Brion's Wrestlemania thread

[Chris Casino]

WWE Championship:
Shawn Michaels vs John Cena
I'll admit I've finally come around to liking John Cena, but I'm a bigger fan or Michaels. I look for Shawn Michaels to carry Cena to a decent if not good match but in the end the champ retains. I'll even go so far as to say that Cena wins via his STFU.

WWE World Heavyweight Title:
Batista vs Undertaker
If Batista wins this then I will never watch Smackdown again. Since coming back Batista has looked like crap in the ring while the Undertaker has really made an effort to make all of his matches look great. No one should ever end Undertakers streak at this point, not even Batista. Undertaker new champ.

Money In The Bank Match:
Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Kennedy, CM Punk, Booker T, Edge, Randy Orton, Finlay.
First off I hate the idea of an eight man MITB match. Bleh. I would have liked to have seen Randy Orton vs Edge instead of seeing them in this match. Expect the usual high spots and I predict a "tense moment" between Hardy brothers. My winner? Kennedy. Now what would be a nice surprise is if he not only won, but then cashed it in...And lost. Why be so predictable WWE?

Billionaire Match:
Umaga vs Lashley
This is the very definition of a "bathroom break" match. Who will win? Who the frack cares? I wanted to see Lashley face Punk or even "The Alpha Male" for the ECW title at WM. But nooooooo we get this. Lashley just sucks inside the ring and is even worse on the stick. However he'll win....Like Trump would shave that ferret on his head.

United States Title:
Chris Benoit vs MVP
I'm still not sold on MVP. Sure I enjoyed his little fued with Kane but aside from that? Snore. Then again Benoit hasn't done much of anything since...Well forever. I look for WWE to give the belt to MVP and with some luck push Benoit to another title shot.

Womans Title Match
Melina vs Ashley
Ugh...Who cares? I say Melina to retain I guess.

Kane vs Great Kali
Good lord talk about matches you don't wanna see. This will be like watching a match in slooooooooow motion. I give the nod to Kane. But then again WWE has screwed over Kane so much it's really hard to say.

ECW Originals vs ECW New Breed
Again....Who cares? Not I. I wanted to see Sabu in the MITB match. Bah I say New Breed for the "W"

I'm sure I've missed a match or two...Which shows how weak this years Wrestlemania is. Well, at least Hogan won't be there ~ WOO HOO!!!

[KRENSHOV]

Yeah, I really don't care about any match this year to even make a prediction outside of Cena/HBK, which I'm hoping the show stoppa takes it home one more time before the end of his career.

It's to the point where WWE has forgotten how to book completely, and can't even make Wrestlemania, of all events, to look good even on paper. Not to mention they have forgot how to build wrestlers up, and how to make new names. The best they have done recently, and it's only because of fan reaction, is Carlito and Punk. Outside of those two names, who has become recognizable outside of jobber status? Hell, the only good thing WWE has done has taken talent and turned it into mush, ie Benjamin and Hass. Now there are rumors of using talent from all three shows on each show whenever they want... which totally kills the purpose behind brand splits, and if anything, gives away those "dream" matches, and I use that term loosely, too easily. I'll wait till after Wrestlemania to see if that comes true.

Sorry for going off on a tangent, but I'm disgusted. With no easy alternative for me to turn to, and don't say TNA or I will send Deathrow over to your house to toss your salad, I'm just getting turned off from wrestling all together.

But, if you want to know my opinion on what Wrestlemania SHOULD look like... well here ya go

Keep John Cena/HBK AND Undertaker/Batista. Both matches are money, I believe the build up to both matches could have been handled differently, much differently, but both matches look great on paper and should pan out great in the ring. Hell, even keep Umaga/Lashley with the stupid hair stipulation, it's got A-lister Trump involved, so why not. Money in the bank, chop it down to 6, keep it to two people from a brand to be involved. My MITB would be; Hardy/Nitro, Booker/Kennedy, Punk/RVD. Sure, Brion mentioned Sabu would be fun, but I'm looking at it from the point of view of who could actually bank this one home, and god knows that just wouldn't fly in the flubbed up world of WWE. What I would have LOVED to see is a Smackdown/ECW rivalry, which is hard because of ECW's lack of a GM, but I would have built up a representative from Smackdown/ECW and tossed them together- Sabu/Benoit! That would be a hell of a match. Then Orton/Edge, Carlito/Flair, and I would have definitely made the tag division a tad more riveting than the amazing divisions they have built up on both shows... the sarcasm was pretty thick right there. Anyway, my point, probably would have had a big tag team battle royal from all shows, the winner of the match would receive a tag shot from their respected brands... and yes, that means introducing a tag division to Heat err ECW.

Anyway, that's how I would do it, and I really think it would have sold better on paper and on TV better than this garbage they threw up. Sorry for going off on yet another WWE rant, but it just pisses me off.

[Prince Darko]

They should had put Benjamin in some type of match. He could had just sat in the ring, he would stole the show.

[Ravager]

I think the Money in the Bank match could still be good. Though what Edge's role will be with his jaw injury is up in the air. They want to push him, but they don't want him in the ring.

Undertaker should not lose. Batista is not the man to end the streak.

Michaels beating Cena won't bother me much. It just better be a damn short reign.

Lashley vs Umaga; Kane vs Khali; Ashley vs Melina; I could care less about these matches.

MVP will take the title from Benoit, since Benoit will be moving to RAW. It's just a shame that Benoit has to be enhancement talent for people who have none (talent)

I am kind of curious about the ECW Originals vs New Breed match. I like ECW's program. It needs improvement, to be sure, but this match could serve to push future storylines. Especially if Punk turns heel and joins the New Breed. because heel Punk is AWESOME.