Your ultra-early Wrestlemania XX card predictions

[Guest Eagan469]

Wrestlemania XX

March 14, 2004

Madison Square Garden

 

 

Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg (play up the whole "Brock is a cheap Goldberg imitation" card - Brock goes over clean)

 

Steve Austin vs. Chris Benoit

 

Ric Flair issuing an open challenge as a heel, Hogan comes out to "Real American" after a few-month absence, beats Flair clean, both men shake hands and retire

 

TLC V

 

Diesel/Kevin Nash vs. Undertaker

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

You and Dmann each made a thread with the same subject within a minute of each other.

 

Scary.

[Guest Eagan469]

I agree - maybe it's a sign

[Guest NoCalMike]

a YEAR from today, you honestly want to see UT vs. Kevin Nash? Asif it wouldn't be bad enough now, but a whole new year of abuse on the body? DUD

[Guest Choken One]

March 14th? What? WAYYY to early...Hopefully they drop NWO then..

 

*I am going that Split is still in effect...

 

WWE title Match

Brock Lesnar Vs Steve Austin

 

World Title Match

Chris Jericho Vs Rob Van Dam

 

Chris Benoit Vs Kurt Angle

 

About All I can think off for now...give me a few hours...

[Guest Dmann2000]

Pwseh, my card was better JK

[Guest Showstoppa Icon]

id still like to see Hogan-Austin

[cawthon777 0]

March 14????? Damn, I hope they keep it on that date - I can spend spring break in NYC!

[Guest Michael Joel Benoit]

WWE Championship

Rock (Heel Champion) vs. Kurt Angle (Face)

 

World Title

HHH vs. Rob Van Damn

 

Re-Match From WrestleMania I

Hulk Hogan & Mr. T. vs. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper & "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndoff

 

Mark my words, I'm going to WrestleMania XX.

[Guest bob_barron]

Piper and Orndorff have long since retired.

 

I think something like Austin v. Benoit would be a great way to go out for Austin

[Guest Michael Joel Benoit]

Austin going out at WrestleMania XX and putting Benoit over would be such an AWESOME way for Austin's career to end.

 

I wouldn't want the WrestleMania I rematch to be 13:27 like it was at WrestleMania I. Just give them 5 minutes and have Piper & Orndoff get the job back.

[Guest bob_barron]

Why job the faces at a marquee match that has no bearing on the roster?

 

Piper and Orndorff are retied- the last time Orndorff got in the ring they had to stop the match cause he got hurt

[Guest Coffey]

I wanna see Sean Morley in at least an upper midcard match. I wanna see John Cena & The Hurricane both on the card. Hopefully, both Rob Van Dam & Lance Storm will have singles matches.

 

Hopefully Randy Orton will be back and going full steam ahead too...

[Guest Choken One]

I know I will be the only one here...But Hope it's Not Benoit in the Main event...

 

It's WM20! Not a Mid-Major PPV...

 

Austin/Lesnar would be better if they can't contain Hogan and Austin...

[Guest RedJed]

Angle/Lesnar rematch with Angle now as a face and Lesnar as a heel, this is the third match and a blowoff, Angle gets a win in between here and Mania XX sometime, and that begins Lesnars heel turn somehow.

 

Hogan v. Piper, hate to admit it but I think its gonna happen, they both better start training for it NOW, especially RP

 

Goldberg v. Austin

 

HBK v. HHH v. Nash v. Xpac or Hall, just watch, it WILL happen

 

Vince v. Bret Hart

[Guest Vern Gagne]

Ric Flair issuing an open challenge as a heel, Hogan comes out to "Real American" after a few-month absence, beats Flair clean, both men shake hands and retire

Damn it, why does Flair have to lose his final match to Hogan. Yeah I know that's more likely to happen, but couldn't you at least say Flair will win.

[Guest razazteca]

Randy Savage vs Vince

Warrior vs HHH

Jeff Jarret vs Jericho

Brett Hart vs Rock

Mike Sanders vs Matt Hardy

 

Live performance by ICP

[Guest TheZsaszHorsemen]

Predictions:

 

Brock Lesnar d. Steve Austin

 

Goldberg d. Booker T

 

HHH d. Kurt Angle

 

Rob Van Dam d. Rey Mysterio

 

Matt Hardy d. Chris Benoit

 

Chris Jericho d. The Damaja

 

John Cena d. Rhyno

[Guest creativename]

Here's what I'd like to see:

• Austin vs. Benoit (possible retirement stip)
• Rock vs. RVD
• Hogan vs. Flair: Double retirement match, billed as determining "The Greatest of All Time"
• Lesnar vs. Goldberg (perhaps to unify the titles?)
• Jericho vs. Eddie
• Taker vs. somebody unimportant (let Taker keep his streak)
• Angle vs. ...hmmm I don't know...Cena?
• HHH vs. somebody unimportant
• Matt Hardy vs. Hurricane
• Rey Mysterio vs. ...Jamie Noble?

This doesn't really belong here, but I'll just note that I think there are 4 people that Goldberg should be jobbed out to at some point, and one of these should be at XX:

1) Austin (this match needs to happen, and it would just be wrong for the "Stone Cold Clone" to go over Stone Cold himself)

2) Jericho (it should've happened in WCW)

3) Lesnar (the opposite situation as with Austin...the "Goldberg rip-off" needs to go over here)

4) Rock (Rock should get his point back at some point...though this one isn't that important)

[Guest Choken One]

Are we all banking on Goldberg even LASTING that long here?

 

Logic Sakes that WMXX needs a MAJOR Special Attraction Match..

 

I really would rather see Austin Vs Brock Lesnar instead of Chris Benoit Vs Austin as the Main event...

 

They can do Benoit Austin any time...Lesnar/Austin is a WM Match...

[Guest creativename]

Yeah, but unless they give Benoit a main event-level Mania match, he won't have cred.

 

When they had Angle vs. Benoit for free on SD!, and with a clean finish to boot, it made both look like chumps--"you don't need to pay to see these guys wrestle." Putting Benoit in a huge match with Austin makes him look great. And you know that such a match would get lots of TV time to build it up, which is also great exposure for Benoit. That's really all he needs--he's certainly over enough already. A big match on the big stage is all it would take to elevate him.

 

Of coure that's what so frustrating about the WWE, isn't it? Yes, it's very difficult to make new stars--but they're lucky enough to have a few guys who could actually get elevated fairly easily. They just refuse to give them any support.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

Damn it, why does Flair have to lose his final match to Hogan. Yeah I know that's more likely to happen, but couldn't you at least say Flair will win.

Seriously. I'd rather Shawn and Flair fight each other to retirement. Shawn even mentioned on Off The Record that he regrets only ever having 5 minutes total ring time against Flair.

 

They'd need to bring back one of those cartoonishly unrealistic WWF heels for Hogan.

[Guest Vitamin X]

The problem with all this booking Benoit in the main event is he really does need some sort of major gimmick/charisma overhaul or angle to really get him over the top, and that is why I just can't see the guy in the main event, and have been unable to do so ever since the unfortunate neck injury/surgery. The money match would be in Austin/Hogan for SURE, since you'd have the biggest star of the decade of first Wrestlemanias going up against the biggest star of the second decade of Wrestlemanias, in order to kick off the third decade of Wrestlemania.

 

Personally, I'd like to see Chris Jericho as a newly turned face FINALLY beat HHH, and HBK. At the same time, in a gauntlet match. But maybe at least I can have one of those.

 

Brock vs. HHH

 

Booker T vs. Rhyno

 

John Cena vs. Kurt Angle

 

these matches seem intact with what they look to be doing. How about some other interesting ones...

 

Hurricane vs. old school Undertaker they could really play up the comic book/superhero/villain thing here... And of course Hurricane should end the streak. What better way to go over?

 

Rock vs HBK

 

Goldberg vs I dunno...ummm...Edge? SPEAR MANIA!!!!

[MooreMark 0]

Brock Vs Goldberg

 

Hulk Hogan Vs SCSA

 

Jericho Vs Booker T

 

Benoit Vs Rock

 

Rey Misterio Vs RVD

 

Undertaker Vs Hurricane (Hurricane wins and Taker retires.)

 

Christian Vs Eddy Gurrero Vs Matt Hardy (Some title is revived for this.)

 

Team Angle Vs The Dudleys Vs Shannon Moore and Brian Kendrick

 

Gimmick Battle Royal 2

 

HBK, Diesel, Big Show, alll the crap in here.

[Guest Pigsy]

They'd need to bring back one of those cartoonishly unrealistic WWF heels for Hogan.

How about the Big Show?

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

Sure, Big Show would work.

 

I was thinking of those heels back in the big boom period that were like living cliches and stereotypes, but so many of them are retired. The youngest one I can think of is, sadly, Mr. Perfect. DAMNIT HENNIG WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO DO THAT?

[Guest Choken One]

We could just bring back, Bundy, Earthquake, Akeem, Bossman, Haku and just let Hogan fight them for the next year and Then he can go over TBS in a HOGAN/Andre II type of deal...

 

Works for me...

[Guest Memoirs of an Invisible Chevy]

Angle vs. John Cena (World Title)

Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon

Flair vs. Piper vs. Savage vs. Hogan (4 man elimination match)

Eddie vs. Chris Benoit (this time with an actual build up)

Steve Austin vs. Goldberg

The Rock vs. Chris Jericho (Raw Title, Jericho as a face)

Jamie Noble vs. Rey Mysterio (Cruiserweight)

Shawn Michaels vs. Brian Kendrick

Kevin Nash vs. Booker T

Team Angle vs. Dudley Boyz (No DQ)

Edge vs. Rhyno

Scott Steiner vs. Sting

Taker vs. Funaki

 

I fully expect Trips to be injured this time around. Taker fights Funaki simply to keep streak going.

[Guest converge241]

damn im usually all for stuff like this but i think the WWE might look so different by next year with the age and injuries of some of the top players so its tough to guess

 

ill try

 

it will be Taker's last match and i would actually have him win cause his second last WM (this past one would have been it) is the one that you want to give the rub of the streak

 

maybe it will be him vs Jones with a years worth of buildup (cause WWE will still be afraid to have him wrestle)

 

just joking about that Jones part but yeah Takers last match WMXX

 

Rock has already said he wants a Goldberg rematch at the event,so maybe that , could be a condition of him returning (if the movie career continues doing well)

 

if not Rock- Goldberg maybe Rock-HHH

 

they never had a one on one WM match and its been a while since their last one on one US PPV encounter

[Guest Choken One]

It's a year from now, so we can't tell...

 

Last year most of us were adament it was going to be HHH/Austin...We got HHH/Booker instead and Lesnar was seemingly thought to kill Taker's streak...Instead Brock won the Main event...Taker pretty much jerked the card with two slabs of meat.

 

Right now we're thinking Austin/Lesnar or Benoit/Austin...

 

That means we get Lesnar/Edge instead...