Sunday, April 26, 2009, 09:51 AM EST
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Wrestling]
I am glad I am going to a friend's home to watch this. To be honest, I would not order it as I don't think WWE has done alot to really push it, in other words, the buildup has been so so, IMO.
Here are my predictions:
Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy in an I Quit Match: With the rumors of Jeff Hardy leaving after his contract is up in July, and he has been losing lately, I would not be surprised if Matt won. However, I am going against the conventional wisdom and say JEFF HARDY will be your winner.
CM Punk vs Kane: Wow, put this puppy in with no buildup. See what I mean? Don't care about this match. I think the winner will be CM PUNK.
For the ECW Title which I believe is one of the matches, I believe it is Champion Jack Swagger against Christian. May be a three way with someone else that I am forgetting. I think CHRISTIAN takes the strap.
You also have that nonsense with Santino/Khali. Fail. LOL
Y2J vs Steamboat should be one of the better worked matches on the show. Nice to see Ricky back , even for this one more match. However, the winner will be Y2J.
The Last Man Standing Match for the World Title should be the other better worked match on the show. Edge is Cena's best opponent outside of HBK. Man, I don't think I am buying that this is Edge's last chance. Someway some how even if he loses tonight, he will eventually be a 9 Time Champ. The way he is going, he may catch Flair with WWE making him such a transitional champ. LONG REIGN for Edge please here, WWE. ANYWAY, there is word that Cena is taking time off to do a movie in May/June. I do not see why they would keep the belt on him. However, the outcome of this match for me is kind of back and forth. Cena will probably win, after all, they have to push him as SUPERMAN, but I am going against the conventional Wisdom and say EDGE wins.
The TNA , er, make that the six man match for the WWE Championionship is in itself very stupid. Just a stupid concept. Let me get this straight, Cody Rhodes pins Shane and HHH loses the title. Idiotic. I can not emphasize how STUPID this is. Of course, if you look at it politically, HHH can lose and not job the belt. I would not be surprised if either Batista or Shane turn on HHH here. That is what they are teasing with the dissension amongst them.......then again, WWE who is obsessed with fooling the fans, could very well have all three on the same page and they win, but anyway, I do not see HHH jobbing, so the winner, unfortunately for me as an Orton mark even though HHH is one of my faves, will be TRIPLE H. I hope I am wrong in this.
The wild card in both the title matches is CM PUNK. There is talk of him cashing it in at Judgement day in his hometown of Chicago...he said he would like that, but of course, it is up to creative...Punk could easily beat the winners of either title match and cash in his MITB. I am suspecting that it is a strong possibility that Punk will cash it in on the winner of the Last Man Standing Match. Think about it, the winner of that match will be exhausted from beating his opponent to death, and what a great time for Punk to cash it in. I do not see him doing it in HHH's match. Could happen, but if they decide to pull the trigger on his cashing in the briefcase, I think it will be after the LMS match and go into his hometown as Champion.
Could be a good show, but I would be surprised if it gets 90 thousand buys. Buildup has not been great.
Enjoy the show.
Other little notes: The Jeff Hardy Facebook is a fake. HBK is taking time off, and according to JR, will be gone another few months. I am hearing July. I miss him already but he deserves it. He is in bad shape with his knees.
How about that Kofi/Edge match on Superstars? Very good match and Edge didn't bury him as a certain party would.