A dead-man has no age, and you have proved it more than anyone. 44 and still kicking top-grade a** in all of the WWE - You are truly ageless!

Thank you for providing us with the most memorable moments in wrestling and the most phenomenal performances. I will never forget the moments when you threw Mankind from the top of the cell to the announce-desk or choke-slammed him from the top of the cell to the ring below or on a mat full of thumb-tacks, or when you did the suicide-dive, launching your 6'10/ 300+ pound body by flying over the top rope when the ring was surrounded by fire in the Inferno match against Kane.

You are the greatest of all time - without you, wrestling would be nothing as we would not have any aspects of the dark-side, the incomparable persona/ gimmick that you started with, the exciting rivalries that you had with superstars of all sizes/ skill in all kinds of matches, the matches you introduced or derived like hell in a cell/ casket/ inferno/ last ride/ body bag, the superstars you promoted like Kane/ Mankind/ fake Undertaker/ many giants/ current stars as Orton/ Batista/ Edge, the evolving personas you showed us from the mortician to the dead-man to the lord of darkness to the ministry of darkness to the American bad-a** to the big evil to the current Hybrid, the moves you introduced to the WWE like the tombstone piledriver/ chokeslam/ last ride/ triangle choke/ Death Valley Vice (Gogoplata/ Hell's Gate)/ old school (top rope walk)/ suicide-dive, the list never ends.

Your influence on wrestling and in popular culture is unparalleled (there are even Hindi movies as far away in India which have characters derived from yours and which mention your name very often). Your greatness and contribution to this business is unprecented. Thanks for also being the back-stage locker-room leader and mentoring all the younger wrestlers, keeping them on track. There is only one Phenom, and there never will be another.

On this day, I wish that I could get just one opportunity to meet you and tell you how much I respect you, tell you that every time you got hurt in the ring - I took the beating with you, and to kneel down in front of you to show you my absolute respect.

May you have many more such birthdays, and continue to keep kicking a** because nobody does it better than you do. On to 17-0 at Mania!

I am really frustrated and agitated now because I typed the entire thing and then by mistake hit back-space and it went to the previous page. When I hit forward again, everything was gone and I lost the entire damn post. WWE, you've got to be more sensible in your blog-posts - there should be an option where it gets saved as a draft automatically from time to time. This is pathetic.

I am very sleepy now, so its you folks' bad luck that you won't get to read all the details - I will cut it short now. Blame the WWE for it.

Jack Swagger vs Finlay: I don't see Swagger losing his title right now because they have billed him as undefeated and his small undefeated streak will perhaps continue beyond Mania. He might defend his ECW championship at Mania, therefore I see him winning this one.

Shawn Michaels vs JBL: I hope Shawn wins this one. I'm going with him.

World HeavyWeight Championship Elimination Chamber: As much as I hate to say, I think Cena will win this one. This match is full of mid-carders and will be the most boring in the entire PPV. There would've been a Cena vs Batista match at Wrestlemania 25 for the title, but since that's not possible due to Batista's injury, we might see Cena vs Orton (again :-( ! ). I would have loved it if Kane won it - hope he takes a break after this and returns at Mania as the masked Kane whom we all love. Bring Paul Bearer by his side too if you want. So, I see Cena retaining his title right now until Mania.

Randy Orton vs Shane McMahon: I am looking forward to this match. They have added emotion to it by making it look like Shane will take revenge for his father and will make Randy unable to compete at Mania, though the truth is that Shane can't match Randy in wrestling-skill so the no-holds-barred stipulation will allow him to use chairs and trash-cans to even the odds. I see a coast-to-coast from Shane on Randy, like he had done on Dibiase (after the 2 clowns interfered to stop Undertaker while he was about to tombstone piledrive Randy). However, after it is all said and done, Randy will win it. His recent push is good, and he deserves it. I see him head-lining Wrestlemania and winning the title there. I would have loved it if he had challenged Edge for the belt because it would have been a new rivalry. However, we are likely to see a repeat of last year where Randy pinned Cena. The significance of the Rumble was lost last year as they made it all about Cena's return instead of the title, and for the first time in many years, the Rumble winner did not win the belt at Mania. They have to bring back the significance of the Rumble this year otherwise people will lose interest from it and will stop paying to see it - which will be bad for WWE's business. Therefore, expect Randy to win his match at No Way Out and win the belt from Cena at Mania.

He might have an undefeated streak until Batista returns. He was the one who took out Batista so we are likely to see a Batista-Orton rivalry later, and eventually I guess Batista will be the one who stops Orton. Until then, Orton might have a nice undefeated streak and it will fetch some mileage to his other 2 clowns also. Maybe there will be a Cena-Batista rivalry after Orton has been taken down by Batista.

WWE Championship Elimination Chamber: This should be the main-event. Just take a look at the stars in the match. You would expect Undertaker to be the odds-all favourite to win it. He is also in great shape now, as he is fighting the main-event every week (he even fought on Raw as well as Smackdown this week), and he is executing the tombstone piledriver on heavy-weights like HHH and Edge. He never lost his title (he was wrongly stripped) and has dominated the ring since he returned (as he always does anyways). However, he won't win it because it would be a repeat of last year to see Undertaker winning yet another elimination chamber at the same PPV. Since Undertaker and HHH did verbal promos, I think they will both not win it. Big SLow has lost like a 100 different types of matches from Undertaker recently and is therefore definitely not worthy of winning the title right now. Jeff Hardy doesn't deserve the title (he didn't deserve his earlier title run also as he had violated the WWE wellness policy by taking drugs, but was lucky to be champion because the girls and kids who know nothing about wrestling like him and buy his merchandize). He is also going to be in a rivalry with his brother Matt Hardy right now which might continue till Mania, so you can expect him to not lose the title. Kozlov is going to be unlucky. Kozlov will not win the title because if he does, he will have to lose it at a weekly Smackdown show because he cannot carry the title till Mania as he is not Mania-level main-event material yet. So much for his so-called undefeated streak. Therefore you can expect him to get his streak finished at this PPV by Undertaker. That is more respectable than finishing it on a weekly show. At least Kozlov can still claim that no man alive has pinned him because the dead-man pinned him. Now Edge features on the No Way Out poster also behind the steel of the elimination chamber, so in most probability, you can expect him to win the match and retain the title.

But how will Undertaker be eliminated? It would be against Undertaker's character to be eliminated in an elimination-chamber. Well, do you remember what he said to Shawn Michaels at the Rumble? "Sometimes its hell, getting into heaven". Well, they had a confrontation at the last 2 Rumbles. In 2007, Undertaker eliminated Michaels. In 2008, Shawn eliminated Undertaker while he was looking outside by super-kicking him from the back. This year, though Shawn was not in the Rumble match, the WWE ensured they have a backstage segment to ensure the rivalry which was re-ignited in the last 2 Rumbles comes to an end. Remember Shawn had also asked Undertaker for a one-on-one match after the Rumble of 2007? This year, it looked like Undertaker was trying to give some advice to Shawn when he said those words and now, perhaps Shawn will try to prove something to Undertaker. So he will defeat JBL and be out of hell, and then head to heaven, which is Wrestlemania, with Undertaker. So Shawn will interfere in the elimination chamber match and confront Undertaker. Whether they fight or not is not predictable right now, but basically Undertaker will not be eliminated cleanly due to Shawn's interference or stare-down. The 11 year old rivalry will finally culminate at Mania where both the legends will clash. It will be a legend vs legend match, which is beyond titles. WWE will put titles in the other matches to maximise viewership of those matches and to use their other main-event material to the fullest, because this match will anyway get all the viewership it needs without any titles around it. Shawn will try to stop the show of the Undertaker but the streak will live and Shawn's show will be stopped. They might put a retirement stipulation around it by bringing in some element of the fact that Shawn retired Flair last year. This might be Shawn's last match, but it has all the ingredients of being the greatest match of all time.

Matt Hardy vs Jack Swagger:  Jack is a new champion and Hardy has held the title for pretty long, so I think Jack will hold the title for some more time.

Beth Phoenix vs Melina: Beth Phoenix all the way. Though she can beat Melina on her own, also expect Santino and Beth's number-one fan to be there to ensure nothing goes wrong, in case there is interference. Of course, having an idiot like Santino can be harmful for your own team, but if Beth loses the match, then the number-one fan story-line will be diluted. Maybe we can expect some fire from her number-one fan in case there is interference in Melina's favour (or in case Melina cleanly builds an advantage, the chances of which are less).

Jeff Hardy vs Edge: I think Edge will win this. As much as I thought that Hardy will goto Wrestlemania as champion, I think that might not be possible now. Why? Because it is rumoured that Christian Cage will make his return at the Rumble. If he returns, then expect him to be on Edge's side as they are old allies and I guess Christian will also be linked to Hardy's recent car-accident. If Christian does not return, then Edge might lose the match and Hardy will retain.

John Cena vs JBL: This is the best singles match in terms of story-telling and maybe in terms of wrestling as well if they let JBL wrestle properly. Most of his matches these days are scripted to show him as an ordinary wrestler whereas in his erlier days as Bradshaw, he was pretty talented and effective. "Character" rules everything - now that he is heel, expect him to show less skill and more cheap-shots and manipulation. Talking about manipulation, I love the storyline between Shawn Michaels and JBL - why? Its not that I like to see a legend get tainted or insulted like that, but I like the story because it has "manipulation" possible in it - you cannot predict the outcome of a match which has these 2 in the same side. They could fight for each other or for all you know, Michaels might dump JBL. That would only happen if Michaels gets to win the title because then he would not need JBL's funding. Since that will not happen at the Rumble for sure, expect him to be on the same side as JBL. That would probably mean that Cena will lose the match if Michaels helps JBL. One possibility is that Cena could retain the title if JBL gets dis-qualified due to Michaels' interference but I am sure that JBL and Shawn would've thought of that. I don't see JBL main-eventing Wrestlemania as champion but I am sick of seeing Cena main-eventing it so many times also. I'm going with JBL winning this match and then perhaps losing it at No Way Out (not sure to whom - it could be to Cena himself in a re-match). Oh and after winning the title at the Rumble, JBL might fire Shawn or he might wish to continue his employment - expect his decision to have an impact on the below match.

Royal Rumble Match: Finally comes the most star-studded match in WWE. The odds-all favourite to win the Rumble match will be once again the Undertaker. His undefeated streak draws the most money every year at Wrestlemania, so it would be good for WWE's business if they can put him in a title match and make it look like his streak is in jeopardy (like they did against Batista and Edge the last 2 years) - the title vs streak contest beats all other matches on the card in terms of viewership because the people are more interested and engrossed in it than any other match due to the wrestling-quality as well as the story-telling which the Undertaker is still able to provide in all his rivalries (with the exception of not-so-talented wrestlers like Big SLow). Remember in 2008, the Undertaker was stripped off his title and then banished due to interference by La Familia in his TLC match against Edge - therefore he never lost his title. His long title reign is still pending (due to which he was in title-matches in the last 2 Manias but couldn't retain the titles for long due to injury), so expect him to be in a title feud soon. Moreover, this time, Wrestlemania is in his "real" home-town of Houston, and its the silver-jubilee of the event, so it would be even more beneficial for the business if they could put the greatest Wrestlemania-performer of all time (whom I also call the greatest performer of all time) in a title match at his home-town with his record-streak at stake. In fact, the whole thing has a similar build-up to 2007 where Undertaker was not in any major feud in the early part of the year and then won the Rumble.

But will the Undertaker win the Royal Rumble this year again? Will he main-event Wrestlemania this time again? I doubt it. Why? Because its simple - things won't be such a simple repeat when it comes to the Dead-man, who does impeccable story-telling. Also, whom will he fight for the title? He surely won't fight Edge or Orton or Batista or HHH again. That leaves Cena, JBL, Jericho or Hardy as the possibilities but it depends on whether Undertaker is actually interested in the WHC belt or the WWE title. As of now, I don't see him getting into a title feud with these guys immediately. So who's left? Not Kane obviously as he has faced Undertaker twice at Wrestlemania. The only man left is Shawn Michaels. Also, the WWE are really promoting Undertaker a lot to win the Rumble this time and he's done verbal promos on the same as well. That is proof enough that he won't win it because it won't be so predictable. The best promo he did was in 2007 where he appeared out of nowhere in the ring and cleaned house on the Smackdown taping before the Rumble, giving everyone a preview of what was going to happen. Once again, the Undertaker proving that "actions" speak louder than words.

What I do foresee is a legend vs legend match between Undertaker and Shawn Michaels at Houston, considering that both are Texans and Shawn's career is winding down. What if Undertaker does win the Rumble and then Shawn himself wins the title from JBL at No Way Out, then Undertaker challenges Shawn? Naah, that would be an over-kill because they are both legends anyway, and a match between them would mean the greatest Wrestlemania match of all time - greater than Hogan vs Andre or Austin vs Rock or Hogan vs Rock or Goldberg vs Brock or Hart vs Michaels or Undertaker vs Flair or Undertaker vs HHH or any other. The chances of Michaels winning the title at No Way Out are very less, unless he wants a short title reign before retiring. WWE need to maximize their available talent and put the other main-eventers in title-matches to get them more viewership. That is how they draw get more viewership for the event's other matches and increase the revenue for the event, because an Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels match is anyway such a big match that it would draw an equal amount of fans regardless of whether it is a title match or not. The match should be about who is the better man. Shawn has defeated Undertaker in singles matches many times in the past, each time with outside-help or interference (e.g., Kane helped him beat Undertaker in the first Hell in a Cell match and a casket match). The only time when I remember Shawn and Undertaker having a clean one-on-one contest is the 2007 Royal Rumble's ending, where Undertaker obviously won. This time, WWE, please make it a clean match again. Since Vince is back, he might manipulate the story-line and put a stipulation that it will be either the end of the streak or the end of the show of the show-stopper (like he stopped the show of Flair last year). Who knows they might bring Flair as the special guest referee, and who knows JBL might put this stipulation into the match instead of Vince after losing the title at No Way Out since then he'd not have any need for Shawn's services or he might be angry with him. Shawn would want one good final match before he retires and I'm sure that the only 2 people he will agree to would be Undertaker and HHH. What a better event and location to do it?

But what would start the rivalry and create the build-up for the match? In the 2007 Royal Rumble, the Undertaker eliminated Shawn. In 2008, it was the reverse. This time, it must be culminated. But Shawn is not in the Rumble match as he will be in JBL's corner during his title match with Cena. Well, never mind - if JBL wins his title match, he might send Michaels to the Rumble match to eliminate Undertaker with a cheap-shot as he wouldn't want to face Undertaker at Wrestlemania. At No Way Out, there could be a further confrontation which eventually results in a match at Wrestlemania (like Shawn interfering in Undertaker's match). However, since Undertaker is being promoted a lot for the Rumble and is anyway a favourite for winning it, he will definitely have a huge impact on it. Expect him to single-handedly clean house (his feud with Big SLow helped him regain his health properly), and maybe also expect him to be in the final 2. After that, some kind of interference from Michaels or someone else might help eliminate him. I've also heard about Umaga's return at the Rumble but I don't think he will be the one to eliminate Undertaker or to win the Rumble. They had a rivalry planned last year but since it waited so many months, it can wait a few months more (be it title-oriented or not), and it can take place after Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels happens at Mania (which is the more important rivalry, obviously). What about Christian Cage's return? Well, he'll definitely not win the Rumble because it would be unfair to the other main-eventers to make his guy get into a title match at Mania immediately after joining. His return is probably going to revolve around the Hardy-accident story-line.

That brings us back to the question of who will win the Rumble? How about Kane? No, he is not Mania-level main-event material anymore. Kozlov? No, he is not main-event material either. So who will win it? My instinct says it would be Randy Orton. Why? He's never won it before. Jericho has not won it either but I think Orton needs a title push this year (Jericho had a long one last year), because Orton obviously has more talent than any other of the new breed. The other main-eventers like HHH, Batista, Cena, etc have all won the Rumble earlier. Its also possible that Orton's new friends Dibiase and Rhodes help him eliminate Undertaker, if Shawn doesn't. And after Undertaker goes 17-0 at Wrestlemania once he has retired Michaels, expect him to be in a title feud soon.

If I may take this opportunity to boast a bit about myself, I would like to mention that I had predicted the possible winners/ nominations for each category of the Slammy awards on PhenomForever.com (http://www.phenomforever.com/?p=1827) before the WWE had actually revealed the nominations on their website (you can check the date/ time of my posted comment), and I am happy to know that most of my predictions made it to the final list of nominations in each category. I also feel that for each of the categories, the nominations whose pictures are put next to the category on the WWE Slammy awards website might not win the award.

Superstar of the Year: You must be kidding me that Undertaker and Shawn Michaels don't find their names in this list. I agree that they were both injured and out for a couple of months, but then so was John Cena. Why does Cena find his name in the list? What is Batista doing in the list? What is Jeff Hardy doing in the list, after having violated the WWE wellness programme due to his drugs issue (and after having lost every single title match he participated in - he got the maximum title matches this year). What is Edge doing in the list since even he was injured? I think Undertaker should have made it to the list considering that he gave splendid performances starting with the Royal Rumble and the Elimination Chamber at No Way Out. His title reign was not too long but longer than Cena's and Batista's this year. He won the elimination chamber match, won the main-event at Wrestlemania, won the subsequent title re-matches, except for the TLC match only due to interference. The TLC match was good too, except for the ending. He came back soon and won the annual Hell in a Cell match, culminating the best rivalry of the year. He also won his last 3 matches with Big SLow (last-man-standing, casket, and steel cage). I can't believe that he is not in the list. I am aware that they want to preserve his character, but hey, he won a Slammy in 1996 andf 3 in 1997 (including Star of the Highest Magnitude) while he was in his dark-side personas, so he should be nominated this time as well (and he is nominated under other categories). Looks like Undertaker and Shawn themselves pulled out their nominations to promote youger and newer stars. Anyway, so going by the names which appear on the list, I think HHH has had the longest title reign this year and has won most of his matches on PPVs, so I am going by HHH.

Match of the Year: A lot of my favourite matches like the Smackdown Elimination chamber, the TLC match between Undertaker and Edge did not make it to the list. I am surprised to see their Hell in a Cell match being listed there. Just because it was a Hell in a Cell, it doesn't mean it was a good match. A lot of Undertaker's moves were countered, which was not good, because his arsenal of moves is the biggest in the WWE history. If you script the match in a way that he is not able to execute most of them, the match won't look that good. If you want to make it look like a double-sided match, then let Undertaker execute his moves to the fullest just like he is allowing Edge to execute all his moves to the fullest - and see who comes out on top. The best part of the match came "after" the match, when Undertaker sent Edge to hell by choke-slamming him from the top of the ladder to the ring below (breaking the ring) and burning him. I think this match might make it due to the story-line/ story-telling history in this rivalry, but I have a feeling that the match which has the highest probability of winning it is Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania, because it was Flair's retirement match. It was not that good a match that it would make it to the nominations for Match of the Year, therefore the fact that it is present there makes me feel they have decided it should win it. I wonder who will collect the award? Will it be the loser or the winner or both? If it is Undertaker vs Edge, surely you won't see them both coming to receive it. I also wanted to see the Batista vs John Cena match nominated here but it didn't happen.

OMG Moment of the Year: This has to goto Undertaker sending Edge to hell. But who will collect the award? Has to be Undertaker.

Diva of the Year: Beth Phoenix.

DAMN Moment of the Year: I thought it would be Undertaker's title being stripped or Undertaker being banished or Vince putting a retirement stipulation to Flair's matches, but based on the nominations, it looks like this will goto Khali's kiss-cam.

Tag Team of the Year: Miz & Morrison or Dibiase & Rhodes. Who has a bigger chance? Dibiase and Rhodes.

Breakout Star of the Year: Vladimir Kozlov (lacks character or a good gimmick, though).

Best Musical Performance: I thought it would be one of Jillian Hall's master-pieces ;-) but looks like this will goto Miz & Morrison.

Extreme Moment of the Year: I don't think this will goto Undertaker falling on top of 2 tables in the TLC match. Imagine if that wins this slammy and Edge comes to collect it, and if "Undertaker sending Edge to hell" (in revenge) wins the OMG moment and Undertaker comes to collect it, it would look wierd. I am going with Chris Jericho hurting Shawn Michaels in the eye by using the Jeritron (I would've expected it to goto him hurting Shawn's wife, but that didn't make it to the list).

Best Finishing Maneveur: Has to be the Hell's Gate (Undertaker's Gogoplata). It was introduced this year as a step of evolution by the dead-man for heavier opponents since he became leaner and stopped using the tombstone piledriver very often (since it hurts his knees). Till date, nobody has broken it, and it even made some opponents bleed (kayfabe). The WWE even took more than 6 months to name it (until then, they just called it "that" mysterious submission choke-hold) and went to the extent of banning it. JR once called it the Death Valley Vice. I think that name rocked, and it speaks more about the character of the Demon from Death Valley, the Undertaker. They should have stuck to that name.

Best WWE.com Exclusive: Oh, if this referred to just any WWE.com exclusive video, it had to be Undertaker giving a tribute to Ric Flair on his farewell, which even Dave Meltzer (editor of Wrestling Observer Newsletter) called as the greatest farewell tribute he has ever seen. But since it is about regulars, I think it will be Santino's Casa. He is really funny.

Couple of the Year: Edge and Vickie, as much as I hate them. I think that is why they are back together (to win this award), otherwise their relationship was created only due to Undertaker's injury so that Edge could hold the title until Undertaker is back, and after Undertaker finished the rivalry at Hell in a Cell, the plan was perhaps to plan Edge's return after Undertaker is done with Vickie so that he can focus on something new. They will break off sometime soon after getting this award.

Announce Team of the Year: This is bad. They should remove this award category. As long as JR is there, that is where the award will go. I am going with Jim Ross and Tazz, although I think Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole also have a good chance because though Jerry is not as good as JR, Cole is much better than Tazz.

Best Impersonation of the Year: Oh, I love Charlie Haas's impersonations. I find them very funny. I thought his impersonation of Stone Cold Steve Austin and the Great Charli were the best, and I thought Santino's mockery of Stone Cold was also pretty good. Since they are not nominated, it will either be the GlamaHaas (his impersonation of the Glamazon Beth Phoenix) or (more likely) Haas Hogan, his impersonation of Hulk Hogan.

HHH vs Kozlov vs Hardy: Well, how many times have we seen these guys fight? I am sick, tired and bored of seeing HHH get such bad competition. He always wins his title matches.... and they won't put Undertaker in a title match against him (now that would really be something worth seeing, isn't it?). Perhaps they know that the feud should not be created because it has already been done at Wrestlemania (for a non-title but dominance match) that Undertaker had clearly won with authority. So, if they don't want to re-create the rivalry because there is no point in having an Undertaker vs HHH match at Wrestlemania again or in a smaller PPV. It only means one thing - good luck for HHH. He can hold the title for as long as he wants. However, I do see a 'heel' (bad-character) change in HHH coming soon because he's been a face for quite some time now and there are no good heels on Smackdown with a good 'character'. Edge was a good heel, but now somebody else must take that place. SLow are not very good heels because though they have the size and some fighting skill, they lack an appealing character for a heel, which Edge had. My best bet for a heel now is HHH. He will do an excellent role because he is good at character presentation. So, that might mean that the heel turn is due to come soon. Maybe HHH will lose this one. But then who will win? Kozlov won't be made the champion so soon. Hardy has recently had a new aggressive side added to himself. Needless to mention, his new gimmick looks like an imitation of the Joker of the Batman movie 'The Dark Knight', but for some reason the WWE need to promote this new character. If he loses matches early on, nobody will take notice of it. So, maybe that he will win the title match and become new champion (he has never been champion before, so he should perhaps win it before Kozlov). Winner: Jeff Hardy.

John Cena vs Chris Jericho: Are you kidding me? John Cena in the title scene yet again? I am sick of seeing him and Batista in the title scene. I will boo them whenever they come for title matches, regardless of whether they are heels or faces (good characters). I will support Jericho in this one, and I hope he wins because you can't create a good rivalry between him and Cena if you make Cena win the very first match. Yes, Cena is returning after a hiatus and is featured on the poster too, so he should win to make the fans feel that he is back better than ever, but since its a title match, WWE will make more money with this rivalry if they extend it longer. Overall, I think it will be a long match where it will look like Cena is going to win but in the end Jericho will use some tricks or cheap-shots or interference to retain his title. Winner: Chris Jericho.

Team Shawn Michaels vs Team JBL: Shawn's team has got Mysterio, Khali and Cryme Tyme. JBL's team has got Kane, MVP, Miz and John Morrison. It would be good to see Khali as a face. I don't think anybody in JBL's team would be able to eliminate him, except Kane. But Kane? What has happened to him? If Undertaker was the most dominant force in the WWF in the early and mid 1990s, Kane was definitely almost as dominant as him in the late 1990s. He used to clean-house single-handedly in the ring, and everybody from Hulk Hogan to Stone Cold to Rock to DX were scared of him. I remember him cleanly pinning guys like HHH and Big SLow with ease, despite interference. He even took Undertaker to the limit in most of their matches. Oh, how much his Wrestlemania 14 match with Undertaker and the Inferno matches which followed "rocked". I will always cheer for Kane, heel or face. And now, he loses to Rey Mysterio? I mean, has WWE become a kid's show now? These kids probably don't even know what destruction the masked Kane has caused in the WWF earlier. However, the "current" Kane probably cannot do anything to Khali. So who will win this? My guess is it will be Shawn's team. Why? Because they have Rey Mysterio, the favourite of the kids (who don't know anything about wrestling). Who will be the last 2 guys in the ring (if there is only 1 member left from each team)? I hope its Kane and Khali but I guess it could be either the duo of Mysterio and Kane, or the duo of Shawn and JBL. Winner: Team HBK.

Team Raw Divas (Beth Phoenix) vs Team Smackdown (Michelle McCool): Well, the Raw team seems stronger with girls like Beth Phoenix (the best diva in the entire history of the WWE in terms of pure "power" and "wrestling" skill, if you ask me) as well as Mickie James, but then Smackdown has got Natalya (definitely stronger and more skilled than the captain Miss McCool). Both teams have heels as well as faces, so there could be some confusion or surprises in the matches. But my guess is that the Raw team will win if Beth and Mickie are functioning in the same unit. Who will be the last 2 divas left (if there is only 1 member left from each team)? I think it will be Beth and Michelle, though I would have preferred Beth vs Natalya, as they are by far the best female wrestlers right now. I would love to see Natalya come on top of Beth somehow, if possible. Winner: Team Raw Divas.

Team Batista vs Team Randy Orton: Batista in tag team action in a PPV instead of a singles' match? Interesting. I am happy as I don't think he should be a main-eventer right now. He's got way too many title victories and reigns for his actual talent. I would support the heel-team in this, led by Randy Orton (who is much more talented than Batista in reality - just loses to him when it comes to sheer power). Who will be the last 2 guys standing? No points in guessing this one - it has to be the captains. RKO him, Randy! Winner: Team Orton.

Undertaker vs Big SLow in a Casket match: WOW.... this needs time.... let me breathe. Let the darkness fall upon us. Let the lights go out, let it be silent, and let the GONG strike. Now I feel the aura.... finally my prediction of a casket match between these two came true. The Undertaker has been very dominant in Survivor series all throughout, but the last 2 years the WWE have screwed him quite a lot to promote other superstars. He lost to Kennedy (WHAT? The most dominant, skilled, awesome and greatest wrestler lost to a rookie like Kennedy?) due to interference and cheating by MVP, and then he lost to Batista at Hell in a Cell due to interference from Edge (oh, how happy the crowd was when Undertaker tombstone-piledrove Batista onto the steel steps, about to become champion but then WWE used that opportunity to re-ignite his unsettled business with Edge and to make Edge's return have a high impact). Unlike No Mercy (where Undertaker has a similar screw-up record, including a loss to Big SLow this year when SLow cheated by using a cheap-shop on Undertaker's head from the exposed steel of the turn-buckle), I hope this time Undertaker is not screwed yet again due to any such outside interference or cheap-shots. If this is a clean match, obviously Undertaker will win.

This match should have been the main event because I foresee it to be a good, long match with more high and low tides in favour of both opponents than in any other match. Why did I predict earlier that this will be a casket match? Because Undertaker told Vickie that he will send her to hell, to join her husband. That means the ideal match for it would be a casket match so that the Undertaker can put her in a casket along with Big SLow and burn it. As they always say, no rivalry is over until the Undertaker says its over because he is the one who always has the last word in any rivalry. Needless to mention, this rivalry will also end with his victory - its a question as to whether it will be at Survivor series or Armageddon. I think it will end now itself because Edge is also waiting to make his return. He might return as a face because he would've "paid for his sins" by "burning in hell" and he is waiting for this Undertaker-Vickie storyline to end so that he can start with something fresh, that does not revolve around Undertaker or Vickie.

Undertaker lost 2 matches on Smackdown recently due to interference - he lost to Kozlov due to interference from Hardy and then he lost to Hardy due to interference from Big SLow, when he looked like he was going to win both the matches. This is the WWE's standard way of promoting new talent - they make them defeat the Undertaker because he is considered to be the "measuring stick" for all superstars, and so a victory against him brings them the attention that they need to get promoted higher. At the same time, the victories are not clean due to interference so the Undertaker's respect, character and dominance still remains (that's what the WWE think). However, I am sick of seeing him getting screwed like this again and again to promote younger and not-so-good talent, and the results are becoming too predictable now (I had predicted in both the matches that he will lose). I hope that there is no interference in Survivor series (even if there is, he should overcome it and win). The WWE has also published an article on Undertaker's history at Survivor series including his debut, first title win against Hulk Hogan, casket matches, etc so perhaps they are planning to extend the legacy now and give him a victory. That would be the end of the rivalry - maybe Big SLow wants a break now too, as he has been in non-stop action since April.

The question would be - if Undertaker wins now, whom will he fight at Armageddon? Who knows - maybe Jeff Hardy in a last ride match, if Hardy is not champion by then. That would be the revenge for the Smackdown loss through interference. It would be an unusual short feud because usually the Undertaker sells his opponents by losing some matches through interference or cheap-shots to create a good, long rivalry. I am still going on with my prediction of Undertaker winning the Royal Rumble next year and then winning the title at Wrestlemania as his long title reign is still pending and it couldn't happen in 2007 or 2008 due to his injuries - that is the reason why he is in these filler-feuds right now and not in title feuds. Winner: Undertaker.