Smackdown Prediction

[Guest Your Olympic Hero]

Obviously Cena should find some way past Taker to the finals. I'm unsure of how Benoit/Rhyno will turn out... but I'm sure the match will be great. I'm hoping for a Cena/Benoit final with Cena getting the duke. Your thoughts?

[Guest D'Lo White]

I predict Cena will beat Taker after a bunch of outside interfearence. (Big Show, A-Train, FBI, Nathan Jones) Maybe Nathan will hit Cena and get Taker DQ'ed.

 

Benoit will beat Rhyno.

 

Cena beats Benoit after Rhyno does a run-in and turns on Benoit.

 

I see Cena winning, but not getting a clean victory in either match.

[Guest Lightning Flik]

I predict Cena will beat Taker after a bunch of outside interfearence. (Big Show, A-Train, FBI, Nathan Jones) Maybe Nathan will hit Cena and get Taker DQ'ed.

 

Benoit will beat Rhyno.

 

Cena beats Benoit after Rhyno does a run-in and turns on Benoit.

 

I see Cena winning, but not getting a clean victory in either match.

Actually, I can see Cena getting both dukes clean. Doesn't mean it'll happen, but I think I can see it.

 

Why? Firstly, if Cena is to be taken as a serious threat to Brock, he has to beat Taker clean. Only way to justify that he's tough enough to beat out Lesnar, since Lesnar did the same thing as well. Secondly, if Cena can take out Benoit clean (maybe via submission) it'll also make Cena look like he is much more crafty and witty than people give him credit for.

 

Plus it makes Cena all big and strong for the Lesnar squashing.

[Guest Memoirs of an Invisible Chevy]

Exactly. Cena would be considered HUGE if he beat the Undertaker clean. It does like as though Taker is gonna fued with the FBI, so I doubt he'll lose cleanly.

[Guest Lightning Flik]

Exactly. Cena would be considered HUGE if he beat the Undertaker clean. It does like as though Taker is gonna fued with the FBI, so I doubt he'll lose cleanly.

Actually, Cena would beat Taker clean and then the FBI will come in and nail away on Taker, so that Jones can come make the save. At least, if the WWE is trying to get Cena some cred.

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

Actually, I can see Cena getting both dukes clean. Doesn't mean it'll happen

Because it won't.

[HurriShane 0]

I'm going to predict an upset and pick Rhyno to win the tournament.

[Guest Celtic Jobber]

I predict it's all a big swerve and Ultimate Warrior will become the number 1 contender.

[cawthon777 0]

Cena picks up a count-out victory over Taker due to the FBI at ringside

 

Benoit over Rhyno

 

.............

 

Cena over Benoit ... it won't be 100% clean, might have Big Show and Albert come ringside and - at the least - distract Benoit long enough for Cena to get a roll up and use the tights, etc

 

The ramifications of Show and Albert coming ringside would mean we'd have Benoit / Rhyno vs. Show / Albert at the next PPV. I'm not saying I'm for that - but I do see it happening.

 

Although Rhyno turning on Benoit isn't so bad either.

[Guest snuffbox]

Undertaker goes over everyone.

[Guest bob_barron]

I think FBI will beat the piss out of Taker before the match and Cena will pin him and claim about having a clean victory

[Guest ViciousFish]

I hope Cena goes over clean on 'Taker and Benoit over Rhyno. Then Rhyno screws Benoit resulting in a feud for a few months until Summerslam when Benoit can take on Lesnar after Lesnar steamrolls Cena for a couple months.

 

It would be uber cool if Kurt was back around SummerSlam. We could get Benoit and Angle after Summer Slam for Angle/Benoit part 5000000. That feud never gets old.

[Guest bob_barron]

I wouldn't do Benoit v. Angle anymore. Thanks to Heyman they milked it for way more then it should've been.

 

Benoit v. Lesnar is the match I'd do at SummSlam

[Guest ViciousFish]

I'd do Lesnar/Benoit at SummerSlam as well and then Angle/Benoit after SummerSlam. Face vs face Benoit/Angle would be pretty good if it was a respect/who's the better man kinda feud. Nothing but clean finishes and interviews like the one that Benoit cut before the Rumble, about how its his dream or something. I can't quite remember but it was a good promo.

[Bored 0]

Nope its gonna be Brock vs. HHH at SummerSlam...its gonna happen just watch.

[Guest Memoirs of an Invisible Chevy]

I hope Cena goes over clean on 'Taker and Benoit over Rhyno. Then Rhyno screws Benoit resulting in a feud for a few months until Summerslam when Benoit can take on Lesnar after Lesnar steamrolls Cena for a couple months.

 

It would be uber cool if Kurt was back around SummerSlam. We could get Benoit and Angle after Summer Slam for Angle/Benoit part 5000000. That feud never gets old.

He'll be back by the King of the Ring or whatever that PPV is called now....

[Garth 0]

I would like them to push both the underdogs in this have Rhyno win, have him really sell the gore make it seem even more devastating.

 

With Cena i think it would be cool if they had Brock Lesnar come out onto the ramp right near the end of the match have it look like Cena is gonna dvd Taker but have him do the F-5 simply becasue Lesnars watching. And have Cena take home the win with that.

[Guest Mole]

We all know that Taker won't loose cleanly to Cena. Taker is a tool, and doesn't do shit for the company either.

 

However, Cena will win the tourney, then loose to Brock.

[Guest bob_barron]

To be fair-

Taker did put over Brock twice and has gone back into the midcard since his return so maybe he finally woke up and realised he should do the right thing.

 

I don't think he'll lose cleanly but maybe he'll put Cena over strong

[Guest edotherocket]

I don't think Cena will lose to Brock if he faces him at Backlash. Normally if any challenger has to go through multiple people to get a title shot (win a tournament/battle royal/royal rumble), the payoff is that they win the title. I think the only time this doesn't apply is with Triple H (Wrestlemania 2000, Wrestlemania XIX).

 

That said, Cena might not necessarily win the title.

[Guest bob_barron]

I could see them booking a schmoz to get a rematch or multi way match at Judgement Day. Then they could start booking for SD! PPV and SummSlam

[Guest Brian]

Benoit can sell and give him enough offense to make him look good even in a cheap loss, but he needs to go over Taker at least semi-clean.

[Guest JDMattitudeV1]

Cena has been nothing more than a midcarder to this point in his WWE career and to be taken seriously as a title threat he must beat Taker clean. Taker is almost done and now is their chance to make a new star. But as we all know common sense has no place in World Wrestling Entertainment.

[Guest converge241]

Cena - Benoit

 

with Benoit goingover

[Guest BifEverchad]

Cena! Cena! Cena!

[Kurt Angle Mark 0]

Cena over Benoit in the finals

 

I don't care if FBI interferes or not in the Cena/Undertaker match, but Cena has to hit the DVD on the Undertaker or the win is meaningless.

 

Also I would love to see Cena use the spot from No Mercy 2000 where HHH countered the Crossface with a DVD.

[Guest El Satanico]

Cena over Undertaker: It won't be totally clean, but Cena will look strong in the match.

 

Benoit over Rhyno: Not sure how it will play out, but it will be something that will set up the future heel turn by one of them.

 

 

Cena over Benoit: Benoit will make Cena look great and Cena will look strong going into Backlash.

 

 

 

A problem that arises is that WWe can't make Cena look too strong. With his charisma If he looks too strong he'll get over as a face before Backlash.