SummerSlam Predictions + Discussion

[Guest rawmvp]

Well, the 16th annual SummerSlam is this Sunday, and the card looks pretty good with the exception of two matches -- Shane vs. Eric and Taker vs. Albert. Anyway, let's predict the outcomes of each match:

 

-HHH vs. HBK vs. Y2J vs. Orton vs. Nash vs. Goldberg in an Elimination Chamber for the World Title

 

winner: Y2J

 

predicted star rating: ****1/2 Jericho does the impossible and carries five slugs to a MOTYC

 

-Brock vs. Angle for the WWE Title

 

winner: Brock after Vince interferes

 

predicted star rating: ****3/4 It would be ***** without Vince's involvement

 

- Eddy vs. Benoit vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri for U.S. Title

 

winner: Eddy

 

predicted star rating: ****1/4 The best 4-way since NWO '01

 

- Dudleys vs. La Resistance for tag titles

 

winners: Dudleys

 

predicted star rating: **1/2 Good match with great crowd heat

 

- Undertaker vs. Albert

 

winner: Undertaker

 

predicted star rating: **1/4 Perfectly Acceptable brawl

 

- Shane vs. Eric

 

winner: Shane

 

predicted star rating: **1/2 Entertaining crap

 

RVD vs. Kane

 

winner: Kane

 

predicted star rating: ***1/2 RVD shows why he is Mr. PPV

 

Bonus match: TWGTT vs. Filthy Animals vs. Matt & Shannon for WWE Tag Titles

 

winners: Filthy Animals

 

predicted star rating: **** Awesome opener

 

 

Verdict: THE GREATEST SUMMERSLAM OF ALL TIME...or maybe not.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

Rob Van Dam vs. Kane

Expected Winner: Kane / My Choice: RVD

(I hope this match will be good and not just a damn squash match)

 

World Tag Team Titles

Dudley Boyz vs. La Resistance Expected Winner and My Choice: Dudley Boyz

 

Fatal Four Way for U.S. Championship

Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit vs. Tajiri vs. Rhyno Expected Winner: Chris Benoit / My Choice: Eddie Guerrero

(This will be MoTN also most likely)

 

Zach Gowen vs. Matt Hardy has now been scrapped. Thank you, WWE.

Undertaker vs. A-Train [/i

]Expected Winner: Undertaker

(Could give a rat's ass about this match)

 

Shane McMahon vs. Eric Bischoff Expected Winner: Shane McMahon / My Choice: Eric Bischoff

(Going for Bischoff because he rules and Shane is an egomaniac and this match shouldn't even be happening on this PPV anyway since they're both non-wrestlers and at least two RAW talents got screwed out of a SS card spot)

 

WWE Championship

Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar

Expected Winner / My Choice: Undecided

I like both of these guys so I'll go either way since either man has a good chance of winning. I just hope McMahon doesn't interfere whatsoever to try to ruin this awesome match.

(I expect this to be MoTN)

 

Elimination Chamber II For The World Heavyweight Title

HHH vs. Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Kevin Nash vs. Goldberg vs. Randy Orton Expected Winner (to the WWE fans in general): Goldberg / HHH

My Choice: Chris Jericho

 

*cries knowing the Intercontinental Championship, WWE Tag Team Championship, and the Cruiserweight Title won't be defended at this PPV.

 

A lot of good talent and possible good matches got screwed out of this year's SummerSlam that's for sure.

[Nevermortal 0]

HHH vs. HBK vs. Y2J vs. Orton vs. Nash vs. Goldberg in an Elimination Chamber for the World Title

 

winner: HHH

 

predicted star rating: **

 

-Brock vs. Angle for the WWE Title

 

winner: Angle by DQ (Brock snaps and kills all, including Vince, so Vince can be a face and defend Bischoff from his wife on Raw)

 

predicted star rating: ****1/2

 

- Eddy vs. Benoit vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri for U.S. Title

 

winner: Eddy

 

predicted star rating: **** (if given enough time)

 

- Dudleys vs. La Resistance for tag titles

 

winners: La Resistance

 

predicted star rating: *1/4

 

- Undertaker vs. Albert

 

winner: Undertaker (Really, what's the point of this match? Everyone knows the Taker's winning.)

 

predicted star rating: *

 

- Shane vs. Eric

 

winner: Shane

 

predicted star rating: * (this will get 20 minutes)

 

RVD vs. Kane

 

winner: Kane

 

predicted star rating: **3/4

[Guest Space_Cowboy]

HHH vs. HBK vs. Y2J vs. Orton vs. Nash vs. Goldberg in an Elimination Chamber for the World Title

-> The last chamber match was crap, and that was with a more talented bunch. Goldberg probably wins, loses the belt back to HHH later.

 

Brock vs. Angle for the WWE Title

-> Angle will retain, i doubt he'd lose the belt back so soon after winning it. Brock will get DQ'd or something.

 

Eddy vs. Benoit vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri for U.S. Title

-> I think Eddy will lose, but he won't be pinned. Benoit probably wins to keep him chained to the midcard. If Eddy does win he'll only have it until the next Smackdown PPV at the latest.

 

Dudleys vs. La Resistance for tag titles

-> Duds win, both teams keep feuding for the next 5 years.

 

Undertaker vs. Albert

-> Taker wins, when does he ever lose on PPV.

 

Shane vs. Eric

-> Shane probably wins, with interference from about 15 people.

 

RVD vs. Kane

-> RVD wins after Shane McMahon does something. The ending will put all the focus on Kane/Shane and RVD will be forgotten, his win never mentioned again.

[Guest DanNJ316]

Elimination Chamber, I'm going with Goldberg. If he does win it, he won't keep it for long.

 

RVD/Kane: Kane is gonna win

 

Shane/Bischoff: Come on, as if you have to ask. Bischoff got all the heat he's gonna get, Super Shane will get the win.

 

La Resistance/Dudleys: Don't care about this either way, and they're stale as hell, but I guess the Dudleys will win their 156th tag team title.

 

Angle/Lesnar: After the angle they did on Smackdown with Brock, which was very well done, and better than anything on Raw this week btw, I'm thinking that Brock might get the title back. Angle would do better in the chasing the title roll anyway. I'm gonna go with Brock to get the title back, with help from Vince naturally.

 

US Title Four-Way: No reason to take the title off Eddy Guerrero, he's one of the hottest acts they have going right now.

 

Undertaker/A-Train. Just hope they keep it short, Taker goes over.

 

The Matt Hardy/Zack Gowen match was taken off the card, I don't know if they're gonna replace it with anything. They might just go with seven matches, cause the Elimination Chamber is gonna take up a lot of time. I don't have high hopes for Summerslam, but I hope I'm wrong.

[Guest Coffey]

Elimination Chamber: Goldberg

Brock/Angle = Kurt Angle

RVD/Kane = Rob Van Dam

Shane/Eric = Shane

Benoit/Guerrero/Tajiri/Rhyno = Eddie Guerrero

Dudleys/Resistance = La Resistance

Train/Taker = A-Train

[Guest Trivia247]

guess this new angle with Linda and Eric is the way to push Shane away from Kane. So Kane can beat RVD without Shane o Mac running down and embarassing a Monster in his Monster push.

[haVoc 0]

Elimination Chamber: Randy Orton. I'm sticking to this prediction!

 

Brock/Angle = Kurt Angle

 

RVD/Kane = Kane. But, some how Shane McMahon will walk away looking like the winner.

 

Shane/Eric = Bischoff after Kane interfers and a Austin run in.

 

Benoit/Guerrero/Tajiri/Rhyno = Eddie Guerrero. No reason to take the title off him.

 

Dudleys/Resistance = Dudleys. JR will scream like it's the greatest day in American history, but no one will care.

 

Train/Taker = For some reason I can see Taker putting A-Train over clean here. A-Train is getting Cena's push.

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Elimination Chamber

IMO, it's either Jericho or Goldberg... And I've picked Jericho since day one. Some think Orton might get the big push, but he is too green. Hell, if he's going to get any title first, it'll be the IC. Nash is just too slow, and he failed back in May/June with his program against HHH. HBK already had his title reign, and it was nothing too spectacular. He doesn't even wrestle at house shows... Therefore, no World Title at house shows. Same argument there for Goldberg. I don't think WWE has too much faith in him as champion, based on backstage reports and such. HHH is injured, but it wouldn't be too surprising if he walked out champion. Jericho needs the title, and he is the most over heel on Raw. Give him a shot.

Winner: Jericho

 

Angle vs. Brock

Second title match of the night, and it's actually unpredictable, too... to me, at least. On one hand, I see Angle retaining. Afterall, he just won the title last month. Then, there's the rumors that WWE wants to push Eddie Guerrero to the top for a title shot at Survivor Series. Although he would likely be a face in Dallas, I think they want Eddie to stay in his tweener role. Would you rather see Angle vs. Eddie or Brock vs. Eddie? On the other hand, Brock just turned into a heel, and taking out Gowen was quite the heel beatdown. Brock can't afford a clean loss, but I think it would be pointless to give him back the title that he just had less than a month ago. I pick Angle to retain, maybe by DQ or something.

Winner: Angle retains by DQ or something

 

Kane vs. RVD

It seems like neither guy can afford a loss here, either. But, let's face it... RVD never seems like he's going anywhere. The Kane unmasking is actually a decent angle and seems to be drawing in some ratings. Kane needs this win alot more than RVD. Kane wins with a squash almost like his early matches in 1997. I figure this will be alot like Kane's match with Mankind at Survivor Series 1997: Mankind (RVD in this case) gets a lot of offense in, but in the end, Kane is too much and finishes with a Tombstone.

Winner: Kane

 

US Title 4-Way: Eddie vs. Benoit vs. Tajiri vs. Rhyno

Is this even elimination or is it just one fall? I'd prefer elimination, but whatever. If it is, then I suspect the eliminations to go Rhyno first, Tajiri second, and Eddie third, making Benoit the champ. Benoit has been jobbing for months now, and afterall, according to inside sources, the original plan for the US Title was to put it on Benoit. Eddie can go on to better things, as planned, and Rhyno feud with Benoit over the gold into No Mercy. As for Tajiri, why not give him a feud with the Dragon or something?

 

Shane vs. Bischoff

Although I could care less here, I'm split on making a decision. It all depends on Linda. Did Linda give in to Bischoff or is she pissed off. If pissed off, Shane wins, if not Bischoff wins. Simple. I'm figuring WWE is not going to go with a storyline this disturbing, so I think Shane wins.

Winner: Shane

 

Undertaker vs. A-Train

Remember Taker vs. Test last year? This is the same thing, except I think A-Train is a better wrestler than Test. This could be a decent match if they both have their working boots on. Taker wins, simply because Taker never jobs to mid-carders on PPV. Maybe on SD, but not PPV.

Winner: Undertaker

 

World Tag Titles: La Resistance vs. Dudley Boyz

I predict this to be the opener, and I'm guessing it'll only get about 5 min. or so. Dudleys win, and as Fearhavoc said, JR will go overboard with American pride. Hell, he got upset when La Resistance drank french wine. I can only wonder what his reaction would be if they ate salads with French dressing.

Winners: Dudleys

[NoCalMike 0]

Elimination Chamber: Orton wins the belt due to Flair interference. Then jobs the belt to Goldberg on Raw, who jobs the belt back to HHH next ppv.

 

4-way: Guererro

 

RVD/Kane: RVD wins, but the win ends up not being as important as the post-match destruction by Kane

 

Angle/Brock: overrated Brock goes over here.

 

Dudleys/LaResistance: Gawd help us if Dudleys don't go over, Dudleys PLEASE.

 

Shane vs. Bischoff: why? Shane.

 

UT vs. Albert: once again, WHY? Are you kidding me, UT.

[CanadianChick 0]

Elimination Chamber-World Title Match: HHH vs. HBK vs. Y2J vs. Orton vs. Nash vs. Goldberg

 

Winner: I'll say Triple H.

 

Comments: I hope Jericho and Micheals are on their A game. If they are, this could be pretty good.

 

WWE Title Match: Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesner

 

Winner: Kurt Angle.

 

Comments: I don't see them only giving ANgle a one month reign. Also, this match should be interesting compared to their WM match seeing as the roles are reverse: Brock's a heel, and Angle's a face.

 

US Title Match: Eddy vs. Benoit vs. Tajiri vs. Rhyno

 

Winner: Hm..I'll say Benoit.

 

Comments: This match should rule. Is this elimination, or not? If it isn't, that's alright. Benoit and Eddy have been in an awesome 4-way before, so it can work.

 

World Tag Team Title Match: La Resistance vs. Dudley Boyz

 

Winners: Dudleys

 

Comments: I personally don't really care for this one, but we'll see. The crowd heat could be pretty good.

 

Undertaker vs. Albert

 

Winner: Undertaker

 

Comments: I bet Undertaker feuds with Brock next month. So Undertaker should win.

 

Shane vs. Eric

 

Winner: Shane

 

Comments: Hopefully, this is short and sweet.

 

RVD vs. Kane

 

Winner: I'm going out of the norm and saying RVD.

 

Comments: The best senerio (for me anyways), would be RVD winning, but Kane dominating to match, and showing he's a monster. They could also do the "he doesn't care about winning, he just wants to hurt Rob" angle with Kane, and it would be perfectly fitting.

[Guest wrestlingbs]

La Resistance vs. The Dudley Boyz

History: La Resistance, who are French-Canadians, are Pro-France, and The Dudley Boyz, who are far from American pride, are Anti-France. So there.

Analysis: The only reason this match is taking place is because these guys are the only tag teams left on Raw. Everyone else is either in development or strictly ignored (Cade and whats-his-name). The Dudleys haven't done anything new since their teased breakup with Chief Morley, but the writers forgot about it. La Resistance is a gimmick team whose antics are dated and whose wrestling is terrible. Their new teammate better take a good look at Rico's career before deciding whether to be a manager of a gimmick team.

Winner: The Dudleys. La Resistance needs to be ousted soon.

 

Shane Mcmahonvs. Eric Bischoff

History: Super Shane returned to avenge his mother. Instead of naturally fighting her attacker, he blames Eric for some convoluted reason. Eric hates Shane for messin' with WCW. Apparently this is a dream match we've always wanted to see. I didn't know that.

Analysis: Can't have a PPV without a Mcmahon. Shane's great in the ring (vs. Angle in '01) but he doesn't realise the fact that blinds most Mcmahons: he's not a wrestler. Eric can perform the coward boss pretty well, so it shouldn't be that bad.

Winner: Shane. Eric gets humiliated (again) but they put on an ok match.

 

Taker vs. A-Train

History: Tarin has become Mcmahon's guard dog taking out Steph and then interfering in Taker's match with Cena. Now Taker wants revenge.

Analysis: A-Train is like Jason from Friday the 13th. No matter how many times you think he's gone, they keep bringing him back. Only, unlike F vs. J, I doubt A-Train will ever become better with each passing time. I thought they were done with this guy. He hasn't done anything over decent in or out of the ring. And Taker's not going to change that.

Winner: Taker. He gets a rookie fed to him for having to job uncleanly to Cena. And the match sucks.

 

Kane vs. RVD

History: Kane loses mask. Kane loses mind. Kane loses partner. Mcmahons come in and lose momentum. But Kane and RVD gets that momentum back.

Analysis: Now we're cooking with gas! Kane's new angle has caught on fire after fizzling in the beginning. Both guys can make a good match, and I expect this to be no different.

Winner: Kane. While RVD should be main-eventing, Kane's the guy who could have the title before the end of the year.

 

Eddie vs. Tajiri vs. Benoit vs. Rhyno

History: After an amazing US title tournament, the two teams who broke up to fight one another now have to fight each other for the same prize.

Analysis: Whether it's as good as Benoit vs. Eddie is not important, because this will still be a great match. Everybody in this knows what they're doing, and it shows.

Winner: Eddie. Cheat 2 Win holds on to the strap a least until No Mercy.

 

Brock vs. Angle

History: After chasing the title for months, Brock beat Angle at WM. After coming back from a neck injury Angle beat Brock back at Vengeance. Now Brock has teamed up with Mcmahon to get the title back.

Analysis: A great buildup to a match that could be match of the night. Angle even looks strong, something he rarely gets to do.

Winner: Angle in the best match of the night. He's on a hot streak and Brock needs a new face to fight.

 

Elimination Chamber match: HHH vs. HBK vs. Nash vs. Orton vs. Goldberg vs. Jericho

History: HHH has a groin injury and needs to drop the title, FINALLY. I'm not going into every single angle, since who cares.

Analysis: Well, HHH is stale, boring, and injured, so there's a 50% chance of him winning. Nash doesn't have a chance now that he's half a man. The title has a restraining order against HBK after the last EC. It's too early for Orton. That leaves Goldberg and Jericho. Jericho's popular and tlaented, but the company has very little faith in the guy. Goldberg has even less faith, but I doubt they want to admit their mistake yet.

Wnner: Like it or not, Goldberg.

 

whew, that was long.

[cabbageboy 0]

Elimination Chamber: There are almost literally no good choices here. Jericho should win, he's the least of 6 evils.

 

Brock/Kurt: This has all the makings of a DQ. Kurt just won the title last month, Brock just turned heel. Let this build a bit more.

 

UT/Albert: UT has been jobbing of late, no way in hell he would job to Albert at a SS. UT wins.

 

Shane/Bischoff: Bisch just beat him on Raw, Shane will win here of course.

 

Dudleys/La Resistance: La Res with the run in from Conway.

 

Eddie/Benoit/Rhino/Tajiri: I'm torn. If Eddie loses the title he won't be pinned. Maybe have Benoit win it and then Eddie wins it back at the SMDN in El Paso?

 

RVD/Kane: I'll go on a limb and say RVD gets a flukish win after being killed the whole match, then gets killed postmatch.

[Styles 0]

Elimination Chamber: Goldberg over HHH. HHH can get his 1 on 1 win back next month.

About 30 minutes and ***

 

Dudleys vs. La Resistance: La Resistance win setting up flag match for Unforgiven.

About 10 minutes and **

 

Kane vs. RVD: RVD wins with help from Super Shane Mcmahon (to build for Shane vs. Kane) after taking a beating the whole match.

About 12 minutes **1/2

 

Bischoff vs. Shane: Shane wins. I dont know what they'll do here.

About 5 minutes 1/4*

 

Brock vs. Angle: Angle wins via DQ (since it will probably be in the middle of the card anyway), and goes nuts on Angle.

About 20 minutes ****1/4

 

US Title: Eddy over Tajiri in a solid match. Too early to take the belt off of Eddy.

About 15 minutes ***1/2

 

Underertaker vs. A-Train. Taker after his typical sell for big fat heel, make comeback and win match.

About 10 minutes *.

[Adam 0]

Read my preview in Column Corner, all my preds are there.

[Guest Ray]

What is all this predicting ****1/2 for Brock/Angle? Talk about bias...

 

 

Elimination Chamber = Triple H

Brock Lesnar/Kurt Angle = Brock Lesnar

RVD/Kane = Kane

Shane McMahon/Eric Bischoff = Shane

Benoit/Guerrero/Tajiri/Rhyno = Eddie Guerrero

Dudleys/La Resistance = La Resistance

A-Train/Underaker = Undertaker

[Styles 0]

What is all this predicting ****1/2 for Brock/Angle? Talk about bias...

Well, between their Wrestlemania and Vengeance matches they've yet to disappoint us yet...

[Guest Ray]

They sure disappointed me.

The WM match certainly wasn't ****1/2.

 

I also think it's a bit silly to try to predict a star rating, as if it's something concrete like the final score of a basketball game.

[NoCalMike 0]

****1/2 is laughable. No way in hell.

[Guest Coffey]

They sure disappointed me.

The WM match certainly wasn't ****1/2.

 

I also think it's a bit silly to try to predict a star rating, as if it's something concrete like the final score of a basketball game.

My thoughts exactly. I thought their Mania match was about *** to ***1/2.

 

I also don't understand why people try to guess match quality. Everyone rates matches different.

[bob_barron 0]

What is all this predicting ****1/2 for Brock/Angle? Talk about bias...

Well, between their Wrestlemania and Vengeance matches they've yet to disappoint us yet...

Same here. I haven't been dissapointed by any of the Angle v. Lesnar encounters that Slapnuts brought up. If they keep the Vince interference to a minimum- the match should be great.

[Adam 0]

But we all know that Vince's interference WON'T be kept to a minimum.

[Guest ILiveUnderABridge]

PP RULES ALL

 

 

moles mommy rules

[Ultimo Dugas 0]

Elimination Chamber for the World Title

HHH vs. HBK vs. Y2J vs. Orton vs. Nash vs. Goldberg

 

Winner: Jericho

 

Predicted Star Rating: ***1/2 Tops as long as everyone except HBK Jericho and Orton have limited involvement and decent brawling.

 

WWE Title

Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle

 

Winner: Angle despite Vince Interference

 

Predicted Star Rating: ****1/2 Higher without the interference, but probably not 5*.

 

U.S. Title

Eddy Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri

 

Winner: Benoit

 

Predicted Star Rating: **** Depending on how much time they give it, maybe it can break **** 1/2.

 

- Dudleys vs. La Resistance for tag titles

 

Winners: Dudleys

 

Predicted Star Rating: ** As long as its kept short, will probably involve interference by the new member of La Resistance.

 

- Undertaker vs. Albert

 

Winner: Undertaker

 

Predicted Star Rating: **3/4 Probably a pretty decent brawl, not gonna set the world on fire or anything though.

 

Shane McMahon vs. Eric Bischoff

 

Winner: Shane

 

predicted star rating: *1/2 For whatever crazy ass bump Shane will take.

 

RVD vs. Kane

 

Winner: Kane

 

predicted star rating: ***1/2 Basically RVD bumping his ass off to make Kane look good.

[Guest BionicRedneck]

If Angle/Brock is ****1/2 I'll eat my own shit.

[Guest undisputedjericho]

World Heavyweight Championship/Elimination Chamber Match

HHH © vs. Goldberg vs. Kevin Nash vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho vs. Randy Orton

 

Winner: Goldberg

 

WWE Championship

Kurt Angle © vs. Brock Lesnar

 

Winner: Kurt Angle

 

United States Championship

Eddie Guerrero © vs. Chris Benoit vs. Tajiri vs. Rhyno

 

Winner: Eddie Guerrero

 

World Tag Team Championship

Dudleys vs. La Resistance ©

 

Winners: Dudleys

 

Kane vs. Rob Van Dam

 

Winner: Kane

 

Shane McMahon vs. Eric Bischoff

 

Winner: Shane McMahon

 

Undertaker vs. Albert

 

Winner: Undertaker

[Ultra Violence 0]

I am most looking forward to the US title four way followed by Angle vs Lesner

[Guest Mulatto Heat]

They sure disappointed me.

The WM match certainly wasn't ****1/2.

 

I also think it's a bit silly to try to predict a star rating, as if it's something concrete like the final score of a basketball game.

My thoughts exactly. I thought their Mania match was about *** to ***1/2.

 

I also don't understand why people try to guess match quality. Everyone rates matches different.

That's true. People were deciding that Angle/Lesnar was ***** well before the match even began. But (and I don't think anyone has asked this flat out yet so I'm giving the opportunity), if someone can explain to me in a clear, concise manner how it was *****, and you don't even have to convince me, you'll get a gold star.

 

Anyway, quick predictions:

 

Goldberg

 

Lesnar (Angle winning will totally wreck Brock's excellent rejuvination.. sorry Kurt)

 

Benoit, because if Eddie's going to get a serious push as rumored he can't have the midcard belt

 

Dudleys

 

Kane

 

Shane, and his cheerleaders thinking that he always steals the show conveniently forget KOTR 2000, Unforgiven 2001, SurSer 2001, or matches that were on the same card as his 'show-stealing' performances, like TLC 1 and 2, or the main events of SS 2000 or X-7. His average hovers around .500, if that.

 

Gowan, if the match occurs

[Guest Choken One]

I still think Healthy Lesnar and Healthy Angle could reach more then the ***1/2-***3/4 match it hit at Maina.

 

Remember folks...Angle was 50% AND it was still a goodie.

[Guest croweater]

As much as I haven't really been into the buildup, SS has one of the most unpredicatable cards i've ever seen. Any match could go easily any way, but alas here are my predictions.

 

THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER OF ETERNAL DOOM AND UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS!!!!!!

 

This is the perfect match to blow off about 10 major feuds which are circulating through the combatants.

michaels vs. orton

michaels vs. HHH

michaels vs. Jericho

Jericho vs. Goldberg

Jericho vs. Nash

Nash vs. HHH

Nash and Goldberg (after spear)

Jericho vs. HHH

 

All of these guys have a major recent history with one another.......... however it's almost like the WWE don't want us to know that they hate eachother and have left out this history throughout the buildup. This match should have been built up as masses of 12 months of frustration between all of the competitors. All of these guys (minus Orton) have been in the main event scene for the past year so WHY is there no reference to their history!?!

 

Well, like a true smark.... the history is all in my head, and I'll be mentally blowing off the feuds while watching the match with depth that i'm sure won't really exist.

 

my tip. Jericho in what will be a great match. The match will hide all of the Hoss' flaws and Jericho will be able to perform the miracle and pull off a great match. He is the smallest guy out there and a definate underdog, but he's been getting quite the push lately and hopefully will go over. If he's eliminated I expect it to be because Nash wants his job back......... that will piss me off beyond comprehension.

 

OVERALL: a Jericho win in a good solid match ..... expect lots of blood.

 

Angle vs. Lesnar

At the very least this is going to be a solid match and it definately has the possibility of being a classic. However I believe that the classic will wait for wrestlemania and this match will go down as good. Vince doesn't really need to be at ringside but he will be. His presence, although a detrament to the match, opens up many more storyline possibilities. What I'd have is Vince try to interfere but it backfires and causes Lesnar to lose. This loss by Lesnar enrages him, because if anyone has been screwed around by non-wrestling figures it's him. Lesnar gets mega pissed off and paranoid and they play up his history with bad management and that he's been screwed before. he then goes insane and destroys Vince ..... seemingly turning him face....... Angle, and his heart of gold, tries to gonsole lesnar, but gets F5'd for his troubles and beaten into a bloody mess. In a later segment they should show a trail of bodies sprawled down a corridor and lesnar walking towards the end of it, leaving the building.

 

well........ that's how i'd do it.

 

What I expect is a DQ ending with Vinces interference, and the card and storylines can handle this, but it won't lead to anything too interesting.

 

OVERALL: Angle gets to keep the belt in a good match with loads of potential to be a great match.

 

RVD vs. Kane

The match with the greatest buildup and a fair amount of heat that goes along with it. WWE has finally done something right. I was sure that this angle would fail, but it hasn't, it's a big dirty success. now if only the WWE would learn that planning like this is a GOOD thing, and that stories that make sense are GOOD things.

I can't remember if this is no DQ, if not, it bloody well should be. It's not going to be the blow off for this feud, hopefully, and should be a solid contest. I rarely say this but RVD should and will get DECIMATED he should be a bloody pulp by the end of the match. the perfect ending is for kane to destroy RVD, with RVD's unwillingness to give up or get pinned very evident. Have RVD get killed, but still kick out. Have him kick out of the tombstone. God, when was the last time someone kicked out of an undertaker or kane tombstone? It would be a great false finish. Then have Kane go insane with frustration and bloody RVD beyond recognition before walking out of the ring.

 

Overall: should be a great brawl with many highspots and awesome visuals. RVD by countout or DQ.

 

Benoit vs. Eddie vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri

It's like WWE is now purposely catering to smarks with at least 1 match oozes work-rate every ppv. The build up has been great, the title means something, two feuds intertwined into a great match is what I predict. Benoit or Eddie look the most likely to go over. Both these guys deserve to be up hovering around the main event and I expect them to become main event fodder for lesnar and Angle to postpone the WM rematch. I think Tajiri could take this match. Someone in a post before mentioned a US title feud between Tajiri and Ultimo.......it's never gonna happen, but I'll wet myself thinking about it. I kinda expect Eddie to lose via backfired cheating or somemone else cheating to pin him as a little bit of irony to the finish. And although I picked him in the gambling thread i'm now thinking he's way too over to be feuding over the US title.

 

Overall: Tajiri in what could be a great match and will definately be solid.

 

The rest of the card I don't give a fried fuck about so Ill make it short.

 

A-Train vs. Undertaker. A-train in an acceptable match, could possibly be much better than expected.

 

Dud's vs. La res. La res are begining to grow on me. If only for the fact that I like them because I'm starting to hate the angle and the dudleys more and more with every racist pro-USA= anti-French comment. And hence by hating everything that La res are involeved in and not hating La res themselves I'm begining to enjoy them kicking the shit out of the dudleys. However they have no chance in wining this. Which is a pity because Dudley Boys really really really suck at the moment as they have kept the same gimmik for an eternity and tables are so passe. If they went back any further Bubba would be stuttering. The match will be slow and predictable. God let it only go for 5 minutes

 

Shane vs. bichoff. Hopefully Kane interferes and kills shane. if not I'm going to take a shit during this match.

 

Well, we have 4 matches with good potential and these will most likely take up much more time than the others.

 

I'm gonna buy Summerslam (but then again it's only about $13US here in australia) but whether I enjoy it or not is up to the booking.