At 3/26/11 06:34 PM, Swackman wrote: It HAS to be; I doubt Cole is dumb enough to do that, knowing full well he's on a PG show.

Is it ever acceptable to make that kind of remark? Even if WWE is still strictly PG, I know they won't appreciate that kind of slip up from one of their hottest heels.

He has apologised for the remark, which I guess means he wasn't hacked, but the damage has already been done...

At 3/27/11 01:05 PM, Tetris wrote: Miz confirmed for defending at Mania and Extreme Rules?!

Over the Limi Poster

Um.....wait what?

Also to Mudkips, who doesnt want to fuck Sheamus?

Smackdown was ok, but only because it had such an excellent finish.

Mysterio and Punk was looking good but the real story was with Cody coming out and bashing in Rey's nose in the same fashion that it happened to him. Good buildup but (begin backseat GMing) that stage of the feud should have happened last week and this week should have had a promo. The feud is in dire need of at least one more before their match because right now it's not really that exciting for a Mania match.

Poor Drew. Not sure if he did something to recently get in the dog house but he's been absent or losing matches lately, he doesn't have a match at Mania yet, and it doesn't look like he's getting one.

Also poor Kofi. He's basically been the quietest IC champ I've seen. Him getting the title was just to promote Ziggler to the main event, and now he loses it. The finish of Trouble in Paradise countered into Wasteland was great though. Hopefully this leads to the Corre starting some kind of major domination angle on the show. I imagine it'd be something like the group owning all the titles and finding a way to manipulate the show to make them this giant evil power etc etc. Everyone I just mentioned also doesn't have a Mania match yet either...

Divas match...meh
Undertaker talks again...meh.
Swagger and Truth...meh.
Cole being Cole...I cracked a smile at victory laps.

Everything about Christian and Del Rio was absolutely fantastic. The two of them have great chemistry and Vince would be an idiot not to have some kind of angle between them post Mania. Edge did good in his sideline role too and the part where Del Rio and Christian were countering back and forth made the match even better. I'm also just a fan of Christian and Edge working together and the whole "Bro I got this." moment was awesome. Edge looks like he has gone off the deep end too.

Now I have to ask, is it normal for a ton of guys to not have a Mania match a week before the event? Because as I said before we have Christian, Drew, Kofi, Big Show, Kane, and The Corre without them. You could seriously do a SD only MitB match with Christian, Drew, Kofi, Slater, Gabriel, and...I don't know, throw Chavo in there for kicks. You then have Big Show and Kane vs, Wade and Zeke and promote it as a Giant Match since they're all big guys, and right there you have two good (on paper) matches.

And I also heard that the next SD is just going to be a pure hype up show with no matches. (someone please confirm if this is true or not) If that's the case, you've run out of time to promote anything on the blue brand unless you just announce stuff on Raw.

At 3/27/11 01:05 PM, Tetris wrote: Miz confirmed for defending at Mania and Extreme Rules?!

Over the Limi Poster

I don't think it exactly means Miz is WWE champ.. I don't see the title on him in that poster and non-WWE Champs can brace the cover of a ppv poster too..

also last night I had WWE.com open for a few hours, I refresh it and then it had a revamped look.. weird

At 3/28/11 01:51 AM, Random-Her03 wrote:

At 3/27/11 01:05 PM, Tetris wrote: Miz confirmed for defending at Mania and Extreme Rules?!

Over the Limi Poster

I don't think it exactly means Miz is WWE champ.. I don't see the title on him in that poster and non-WWE Champs can brace the cover of a ppv poster too..

The poster for over the limit came out around the same time last year featuring edge, who lost at wrestlemania to chris jericho.
So don't read anything into it.

At 3/26/11 09:39 PM, HeartbreakHoldout wrote:

At 3/26/11 06:34 PM, Swackman wrote: It HAS to be; I doubt Cole is dumb enough to do that, knowing full well he's on a PG show.

Is it ever acceptable to make that kind of remark? Even if WWE is still strictly PG, I know they won't appreciate that kind of slip up from one of their hottest heels.

He has apologised for the remark, which I guess means he wasn't hacked, but the damage has already been done...

O_O

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? This 'disgruntled, bitter douche' gimmick is the biggest thing you've been given, and you go & say something that could get you fired? MORON.

At 3/28/11 04:26 PM, Tetris wrote: Backstage shit going down over Mania.

SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII I

and the others guys...!

Huh. Notice they said "prominent RAW-brand superstar".

Didn't realize Michelle was getting that much special treatment. I know she's been in the business for quite a while now, but it's still not fair to leave Layla holding the bag like that.

At 3/27/11 07:34 PM, 36Holla wrote: Now I have to ask, is it normal for a ton of guys to not have a Mania match a week before the event? Because as I said before we have Christian, Drew, Kofi, Big Show, Kane, and The Corre without them. You could seriously do a SD only MitB match with Christian, Drew, Kofi, Slater, Gabriel, and...I don't know, throw Chavo in there for kicks. You then have Big Show and Kane vs, Wade and Zeke and promote it as a Giant Match since they're all big guys, and right there you have two good (on paper) matches.

I get the feeling that we'll be seeing The Corre vs. Santino, Kozlov, Show & Kane, as indicated a couple weeks ago. Dunno about the first 3, although Kofi might show up at the Cole/Lawler match since Cole keeps saying crap about him.

well according to this report, people in WWE are saying that Cole's on screen character doesn't fall far from his real life persona..
after seeing him throw out gay slurs, I tend to believe it.

Heh... Cena as a homeless power ranger.. That made me lol.

Edge and Christian teaming again is win. The match was pretty good as far as pre-mania goes. At this point I'm sure they don't want to hurt themselves now. Still, it hasn't been so bad.

The moment HHH, Undertaker and HBK had was great. Good promo for them, though it feels late. But I'm sure it will be an awesome match.

As far as Kofi, Drew and a whole lot more are concerned... They will probably do what they have done in years past by having a battle royal that won't make the ppv but will be part of the dvd.

I missed the beginning but got a good idea of what went down. I was hoping The Corre would have done something abit more dramatic then losing to Santino.....again. I have no idea what they are doing with Kane.

Then Michael was all like "ok" and left the ring.

Good episode but of course the HHH/Undertaker conflict over shadowed all of it.

Heard about the Finlay incident a bit too. It sucks that he was in the company for so long and was let go without a second chance because Vince had to protect his own ass from the National Guard sponsors.

Raw was awesome last night though. If I was paying attention more, I could have gone to the show considering Allstate Arena is 15 minutes from where I live. Oh well, maybe next time. The opening segment with CM Punk and the Chicago crowd especially made that part awesome. I would have been cheering for Punk too.

Rock also looked a bit off. I think I heard he was sick but he didn't have the same aura that he usually has. Was not a big fan of Cena doing the AA on him and I thought it might even be a heel turn for him which would be a fresh change of pace (though ill advised right before Mania.) Too bad those damn kids will love him no matter what he does >:(

At 3/28/11 04:26 PM, Tetris wrote: Backstage shit going down over Mania.

Bitter people are bitter. The Cole comments are unacceptable and he should absolutely know better, especially after WWE just signed that deal with glad after Cena's much tamer remarks to Miz and Riley. Even without that though, it's not acceptable to say it, but especially with the image the company tries to project (even if they are switching gears to build Mania)

Ol' Rocky's still got it in-ring, too, looks like. Sad it had to end with Cena AA'ing him, but hey, Miz got Elbow'd. ^_^

The whole Taker/Trips/Michaels situation was perfectly done.

Just as I thought, it'll be The Corre vs. ShowKane & Those Two Goofy Foreigners. In speaking of Kane.......either Santino succedded again in making him break character (in epic proportions), or whoever books him needs to be shot.

Bryan gets squashed by Sheamus again, much like I expect at Mania.

The whole Jersey Shore bit was fairly amusing, with both LayCool (at least Michelle) & Trish getting bleeped several times.

Lawler avoided an assault for the first night in several weeks - unless you count getting what I assume is hot coffee thrown in his face.

At 3/28/11 09:17 PM, Random-Her03 wrote: well according to this report, people in WWE are saying that Cole's on screen character doesn't fall far from his real life persona..
after seeing him throw out gay slurs, I tend to believe it.

So, it's similar to Vince when he's 'in character', then?

At 3/28/11 11:13 PM, Outlaw88 wrote: Heh... Cena as a homeless power ranger.. That made me lol.

Come to think of it, he's also as popular with the same age group, ain't he? :P

Almost forgot to mention, I finally caught Jericho on Dancing With The Stars last night. Happy to say, he got what probably were the best scores of the night, and he really seemed to enjoy himself (and as always, make several wisecracks).

At 3/29/11 04:20 PM, Tetris wrote: Finlay was made the scapegoat in a National Guard incident and was released.

I gotta say, this sucks. I always sorta liked Dave, and he's been an agent for the company for a while now. And they're just using him to try and shrug off this blame.

THE FUCK!?
Can't he sue over this?

Here's something interesting
Chavo Guerrero is the longest lasting WCW wrestler in WWE since WCW was bought out 10 years ago..
Booker's in WWE but he doesn't count as he left a couple of years back, also he's not an active member of WWE.

Also the longest Tough Enough alumni in the WWE is actually Josh Mathews who was in the 1st season.

At 3/30/11 03:43 AM, Random-Her03 wrote: Here's something interesting
Chavo Guerrero is the longest lasting WCW wrestler in WWE since WCW was bought out 10 years ago..
Booker's in WWE but he doesn't count as he left a couple of years back, also he's not an active member of WWE.

I was just looking at www.wcw.com as well.
I never watched alot of wcw back in the day, it wasn't easily available in Australia.
You know what shocked me most? Sting.
First of all that he was featured on the website and two how much he changed between his debut and his character at the end of wcw.
Completely different.

At 3/29/11 04:31 PM, 36Holla wrote: Heard about the Finlay incident a bit too. It sucks that he was in the company for so long and was let go without a second chance because Vince had to protect his own ass from the National Guard sponsors.

I really hope it's similar to what happened to Daniel Bryan. Where he was released to placate those that needed to be placated, then when the heat has died down and nobody is really paying all that much attention...he's brought back. Granted it was a bit of a dumb idea to get heat, but at the same time I don't think it's worth getting rid of the best agent in the company.

At 3/31/11 07:10 PM, MudkipsPiano wrote: Fuck you all to hell

Only if we can fuck you back :)

WWE Champion The Miz vs. John Cena (WWE Championship)

I've heard conflicting things on whether this closes or not. Up until Monday I would have said "if this closes, Cena goes over, no doubt". After Monday, even Ray Charles can see Rock will wrestle Cena (I'm thinking SummerSlam). Monday they set up a situation where Rock can cost Cena the match. Either by screwing Cena directly and allowing Miz to retain, or, and this would be better, Cena does something not kosher to get the victory and Rock restarts the match and Miz comes out on top. They can easily end the show with some kind of Cena/Rock confrontation to send the crowd home happy. We don't need a John Cena title win to do it. Plus they've really been behind Miz as champion of late. I'm going to go the less popular route and either look like a genius or a fool and say Miz will retain.

World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio (World Heavyweight Championship)

I cannot see Edge retaining here. So much effort has gone into Del Rio and the smartest thing to do is put the belt on him (maybe with some kind of Christian interference going awry) and we can transition this to an Edge and Christian feud while Del Rio works a program with someone he can beat and make his reign look convincing against (Hi Big Show!). I see Del Rio walking out with his hand raised here as Edge is in what's becoming a traditional position for him of being the guy passing off the belt at the big one. I also expect this to be a very good match and I'm looking forward to it a lot.

The Undertaker vs. Triple H: No Hold's Barred (You know Shawn Michaels is going to have a fucking lot to do with this match, he may even fucking backstab Triple H)

There's a lot of question marks here in terms of the performance aspect. Taker is wounded as hell, I'm honestly going to probably be saying a prayer before this one goes on that his body doesn't finally just give out and this becomes the last Undertaker match we ever get (I'm hearing it's potentially that serious). H is a question mark here too, we know he hasn't really taken bumps in a year, and I haven't really heard of him working house shows...so basically you have the wounded Taker, and the potentially rusty H. Still, they have the no holds barred gimmick and these guys know psychology. I think you're going to get something really good, but it won't be Taker/Michaels, and it probably won't even equal their first Mania encounter (which was easily the best ever Taker Mania match until the last two with Michaels). I do think Michaels winds up out at some point and probably winds up involved in the finish with a super kick gone awry or something. I hope I'm wrong though, because again, I think H and Taker can pull this off and have something worthy of them (if not perfect) without that added in. I'd personally like to see Michaels get nowhere near the ring until after the result and we have the "what is he gonna do?" moment, and he raises both men's hands. Taker goes over here, the streak isn't ending this year, but once again they've done a good job of creating that doubt.

Randy Orton vs. CM Punk

I WANT Punk to go over. This feud has been so so good, and this is the sort of thing that they could naturally send into one of the gimmick PPV's and use the gimmick of the month as a blow off to it. But it's hard for me to see Orton not going over at Mania (especially if Cena doesn't go over). I think they've built this so so beautifully and Punk has been fantastic of late (a shame Nexus wasn't able to get some of that residual heat). I'd like to be wrong, but I think they'll put Orton over and then the next night Punk can beat him down to push the idea that it's not settled yet.

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole

If Lawler doesn't win they are insane. They are absolutely, utterly insane. They have set this up so everyone wants Cole to be destroyed, even the smart fans are begging for Cole to be beaten down. I expect a lot of shenanigans here. Cole to try and hide behind Swagger, Austin to deliver some stunners, maybe the divas get involved. But in the end, Michael Cole takes that fabled piledriver and Jerry Lawler comes out of his first Wrestlemania a winner.

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes

I think they will be criminally shorted of time. I also see this as another one where the heel needs the win more then the face does. But WWE has two things that seem to hold true with Rey matches: They like 'em short (seriously, go back and look at the match times on his Mania bouts, even his title win), and they like Rey to go over. This is another one where the heel could keep the feud hot by a post-match beatdown (and I think it would work easier with Cody then it would with Punk, considering he's booked as much more vicious and unstable). I see Rey getting the win, but I think it should be Cody.

Dolph Ziggler & Laycool vs. John Morrison, Snooki & Trish Stratus (Please fucking shoot me in the head)

This is all about how it's booked. Properly booked, it should be a showcase of Morrison and Ziggler, with a dash of McCool and Trish, and Snooki just doing the two or three spots she knows, and Morrison getting the pin to end it. The Snooki thing has gotten them a lot of good pub and attention, they NEED that at this show because this is the show that MUST succeed, this is the super bowl of wrestling and it cannot be allowed to fail. So as much as smart marks might get pissed at something Snooki's involvement (or hell, just snooki in general offends me) she has value.

United States Champion Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (United States Championship)

Again, think it will be criminally short, Sheamus will retain.

Kane, Big Show, Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. The Corre

I think the Corre should get the win here as they really need it. If I'm booking, Corre wins, but I see this as shenanigans and comedy and the babyfaces walk away with the win.

fuck you

At 3/31/11 07:10 PM, MudkipsPiano wrote: Fuck you all to hell

I have a girlfriend and a girl I'm cheating on her with so I got that covered ;)

WWE Champion The Miz vs. John Cena (WWE Championship)

I want The Miz to win, I like his whole asshole persona but I'm kind of tired of how they make him look like a bitch. All it took was the whole "I'm the MIZ and I'm AWESOME!!!" line for me to fall in love with him. (No homo.)

World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio (World Heavyweight Championship)

While I hate Del Rio, I want him to win. Just so he can get a chance to shine a little more and to see if Christian and Edge will be enemies.

The Undertaker vs. Triple H: No Hold's Barred (You know Shawn Michaels is going to have a fucking lot to do with this match, he may even fucking backstab Triple H)

Triple H just cause he is my second favorite wrestler ever, right next to Kane but far less superior to Stone Cold.

Randy Orton vs. CM Punk

Punk please. I don't like what Orton has become, he was better as a heel.

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole

I hate both these guys but Cole amuses me. Cole even though it's obvious Lawler would win.

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes

Don't care too much for these two anymore but I guess Rey just cause I know him.

Dolph Ziggler & Laycool vs. John Morrison, Snooki & Trish Stratus (Please fucking shoot me in the head)

Tough. I hate dislike Ziggler but I love Laycool, their antics are just adorable. I like Morrison but could care less of Stratus or Polizzi. Ziggler aand Laycool just cause I love Laycool.

United States Champion Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (United States Championship)

SHEAMUS, SHEAMUS, MOTHERFUCKING SHEAMUS!!!! Seriously though, I want him to win. I fucking hate Daniel Bryan and I just want him to die.

Kane, Big Show, Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. The Corre

The Corre just because I want them to look like a menace from now one and taking out 2 of the biggest Smackdown guys would be perfect.

fuck you

In the butt, we have mutla feelings for each other.

May I join? Only thing is I barely started watching WWE this past month. I got bored after everyone I grew up with left.

Here are my Wrestlemania predictions:

Edge vs Alberto Del Rio: This will be a great match and I can see Christian getting involved or probably inadvertently costing Edge the title causing a feud or something. Though that would be too fast. Del Rio should win.

The Miz vs Cena: We're all tired of Cena, we all are and Miz is awesome and I know that it's pretty much the direction WWE is going with now and they will keep the Miz as champion. Because Honestly fuck Cena. We're all over this Super-Cena stuff and Cena seems to be as well as he has been selling shit... not very long, but hey it's about time.

Taker vs HHH: There's no Career vs Streak stipulation so I can not see HHH winning at all, even though for so long he was the God Mode Sue of the WWE

Lawler vs Cole: Yeah, this is pretty much WWE's way of thanking Lawler for everything he's done and Cole is cast as Vince McMahon here and everyone back in the day hated McMahon. Lawler will be on his way out and Cole will lose like he should. I personally do not Accentuate the Negative with Cole, he is not that much of a douche, but he is the most over heel right now regardless of how much of it is X-Pac Heat or not he's been playing up the Egotisical Cowardly Heel well. But, yeah, he's losing.

CM Punk vs Randy Orton: Just watch this and tell me who should win: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--X8pAvg3 DE
Fuck Randy Orton, he's the bigger heel in this fued and deserves everything he gets, whereas Punk is the better wrestler, the better talker, the better entertainer, the better everything than Orton. Go Punk.

Rey vs Cody Rhodes: WOAHHHHH, Cody should win, but this will be an entertaining match if Rey wins. Besides, we're getting Sin Cara after wrestlemania so hurrah.

Clusterfuck Match #1 Involving the Jersey Shore slut: Yeah, the team that does not have Snooki should win, but we all know who is winning, and this is a waste of JoMo and Ziggler.

Sheamus vs Daniel Bryan Danielson: MATCH OF THE NIGHT CALLING IT NOW. It's a Win-Win-Win for both these guys, just as long as Kevin Dunn stops being a cunt and stops trying and failing to Bury Sheamus and DBD. I want DBD to win if only for a NXT 1 vs NXT 1 US Champion vs Intercontinental Champion match match. But Sheamus winning opens DBD up for Money In The Bank. So, hurrah.

Clusterfuck Match #2: Kane as a Baby Face with Big Show and Koztino vs Corre: They wasted a Wrestlemania match on this? This is a bathroom break, atleast the Snooki match has Ziggler and JoMo, this has Wade Barrett and Justin Gabriel... yeah, those guy are good, but not Jomo and Ziggler good. I say Corre should win, because if Santino busts out the Cobra as Wrestlemania bricks will be shat.

At 3/31/11 07:10 PM, MudkipsPiano wrote: Fuck you all to hell

no

WWE Champion The Miz vs. John Cena (WWE Championship)

I'm just going with Statistics but since WM18 (2002) every babyface has won the main event... WrestleMania normally is the babyface night where they all get revenge on the heel that's giving them shit.. so just by going with that and if the rumors are true and this is the main event I'm gonna say Cena comes out on top.. the real question I'm thinking about though is what is The Rock gonna do?.. Is he gonna give Cena respect at the end, or maybe even jump him from behind like Cena did to The Rock? and what will happen on the RAW the next night when Rock makes another appearance?

World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio (World Heavyweight Championship)

Del Rio.. if they're gonna push this guy to the moon like we've heard, then he'll win.. Edge winning doesn't even really sound right to me.. Everyone says that Christian will turn on Edge causing him to lose.. don't really want it to happen as I am still marking out for their E&C reunion (and i'm still waiting for Christian to bust out the kazoos) but with Del Rio winning, it seems like having Christian turn heel is the only way to do it.

The Undertaker vs. Triple H: No Hold's Barred (You know Shawn Michaels is going to have a fucking lot to do with this match, he may even fucking backstab Triple H)

Taker.. next

Randy Orton vs. CM Punk

To be honest, I haven't been following this feud as much as the others but I get the jist of it.. don't really know who will win.. it'll be a good match no doubt but I haven't been following these 2 enough to have a confident prediction so here's what i'll do..
heads= orton, tails= punk

..tails.. Punk to win

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole

Oh man, honestly.. this is probably the match i'm looking most forward to.. don't expect HBK vs Taker quality here, but if you can tell me honestly that you'll be watching this to see a wrestling match then i'll think you're retarded.. everyone wants to see Cole's face get punched in, and even though it's the most predictable outcome of the card (well.. besides the Taker matches) I'm gonna enjoy watching it.. It's kinda like Vince McMahon at WM.. Vince normally gets the shit end of the stick at pretty much every WM he's appeared in.. so you know when he's in an angle for Mania, it's not looking good for him.. but you still wanna see because it's a feel good moment.
oh forgot to mention.. lawler to win, duh.

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes

This to me has potential to be match of the night.. and Avie is right, Mysterio's WM matches tend to be short.. I mean one of them went for about 20 secs a couple of years ago.. I'm really enjoying this feud and I like where Rhodes' character is going.. I say put Cody over because this win could really help him get further up to the main event level.

Dolph Ziggler & Laycool vs. John Morrison, Snooki & Trish Stratus (Please fucking shoot me in the head)

I'm confused, this match is actually packed with decent talent, yet it still seems to be a pissbreak match... oh wait a minute.. it's because Snooki's in it.. this match doesn't really have much of a story behind it, it's just a way of WWE saying "look, we have friends that are famous!".. Morrison, Trish and that very tanned dwarf to win.. Celebs tend to win matches.. how do they do it?!

United States Champion Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (United States Championship)

Seems like a great match, but it won't get the time we want.. Also there's not much of a story behind this match either.. "I'm putting my rematch clause at WM" seems to be about it.. They should of had interview segments, have them jump eachother or brawl backstage.. anything to say that these 2 wanna rip eachother's heads off at WM.. Sheamus will win, but I want it to be Bryan.

Kane, Big Show, Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. The Corre

I don't get it.. 4 out of 5 times, Corre have normally had the last laugh.. but what makes more sense.. an actual stable getting a victory and having them seem like a legit threat.. or having 4 randoms who have been paired together right at the last second getting the win?.. I'm gonna say Corre, even though they've pretty much been dominating in this feud.

fuck you

love you too, sweetheart.

WWE Champion The Miz vs. John Cena (WWE Championship)

I sort of hope the rock doesn't get involved in the match, it is wrestlemania and I would prefer a clean ending.
John Cena to win.
The rock can get involved after the fact.

World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio (World Heavyweight Championship)

Alberto Del Rio for the win, fuck edge.

The Undertaker vs. Triple H: No Hold's Barred

The Undertaker for the win.

Randy Orton vs. CM Punk

Randy Orton will win.

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole

Jerry Lawler will win, hopefully everyone involved gets a stone cold stunner. Fuck this match. Seriously.

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes

My bold prediction: Rey Mysterio.

Dolph Ziggler & Laycool vs. John Morrison, Snooki & Trish Stratus

Dolph Ziggler vs John Morrison 1on1 would have been match of the night.
Trish Stratus vs Michelle McCool 1on1 would have been the best divas match in a long time.
This whole thing is a mess.
JoMo/Snooki/Trish will win but meh, fuck this match even more.

United States Champion Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (United States Championship)

Winner: Sheamus
Get fucked: Daniel Bryan

Kane, Big Show, Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. The Corre

I want the Corre to win, will they win? Who the hell knows!?
I still predict the corre.

@dmansland: Welcome.

Just bought WM. Not usually one to do the whole giant prediction list, but since everyone else is this time, I guess I will for the hell of it.

At 3/31/11 07:10 PM, MudkipsPiano wrote: Fuck you all to hell

Sorry, I'm busy; go back to Sheamus. :P

WWE Champion The Miz vs. John Cena (WWE Championship)

Miz, hopefully. It seems like the torch is being passed onto Miz, so I expect him to retain.......and then for Cena & Rock to beat each other senseless.

World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio (World Heavyweight Championship)

I love Edge, but this IS Alberto's destiny. Sorry.

The Undertaker vs. Triple H: No Hold's Barred (You know Shawn Michaels is going to have a fucking lot to do with this match, he may even fucking backstab Triple H)

Taker.........as I don't see Taker losing until he's hit 20-0, whether he's actually physically capable of continuing or not.

Randy Orton vs. CM Punk

Hard to call. Just because NexSES was punted doesn't mean they can't still pull something, and even at that, it IS Punk, so it could go either way.

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole

Lawler. A no-brainer, just like Bret winning last year. I still expect a bunch of wrestlers Cole's wronged over the last year to show up & dish out the payback.

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes

Rey. He rarely seems to lose these big matches.

Dolph Ziggler & Laycool vs. John Morrison, Snooki & Trish Stratus (Please fucking shoot me in the head)

Jomo/Trish/Orange Chick, most likely.

United States Champion Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (United States Championship)

Sheamus. WAY TOO EARLY for him to lose the title.

Kane, Big Show, Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. The Corre

I would prefer The Corre, just so they can look like they can legitimately win an even-sided match. Another hard-to-call match.

Since I won't have a TV handy around Mania time, I'm considering buying it on my computer to watch. Has anyone else done that before?

I'm also making most of my predictions in a bold sounding manner.

WWE Champion The Miz vs. John Cena (WWE Championship)

Cena's going to win it. That's almost a guarantee. But I bet Rock comes in after the match and beats Cena down for AAing him on Raw.

World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio (World Heavyweight Championship)

Del Rio is going to win here. The mega push will be capped off and we can look forward to his mass tyranny on Smackdown in the weeks to come.

The Undertaker vs. Triple H: No Hold's Barred (You know Shawn Michaels is going to have a fucking lot to do with this match, he may even fucking backstab Triple H)

Taker is keeping the streak alive. I think Vince wants him to go 20-0. Also might mean the retirement of HHH (I hope not, but I could understand it too)

Randy Orton vs. CM Punk

Just like Avie, I want Punk to win, but I bet Orton does instead. Robo Orton will not be denied his Mania victory oil.

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole

Cole will at one point look like he's crushing Lawler only for it to end up with Stone Cold turning the tide and having Lawler beating Cole. Afterwards, Cole retires from the WWE.

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes

This match just feels so thrown together even with the Dusty Rhodes appearance. Rey will win it and hopefully make Cody look good in the process.

Dolph Ziggler & Laycool vs. John Morrison, Snooki & Trish Stratus (Please fucking shoot me in the head)

This is could go either way. I'm going to have to lean towards Morrison's team though because I imagine putting Snooki (that's such a stupid name) on the winning team is part of a plan to increase ratings. Hopefully Ziggler and Morrison will be able to do well enough to hide the flaws of the women. (Mostly Lay Cool)

United States Champion Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (United States Championship)

Sheamus will retain but hopefully does so in a great match. This is the match that I expect some of the best "wrestling" to come out for the night.

Kane, Big Show, Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. The Corre

Corre is going to keep on trucking with the big wins.

At 4/1/11 08:55 PM, MudkipsPiano wrote: Oh my GOD, this Smackdown is a complete waste of fucking time.

Seriously, I feel horrible for the fans that payed their hard-earned money for this show.

Well stop, it was taped at the same time as RAW.
In Australia they didn't show smackdown this week, they showed ACCESS and WM promos and whatever. I didn't watch any of it though.
Same thing every year before Wrestlemania. ;)

Being the Friday before Wrestlemania I didnt expect an actual show. Hopefully ill be able to get Wrestlemania on stream, i'll gladly watch it in all its laggy goodness.

At 4/1/11 07:20 PM, 36Holla wrote: Since I won't have a TV handy around Mania time, I'm considering buying it on my computer to watch. Has anyone else done that before?

I usually do what I'm doing this year, split the cost with some friends and make a party of it (I try to make sure they're "smart friends" since I won't just get pissed if I hate outcomes but the way it's booked as well). I've heard varying things on the web aspect, but I know as time has gone on the glitches have gotten fewer and fewer.

Honestly, a lot of people who are pretty smart to the business are moving onto the Miz retains bandwagon. I think after Monday they did an excellent job of making the audience believe that Miz could retain as a way to really cement Cena/Rock 1 (you know it won't be a one off bout). I'm fine with that but what I don't want to see happen is Miz gets shoved aside or shafted. A great finish I've heard suggested is this:

Cena beats Miz via some sort of foul means (maybe Riley screws up interference, Cena uses some dirty trick the ref doesn't see, something) and Rock then uses his power as host to restart the match and Miz then wins with a Skull Crushing Finale. Then Miz goes to thank Rock like their buddies now and Rock gives him a Rock Bottom and they can end the show with Rock and Cena staring each other down as a cliffhanger to get people to watch Raw the next night.

This way you get a situation where the audience got what they wanted (Rock got physical) Miz gets to keep the belt (and look strong) and Cena and Rock are on the road to their inevitable clash.

At 4/2/11 12:47 PM, Tetris wrote: If you're gonna stream 'Mania.

Thanks, I actually still have your PM from way back.

At 4/2/11 12:47 PM, Tetris wrote: If you're gonna stream 'Mania.

This is a file sharing site that takes copyrighted content and puts it on the web, right? This can be considered as a violation of the NG rules about piracy and such. Please refrain from posting such links in the future.

At 4/2/11 09:42 PM, Tetris wrote: Oh.

Yeah, so I'm gonna go read the rules again.

Thank you. I'd rather be "avie the wrestling fan" then "avie the mod" in this thread...but let's not forget that I AM still a mod and that as much as I love the wrestling business, and enjoy the company of all of you and the love you've shown to my various endeavors to convey my love in this thread, I love NG just as much. Please do not force me to ban or otherwise stifle your enjoyment.

If you are going to look for ways to watch a PPV, please to make sure they are LEGAL methods posted in this thread, and not pirate streaming sites. Yes there is a great chance that NG will not suffer any consequences if and when WWE finds such sites and puts them down, but it is still NG's policy not to be seen to even tacitly support piracy.

TL;DR: Keep the links clean of illegal stuff, or avie smack.

WWE Champion The Miz vs. John Cena (WWE Championship)
I'm rooting for Miz in this one. My gut feeling still says Cena will walk out as champ, but I hope I'm wrong. I hope this does indeed lead to Cena vs. Rock.

World Heavyweight Champion Edge vs. Alberto Del Rio (World Heavyweight Championship)
ADR. He has been on fire since he debuted and it just seems right to have him walk out as champ. Glad to see Christian involved in some way. Will he turn heel? Might be the best way for him to do so.

The Undertaker vs. Triple H: No Hold's Barred
Taker. I have to disagree with Avie on the point of HHH being rusty. He's come back from longer periods of time before and not really lost a beat. I'd say he's the right person to have Taker battle as HHH will know how to handle it. I'm excited about this one. It should be a hell of a match.

Randy Orton vs. CM Punk
GO PUNK! I like how strong Punk has made his character and I'm looking forward to seeing him continue to torment Orton.

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole w/ Jack Swagger. Stong Cold as Special guest Ref.
Lawler wins. Since I've read reports of Cole acting as a ref for some of their shows, do you think this could be a way to get Cole out of the booth for a little while to be The Miz's personal ref? I see Swagger getting Stunned and Lawler destroying Cole.

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes
I'd like to see Cody win but I think Rey will pull it off.

Dolph Ziggler & Laycool vs. John Morrison, Snooki & Trish Stratus
Had it just been Ziggler vs. Morrison I'd care about this match. I'm probably going to use this as my bathroom break during the show. Morrison, Trish, and Snooki will win.

United States Champion Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (United States Championship)
If given the right amount of time this match could really have the potential to steal the show. I'm picking Sheamus to win but having Bryan look strong in the process.

Kane, Big Show, Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. The Corre
This sorta feels like a waste of a match. I'd rather have seen Kofi and Barrett in an IC title rematch. I'm guessing the Corre will win.

I've got my tickets printed out and ready to go. I can't wait! :D