Last night on the three hour Monday Night Raw had me really excited because Jesse Ventura was hosting and I knew he would bring something different to the show. Sure enough he did and I thought it was a great. I saw a lot of firsts last night and it was great to see. The CM Punk-John Cena match was very good and it could make for a great feud someday. The other first was a dream match I have wanted to see and it happen to be the Hart Dynasty and DX. They had a solid match but I think they should do more with it considering the history there. I mean you had the Rockers and the original Hart Foundation and then DX against the Hart Foundation of 1997 which ended with a lot of bad blood. They need to play that off more.
They also had qualifying matches to get in to a battle royal to determine the number one contender to John Cena. Everyone in the match except for Randy Orton had never been a World Champion. The winner of the match was Sheamus and he will face John Cena at TLC for the WWE title. All I have to say is, it's about time. I agree with the philosophy that we need to see new people going after the title. I like many am sick of seeing the same old people being in title matches. I don' think we have seen all of Sheamus' ability yet but at TLC people will.
I also enjoyed how DX made a joke out of what happen at Survivor Series. I just about laughed my head off last night during their promo last night. Even though they did not win the WWE title they do have the opportunity to win gold at TLC. They face Jeri-Show for the Unified Tag Team Championships. So after last night two matches have been made for TLC and here they are:
-WWE Champion John Cena vs. Sheamus (Tables Match) -Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho & Big Show vs. D-Generation X (Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match)
Keep checking back for more matches and my predictions before the pay-per-view.
Last night was the Survivor Series, one of WWE's longest running pay-per-views and one of the big four. It was definitely a crazy night. The first match was Team Morrison taking on Team Miz. Some of the cool parts in this match were Evan Bourne flying around as always and the stare down of the two Irishmen Sheamus and Finlay. Miz, Sheamus and Drew McIntyre ended up winning the match and being the survivors
Next up was Batista and Rey Mysterio. Mysterio started off the match quick but as soon as Batista got a hold of him the match was pretty much over. Batista gave him 2 spine busters, and 3 Batista bombs. After the match Batista beat him up even further and left him to be carried out on a stretcher. I have to say I love Batista as heel and I think thats how he needs to be used. He's a good face, but a better heel because of his brutality.
Up next was team Kofi vs. team Orton. Before the match they had a funny backstage segment with Team Kofi because Christian was the only white guy on the team. It was a very funny moment that got a lot of people laughing. I really love how Kofi came back from facing CM Punk and Randy Orton. They are really pushing Kofi Kingston to the next level. I will be curious to see what he does in the future.
The first triple threat match of the night was Undertaker vs. Big Show vs. Chris Jericho. The match went the way I thought it would. Show and Jericho double teamed the Undertaker until it was time for them to try and win. Then they started breaking apart and Big Show went after Jericho. Undertaker eventually locked in Hells Gates on Big Show and retained his World Championship.
I am not even going to talk about the Diva's match because it was boring. All I will say is that Mickie and Melina were the Survivors which I had a feeling they would be anyways. Nothing special happened in this match.
Then the Main Event of the night. Shawn and Triple H came out together which I really didn't like but oh well. After the bell rang the first thing that happen was Shawn giving Triple H Sweet Chin Music and knocking him out. Then once Shawn and Cena got on the outside Triple H gave a spine-buster to Shawn Michael right through a table. It was a really good triple threat match which saw Shawn and Triple H go at it for awhile. I loved it because Triple H and Shawn have a really good matches. Cena eventually took advantage of DX's implosion and retained his WWE title. It was a really good match, one of the better triple threat matches I've seen because of all the tension in this match.
I would rate Survivor Series 3 stars out of 5 because it decent matches, but not a lot of excitement up until the last match. The last match pretty much made the whole pay-per-view for me. I really wanted the title off John Cena but I didn't get my wish. It was a good pay-per-view and I was satisfied with what I saw.
Tomorrow Night is one of my favorite pay-per-views of the year. It is one of the big four and it's Survivor Series. One of my favorite things about Survivor Series is the 5 on 5 tag matches where the whole team has to be eliminated. I like the Survivor Series from the 80's and early 90's because the teams use to cut these insane promos and bonded together. They still somewhat do but it's not like it use to. Anyways lets get down to business, and my predictions
Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship- John Cena (c) vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels Well this match is so hard for me to read. The WWE Championship has changed hands a lot already this year. I really want to see Triple H or Shawn Michaels win the title, preferably Shawn Michael. I don't think it's going to happen. This match will be one of the most talked about matches for a long time. I just have a feeling it's going to be one of those really great matches. Cena wins, and further cements his legacy.
Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship- The Undertaker (c) vs. The Big Show vs. Chris Jericho I think The Undertaker has got this hands down. Jericho and Big Show will implode and cost each other the title and the bragging rights of holding two belts at once. However do not forget Big Show's history at Survivor Series. In 1999, he defeated the Rock and Triple to win his first WWE title. In 2002, he defeated Brock Lesnar for the WWE title giving Lesnar his first loss in the WWE. Speaking of history, this marks The Undertakers 19th anniversary in the WWE. It should be a great match that symbolizes what The Undertaker is all about.
Team Kingston (Kofi Kingston, Montel Vontavious Porter, Mark Henry, R-Truth, and Christian) vs. Team Orton (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, CM Punk, and William Regal) It's really hard to predict the matches but considering Rhodes and Dibiase were not out to help Orton this past Monday I believe Legacy splits and causes Team Orton to lose. Kofi is getting pushed hard right now and they are trying to make him a main eventer which is not a bad thing. He's got charisma, and he's definitely got the skill to be a World Champion. Team Kingston wins, and don't ask me who I think will survive because that's two hard.
Team Morrison (John Morrison, Matt Hardy, Evan Bourne, Shelton Benjamin, and Finlay) vs. Team Miz (The Miz, Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, and Jack Swagger) I really like this match a lot just because of all the young guys in it. These guys with exception of Hardy and Finlay are the future of the WWE and they are going to be trying to steal the show. I think team Morrison wins and Evan Bourne will definitely highlight the match.
Team Mickie (Mickie James, Eve Torres, Kelly Kelly, Melina, and Gail Kim) vs. Team Michelle (Michelle McCool, Jillian Hall, Beth Phoenix, Layla, and Alicia Fox) I could really care less about this match but I think Team Mickie will win and Mickie will be one step closer to getting a shot at the Women's title against Michelle McCool. It should be a very short match which is a good thing.
Batista vs. Rey Mysterio Good friends have turned into better enemies. For the very first time ever Rey Mysterio and Batista go one on one on a pay-per-view. This feud kind of reminds me of the Diesel-Shawn Michaels feud in 1996 before Diesel left the WWE. It has the same feeling to it but I think this feud is going to be much better then that one. It's in Batista's hometown so I'll be curious to see how they react to him. I really don't know what's going happen in this match but I am going to give it to Batista. I think he will destroy Mysterio and put Rey out until Wrestlemania. Just a thought, I wouldn't read much into it.
This is going to be a really good pay-per-view. WWE has a lot of momentum going into tomorrow night. They had a good Raw and Smackdown this week so it definitely has people interested in what's going to happen tomorrow. So tune in tomorrow night to see who will survive. I will be watch at Buffalo Wild Wings on 28th St. in Grand Rapids and I for one cannot wait.
In June 1994, Hulk Hogan did the unthinkable and did something no one ever thought he'd ever do. He signed with Ted Turners WCW and changed the wrestling world as we know it. Up until that point WCW was never really on the same level as the WWE. Don't take that statement the wrong way because WCW had some great stars like Sting, Vader, and whole bunch of other guys. In 1993 the WWE started it's weekly show Monday Night Raw and it was pretty much unopposed except for Monday Night Football. That all changed in August of 1995 when WCW aired Monday Nitro at the Mall of America. The shock value that WCW was trying to create started that night when Lex Luger appeared on Nitro just one day after being on WWE's Summerslam. People went nuts and focused their attention on this company who was pulling out all the stops.
The wrestling world changed even more at Bash of the Beach 1996 when Hulk Hogan joined up with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash to form the n.W.o. In my opinion this is when the Monday Night Wars really began. WCW dominated the ratings for nearly 2 years and came close to putting WWE out of business but then WWE through the gloves off and started the attitude era. Stone Cold, the Rock, DX and Mankind along with others were doing crazy stuff on TV that you'd never thought would be done in professional wrestling. In my humble opinion 2000 was the turning point in the Monday Night Wars. By this time WWE had Kurt Angle, and Chris Jericho but they signed Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, and Perry Saturn. They were the ones going out putting all the good matches on and now the WCW didn't have that. WWE was pushing new stars and WCW wasn't.
A lot of things led up to WCW closing down and a week before Wrestlemania 17 Vince McMahon bought the rights to WCW and ended the Monday Night Wars. I can tell you without any doubt in my mind that 2001 was really the last great year in professional wrestling. For 8 years no one has been considered competition, no one has come close to being what the WWE is and always has been. Then the unthinkable happened again and shook the wrestling world again.
On October 27, 2009 Hulk Hogan signed with TNA wrestling, company that's been an existence for almost seven years. TNA has made some major moves by getting Kurt Angle, Team 3D, Bobby Lashley, and Mick Foley. They also had Christian for awhile as well as Booker T. TNA is doing the thing that WWE use to do but doesn't really do anymore and that's push new stars. They have guys like AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Matt Morgan, Desmond Wolfe, and others. TNA has a great mix of veterans and young talent that will take wrestling to another level again. WWE has gotten away with being boring, predictable and stale for eight long years and now maybe we will the unpredictable TV we once saw from them.
The one thing people really need to understand is that WWE is at the highest level that it will ever be at. I honestly don't think they can do anything new or get any higher. TNA has a lot of room to get better, and go to higher places. Now by having Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff they can go to higher place hopefully and make a good run. The one thing I fear though is if they have the same mind set they did in WCW. They were out to put Vince and WWE out of business and they can't go about it that way. They have to focus on TNA, and how to make TNA better. If that happens they will be around for a very long time. I am not sure if there will be a Monday Night War, a Friday Night War or whatever day of the week wrestling airs but TNA is going to be competition for the WWE. WWE is going to have to start listening to their fans or many of them will switch to TNA. Don't forget Hulkamania is still strong and all the Maniacs are going to tune in to see what he does.
WWE vs. TNA, I for one cannot wait to see some good wrestling, good TV, and some good competition once again. It's been a long time coming and it will fun to watch. Wrestling fans should be very excited. My prediction is that 2010 is going to be the best year in wrestling since 2001. Stay tuned to see who comes, who goes and to see what is going to happen. In wrestling never say never and anything can happen. Stay tuned for more.
On November 22nd, it will truly be a night to remember when Survivor Series is on pay-per-view. WWE has not had two pay-per-views back to back that have been solid and have been worth watching in a long time. WWE Bragging Rights was a good pay-per-view despite what anyone says. Now they are building up Survivor Series to be one great show. The first match was announced this past Monday on Raw and it my opinion it could go down as the greatest WWE Championship match of all time.
It will be WWE Champion John Cena taking on Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match. Triple and HBK are still in DX mode and an inevitable breakup of the group is foreseen. There is a lot of history in this match. Cena defeated HHH and HBK at Wrestlemania's 22 and 23 respectively. HHH and HBK have had some great matches in the past and will be probably recapture the magic they have always has opponents. As a wrestling fan I would like to see Shawn Michaels win the WWE Championship again. The Showstopper has only held the four times in great career and has not held a World Championship since 2002. Triple H is a 13 time champion and John Cena is now a 7 time champion. I personally think Shawn still has the best matches, still tells the best stories in the ring and is still loved by more people then just about anyone on the WWE roster. This match could easily go down as one of the best matches of all time. A lot of people still think that the greatest triple threat match of all time was HHH vs. HBK vs. Benoit at Wrestlemania 20. I think WWE is trying to make sure this match has that same feeling. No one really expects Shawn to win the match but you never know. Anything is possible pro wrestling.
This is not the only triple threat match at Survivor Series. Last night at the Smackdown tapings it was determined that the World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker would be defending against the Big Show and Chris Jericho. This will mark the 19th anniversary since The Undertakers arrival in the WWE. He's done a lot of great things since then and will continue to do so until he retires. However the Big Show has had a lot of success at Survivor Series. In 1999, he defeated Triple H and The Rock for the WWE Championship after defeating a whole entire team earlier in the night. Then in 2002, Big Show handed Brock Lesnar his first lost and won the WWE Championship in the process. Could this be the Big Shows night once again. Will will have to wait and see.
It's kind of weird that they are breaking up DX and the unified tag team champions. I think some big things are going to happen for everyone involved in these two huge main event matches. The WWE is really trying to get momentum again. Look at all thats happened. Shane McMahon has left, Linda McMahon has left and the other wrestling company is making moves to get themselves noticed. The WWE is looking to pull out all the stops and get fans interested again. The crazy thing is that this is only part of the pay-per-view. There are four to five matches left to be announced. This is truly going to be an awesome PPV and on November 22nd I will be watching. Stay tuned for more matches to be announced.
