Save Wrestlemania

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From the buildup so far this looks to be the worst WrestleMania ever. We have an unover face in Cena defending the WWE title in the ME against HHH who's going to be cheered but who won't turn face. Then, we have Angle who won a battle royal to win the World Title against Orton who lost to Taker at Armageddon and couldn't win the RR from #30.

 

My question is with all the mistakes made thus far, is Wrestlemania even salvagable? If you were given the book tomorrow and had to deal with Cena's title reign version 2.0, a Hogan that wouldn't play ball unless he looks like a million bucks, a JBL that just got buried by the Boogeyman, and a HHH that's going to want to at the very least be in a high-profile match, could you make an intriguing WrestleMania card?

 

I'm not asking for every single undercard match, but I'm just wondering how you'd do the buildup with the title pictures et al, to at least get three or four matches that people will pay to see and that will make it feel like Wrestlemania.

[Hawk 34 0]

Easy, you can easily turn John Cena and right now it's their only hope in hell. Who is a big enough face right now to place him in that spot? *hint, it's not RVD*. Who really wants to see McMahon Vs Shawn, besides McMahon and Shawn. I hate to say it but the only face on Raw who is actually over as a face and is a credible main event, is Shawn. Cena and McMahon were buddy-buddy a few weeks ago, go ahead and pull the trigger on the Cena heel turn because the face run is over now.

 

Is Shawn/Cena going to work as a WM level main event? No but WWE went and screwed it all up.

 

Orton/Angle is a complete mess, Rey can't win the rumble and lose the title shot. It'll kill the credibility of the rumble, however add a little suspense to the show and make it a four way elimination, Rey/Angle/Orton and either plug in Benoit or Henry. Whoever isn't in the match between Benoit and Henry, gets Undertaker. Undertaker either gets another MONSTER to wipe out at Mania (and it would be the likely final appearence of Mark Henry in WWE) or finally gets that great WM he wants and can go over someone more credible then Henry.

 

Edge really got screwed last night and he should be the champion after his great start which was a ratings success. What's left for him? They aren't going to plug him into the main event now, RVD doesn't make sense at this point. He does deserve some sort of a "big" match to justify ruining his reign, perhaps they talk Hogan into doing a program with Edge? While Hogan wants Angle, Show or Cena, If Hogan gets to go over some young kid who has semi-credibility, he might go for it and since they teamed together in 2002, Hogan may not have a problem working with Edge.

 

So far the card is

Cena/Shawn, Edge/Hogan, Rey/Angle/Orton/Benoit or Henry, Undertaker Vs Benoit or Henry.

 

IC Title is on Flair, Flair will work Mania and he might as well keep the title until then, Masters/Flair in a quick squash match for Masters would work.

 

MITB worked for WWE last year, make it both brands this time with Raw-Shelton, Carlito, Kane and RVD and Smackdown with Hardy, Jordan, JBL and some-one else. That'll give you the required spot fest.

 

US Title? Booker T keeps it and gets squashed by Lashley.

 

Tag titles? MnM Vs Mexi-Cools in a 2/3 falls match and I'd take the titles off Kane and TBS or just don't have them defend it.

 

TBS Vs Triple H, TBS is a legitimate name for Triple H and they haven't settled their issue yet, Cena/HHH can't work because Cena isn't over as a face and Trips can't just turn all the sudden. WWE can't have it's "star" buried in the main event of WM.

 

CW title? building off last night, Helms/Noble works.

 

Woman's title? Trish/Mickie in a "final battle" match.

 

So the card is

Cena Vs Shawn

Rey Vs Angle Vs Orton Vs Benoit or Henry

Edge Vs Hogan

Undertaker Vs Benoit or Henry

Flair Vs Masters

MITB: RVD, Shelton, Kane, Carlito, Jordan, Hardy, ? and JBL

Booker Vs Lashley

MnM Vs Mexi-Cools

TBS/Kane Vs 3MW or Kane Vs TBS

Noble Vs Helms

Trish Vs Mickie

 

Yeah, i'm not liking it either. I'll take this over what will happen

[BruiserKC 0]

Easy, you can easily turn John Cena and right now it's their only hope in hell. Who is a big enough face right now to place him in that spot? *hint, it's not RVD*. Who really wants to see McMahon Vs Shawn, besides McMahon and Shawn. I hate to say it but the only face on Raw who is actually over as a face and is a credible main event, is Shawn. Cena and McMahon were buddy-buddy a few weeks ago, go ahead and pull the trigger on the Cena heel turn because the face run is over now.

 

Is Shawn/Cena going to work as a WM level main event? No but WWE went and screwed it all up.

 

Orton/Angle is a complete mess, Rey can't win the rumble and lose the title shot. It'll kill the credibility of the rumble, however add a little suspense to the show and make it a four way elimination, Rey/Angle/Orton and either plug in Benoit or Henry. Whoever isn't in the match between Benoit and Henry, gets Undertaker. Undertaker either gets another MONSTER to wipe out at Mania (and it would be the likely final appearence of Mark Henry in WWE) or finally gets that great WM he wants and can go over someone more credible then Henry.

 

Edge really got screwed last night and he should be the champion after his great start which was a ratings success. What's left for him? They aren't going to plug him into the main event now, RVD doesn't make sense at this point. He does deserve some sort of a "big" match to justify ruining his reign, perhaps they talk Hogan into doing a program with Edge? While Hogan wants Angle, Show or Cena, If Hogan gets to go over some young kid who has semi-credibility, he might go for it and since they teamed together in 2002, Hogan may not have a problem working with Edge.

 

So far the card is

Cena/Shawn, Edge/Hogan, Rey/Angle/Orton/Benoit or Henry, Undertaker Vs Benoit or Henry.

 

IC Title is on Flair, Flair will work Mania and he might as well keep the title until then, Masters/Flair in a quick squash match for Masters would work.

 

MITB worked for WWE last year, make it both brands this time with Raw-Shelton, Carlito, Kane and RVD and Smackdown with Hardy, Jordan, JBL and some-one else. That'll give you the required spot fest.

 

US Title? Booker T keeps it and gets squashed by Lashley.

 

Tag titles? MnM Vs Mexi-Cools in a 2/3 falls match and I'd take the titles off Kane and TBS or just don't have them defend it.

 

TBS Vs Triple H, TBS is a legitimate name for Triple H and they haven't settled their issue yet, Cena/HHH can't work because Cena isn't over as a face and Trips can't just turn all the sudden. WWE can't have it's "star" buried in the main event of WM.

 

CW title? building off last night, Helms/Noble works.

 

Woman's title? Trish/Mickie in a "final battle" match.

 

So the card is

Cena Vs Shawn

Rey Vs Angle Vs Orton Vs Benoit or Henry

Edge Vs Hogan

Undertaker Vs Benoit or Henry

Flair Vs Masters

MITB: RVD, Shelton, Chavo, Jordan, Hardy, ? and JBL

Booker Vs Lashley

MnM Vs Mexi-Cools

TBS/Kane Vs 3MW or Kane Vs TBS

Noble Vs Helms

Trish Vs Mickie

 

Yeah, i'm not liking it either. I'll take this over what will happen

 

For your MITB I think you could insert Boogeyman...Boogeyman beat JBL for one, plus he wouldn't have to do much so you can hide his weaknesses with several others in the ring with him. Granted Boogeyman isn't someone that deserves a chance at a World title match but neither does Jordan, Chavo, or Hardy for that matter.

[Hawk 34 0]

Easy, you can easily turn John Cena and right now it's their only hope in hell. Who is a big enough face right now to place him in that spot? *hint, it's not RVD*. Who really wants to see McMahon Vs Shawn, besides McMahon and Shawn. I hate to say it but the only face on Raw who is actually over as a face and is a credible main event, is Shawn. Cena and McMahon were buddy-buddy a few weeks ago, go ahead and pull the trigger on the Cena heel turn because the face run is over now.

 

Is Shawn/Cena going to work as a WM level main event? No but WWE went and screwed it all up.

 

Orton/Angle is a complete mess, Rey can't win the rumble and lose the title shot. It'll kill the credibility of the rumble, however add a little suspense to the show and make it a four way elimination, Rey/Angle/Orton and either plug in Benoit or Henry. Whoever isn't in the match between Benoit and Henry, gets Undertaker. Undertaker either gets another MONSTER to wipe out at Mania (and it would be the likely final appearence of Mark Henry in WWE) or finally gets that great WM he wants and can go over someone more credible then Henry.

 

Edge really got screwed last night and he should be the champion after his great start which was a ratings success. What's left for him? They aren't going to plug him into the main event now, RVD doesn't make sense at this point. He does deserve some sort of a "big" match to justify ruining his reign, perhaps they talk Hogan into doing a program with Edge? While Hogan wants Angle, Show or Cena, If Hogan gets to go over some young kid who has semi-credibility, he might go for it and since they teamed together in 2002, Hogan may not have a problem working with Edge.

 

So far the card is

Cena/Shawn, Edge/Hogan, Rey/Angle/Orton/Benoit or Henry, Undertaker Vs Benoit or Henry.

 

IC Title is on Flair, Flair will work Mania and he might as well keep the title until then, Masters/Flair in a quick squash match for Masters would work.

 

MITB worked for WWE last year, make it both brands this time with Raw-Shelton, Carlito, Kane and RVD and Smackdown with Hardy, Jordan, JBL and some-one else. That'll give you the required spot fest.

 

US Title? Booker T keeps it and gets squashed by Lashley.

 

Tag titles? MnM Vs Mexi-Cools in a 2/3 falls match and I'd take the titles off Kane and TBS or just don't have them defend it.

 

TBS Vs Triple H, TBS is a legitimate name for Triple H and they haven't settled their issue yet, Cena/HHH can't work because Cena isn't over as a face and Trips can't just turn all the sudden. WWE can't have it's "star" buried in the main event of WM.

 

CW title? building off last night, Helms/Noble works.

 

Woman's title? Trish/Mickie in a "final battle" match.

 

So the card is

Cena Vs Shawn

Rey Vs Angle Vs Orton Vs Benoit or Henry

Edge Vs Hogan

Undertaker Vs Benoit or Henry

Flair Vs Masters

MITB: RVD, Shelton, Chavo, Jordan, Hardy, ? and JBL

Booker Vs Lashley

MnM Vs Mexi-Cools

TBS/Kane Vs 3MW or Kane Vs TBS

Noble Vs Helms

Trish Vs Mickie

 

Yeah, i'm not liking it either. I'll take this over what will happen

 

For your MITB I think you could insert Boogeyman...Boogeyman beat JBL for one, plus he wouldn't have to do much so you can hide his weaknesses with several others in the ring with him. Granted Boogeyman isn't someone that deserves a chance at a World title match but neither does Jordan, Chavo, or Hardy for that matter.

 

I put Hardy and Chavo in there because they can bump like crazy but i realized I forgot Carlito, so I took Chavo out and put Carlito in.

 

Jordan because I couldn't think of any other Smackdown mid-carders to put in. I'd save Boogeyman for a backstage skit where he can serve the same purpose. I would imagine, in reality they slide Benoit in the MITB match.

[Black Lushus 0]

has there been an indication that the MITB is going to be a yearly WM thing?

[Carnival 0]

And who the hell says it's gonna be Orton/Angle? Honestly, just cuz meltzer says something, that doesn't mean it's gonna happen. My money says Rey Mysterio stays in the Main Event, in a 1 on 1 match with Kurt Angle.

[Hawk 34 0]

has there been an indication that the MITB is going to be a yearly WM thing?

 

No, but it's a good way to have the big spotfest match and it gets a gang of mid-carders booked in one fell swoop and it doesn't require much effort in build.

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Cena vs. Triple H in a Steel Cage match

 

Right now, as the boo-birds are still out for Cena, I'd have him just be a face with a heel edge. No friends, no allies, and doesn't even really recognize the fans cheers (If there are any). He'd just play up to a "Bad Boy" type gimmick, none of that chain-gang stuff and just wrestle whoever (Face or Heel) on his road to WrestleMania. I don't think they want to make him full-fledged heel cause of merchandising. Triple H would just earn his title shot by beating Edge in a match for number one contendership on a RAW. Really, this is the only mainevent they have right now for RAW.

 

Angle vs. Rey Misterio

 

I wouldn't change a thing. Rey won the RR, Angle is the champion. Rey is over as hell. No reason not to go with this right now. No reason.

 

 

Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Orton

 

This would play up to Randy Orton's legend killer gimmick. Just have Orton start a program with Hogan, and have the basis around it being Orton's sick of these old guys coming back trying to get a "nostalgia" run at the expense of him.

 

 

Vince Mcmahon vs. Shawn Michaels - NO DQ match

 

Vince wins he does whatever he wants with Shawn Michaels contract. Shawn wins, he does whatever he wants with the contract. You know this is leading to a one on one contest. So just try to make it at violent and fast paced as possible. The Rock could be involved here since he said he can make an appearance, though no wrestle this year.

 

The Undertaker (managed by Paul Heyman) vs. Chris Benoit

 

This would be the Undertaker's real return to the darkside for his final big run. Him teaming up with Heyman would stem from him losing at NWO to Kurt Angle (not clean), and Heyman helping get back his fire and make sure his business is straight. His first feud would be with Chris Benoit.

 

Edge vs. Mick Foley

Pretty easy to do here. Just have Edge do everything in his power to really make the fans hate him. He's gonna really lose all sense of basic decency after losing the belt to Cena, leading up to a feud with Mic Foley

 

Other matches

Booker T. (US Champion) vs. Bobby Lashley

 

MIB II

Rob Van Dam vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Ric Flair vs. Trevor Murdock vs. JBL vs. Matt Hardy

 

Carlito and Masters vs. Big Show and Kane (If feasible, Shaq should make an appearance here)

 

Trish vs. Melina Women's title

 

MNM vs. Burchill and Regal Tag Team Titles

 

Gregory Helms vs. Paul London

 

(Obviously one or two of these matches would be on the pre-show)

[Promoter 0]

Okay, if I had the book, WrestleMania from what we have now would go down like this...........

 

Main Event(last match)

Kurt Angle defends the title against Rey Mysterio

Storyline: Mysterio will try to duplicate what Eddie did in 2004 by winning a world title. I know this is dumb since they just turned him and fans are rallying behind him, but it seems Angle will have to turn tweener at the least. I mean, how else can Angle look in this scenario? Trying to stop Rey's dream of becoming champion and "doing it for Eddie"(which I don't like). They might as well go the full gusto and also use the Hall of Fame ceremony to induct Eddie Guerrero with Rey doing the honors. The next night he goes against Angle for the title.

 

John Cena defends the title against Shawn Michaels

Yes, forget Triple H for now. You have Vince backing John Cena who represents this generation's rock 'n roll, sex, and drugs. You also play up the Vince/Shawn feud by telling HBK he is washed up and that it's been a decade since he first won the wwe title at WM 12. Since HBK said he wants to scale back his ring time in the coming year create some kind of stip such as HBK's last title match ever if he doesn't win the title. It doesn't seem they will ever put the title back on him anyways. Have Cena be tweener where he's relunctant to do what Vince wants, but he is also kind of playing Vince since he's the champion. Cena and HBK both beat Vince's ass in a post match beatdown. Hopefully, if creative is told to keep Cena face this will work.

 

Hulk Hogan vs. "The Legend Killer" Randy Orton

Already stated by other poster.

 

Undertaker vs. Chris Benoit

Just simply state that Benoit is the deadliest threat to UT's winning streak. He's never met a wrestling machine like Benoit at Mania.

 

Edge vs. Mick Foley

This also works because Edge can claim he is now the Rated R superstar and king of "hardcore". Edge can brag about being the king of TLC matches and challenges Foley to a TLC match. If Edge had a good one with Flair, I'm sure Foley would be easier. You can also do Edge vs. Hogan in a similar situation with the WM 6 story as a backdrop.

 

RVD vs. Shelton Benjamin

 

(US title)

Booker vs. Lashley

This is a good idea

 

HHH vs. Big Show

 

*Other scenarios

Flair vs. Foley

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And who the hell says it's gonna be Orton/Angle? Honestly, just cuz meltzer says something, that doesn't mean it's gonna happen. My money says Rey Mysterio stays in the Main Event, in a 1 on 1 match with Kurt Angle.

 

Maybe the WM main event will be a HHH-HBK-Benoit ladder match again...

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If I had the book I wouldn't have done most of what they did last night. I thought about keeping it on Edge and doing Edge/RVD but with RVD just back from injury I figure let's let him get his bearings (do we need another HHH 2002 situation with a guy who is rusty gets main events?).

 

Anyway, I figure Edge has the title still and defends in a 3 way with HHH and Cena. I'm not sure who the crowd is for here, but they'll pick SOMEBODY surely.

 

I'd keep it Angle/Rey on SD. Fuck Orton, let him dick around in a US title match with Booker T. after Booker does a botched run in at the Rey/Orton No Way Out match.

 

Shawn/Vince...that will happen now anyway, can't change this one.

 

Money in the Bank II: I'd have Edge propose this idea to Vince who will agree with him. Make this a co-brand match with RVD, Edge, and Shelton from Raw and Benoit, Matt Hardy (for some highspots), and whoever. Wish Rey was in on this one, but can't be if in the title match.

 

Carlito/Masters vs. Show/Kane. Gotta put a tag title match on the show somewhere and it'd have the dual tension of Kane/Show not liking each other and Carlito/Masters not trusting each other.

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The Smackdown side is easy to fix. Simply keep it as Rey/Angle and we get a good match with lots of heat. The only thing that needs to be done is to turn Angle heel again, which they seem to be doing with the Undertaker feud anyways. Orton has no business challenging for the World Title at Wrestlemania.

 

World Heavyweight Championship: Kurt Angle vs. Rey Misterio

 

RAW is a bigger problem as we are left with a WWE Title match in which fans don't want to see either participant take part in. But it is too late to do anything about that now with Edge getting buried at the Rumble. Therefore, even though I don't like the thoughts of it, there is really only one way to get a match that has anything even resembling a positive reaction from the fans.

 

WWE Championship: John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels

 

Nobody wants to see HBK/Vince either, so this kills two birds with one stone. We get a better match, a wrestler that fans can cheer (HBK), Cena defending the belt, HHH still winning the belt, and Vince screwing Shawn out of the title to continue that feud, which can end at Backlash. It isn't an ideal situation, but about the best I can get given the circumstances, and still accomplishes everything that WWE wants to do.

 

Since the mid-card isn't set, there is a lot of room to fill out the rest of the card.

 

Interpromotional Match: Hulk Hogan vs. US Champion Randy Orton - Orton takes the title from Booker to end that issue at No Way Out and begin the process of rebuilding him. He won't win here, but the loss means nothing and it gets him noticed. Since he's the Legend Killer, he might as well take on the biggest legend of them all on the biggest show of the year.

 

Interpromotional Match: Kane & Big Show vs. MNM - MNM does have potential opponents elsewhere, but if Show & Kane aren't here they really have to face each other (nobody wants that) or be in the MITB match. Should be intriguing, even if people don't like the outcome. Besides the Smackdown/RAW battle has been one sided towards Smackdown in the past year. Two RAW wins are almost necessary at this show.

 

Money In the Bank Ladder Match: Edge vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Carlito vs. Chris Masters vs. Ric Flair - I like the idea of bringing this back, but would prefer it to stay RAW only.

 

The Undertaker vs. Chris Benoit - Undertaker really needs a great match at Wrestlemania and Benoit can give it to him.

 

Those are the 6 Big Matches, so now it is just a matter of filling out the card.

 

JBL vs. Bobby Lashley

Booker T vs. Orlando Jordan

Trish vs. Mickey

 

Seems reasonable enough.

[Promoter 0]

Cena/HBK/HHH could actually work espcially if they use wwe history and real life. I won't bother right now, but this might be the best solution.

[Guest Princess Leena]

Save Wrestlemania, Could you do it?

 

Yes. Release some workers. Use a couple million to get TO. Have him run his mouth for the next 2 months. Pray he shows up at WM to get his ass beating. Huge ratings.

[NYU 0]

I don't like the idea of Cena/HBK/HHH because it's going to immediately draw comparisons to the HHH/HBK/Benoit match from two years ago....and let's face it, it can never come even close to matching the quality of that one.

 

My first step would be to put the title back on Edge tonight. Keep Rey in his #1 Contender slot.

 

Throughout February, run a mini-tournament on Raw for the #1 Contendership at WrestleMania. Something like:

 

HHH

The Big Show

 

John Cena

Chris Masters

 

Shawn Michaels

Kane

 

Rob Van Dam

Carlito

 

Have HHH, Cena, Michaels, and RVD go over. The next week:

 

HHH

Cena

 

Michaels

RVD

 

Have HHH/Cena fight?? What?! Yeah. just make it a very short match. Five minutes or so. Referee gets knocked out. Hunter uses the sledgehammer. Beats the hell out of Cena, bloodies him, Pedigree on a steel chair. The whole works. Gets the three count and advances. Meanwhile, perhaps have McMahon provide a distraction for Shawn in his match against RVD with Van Dam going over. So then the finals for next week:

 

HHH

RVD

 

Have Cena cost Hunter the match as revenge for last week. Rob Van Dam goes over and keeps his momentum strong. So then:

 

 

WrestleMania 22

 

World Heavyweight Title

Kurt Angle © vs. Rey Misterio

 

WWE Title

Edge © vs. Rob Van Dam

 

Triple H vs. John Cena

 

No-Holds-Barred

Shawn Michaels vs. Vince McMahon

 

Special Attraction

Hulk Hogan vs. Mick Foley

 

U.S. Title

Booker T © vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Benoit

 

World Tag Team Titles

Kane/The Big Show © vs. Carlito/Chris Masters

 

The Undertaker vs. Mark Henry

 

JBL vs. Bobby Lashley

 

WWE Women's Title

Trish Stratus © vs. Mickie James

 

Yeah, not as good as it could be, but better than the shit they're getting ready to hand out.

[haws bah gawd 0]

One other poster (in a different thread) mentioned what I believe is a fantastic a good idea for the MitB this year. If RVD is not going to be in title contention, have him win it, and cash in his shot at ECW One Night Stand 2. If WWE is gracious enough to allow him a title win, RVD fans have their mark-out moment of the year all set-up.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

I don't like the idea of Cena/HBK/HHH because it's going to immediately draw comparisons to the HHH/HBK/Benoit match from two years ago....and let's face it, it can never come even close to matching the quality of that one.

 

That doesn't concern me as much as I don't like the idea of having Triple Threats at Wrestlemania in general. It would probably be much closer to the Wrestlemania XVI Four-Man in terms of quality. The bonus here is that Rey/Angle would be there to go on last, so it isn't as big a concern as it could be. Like I said, its better than the alternatives. HHH/Cena isn't very enticing and would probably be be a lousy match on top of that, and I have ZERO interest in seeing McMahon wrestle at all.

[Elbarto997 0]

There's still time to book Coach/Edge in a No Disqualification Match in the Main Event.

[UZI Suicide 0]

Ok if I had the book

 

WWE Championship - Kurt Angle© vs. Rey Mysterio

 

Keep Angle face at first and play up the "mutual respect" thing, until Kurt Angle just totally turns on Rey a few weeks before WM and destroys him with a chair. Saying he's tired of hearing about how it's Rey's destiny to win the belt, Angle says it's his destiny to keep the belt because he's a wrestling machine, olympic gold medalist and the greatest champion of all time.

 

Winner: Rey Mysterio

 

WWE Championship - John Cena© vs. HHH vs. Edge

 

Keep Cena as a tweener, he'll take on any heel or face, and really push the "you're either riding with me or not" stuff to fans. Edge jobs again to Cena on RAW tonight.. something fluky happens, like Lita interferes and accidently costs Edge the match. After this, buildup for HHH-Cena begins, but Edge just goes nuts, taking the "Rated R Superstar" thing to the next level. Basically takes up a loose cannon gimmick, he attacks Lita the next week and hospitalizes her, starts taking out WWE employees backstage, randomly coming out during RAW matches and attacking the competitors, including attacking both Cena and HHH. Nobody in the WWE can control him, they finally decided to give into his demands of another title shot, and add him to the HHH-Cena fray. Cena and HHH can continue to feud after this, they don't need a belt to have heat in their feud. They'll never be able to capture the momentum Edge had with his initial title run, but this could come close.

 

Winner: Edge

 

Shawn Michaels vs. Shane McMahon w/Vince

 

Nobody wants to see HBK vs. Vince, and I doubt HBK vs. Shane is a match the world is clamoring to see, but I think it could be a fun match if booked properly. Shane always goes all out in his matches and if HBK pulls out all the stops, it could be really entertaining. They've gone too far with the HBK-Vince thing to pull the plug on it now.

 

Winner: Shawn Michaels

 

Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Orton

 

Orton is the "legend killer" and wants to prove it by defeating the ultimate legend of the business. Unfortunately for Orton, he blows.

 

Winner: Hulk Hogan

 

The Undertaker vs. Chris Benoit

 

No reason other than they both have nothing to do as of yet at 'Mania. This could be an entertaining match is 'Taker is as motivated as he was at WM 21.

 

Winner: The Undertaker (yeah yeah I know, but I don't think Benoit is the guy who should end the streak.. Benoit gets the job back at the next PPV)

 

Chicago Street Fight - Mick Foley vs. JBL

 

I don't really care that Foley is on RAW, they can move him over to Smackdown and nobody would care. I'm not sure of the buildup for this, I just know these two could put on some entertaining brawls together. Plus, JBL needs a boost after the horrible Boogeyman feud.

 

Winner: JBL

 

Intercontinental Title - Ric Flair© vs. Shelton Benjamin

 

Shelton gets a few more wins on RAW, and Mama tells him he's really improving but now it's time to really make a name for himself and take back what's his. Shelton says, "I know what you mean, mama" and attacks Flair later on in the show after an IC title defense. Setting up their match at WM.

 

Winner: Shelton Benjamin

 

Money In The Bank 2 - RVD vs. Carlito vs. Chris Masters vs. Matt Hardy vs. Mark Henry vs. Chavo

 

RVD wins, and cashes in the shot at One Night Stand 2 by defeating Edge for the WWE Title.

 

Winner: RVD

 

U.S. Title - Booker T vs. Bobby Lashley

 

Nothing really to say here. Lashley continues his rise to the top by winning his first title.

 

Winner: Lashley

 

Tag Team Interpromotional Match - MNM vs. Big Show and Kane

 

There's no other tag teams on either show worth feuding with, so they just have a cross promotional match of the champions to see which brand has the better Tag Team. MNM wins after some opponent miscommunication, which leads to the inevitable Show-Kane feud we're all clamoring for.

 

Winners: MNM

 

WWE Women's Title - Trish vs. Mickie James

 

I suppose the title has to be defended on the card somewhere. I don't really care for the Women's division but this is the logical match to have.

 

Winner: Trish

[BorneAgain 0]

Ugh, considering how well they've handled Lashley for the past couple of months (performances at Survivor Series, World Title Battle Royal,) I'd prefer they build him up again before squashing Booker. Hell stick JBL against him, after the Boogeyman feud, he's got nothing to lose anyway.

[Lt. Al Giardello 0]

Keep the Mysterio Vs. Angle match on, it could be a very good Wrestlemania story if booked right.

 

I really don't want to see Cena be on RAW's main event, If I was a booker, I would have him drop the title on RAW to HHH, and have RVD win a #1 Contendership match, and have HHH Vs. RVD as the RAW main event.

 

Chris Masters challenges to end the Undertaker's streak.

 

I was thinking that they shoukd keep Hogan off the show unless he was wrestling Austin. But now that I think of it, if they turn Cena heel and have him in a program with Hogan it would be very entertaining. But I doubt Hogan would want to job to Cena.

 

Interpromotional Money in the bank... with Shelton Vs. Edge Vs. Carlito Vs. Matt Hardy Vs. Chris Benoit Vs. Randy Orton.

 

Lashley will chase the U.S. Title from Booker T.

 

HBK Vs. Shane McMahon, Vince is too old to be wrestling. And Shane will actually bump crazy.

 

Interpromotional Match

Big Show & Kane Vs. MNM

[Guest lo0p]

Flair vs Foley

Could use what they said about each other in books as the buildup. ie. foley is a stuntman not a real wrestler

Not sure who should win this.

 

Orton vs Hogan

Legend killer vs Ultimate legend.

Winner: Orton

 

Benoit vs Undertaker

Wretlemania streak vs The wrestling machine

Winner: Benoit . .. and they shake hands after the match as a sign of respect

 

Shane and Vince vs Michaels

Could potentially be the main event if Bret Hart was the ref . .but it aint gonna happen. Alternate ref is Big Show (wont be influenced by Vince)

Winner: Michaels

 

Angle vs Mysterio

Mysterio wins. . dedicates win to Guererro . .malenko and chavo celebrate in ring with him

 

RVD vs Benjamin vs Masters vs Carlito vs Edge vs Kane money in the bank ladder match

RVD win .. uses his title shot at One Night Stand like a previous poster suggested

 

Lashley vs JBL

Winner: Lashley

 

HHH vs Cena

HHH wins clean. Both wrestler get boo'd the fuck out of the building as WM comes to a close

[cabbageboy 0]

Glad to see my RVD MITB idea has caught on. The MITB is one of those excellent ideas that they totally stumbled on last year to have some filler at WM (albeit killer filler). The only unfortunate aspect is that I had Edge holding the title going into that ONS PPV, which would give it more meaning (He who lives by MITB dies by it).

 

Hell, if Rey is fucked over at No Way Out I'd toss him in that MITB as his opportunity to get the #1 contendership back. Throw in Benoit, Shelton, and a couple other guys and THAT would get me to watch WM.

[NYU 0]

I'm going to assume I wrote up the best WrestleMania card since that's the PPV I'd personally want to see the most.

[iggymcfly 0]

I'm going to assume I wrote up the best WrestleMania card since that's the PPV I'd personally want to see the most.

 

I agree actually. Edge/RVD on the Raw side is much more palatable than anything involving John Cena.

 

However, I still haven't seen anything that looks like a real WM main event in even the possible bookings. I mean for comparison's sake, HHH/Jericho was considered a gigantic disappointment as a WM main event due to the lack of heat, but are any of these matchups really even as good of a main event as that? None of this "feels like Wrestlemania" to me.

 

Honestly, I don't think they could put on a Wrestlemania card with their current roster that wouldn't feel like a disappointment somehow. The only way they could make WM a success at this point would be to shell out big bucks and bring Rock or Lesnar back for a few months.

 

The Rock vs. John Cena? That feels like a Wrestlemania main event.

 

Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker? Absolutely.

 

HHH vs. Cena? Angle vs. Orton? Edge vs. Michaels vs. HHH? Mysterio vs. Angle? Not so much.

 

Actually, just the thought of Rock/Cena at Mania is making me hard. Those marks would turn on Cena so fast that he'd never even know what him.

[Guest Dam(o)nYankees]

Glad to see my RVD MITB idea has caught on. The MITB is one of those excellent ideas that they totally stumbled on last year to have some filler at WM (albeit killer filler). The only unfortunate aspect is that I had Edge holding the title going into that ONS PPV, which would give it more meaning (He who lives by MITB dies by it).

 

Hell, if Rey is fucked over at No Way Out I'd toss him in that MITB as his opportunity to get the #1 contendership back. Throw in Benoit, Shelton, and a couple other guys and THAT would get me to watch WM.

I think it's be almost interesting if they made MitB a different kind of gimmick match every year. It also roots out the jobbers (Hardy, Chavo) that people are throwing in there just to get big spots, and gives the "advantage" to a different kind of wrestler every year.

[The Amazing Rando 0]

So is Loaded Glove working for WWE now? Since he described the ending to the Cena/Edge match about two hours before the match even started.

[Guest droptoehold]

WORLD TITLE
Angle v Mysterio

WWE TITLE
Cena v HHH

INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE
Ric Flair v Mick Foley

US TITLE
Booket T v Bobby Lashey

MONEY IN THE BANK
Shelton Benjamin v Matt Hardy v RVD v Randy Orton v Edge v Benoit

UNIFIED TAG TITLES
Big Show & Kane v MNM

Vince & Shane v Shawn Michales & suprise partner Stone Cold

Undertaker v Boogeyman

JBL v Roddy Piper

[Guest JoeJoe]

Just fucking put a speedbreak on this Vince-Shawn feud.

 

Have Shawn "give in" and turn into Vince's corporate loudmouth dummy (ala Rock attitude era), and face Cena for the belt at WM.

 

Have Lita turn on Edge making him babyface. Edge feuds with Hunter leading up to the payoff at Mania where he does the clean job and comforts Hunter's ego.

 

Have Benjamin and RVD do a clusterfuck, finally ending arguement of 'whose the bigger spot monkey'.

 

Have Flair defend the IC against Murdoch in a good ol fashioned Brawl.

 

Have the joke monikers of Masters and Carlito do a comic heel vs. heel match.

[NYU 0]

^

 

That card's even worse than the one they have planned now.