Predict Wrestlemania

Bounty Hunter

The Road to Wrestlemania officially starts at The Royal Rumble but storyline wise the slammies is often used as a platform to start the feuds leading to the grandest stage of them all. Therefore now would seem like a good idea to see exactley how well you can predict what the WWE are going to do.

Here is my guess: not neccesarily what I want but what I imagine at this moment in time

Main Event: John Cena vs The Rock

ok this one is a lock and I doubt it will involve a title

WWE Title: CM Punk (c) vs Chris Jericho

Assuming Jericho is the 2nd of January man (which he may not be) he would make a damn good potential rumble winner / heel challenger for Punk

WHC Match: Mark Henry vs Sheamus
followed by: Daniel Bryan vs The Champ

solid early main event with the Bryan angle really selling it

Streak: the Undertaker vs HHH (potential HBK involvement)

HHH saying he ended the streak by removing Taker from the WWE last year at the slammies suggests it vould be HHH again and HBK is just a way of furthering it storyline wise

The Miz vs a celeb or Foley

There is usually Celeb involvement and Foley is just a backup in this scenario

IC/US title match: Ziggler vs Ryder vs Orton vs Rhodes

reignite Cody vs Orton and keep Ryder vs Ziggler going with the help of ZTLIS thenMaybe some put the IC&US titles on the line in a 2 fall match.

Divas battle royal

whatever some divas contest to get em on the show maybe dark match

Tag titles match
Air Bourne vs Kane &1

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Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Main Event: John Cena vs The Rock

After a 30 min back and forth match, John Cena gets frustrated that he cant pin the rock. The crowd get on his back. The ref gets knocked to the outside, Cena gets a chair and starts to use it on the rock, Cena pins the rock. Then HHH orders the match to continue because of Cena's actions. Cena cant believe it, turns around into a rock bottom, followed by a peoples elbow, rock gets the win.

That would make me very happy! Rock wins, and Cena becomes a Heel!


Taker gets 20-0 and retires on raw the next night

JP Liz V1

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

IC/US title match: Ziggler vs Ryder vs Orton vs Rhodes

reignite Cody vs Orton and keep Ryder vs Ziggler going with the help of ZTLIS thenMaybe some put the IC&US titles on the line in a 2 fall match.

Do you really think Orton would go into the IC/US title scene?

Pentecost

That's exactly what I was going to say. No chance of Orton dropping back to officially mid card level. If he's not around the title scene he'll have something else going on.

ciano316

Cena vs. rock
CM Punk vs. Jericho
Undertaker vs. HHH...

100% on these..

Where does Barrett, Big Show, Sheamus, Henry & Orton all fit into together???

starviewadams

Would like to see Ziggler vs Punk instead of Jericho vs Punk,I've no great desire to see Jericho as WWE Champion,or even to see Jericho return.We already have Miz as an overhyped midcarder in a suit who uses big words,don't need another one!

GTR63

starviewadams wrote: »

I've no great desire to see Jericho as WWE Champion,or even to see Jericho return.We already have Miz as an overhyped midcarder in a suit who uses big words,don't need another one!

Ouch Starvie! Maybe Miz vs Jericho is a possibility or Barrett vs Sheamus.

JP Liz V1

starviewadams wrote: »

Would like to see Ziggler vs Punk instead of Jericho vs Punk,I've no great desire to see Jericho as WWE Champion,or even to see Jericho return.We already have Miz as an overhyped midcarder in a suit who uses big words,don't need another one!

But Jericho does it way better than Miz

I love to see Bryan against Christian or Sheamus for the WHC title

Cody Rhodes V Randy Orton - let them have a proper decent feud where Rhodes might actually go over and get the win

Rey Mysterio V Sin Cara

parker kent

BH is actually pretty similar to my own predictions. I would hope to see Sheamus taking on a still dominant Henry in a short, power based match (think Lesnar v Big Show at the Survivor Series).

I'd be extremely surprised though if Orton is not involved in the WHC match. I would prefer if he wasn't though and had a good gimmick match with Cody instead.

parker kent

Oh and I can see Kane being in a high profile match. Maybe Kane/Orton?

Rjd2

parker kent wrote: »

Oh and I can see Kane being in a high profile match. Maybe Kane/Orton?

Orton has been the MVP of the E this year, so many good matches and he has put people over. Randy deserves better than trying to get a good match out of Kane

jaykhunter

Randy either loses via interference, DQ or countout; he rarely puts anyone over properly. There's a difference between letting someone go over, and putting someone over.

The only time he did so properly was with mark Henry, and smackdown ratings jumped up. He didn't put over Christian, he hasn't Barrett or Cody yet. Beatdowns/pose with the belt don't count, sure nobody remembers it! The only thing people remember are PPV clean wins and losses. And it's been rather barren on Orton's 2011 resume.

He's gotta follow up Survivor Series' great work with losing to Barrett and putting him over properly at TLC.

That said, monster Kane needs someone big to go over, and Orton sounds like a great first guy. If JoMo was still around he could killed him first

Rjd2

jaykhunter wrote: »

Randy either loses via interference, DQ or countout; he rarely puts anyone over properly. There's a difference between letting someone go over, and putting someone over.

The only time he did so properly was with mark Henry, and smackdown ratings jumped up. He didn't put over Christian, he hasn't Barrett or Cody yet. Beatdowns/pose with the belt don't count, sure nobody remembers it! The only thing people remember are PPV clean wins and losses. And it's been rather barren on Orton's 2011 resume.

He's gotta follow up Survivor Series' great work with losing to Barrett and putting him over properly at TLC.

That said, monster Kane needs someone big to go over, and Orton sounds like a great first guy. If JoMo was still around he could killed him first

Put over henry MULTIPLE TIMES and will probably do the same with Wade. Lets not forget he lost cleanly to Swagger last year unlike everyone else.
Randy deserves better than the lumbering washed up overrated twat.

Randy v Bryan could be a cracking Mania match though.

jaykhunter

Randy lost clean at NoC and HiaC (so twice) to Henry, which was fantastic and did tons for Henry's credibility. Since then :
October 10 Orton def. Henry via DQ
October 14 Orton def. Henry via DQ

So no. Why can't Orton do for others what he did for Henry? That's awesome that Orton put Swagger over during Swagger's fruitless title reign. Must've been Swagger's last hurrah. I wonder if Orton's killed Swagger on TV since then. Lost twice on PPV to someone who isn't Cena or HHH (ie people higher on the totem pole)? I guess Orton's done jobbing until 2014 so

jaykhunter

Anyway back to Mania!

Main Event : Cena vs Rock

WWE Title : Punk (c) vs Ziggler

World Title : Henry (c) vs Sheamo

1st Time Ever : HHH vs Undertaker

Kane vs Orton

Beth Phoenix (c) vs Trish Stratus
or some kind of multi-woman schmoz

Cody (c) vs Mick Foley or Goldust

Haven't sorted out Del Rio yet. Maybe as part of a tag team turmoil series alongside Awesome Truth, Air Boom...a 3rd tag team :pac:

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Bryan to dark match Mania again. Not sure what WWE'd do with Barrett either!

Furious-Red

jaykhunter wrote: »

Anyway back to Mania!

Main Event : Cena vs Rock

WWE Title : Punk (c) vs Ziggler

World Title : Henry (c) vs Sheamo

1st Time Ever : HHH vs Undertaker

Kane vs Orton

Beth Phoenix (c) vs Trish Stratus
or some kind of multi-woman schmoz

Cody (c) vs Mick Foley or Goldust

Haven't sorted out Del Rio yet. Maybe as part of a tag team turmoil series alongside Awesome Truth, Air Boom...a 3rd tag team :pac:

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Bryan to dark match Mania again. Not sure what WWE'd do with Barrett either!

Maybe throw Barrett into the WHC make it a 3 way , it would be fresh aswell

GTR63

Hope Goldust doesn't get a match,Cody deserves a lot better at this stage in his career. I remember Power Slam joking that Bryan will cash in MITB in the pre show dark match,I got a good laugh out of that. Has Bryan a match for TLC, he'll get a dark match again no doubt. I read somewhere a while back that wwe were thinking of Lita and Trish vs Phoenix and Natalia. Rey vs Sin Cara was planned too (as well as that Mask world record) but its now canned after the latter getting injured.

parker kent

I'd like to predict more actual in-ring time for the matches, but "comedy" skits will no doubt dominate again! Plus Cole will no doubt have some nonsense with JR.

I think after last year, they need more variety in the matches. The gimmick PPVs have taken that away a bit (less chance of a ladder match as there are 2 PPVs based on ladder matches for example).

jaykhunter

I was thinking Goldust gets on Mania as a 'well done' for turning his life around and getting into the best shape of his career. Maybe stick him in a tag. That said I think there'd be something in a little pass-the-torch brother v brother match. I get the impression that Goldie hates him (jealousy maybe?)

Barrett vs Bryan in a dark match so :P

Lita/Trish vs female Brothers of Destruction works for me :pac:

Sin Botchy really needs to get a foothold with the fans and settle in the WWE before having such a big match with Rey. Oh well! Maybe if they do a PPV in Mexico a few years down the line, then they'll do that match. But WWE's booking is so erratic these days.

rossie1977

parker kent wrote: »

I'd like to predict more actual in-ring time for the matches

just looking back mania 24, easily the best mania they have done since 19 imo in-ring wise, only had 1hr 45mins of actual in-ring action....4 minutes more than last year, that mania was well paced with good matches at the start (mitb), middle (hbk and flair) and end (show/mayweather and taker/edge), the last few manias have been let down by having all the good matches together at the end (mania 26) or only having one standout match on the card (25 and 27)

parker kent

rossie1977 wrote: »

just looking back mania 24, easily the best mania they have done since 19 imo in-ring wise, only had 1hr 45mins of actual in-ring action....4 minutes more than last year, that mania was well paced with good matches at the start (mitb), middle (hbk and flair) and end (show/mayweather and taker/edge), the last few manias have been let down by having all the good matches together at the end (mania 26) or only having one standout match on the card (25 and 27)

Well I mean they need to pace it properly. No point having lots of short matches. There were plenty of matches that could have been much better in recent years if they had 5-10 minutes longer (Punk-Rey, Punk-Orton, Edge-Del Rio).

flahavaj

Could see them doing Orton/jericho if he does come back.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I think it would be pretty cool to have Cody and Goldust go one on one for the IC title. There's good potential to build a decent story around their family relationship, the sibling rivalry etc , maybe even get Dusty involved. Also it could revive a bit of meaning into the flagging IC title.

Bounty Hunter

flahavaj wrote: »

Could see them doing Orton/jericho if he does come back.

That's a good point considering the kayfabe injury angle for jerichos departure it would also give Orton a high profile match whilst I don't expect him to be in a title match ATM. Ziggler can get promoted into being the heel to face Punk instead.

So now based on an amalgamation of peoples posts thus far.

Rock/cena
Hhh/taker
Punk/ziggler
Henry/sheamus/barett w/Bryan cashing in on the winner
Jericho vs Orton

Cody Rhodes vs Kane (IC title match)
Zack Ryder vs ADR (us title match)
The Miz vs a celeb (or foley)
Trish/lita/kelly Kelly vs Natayla/Beth/kaitlyn

9 matches... Too many?

That's excluding the tag champs but I'd say air Bourne might open the live show w a dark match.

starviewadams

It's a pity that Mania doesn't have the MITB match anymore,was always handy for giving upper mid-carders and feudless main eventer's something to do.

DEFTLEFTHAND

starviewadams wrote: »

It's a pity that Mania doesn't have the MITB match anymore,was always handy for giving upper mid-carders and feudless main eventer's something to do.

It provides a bit of a showcase for the spectacle that is Mania aswell. Last years card felt a bit underwhelming without it.

jaykhunter

Instead of a MITB match we got Rock's worst promo of the year ("I say Wrestle, you say Mania") which didn't help! Plus Bryan/Sheamo bumped off the card. WM these last few years has underdelivered apart from one match; generally Backlash/Extreme Rules is the far better PPV from an overall quality standpoint.

Degag

jaykhunter wrote: »

1st Time Ever : HHH vs Undertaker

parker kent

Dear Lord I hope they don't open it with a promo this year.

GTR63

I really enjoy the MITB ppv(that and the Chamber ppv are always super shows) so I don't miss it at mania anymore. Although i'd rather a 6 man than 8 man Mitb.

A Primal Nut

Undertaker and Triple H saved WrestleMania this year and has had match of the year at WrestleMania the last 2 or 3 years. So I am excited about who is opponent might be: Mick Foley, Kevin Nash, Sheamus, would be the ones I would most like to see. Can anyone say why Triple H is so guaranteed? I find it hard to get excited about the same match we seen last year - seems a bit pointless. The only way I would get excited about that is if they have a non-PG Hell in a Cell Match - would be an appropriate way for the Undertaker to retire.

The only good news about another Triple H and Undertaker match is that as we seen this year they are both important enough not to be afraid of breaking PG rules.

Horsebox9000

GTR63 wrote: »

Hope Goldust doesn't get a match,Cody deserves a lot better at this stage in his career..

What!? I would love to see that.

That would be a fantastic wrestling match and they could really build up Cody wanting to cut all family ties etc..

SlickRic

A Primal Nut wrote: »

Can anyone say why Triple H is so guaranteed? I find it hard to get excited about the same match we seen last year - seems a bit pointless. The only way I would get excited about that is if they have a non-PG Hell in a Cell Match - would be an appropriate way for the Undertaker to retire.

the promo on Monday was a little telling.

plus people behind the scenes are hinting that it's pretty much a lock unless injury to either party stops it.

JP Liz V1

Beth said Lita would be her dream opponent in an interview so perhaps a ladder match between them with Punk hanging overhead

paddyismaddy

i'd love to see punk v stone cold think it could upstage rock v cena none of these matches need to involve the world titles

jericho v taker would be better than taker v hhh again

daniel bryan (mitb winner) v orton v sheamus (rumble winner) for whc title

(ziggler v swagger - vickie on a pull match only joking)

ziggler v hhh for wwe title

kane v big show v henry

beth v nattie for diva/women's title

usos v hunico's stable

bourne v kofi

miz v santino for us title

rhodes v barrett v mcintrye for ic title

JP Liz V1

So how did everyone do with their predictions?

No one had Team Johnny V Team Teddy

bobby_says_hi

anyone else pissed we're not getting Vickie Guerrero vs Kharma in a bra and panties mud match?

GTR63

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

So how did everyone do with their predictions?

No one had Team Johnny V Team Teddy

My prediction for Bryan at TLC was way off he didn't have a dark match but did win the World title, go figure.
:-P