Rey will out sneak punk and bring home the gold.
Winner Rey Jr.

WWE Title Iron Man Match: Randy Orton vs John Cena

The eternal rivalry reaches its climax so we must be at the end of time. These are probably the last two I want to see go at it for an hour especially if time ends. I'll make this short in order to compensate for the match. While Cena on smackdown would be a fun swerve and I never underestimate McMahns hatred for smackdown, Cena will not leave Raw. Rhodes will probably come out to help cena but then Dibiase will neutralize him, leading to a fued between Dibiase and Orton maybe they'll make it interesting as a three way and throw in Rhoades.
Loser: The fans

Raw Team vs Smackdown Team: HHH, HBK, Big Show, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry & Cody Rhodes vs Chris Jericho, Kane, Matt Hardy, David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, Finlay & R-Truth

HHH and friends vs jerichos army of evil doom. I smell a rat. Cuz a member of raw is really a part of jerichos army and his name is show.Big Show. I expect I'm to turn immediately and the match becomes an everyman for himself.
Winner:Jerrishow

Bragging Rights

My predictions for the new WWE concept pay per view: Bragging Rights. A ppv to show which brand, RAW or SmackDown, holds superiority over the other show, along with two title matches.

Raw vs Smackdown Divas Match: Melina, Gail Kim & Kelly Kelly vs Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix & Natalya

I am going to swing my vote towards team Raw because I think there could be a good feud starting on the team SD side with Beth and Michelle. I see one of them costing the other the pin fall. If Mickie would have been apart of this match I would go the other way. The "good girls" walk away with the victory.
Winner- Raw Divas

IC Title vs US Title: John Morrison vs The Miz

Oh how all my wishes have come true with this long awaited match-up. It's time to see which superstar is greater in excellence since their departure from being a dominate tag team. This is a hard match to call a winner since I can see it going either way. Morrison gets the notch since I think Miz can work well with a loss to keep the feud going cause he is Awesome!
Winner- John "The Friday Night Delight" Morrison


World Heavyweight Title Fatal Four Way Match: Undertaker vs Batista vs Rey Mysterio vs CM Punk

I was surprised to see the Undertaker win the title at Hell in the Cell but I would be even more shocked to see him carry the belt for longer than a one ppv rein. It's nothing personal, it's his physical shape. I think it's time to see the belt return to the rightful owner... CM Punk. The straight edge superstar will probably get a screwy win by covering up someone like Rey after Taker gives him a last ride. Good champions always find ways to win.
Winner- CM Punk

WWE Title Iron Man Match: Randy Orton vs John Cena

Now this bout has some interesting stipulations in it. If Cena wins, Orton doesn't get another title rematch. If Orton wins, Cena must leave Raw for good. Well let me think about this... would Vince take his main cash cow off of his A brand show? No way. Cena gets the win but with help from none other than Ted DiBiase. That's right, this is the time for a face turn. I think Ted takes Orton out with just minutes to go in the 60 minute time limit match. Let's see how Cena holds up for this amount of time since he only has a limited amount of moves in his arsenal.
Winner- John Cena

Raw Team vs Smackdown Team: HHH, HBK, Big Show, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry & Cody Rhodes vs Chris Jericho, Kane, Matt Hardy, David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, Finlay & R-Truth

This is it... all the Bragging Rights in one big 7 on 7 match. Can the Raw team put it's differences aside to pull out the victory? I would normally never wager against DX but I must say that having the Big Show on opposite sides of Chris Jericho makes me wonder if the world's largest athlete will help out his Unified Tag Team partner when push comes to shove. I'm going with my under card pick of the night and taking team Smackdown. Every ounce of me says Raw will prevail but it also just seems too obvious. Go blue brand.
Winner- Team Smackdown

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Guest Hosts

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As we embark on another Monday Night Raw special guest host, I feel it's time I express my thoughts on the whole concept. I must say that after Vince bought Raw back from Donald Trump and he adopted the guest host idea, I enjoyed it to a certain point. Something different every once in awhile is a good thing in show business, but I must say that it's getting a little stale now. It seems like the hosts keep booking the same kind of matches (normally in the favor of the good guys). Most of these hosts admit they are huge wrestling fans but a majority of them pronounce some the wrestlers names wrong. I think this idea would have worked better in a sporadic time table. I would say appear on the episode of Raw before or directly right after a pay per view. That way it doesn't interfere in any kind of storyline build-ups.

The only two hosts that left an impression in my mind was Shaq, who over powered the Big Show and made SportsCenter headlines; and Trish Stratus, who got involved in some in ring action of her own by throwing around some divas. Big Ben and Bob Barker had good appearances as well but nothing impressive. Dusty Rhodes had a nice little twist at the end of his appearance by helping out Legacy but it was ruined in my mind by next week since Cody didn't even do anything to defend his father. I mean it wouldn't hurt Legacy if Rhodes or DiBiase would confront the leader (Orton) every once in awhile and have the master of the RKO put them back in their place by striking fear in their fragile hearts.

I think the guest host idea was brought upon with good intentions but has been on a downward spiral for some time. Vince can revive this concept by having Stone Cold, Ric Flair, or The Rock appear soon. I know it must be hard for them to find top celebrities to agree to host Raw but people don't watch wrestling to see the people on the cover of Star magazine. We watch because the wrestlers are celebs in our eyes already. Vince should come back to Raw on a regular basis (and stay off of SD because why ruin a good thing) and announce a new guest host every few weeks to run his job. Oh and don't get me started on allowing the hosts to do a multi-brand divas trade. How about next time make it a storyline for the switch from brand to brand.


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Who Will Prevail?

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Announced last night on Raw, at the Bragging Rights pay per view, there will be a match that many have been anticipating for quite some time. The current Intercontinental Champion, John "Friday Night Delight" Morrison vs the new United States Champion, The Miz. I can't recall the last time that I have looked forward to a match between old friends (you can't count the Hardys feud because it was as dreadful as watching the Abe Washington Show). The Miz & Morrison are in the history books as one of the greatest tag teams of all time by holding both the WWE Tag Team and World Tag Team championships. Not only do these two competitors have in ring charisma but they are flawless with their promo skills.

This match could easily steal the show since they both have been putting on great performances as of late. I must give credit due to their time spent in ECW to develop their individual characters. Morrison has been stepping up his game every week on the blue brand by defeating not only legitimate future IC title holders such as Ziggler but also by defeating top performers like Rey Mysterio (to win the belt) and even CM Punk. The Miz has had a little bit more of an interesting time since his switch to team Raw. He even lost his job at one point a few months ago. But like all good heels do, he returned with a vengeance. You might even give credit to his recent success when he switched to the black trunks. I think it gives his character a more sophisticated look by taking a chapter out of Jericho's book. The Miz has had an excessive amount of matches with Kofi, Bourne, and even his lengthy and humorous feud with John Cena. He may have gotten his ass beaten a few times by the chain gang leader, but it was a good career building move.

In a sink or swim business like pro wrestling, catching the attention of the audience on a weekly basis is the only way to survive. These two have accomplished just that task. Once a great tag team... hilarious talk show hosts on The Dirt Sheet, for which they won a Slammy Award... both former Tough Enough competitors.. and potential future WWE/World Heavy title holders. The Miz and John Morrison will no doubt put on an exciting match-up. I can only hope Vince gives them the time frame to put on the performance that they are capable of. Let's hope this ppv match builds for a bigger and long lasting feud. My prediction leads towards Morrison for a clean win but The Miz is still Awesome!


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Missed Opportunities:Bragging Rights

A ppv dedicated to WWEs 2 brands facing off is a good if not an obvious idea. Seriously, what took them this long. Wait, why don't they get it still?
Its simple you have the Champions of one brand face off against the equivalent title holder of the other brand. World vs World, US vs IC, Women's vs Divas tag vs-enn scratch that last one. It could be like a high school wrestling match you get so many points for a pin so many for a submission and to make it interesting winning brand gets three or so draft picks. This is something Ive wanted to see since the wcw vs wwf invasion angle though I always envisioned this take place at survivor series but hey its on ppv that works too. i thought they had it they even began to set it up in the multi man tag match at the smackdown 10 anniversary special then I herd john Cena challenge Randy Orton to an Ironman match.Wft!
Its not like I'm entirely against this match I'm just against it on a PPV about Raw vs.Smackdown. This could wait for Armageddon.
This is what Bragging Rights should look like.

Randy Orton vs Christian Cage with cage getting the win

Michelle McCool to face off against the only other women to hold both the Women's and Divas titles, Mickie James.

Mvp and Henry vs Jerrishow vs Batista and Rey Rey for the tag titles.

Undertaker vs Orton with orton getting the win.

John Morrison vs The Miz

Leagcy vs Crime Tyme vs Koslov and Zeke

Christian Undertaker with the Undertaker winning.

John Cena DX Borne and Kofi vs CM Punk, Ziggler Drew Mcentrye and the Hart Dynasty.

Then vince comes out and says he hates draws and announces one more match.

Undertaker vs Christian vs Orton in a winner takes all match won by Orton.

Missed Opportunities: Knockout Tag Team Championship.

When I first herd TNA were going to create a women's tag division I was a little excited. I've always liked woman's wrestling and tag wrestling so put the two together great combo. Add that TNA started out pretty well with the knockout divison but lately it has become a train wreck this would have been a good way to return it to its rightful place especially with the return Scott Demoore who first led it to greatness in the first place. However things didn't turn out as well as I hoped.
For starters they rushed the tournament so they could get the finals on the ppv before the biggest ppv of the year. Yes, the powers that be rushed the creation of the first women's tag championship in a major American promotion in a quarter century so they could squeeze it in on a minor wrestling show that takes place 1 month before their largest show of the year, where generally important things like the creation of new titles should happen. TNA also only had one established woman's tag team at the time(ok,maybe 2 if you count Kong and Saeed), and they didn't bother to make sure the visa of the main wrestler in the team had her visa shit worked out. That's a bitch move TNA. So their remedy they just throw a bunch of women together showing just how much they care about the division. In the final nail of the coffin the longest match in the tournament was 5 minutes.
What I would have done if I wanted to, you know, make the titles to mean something is give the tournament a little time. Have Dixie Carter make the announcement of the new division at hard justice 2 months before before bound or Glory with one tournament match a week on impact for six weeks with the finals at Bound for glory. While I would put some random people together I would have also brought in some outside talent like maybe a team from a Japanese promotion like TNA did with No Limit earlier in the year. I would have also done everything possible to hire Trish Stratus and Lita to at least a short term contract and bring them in as a team. These two are easly the two most popular woman's wrestlers of the decade and both are pretty good in the ring. By bringing in these two ladies it instantly adds credibility and brings attention to the titles. I would make it so in the finals are a three way match between Trish and Lita, Kong and Saeed and the beautiful people with the beautiful people winning by pinning Saeed then have Trish and Lita get another shot at the next ppv. the final ingredient I would add would be something TNA seems to be fond of at Bound For Glory's in the past is a special guest enforcer. A certain female athlete who just became the first womans champion in her sport in the first Womans MMA match to main event a PPV, Chris Santos Cyborg.

I apoligise for how off the predictions were

they were really really off dearreader. I is sorry.

Another Rematch?

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Ladies and gentleman, we present to you match number 237 between Orton and Cena. I would imagine that number is probably about accurate right about now. This time they up'd the ante though. Of course they had to have another gimmick match but this one I actually like. The 'I Quit' match served its purpose to show how superior Cena can be, but then to have a 'Hell in a Cell' match was a waste of time. The match with steel walls all around the ring is to end long lived feuds, not prolong them. But an 'Iron Man' match (a match which concludes with the winner being whomever has the most pin-falls or submissions at the end of 60 minutes) sounds like the perfect way to put this all to rest. The stipulations make it even more intriguing. If Randy orton wins then Cena must leave Raw and head to Smackdown or ECW (but we all know that he's never going be in the land of the extreme and moronic to even consider it). If Cena wins Orton doesn't get anymore title rematches.

I think JC could boost the ratings on the blue brand and could have some good matches with CM Punk and Chris Jericho down the road. I also don't want another Cena/Orton main event so I'm sad to say that if Orton loses the belt I won't be too pissed about it. Orton needs to refocus on the current dismantling of Legacy so maybe some time away from the title picture could bring this group back to dominance. This could even begin a good storyline of Ted leaving the group and challenging his current mentor. Spoiler Alert- DiBiase's movie, Marine 2, comes out at end of December and does WWE really want to endorse a heel as a movie star? Not likely. Having Legacy break-up their once tightly bonded bromance could mean huge matches between Rhodes/ DiBiase against Orton. If the 'Viper' knows how to do one thing, that's putting other wrestlers over and giving them credibility.

So to conclude, I have to say the outcome of this 'Iron Man' match has it's positives with either result. Does Cena head to SD to liven things up? Or could this mean Orton had to start feuding with other wrestlers in non-title matches? Either way, this is what the company needs. It's time to see some fresh faces in the ppv main event. Let's just hope HHH doesn't want the title back any time soon.


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New Show Ideas

Bootlegs- Its hard to have any meaningful matches like title changes at shows very few people will see, yet house shows remain a major part of business for promotions. What if a promotion filmed all their shows and took all the best house show matches and put them together in a show. This would add an element of excitement to all house shows while making sure great matches that would remain hidden are seen. To keep will the theme and cost down they could use handheld cameras.

Face 2 Face- A few years ago Wrestling Society X tried the impossible, have a wrestling show that only lasted half an hour an episode. Maybe it isn't impossible, maybe its a good way to get talent over. Have only one match an episode and before each match give each wrestler a 3-6 minute bio. this would be a good way to get new fans invested in a wrestler without intimidating them with the amount of soap opera backstory going on at the time.

NO CHANCE IN HELL... IN A CELL!!!!

WWE US Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz vs. Jack Swagger

I expect Miz and Swagger will gang up on kofi who'll be playing face in pearl for the whole match he'll be resilient but the odds are too great. Swagger will be the dominate wrestler in this match and the miz will be sneaky. As i said we should expect some team work from swagger and the miz but when kofi seems out of it they ll turn on each other expect the miz to be the first to turn. As for the outcome i expect the miz to sneak a roll up on swagger to win his first singles title in the wwe
Winner: The Chick Magnet by roll up.

WWE IC Title Match: John Morrison vs. Dolph Ziggler

This will be an athletic match between the two fastest rising stars on Smackdown. While Zigger is posed to win intercontinetal gold... just not Sunday. Morrison has a date with either swagger or the miz at bragging rights and Ziggler could use the wait. Ziggler will look strong but there is no shame in losing to The Friday Night Delight.
Winner: The Shaman of Sexy

WWE Divas Title Match: Mickie James vs. Alicia Fox

This wont last 5 minutes. While I think they re trying to push Alicia shes not ready for the belt and Mickie will face the only other women who's held both the wwe woman's and divas championships at bragging rights.
Winner:My Pan- I mean Mickie

Unified Tag Team Title Match: Chris Jericho and The Big Show vs. Batista and Rey Mysterio

Sleeper for match of the night and don't be surprised if another party shows up *cough mvp henry cough*.
Chris Jericho Big show have a long and strong reign fitting a team of two of the most accomplished wrestlers of all time. Still even with their greatness they may of found a match in Big Dave and Little Rey. Rey is faster than Jericho and a higher flyer who's had a little ah vacation and is all rested up. Show however is BIGGER than Dave and more powerful though Dave like Rey should be fresher coming back from an injury. While Rey and Dave may have more experience as a team they haven't tagged in a while while Rey and jr have been tagging the past 6 months. I expect Rey and Dave to win but only one set of titles due to the sneaky nature of Jericho.
Winners: Big Rey and Lil Dave

Hell in a Cell Match : DX vs. Legacy

This will be a close contest between the establishment "rebels" and the comparably Conservative uprising. These two teams have had quite a rivalry that both have seen victory and defeat. No one since rated Rko has been allo- I mean taken it to dx more than these guys. Still expect DX to have a victory if no other reason the old guard is good at guarding their place.
The Winners: The house always wins.

WWE Title Hell in a Cell Match: John Cena vs. Randy Orton

The champ is in hell with the viper. Will this manufactured legend be killed or will super Cena finally vanquish his long time foe. He will and it wont be pretty. Cena will survive hell and the viper eliminating the only major heel left on raw.
winner: You cant see me

World Title Hell in a Cell Match: CM Punk vs. The Undertaker

Phenom vs Punk will the dead man get cut by the straight edge? Yes. This should be a really good match albeit too soon for the hell in the cell. Its make it or beak it time with punk he needs the win here but The Deadman rarely gets defeated though and this is his yard. This wont be punks last ride as I expect him to have a clean victory here and he'll face supercena at Bragging Rights.
Winner:The only Strait Edge SuperStar

Hell In A Cell

As the first entry in this unique blog, I figured to I'd  post my prediction on this Sunday's Hell In A Cell ppv. The match listing as of right now (since we all know how Vinny Mac likes to make last minute changes) are as follows:

WWE US Title Match: Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz vs. Jack Swagger

I think Swagger takes this win after also dominating most of this match. It could help boost his career since he hasn't done anything since Raw stole him from ECW. Jack Swagger the All American American United States Champion, it has a nice ring to it.

WWE IC Title Match: John Morrison vs. Dolph Ziggler

Morrison needs to not only walk away from this match with the gold around his waist but also needs to put Ziggler over a the same time. These two could have a fairly nice fued for the upcoming months so there is no way it could end up being a squash match. 

WWE Divas Title Match: Mickie James vs. Alicia Fox 

I have to say Mickie only because I think Alicia is far too underdeveloped at this time to hold the title. 

Unified Tag Team Title Match: Chris Jericho and The Big Show vs. Batista and Rey Mysterio 

Not only do I predict Y2Show will retain the gold but I think this match could steal the ppv. Jericho and Rey Rey have been known to put on amazing matches and Mysterio will be well rested due to his recent suspension.

 Hell in a Cell Match : DX vs. Legacy  

Unfortunately I have predict DX walks away victorious but only because they've been putting Legacy over for the last few weeks. Plus DX is on the next ppv poster which gives me the reason to believe they'll be coming off a big win. 

WWE Title Hell in a Cell Match: John Cena vs. Randy Orton 

With the Bragging Rights ppv next month (Raw vs SD) I have to give the notch to Cena. This might give us a little break from the same match we've been seeing for the past 2 years. No more rematches with stupid gimmicks, please.  

World Title Hell in a Cell Match: CM Punk vs. The Undertaker  

Toughest call of the ppv. Punk has been so phenomenal as the title holder but we all know Taker is more than deserving to hold the gold for a little bit. I'm going to the coin flip on this one and will say CM Punk, the only straight edge champion, retains his title. It would be nice to see a clean finish as well.

Until next time.