15 Days & Counting.

Okay WrestleMania is 2 weeks and 1 night away, unlike previous years this feels as if it's going to be an average show. There's not a single match on the card that stands out as must see, and the ones that we are looking forward to are just re-hashes of matches past (Randy v HHH, Taker v Michaels, Hardy v Hardy.)

The addition of JBL vs Rey Mysterio to the card is dissapointing, taking the strap off of Punk after giving him such a great build seems like a waste and if Rey wins that will be the 4th title change in 4 months. My bed sheets don't get changed that often!!

I think Cena v Edge would have been preferable to a 3 way involving Show, but i'm not booking, more's the pity.

The 25 women battle royal will mostly be awful, due to the fact that every active WWE diva will be involved and half of them i can't even name. Gail Kim should turn up, along with Trish & possibly Sunny. Expect a Mae Young cameo too. It's a shame this match isnt to unify the womens belts but i guess they need to get some merch-money out of that crappy butterfly belt.

Glad to hear the Hardyz will be fighting in an extreme rules match, means Jeff will jump off something tall (not land on Matt, but instead A MAT) and after a quick camera cut we'll have Jeffs hand raised in victory.

Jericho's match still hasnt been announced even though it's looking more than likely to be some sort of handicap match. It lost it's chance of being awesome some time ago! Rourke will be there, well to be honest that ship has sailed and unless he does a moonsault a lot of people are going to be left flat by this angle.

The tag unification match should be special, they should be given at least fifteen minutes and put the tag division back on the map, i personally think Miz & Morrison should get the honours as there currently the best tandem in WWE. i dont think the main titles will ever be unified again, but this gives all the tag teams out there one belt to aim for, which makes it more important than having the same teams chasing 2 sets of titles.



Played the new Legends Of WrestleMania (bought it because i got Mania 1 & 2 on DVD free with it) and apart from the fact its terribly easy, it still has that WWE quality about it. It looks good, sometimes it seems fun and it's got all the licenses but somethings missing (This is very much the FIFA of wrestling games, it looks great, feels real but just isnt as good as PRO EVO!)

I'm not saying that TNA Impact is better, i'm just waiting for a decent wrestling game where you can actually use a bit of psychology in a match, rather than just constantly pummel someone in the head with a chair (until it disappears) hit them with a finisher and win.

Going to watch a bit of The Rock DVD....... then play some Pro Evo........

Sholy Hit. Sorry About That.

Well i guess it was bound to happen at some point, i kinda did a 'ZAH' and gave up on blogging about wrestling, it was'nt that there was nothing to blog about, not even that i seem to have an addiction to twittering since the new year. The problem was i just did'nt have anything to say.

Nothing.

That's all changed now, because it's almost THAT time of year again, Yes Grandaddy Mania is ready for his yearly visit and i can't wait.

Well i can wait actually, this years Mania has had practically ZERO build, there are still ZERO confirmed matches at this point and we are just over a month away. My prediction that this years show is going to be worse than last years is getting closer by the day.

What doesnt help is that the product has been watered down further to help keep those PG ratings and get over with the Kids. The same kids who can't afford to buy PPVs or shit loads of merch and every single wrestling figure and the £500 replica belts, but hey the kids can still buy WWE kids magazine right? well they can as long as there American. Tough luck UK kids you'll just have to read non kayfabe fare like Powerslam or FSM. Or Both. I'd say buy WWE magazine but again you can't afford 2 magazines a month at £4.50 a piece.

Anyway i seem to have lost focus again. I've returned here tonight to give my FIRST Wrestlemania predictions. As there is currently no card, i think that mine is a pretty safe bet (and just like WWE for the last few months i would'nt be making any ORIGINAL booking scenarios, just for that added hint of authenticity.)

So here we go........ did i just steal that? well until the great one returns i'm having it.

Wrestlemania 25 "The One With Zero Build" or "25th Anniversary"

1. Tag Team Title Unification Match: Winner Takes All: Miz & Morrison vs. The Colons
2. Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Kane, MVP, Benjamin, Punk, Henry, Finlay, JBL & Koslov.
3. ECW Title: Jack Swagger(c) vs. Christian.
4. Falls Count Anywhere: Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy.
5. 3 vs 1 Handicap Match: Chris Jericho vs. Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, Mickey Rourke with Ric Flair.
6. Hall Of Famers Introduced.
7. World Title Match: Edge(c) vs. Big Show vs. John Cena.
8. Womens Title vs Divas Title Unification Match: Winnter Takes All: Melina vs. Marysse.
9. No DQ For The WWE Title: Triple H(c) vs. Randy Orton w/Legacy.
10. Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker.

And for those who don't want to know the results..... look away now (Oh how i miss that, back when sports media was simple and naive)

1. Miz & Morrison win the belts and unify the tag divisions, giving us just one tag belt to chase on all three brands.
   
2. MVP will win money in the bank, i really wanted to go with Punker but i think MVP is where the money is (pun!!)
3. Christian won't win the ECW title, due to interference from an unknown masked wrestler.
4. Jeff Hardy wins. Yay.
5. The legends win, the reason this was a handicap match was because Jericho said he could beat all the legends because they were SOOO past it. Limits Rourkes involvement and we can still get some Ric interference in the manager role. Still wouldnt make it last more than 5 minutes though.
6. Hall of famers wave!!
7. Edge retains by pinning Big Show. he looks a lot like that masked wrestler.
8. Who really cares, i think Melina should retain but as i dont watch Smackdown it would be good to banish womens matches to friday nights.
9. HHH. He's not doing the job this time. Remember that Booker Match. wonder if Randy will get any offence in?
10. OOOOH. I reckon The Deadman will win. but i really hope WWE is brave enough to let Shawn win this. both of them will probably be in there last main event and both will be hall of famers.
    
11. Now last year i was begging for Punk to cash in his money in the bank, defeat Taker and take the belt but it didnt happen. I'd love for Mania to end with the money in the bank being cashed in. maybe even feed another victim to Taker.
    

Now obviously as matches are made i'm going to come back and tinker with my ideas, the one match i hope to see this year is for a four way TLC match between Edge, Matt Hardy, Christian & Jeff Hardy for the WWE Title. I think what i've set in motion in my prediction could see a culmination of the 2 feuds merging at Summerslam.

But Batista will be back by then and Vince will probably go for Cena vs Batista 2. And i won't be watching.

Until next time............peace....................out.



Just had a thought. Not got Mr Kennedy, Santino Marella or Rey Mysterio on my card.
hell they can have an Intercontinental Title No.1 Contender match on the pre-show.