[Movie] WWE/TNA fanfiction thread

Time for some TNA PPV predictions:

X Division Seeding Match:
I am unclear on this one here. What is a "seeding" match? I suppose if I watched more TNA, I would know.
Given there is a heel champ, I am seeing a face challenger. Petey would be good as he never was pinned for the title. Creed wants some revenge. Lethal was decent with the title. however, Creed and Lethal are busy with the MEM, so I am going with a Petey here.

Winner: Petey Williams

TNA Knockouts Champion Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed vs. Taylor Wilde & Roxxi.

This can go either way. They need though to build SOMEONE up against Kong. I am going with Roxxi getting the duke here to set up a match at the next PPV.

Winner: Wilde & Roxxi.

Rhino vs. TNA X Division Champion Sheik Abdul Bashir.
GORE! GORE! GORE! And TNA, do not go the WWE's route of not having titles defended. They are suppose to mean something. So...do it.

Winner: Rhino

TNA World Tag Team Championship Match: Beer Money, Inc. (c's) vs. The Motor City Machineguns.

Winner: I just don't think it's MCM time yet. I think Beer Money Inc. will retain, setting up MCM on a possible more demented side or such.

Falls Count Anywhere Match: Kurt Angle vs. Abyss.
Winner: Kurt Angle via tap out. Unless Jarrett interferes to cost Angle the match, I dno't see Abyss getting the duke here.

TNA Legends Championship Match: Booker T (c) vs. Christian Cage.
This stinks. I really don't see Cage doing well with the MEM. However, he has shown weak signs of the beginning of a heel turn with AJ last month. However, Cage has already been a heel, much longer than he was a face, and honestly he has retained some of his heelish quirks. I also don't see how being in the MEM is going to help him. However, I can't see the Bookerman losing the title on his first defense. So...
Winner: Booker T

Kevin Nash vs. Samoa Joe.

Winner: I can't see Nash just doing the JOB for Joe, especially when they are trying to build up the MEM. That being said, I can't forsee Joe losing after having lost the title, and a match to Steiner. Watch for everyone to interfere and there by no winner.

TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match: Sting (c) vs. AJ Styles.
So, it has come full circle. I remember when Styles was a seriosu contender. I also remember when he was a comedy act. I have no doubt he is going to have a mroe serious role now, but whether or not the champ is the question. I could almost see this being a DQ win for Styles, then Cage costing Styles the world title match at the next PPV (going that Cage is an "unwilling" member of the MEM). The interesting factor in all of this though is Sting. yes, Sting has won at Buond for Glory, but he has lost the title thel ast two times by the next PPV. Will he repeat history by losing the title to Styles? Honestly, that may not be a bad idea. Sting is the world champion for the number 2 wrestling company in the world. That company has house tours. On that tour, champions, ncluding the world champion, defend his/her/their belts. Sting doesn't do house shows, and hence that belt isn't being defended, which ultimately affects the value of house shows. that aside from the simple fact that your world champion SHOULD be on the majority of shows anyway. I can't see this lasting much longer with Sting, and with thati n mind, having Styles win the title, with Angle ro someone else getting it from him may be the best idea for everyone's sake. The title can be defended, but Sting can have a major role with the MEM. However, the one problem is...how would it look for arguably the top stable in some time to lose the world title the first PPV they are together?

Winner: Sting.

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Not bad. better than the last PPV. Missed two (although I was "half" right with saying nash wouldn't do the JOB, but I was "half" wrong in the woman's tag team match). And I noticed I use the word "However" way too much.

Seems like the MEM is dominant as they won all their matches relatively clean. Unsure why they (reportedly) showed Hall and the ICP only for nothing to happen afterwards. Then again, maybe that is the best thing...add to it for a little while.

Sting is still getting more cheers than boos. This does pose a problem as unlike say the NWO where Hogan was the leader and really hated (and fans had wanted to boo him for years), Sting is still liked, which hurts the overall heel image of the MEM.

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Fall cleaning continues within the WWE:

kenny Dykstra, Elijah Burke and Lena Yada were all released.

Yada is an unknown to me basically so that's that.

Dykstra was part of the Spirit Squad which was successful, even toppling Kane and Big Show for the titles to start a multi-month reign. They helped Vince and Shane beat HBK and then helped injure him. However, once Triple H turned face and joined with HBk, they were pretty much humilated all the way through to survivor series in which they were eliminated once and for all.

Dykstra soon returned as a singles wrestler. He actually gained a few wins over Flair, and Flair even put him over. However, that didn't give him the momentum he needed, and he soon regulated to jobbing on Raw, then on Smackdown!

Burke was fairly talented and was more or less the leader of the New Breed during the New Breed Vs ECW originals feud. After that though, he really didn't do too much. Surprising too as I think he could have been an excellent U.S. champion and I saw tons of potential for him down the road. Hopefully he'll make a big splash in TNA.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I guess I am the only one in this thread now (maybe someone can respond so it will stop trying to edit my post that is more than a day old).

Spoiler:

Looks like Cage is gone from TNA...ready to head back to WWE. In something semi-ECWish, the MEM pointed out he was heading back and beat him up. In some ways, I don't like this as I worry about Christian being immediately lost in the shuffle or his entrance being Jerichoish like last year (although given how Jericho is doing now...).

Also, in what seems to be ever slight hints of a face turn, for whatever reason, Sting has not been joining in on the beat downs.

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I was shocked on Raw last night but after seeing it was being held in the UK, it made sense. Regal is the new IC champion...which means no more Honk-A-Meter, or even the Honk-A-Perfect-Mountie-Meter which was just introduced last night. XD

Not entirely. He could lose it back ala Batista to Jericho.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I think that would be akin to D-X reuniting. Ya know, Triple H took a much harder, non-comedic role after HBK retired for a while. Then in 2006 they reunited and Trips stated going back to a more comedy (although still serious) role. Edge did the same and so did Christian albeit not quite to the degree Edge did. Now, I am not going to compare D-X to Edge and Christian but you see where I am going.

And a few thoughts...

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So Eric Young wins the X-Division title, only to have the title returned? C'mon TNA, how many times have we seen screwjob finishes in favor of the heels? And especially don't "reward" him by having him job to Booker T. Keep SOME of your talent alive in this feud.

I can't tell if they are having Sting become more of a face or more of a heel. He could be having reservations by not joining in on the beatdowns (face turn) or just deciding to have everyone due his work for him (heel turn).

However, having it be Sting and his group vs Styles and his group with the stip being if Styles team wins, he gets the world title is idiotic. Ten years ago when it was WCW VS the NWO, such a match would be gold because those in WCW would be willing to do anything as long as someone of their own held the world title. I don't feel that urgency here, and having Joe, and two other guys possibly pick up the win but not the title is silly. And if they lose, then that makes them all look silly because Sting beat all the odds to retain. And if they win, that makes Styles look weak (unless he cleanly pins Sting). And I also have major reservations with Sting's last world title being "lost" without him being pinned for it. Just doesn't feel right.

The MTM are doing a heel turn. Bad move TNA. Remember, you are trying to get the young talent to go against the MEM, not have them feud against one another.

And wow, just wow, Jeff Hardy pins...THE UNDERTAKAER. yes, there was interference, but the fact he gets the win over the deadman, and then cleanly pins Triple H the next week just speaks volumes. I am shocked, especially with there already being two strikes against him. Jeff, do not screw this up. You have had wins over nearly every star save for Edge, Batista and Cena. You are being pushed to the moon, and are just on the edge of being champion. You screwed up and you cost yourself a title reign last summer. Don't let it happen again.
It's really hard to say if Jeff is going to get the title. If he didn't have those strikes against him, I'd say yes. but with two strikes on him....

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Regarding the match just added:

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So it's Batista/Punk/Koji/Truth/M. Hardy VS Orton/Regal/Benjamin/Rhodes/M Henry at SS.

A few thoughts:
1.) I thought Regal was basically turning face after his IC title win. Granted, it was in his hometown but he seemed to be leaning that way. His feud with Noble already seemed over.

2.) Wait, wasn't Punk wanting revenge against Orton? While I know it's Batista, still, couldn't they have let Punk get his own team for a chance of revenge?

3.) How did Dibiase NOT get into this match?

Oh, and a bit of amusing news:

Just a note that last night after the Jeff Hardy vs. Triple H match a large section of fans were leaving the arena and towards the end of the show over 70% of the upper tier had left, maybe two shows in one night was overkill for some parents. Also when the 2nd taping started about a third of the
arena hadn't come back to their seats, especially the block facing the camera.

Guess we will get some ol WCW tricks here...

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Hard to believe it has already been three years. Goodness, I still remember one morning waking up and seeing on Yahoo "Guerrero died" (this was when I was in China so I wouldn't get the news during the day like usual). I thought to myself "What?! Eddie or Chavo died?!?!!". Time really stood still. Yet 'suddenly' three years have passed. So hard to believe so much time has gone by.

I was thinking very recently about how we are reaching Mania 25, and that both the champions who put out what should have been "good feel forever" moments are both gone and for drastically yet both still very tragic reasons.

However, in both cases, I try to remember all the good moments there were. The good matches.

R.I.P. Eddie.

I was speaking idiomatically.

So, PWI magazine recently had an article where they matched up five wrestlers generally based on category. this included Raw, Smackdown, ECW, ROH, and TNA.

Thought it might be interesting to do the same as things have changed a bit:

Triple H (Smackdown) Vs Jericho (Raw) Vs Nigel (ROH) Vs Matt hardy (ECW) Vs Sting (TNA) - The amazing thing is there are so many one-on-one matches that wouldbe considered dream matches for one reason or another. Looking at the champions though, Jericho has done well. His win for the world title in September may have been a bit weak but he did fake HBK in a NO-DQ match so that counter-balances the tainted win a bit. Triple H has been on a roll since April. Nigel has repeatedly turned back challengers to the point the question is (although it almost always seems to be) who is going to get the belt. Matt is a surprising champion that three months ago you'd never even dream about. Sting is an ageless veternan who somehow found a way to win, and in recent times is in one of his most longest reigns in the past decade and if he makes it past the next PPV as champ, the longest reign since 92. With all that said, in truth, the winner will most likely be Triple H. Sting may be more experienced, Nigel may be younger, Jericho may have that new edge, and Matt may have upped his game (no pun intended) quite a bit, but none of them currently have the right, winning balance of all of that. True, the Triple H right now is not quite near what he was in 99-01, but he is still darn good, and for those injuries and time that have slowed him down, he has made up with and then some with wisdom, careful and calculated timing, and the ability to pull out that ruthless side when needed.
Winner: Triple H

Booker T (TNA) Vs Shelton Benjamin (ECW) Vs Regal (RAW) Vs Kevin Steen (ROH, winner of some tournament that my mind is currently blanking on) - This was a bit harder as Smackdown and ECW share the US title. For ROH, I had to include Kevin Steen as he won some tournament that more or less made him a number one contender. Best I could do. At any rate, experience is the key factor here and that immediately leads to Regal and Booker T. Regal just won the IC title while Booker made up the Legends title. however, Booker has done well in TNA and with his new heel turn has been basically unstoppable. The combination of his experience plus his attitude will lead to a win.
Winner: Booker T

I'll do a few others later.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Other part:
Punk/Koji (Raw) Vs Colon's (Smackdown!) Vs Beer Money, Inc. (TNA) VS Generico/Steen (ROH) - The WWE's tag team division is weak, no excuse about it. TNA's was superior in the day but is weaker now. However, it still far outshines WWE's. However, ROH's tag team division and it's wrestlers are top notch. They generally have fast-paced, hard-hitting matches where the wrestlers have to kick out of big moves and double team combinations. That, coupled with the constant title defenses makes whoever is tag team champs in ROH to be at the top of their game. They would easily be able to get past Beer Money, Inc. As for Koji/Punk, that would be a bit rougher but Koji/Punk haven't team as long, nor have they had near the title defenses Steen/Generico have had. As for the Colon's, that team COULD become great in the long run, however they follow down te same issue as Koji/Punk in that they need time, multiple defenses, and high-profile competition. With that being said, El Generico/Kevin Steen win it.
Winners: El Generico/Kevin Steen

Joe Vs Jeff hardy Vs John Cena Vs American Dragon Vs Mark Henry - This was a bit harder as I tried to take top contenders/number one contenders for this match. Dragon and Henry are debatable. At any rate, this one is a bit harder because save for Henry, I could forsee any of these men taking the win. cena has won many big, high profile matches. Hardy has reached a new level. Joe can be unstoppable. Dragon can wrestler circles around anyone. With that being said, Joe is currently into a bit of a losing streak (Sting, Steiner, Nash). Hardy COULD win it, but he has not quite won the big one and didn't beat Cena. Dragon could be a shocking winner, pulling out a cattle mutatation while everyone else is occupied but I think honestly Cena's near "super man" persona will endure here. Yeah, Cena lost to Batista and honestly he has been a step off this year, but that step off is he isn't champion. That's the same for Dragon too. And again given Cena's superman persona, I could forsee him getting to ropes for each cattle mutilation, and eventually getting the win after a FU.
Winner: Cena

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I heard about Lesnar. It will be interesting to see where he goes from here.

Good luck to the UFC...Lesnar's rep is less than stelluar with his two previous wrestling promotions.

I heard too conflicting reports about Adamle. And they were from the same website. While he messed up repeatedly, part of it was horrible booking. I was confused as one moment he seems to be a heel, putting Cole in matches, etc. then basically "teaching Jericho a lesson" and slapping Orton the next.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Scary that Savage has had that all happen within ten...five years...

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First, seems the WWE has been telling Brutus Beefcake to stop using that name that he has used since 2000. Probably cause he is using it on Hogan's show. I would laugh if he renamed himself "Vincent McManus" or something like that and did a comedy routine on continued use of power over trivial matters.

Anyway...

Prediction time:

Team Raw Vs Team Smackdown! (Ladies match) - Confusing here. Kinda like the old 2005 match where you had Batista teaming with Orton. At any rate, I would almost say Team Raw is a lock with Beth Phoenix except it would help Smackdown!'s roster with that win. So, Beth get's DQed and team Smackdown! wins it.

Winner: Smackdown!

Team Batista Vs Team Orton - And speaking of Orton/Batista here they are on opposing teams. Hard to believe all the twists and turns both men have gone through. In 2003, it was Batista who helped Orton get rid of Austin. In 2004...they teame dup at Evolution. In 2005, they had the afforementioned situation. 2006 was Batista taking on Booker for the gold while Orton was part of the only team I can think of that was ever 'shut out'. In 2007, both men defended their respective titles with huge wins over HBk and Taker respectively.

Now comes 2008. Honestly, Orton needs this more than Batista, and I think a loss for Batista could help him out for his heel turn/rematch with Cena. So Orton's team gets the duke here.

Also, interesting how they go from "GO Smackdown!" and "GO RAW!" to multi-brand teams. Seriously, the WWE should take it one way or the other.
Winner: Team Orton

Team HBK Vs Team JBL - How did JBL ever get the duke to lead a team? At any rate, watch for HBK's team to win, potentially with JBL bailing as to build up their encouter.

Winner: Team HBK

Casket Match: Taker Vs Big Show - Show got a surprising knock-out win over Undertaker. Undertaker punked him back one month later. This is the rubber match. This is also the PPV where Undertaker first debuted nearly TWENTY years ago. Freaky how much time has passed since then. At any rate, Taker has lost very rarely at Survivor Series and usually in big match environments. He lost to Batista a few years back in one of them. He lost to McMahon that set him back to the Deadman in 2003. He lost to Angle waaaay back in 2000. He also "lost" in being pinned by someone in 2001. The other factor is this is really the "Big Show's" main PPV. Many wrestlers have PPVs that are "their" PPVs. Taker's is Mania of course, but Show's is Survivor Series, having won two world title. However, his streak isn't quite as impressive nor undefeated like Taker's so I give Taker the duke here aside from smoe outside interference to set up another match (Umaga).

Winner: Undertaker

Triple H Vs VK Vs Jeff Hardy - So the word out is Jeff was found "unconscious" and is receiving treatment. My feeling? Possibly a way to prolong the showdown between Jeff and Triple H. There are rumors floating about that this is due to Edge. I could see that happening, but there is one real problem. Edge's run as a heel is reaching it's end. He is honestly running out of feuds. He has Jeff, possibly the Great Khali, and then maybe Christian (possibly a Wrestlemania match here in an attempt to see if Christian is "really" over) but that's about it. My feeling is Edge will be the reason and may even cost Jeff the title, but this will be so Jeff can be built up a bit better for a Wrestlemania victory against Triple H (by beating Edge at the Royal Rumble) and so that shortly after Mania and the Edge~Christian match, will be a reunion between Edge and Christian, similar to DX.

Oh, and VK isn't winner it. Similar to Kennedy, he is doing well, but he needs a bit more time. I forsee him giong one on one with Trips at the next PPV, but that's about it.

Winner: Triple H

Jericho Vs Cena - Wow, Cena has been like, no where. His match has been hyped up, but wow. My feeling? This isn't Cena's time anymore. I forsee Jericho hanging onto the title after Batista 'accidently' costs Cena the match. This will lead to the eventual rematch between Cena/Batista where Batista is the heel, and Cena the face in which Cena will get the duke at Mania. This will also lead to the eventual showdown between Orton (as since his feud with PUnk seems to be already done before it began) and Jericho.

Winner: Jericho

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Thoughts on the two champs:

Cena - Way too early. I understand the hometown advantage and all and in truth he does need to start off strong. But to get the belt? My guess though is he'll lose it to Jericho in short fashion similar to Batista.

Edge - Wow, that was unexpected. It's hard for me to say whether I like this or hate this. The WWE is taking a risk as Triple H Vs Edge has already been done (albeit lightly) and Jeff Vs Edge is risky as Jeff does have two strikes against him. Interestingly, I see Edge becoming the Triple H of years ago. Yaknow, the heel who always holds onto/wins the title over and over again. In a couple of years though, I think he is going to reach the stage where Triple H is now...the cagey veternan who just wins.

Oh, and Bischoff responded to Vince's legal threat. More or less, Vince is now pissed off that Bischoff's organization "exposes the business" (I have to agree with Bischoff if this is true, 1989, New Jersey, Vince). He's supposedly threatening everyone who does something with the promotion that they will never be allowed in the WWE again, even Jimmy Hart whom they gave permission to. *Sigh* And people wonder why I watch Ring of Honor more these days.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Spoiler:

The spoiler to end all spoilers.

On Dec 5th, ya betta WATCH OUT, A HURRICANE IS COMING THROUGH!!!! (well, maybe...)

Hurricane Helms defeated MVP.

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It seems that Christian and Tomko are inseperatable. Christian may be coming back to the WWE and guess who else is now making a return?

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I'll go with Slash on this one as I have wondered how they were planning to break up the Miz/Morrison team as those guys have teamed for over a year.

Whoever faces Regal will begin a face turn while is partner will turn on him.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Prediction time:

I really have to start watching more TNA. I really am behind in story lines....

Knockouts Match
Angelina Love, Velvet Sky & Sharmell vs. ODB, Taylor Wilde & Roxxi
Hard one here. Given though that Sharmell, who really isn't a wrestler is on one side, I am going for ODB, Wilde, and Roxxi.


Feast or Fired Match
Talk about hard to pick. I AM going to pick that the former Curry Man will return as Daniels and win again-this time getting an X-Division shot. Those who will get fired and the world title shot are kinda up in the air. So yeah, I'm not going to pick here, especialyl given that they might have matches to switch cases anyway...



TNA Knockouts Championship
Awesome Kong vs. Christy Hemme
Kong has the title again and I don't forsee her losing it just yet.

Winner: Awesome Kong

TNA X Division Championship
Sheik Abdul Bashir vs. Eric Young
Young won the title before only to have that win nullified. watch for Bashir to win it via cheap ways.

TNA World Tag Team Championship
Beer Money, Inc. vs. Abyss & Matt Morgan
Aren't Abyss/Morgan showing signs of a feud? At any rate, they aren't going to get the gold here. rarely ever does the 'two towers of power' win.

Winner: Beer Money

Special Enforcer: Mick Foley
Career on the line in TNA vs. A Rematch at Genesis vs. Jeff Jarrett for Kurt Angle
Kurt Angle vs. Rhino
Angle is suppose to get someone in his corner who once teamed with Foley. Someone who they said at one point (and they took away) was a former world champ in which I'd say Terry Funk. I still say Terry is a possibility with others being Snow, Whipwreck, and maybe even Kevin Sullivan. The Rock would be amazingly, but that is very, very unlikely as is the same for Austin and Kane.
Oh, and the match? Kurt isn't going anywhere and Rhino has nothing to lose...so Angle gets it here.
Winner: Kurt Angle

TNA World Heavyweight Championship
If Team Frontline Wins, AJ Styles is the TNA World Champion, if the Main Event Mafia win, Sting retains the TNA World title
TEAM FRONTLINE: Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, & Team 3D vs. The MAIN EVENT MAFIA: Kevin Nash, Booker T., Scott Steiner & Sting
Amusingly, I just bought the DVD where Styles won his 3rd world title...a reign that lasted roughly a month. Could this be number four? My guess is, yes. While I would normally go with the champ after losing a match the previously show, I think this is how they are going to have Sting go out regarding his final world title reign. Oh, and having Sting lose to Rhyno was both understandable (only way to realyl build him up for Kurt) and idiotic (suddenly Rhyno, who is best a mid-carder at this stage, pins Sting).
The question is, who is going to take the loss. And who is going to take the win. that's right, Joe can choke out Nash in which Styles gets the title. I would not be surprised to see something like Joe choking out say, Steiner (most likely candidate to lose) to win thet itle only to be annoyed that Styles gets the title. he then challenges Styles, and there is an added variable of the unrest between Styles/Joe. However, that complicates things too much and would end the MEM storyline too early. Instead, I am going with the idea that Styles will be the guy who DOES pin Sting during all of this. The MEM will then turn on Sting for 'dropping the ball' in which they then deem Kurt as the new leader. However, don't be surprised if this doesn't hapepn until after the next PPV (the idea being Sting gets a rematch, fails, while Kurt gets a rematch and succeed).
Oh, and I have considered Sting retaining. It would be nice as Sting would then have his 2nd longest reign since um, 92? However, after Styles and Joe, who else is properly built to face Sting? jarrett is a nice, 'feel-good' possiblity which would be quite a reversal (both in roles AND fan's feelings) from a few years back but Jarrett is pacing himself and still has his match with Angle. Styles on the other hand would have Booker T, Angle, and possibly Joe.
anyway, Styles gets it here.

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I was just aboutto say Slash. Wow, can you hear it? And your new world champion.....Joooooooooooooooooeeeeeey Styllllllllllllllllles!!!

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Spike Dudley also comes to mind. I thought there was something about him being hazed with tape and all (as well as most of ECW and WCW's talent). Miz also had some issues supposedly. The funny thing though is they are just suppose to take it because JBL is a veternan. I can understand tradition, and respect and all, but no matter how you slice it, I can't go with that.

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First, we have new tag team champs. Miz/Morrison beat Punk/Koji for the titles. I guess it makes sense though as Punk/Koji really don't have anyone to feud against for the titles.


With taht being said, prediction time:

Diva's Match: I don't care at all. However, McCool is going to turn heel here. That being said:
Winners: Victoria and the rest of the heels.

Batista Vs Randy Orton: This is the hardest match here. Orton has beaten Batista consistently as of late. It would make Batista look bad if he was pinned again. However, an Orton loss here would not be good as they are obviously building towards another title chase (and perhaps reign).
However, there is another problem altogether. I am presuming the winner of this match will go on to face the winner of Cena/Jericho. That leaves these possiblities:
Jericho Vs Batista (done last month)
Cena Vs Batista (done at Summerslam)
Cena Vs Orton (done over and over again since Summerslam of 07 to the next PPV, then again at Mania and Backlash)
Jericho Vs Orton (done a year ago)
There isn't much of a chance for new matches here. Orton Vs Cena has been done to death. Batista Vs Cena would be nice but should be held off until Mania for their rematch. Jericho vs Orton would be entertaining and the freshest match but they are both heels. Not saying it's impossible (they did in fact do Angle Vs HHH at the Royal Rumble for the title) but highly unlikely.
However, with all being said, I am going to go with Orton on this one, whichwill slowly lead to a Batista heel turn.
Winner: Orton

Finley Vs Henry: Finley has been getting punked in his feud with Henry. If he loses here, I forsee Finley turning heel and on Hornswaggle as a big 'shocker' moment. however, more than likely he'll beat Henry here as the use of weapons is in his favor.
Winnter: Finley

Matt Hardy Vs Kozlov: Matt isn't winning this one. At least it's not for the ECW title as I think that would hurt, not help, Kozlov's momentum. Kozlov will move on to a WWE world title shot. What did I just say? Read on.

Punk Vs Mysterio: People are already wondering if Punk (or Koji) are in the doghouse since they lost the tag titles on a house show no less. Me? Ithink it makes sense as that show was a mutli-brand show and furthermore Punk/Koji had nowhere to go with the titles. For many, that also means that Punk is going over Mysterio as he moves on back to his singles career. I disagree but let's move on to the match. This is a match that I don't believe has happened before. They have wrestled each other in a triple threat where the last opponent was the late, great Eddie Guerrerro. It was for one of Punk's titles, and in that match, neither Punk nor Mysterio won, Eddie did. Punk did win the title back the next night though.
So then, who will win THIS match? Hard to say. PUnk/Regal has been done a few times but their matches were golden. Mysterio/Regal was done waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in WCW for the Television title so this could be a fresh feud. It's hard to believe that either guy is going for the IC title given they were both former world champions but it does make sense given the "Best of the Intercontential Champion" DVD is being promoted. I just hope they don't promote the fact that it was not been defended at Wrestlemania since I think 2002? At any rate, unless Kane interferes, look for Rey to get the duke here, which may plant the seeds for a Punk heel turn (as in truth, now that they have killed off his feud with Orton for no reason, he has nowhere else to go).
Winner: Rey Rey

Jericho Vs Cena, World Title: this was a hard match to predict. The most likely situation would be Cena retaining and it being Orton/Cena for the title. Jericho Vs Orton is also possible but honestly I feel that Orton would need to turn face. And that may be what happens...but not immediatly.
What did I say? Orton turn face? Yes. Orton is now to the point where he can still have that intensity but do so as a face. He is getting cheered more and more now, and honestly Jericho is the top heel on Raw. But how to do it?
Here's how. Cena DQ's himself by beating hte crap out of Jericho without restraint (or perhaps Jericho gets DQ'd because Orton interferes thereby setting up the seeds for their feud). They have a NO DQ match at the Royal Rumble. Jericho wins and wins the title while Orton goes on to win the Rumble. The stage is set, with both men as heels. Orton and Jericho talk smack with each other and attempt to punk each other out. Jericho then says he is 'tired of Orton' and even goes on to say he wants a six man tag team match where Orton/Mabu(Is that his name?)/Rhodes will face him, someone else who somehow will fit into this or is aligned with Jericho (why couldnt' you not screw up Lance Cade?) and someone who wants revenge against Orton which would be Ted Jr. Ted Jr. would say he wants revenge for Orton taking him out and Rhodes/Mabu turning on it.

So the match is set and then go at it only for Orton's team mates to turn on him and it being a five-on-one assault. They pummel Orton as Rhodes later says hen ever forgot Orton slapping him/taking out his team mate and so they set up the plan. They could even say the old phrase "Keep your friends closer and your enemies closer". this can then lead into a series of one on one matches with Orton being pissed off challenging Jericho and his group to a gauntlet match. Orton wins all his matches save for Jericho in which they brutalize Orton right before he gets Jericho at the end of the gauntlet. Jericho then takes out Orton, pins him, or even locks on the Walls of Jericho on an unconscious Orton. This solifies Orton's face turn, solidifies the main event at Mania, solidifies Jericho being a heel, etc. Things fade out to Mania for their match (in which Orton wins).
Winner: Jericho by DQ.

WWE title: Edge Vs Triple H Vs Jeff Hardy: There has been some speculation that what they did with Hardy is more or less a warning of "Make sure your ass is in gear before we give you the title". That being said, I am gong with Hardy here. What did I say? Yes, Jeff Hardy wins the title. It was a year ago that Jeff beat Triple H (who ironically enough is in this match) for his biggest win to date (excluding his win over the Deadman). Jeff is now going going to take that one step further by claiming the biggest prize of them off.
It makes sense too. Triple H holding the title has already been done and Edge has held the title consistently for parts of 2006, 2007 and 2008. It doesn't help Edge to hold the title longer and honestly there isn't anyone else Edge can feud with for the title (Taker has been done to death, Kennedy is just starting to come back, Triple H would be decent but they jsut had a match, Kozlow is a heel...). Jeff on the other hand does has some contendres for the title. He could face Kozlow who just beat his brother senseless for the title. He could then face either Triple H or Edge (presumably Triple H) at No Way Out where in a reversal of roles, Triple H shakes Jeff's hand after Jeff retains. He could then face Edge at Wrestlemania in which Edge could reclaim it, or in a shocker, Jeff could retain there (which would be a feel good moment seeing the 'young blood' hold the titles at the end of Mania 25..). So yes, shocking, scary, perhaps lacking sanity, Jeff gets the title.
Winner: Jeff hardy

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Spoiler:

So half right, half wrong.


But I called it and it happened. Hardy became the champ!

BTW, Thoughts on HBK/JBL/ After the Styles thing, HBK should come back, say "Are you kidding me?!", take BACK his award and superkick JBL. Why? Just thought it be humorous and you KNOW that eventually they'll be taking shots at JBL for it anyway...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Plus, the situations ARE different. RVD didn't have that feeling of "making a mistake and that's it for you". Jeff knows that if he screws up, he loses his title, and his job.

Oh, and Jeff won't job the title to Triple H if that were to happen. Edge would get it back.

How ya doing, buddy?

Thoughts in no specific order:
Slash: Yep, AMW broke themselves up. I think Harris wanted to break things up. Supposedly though, a few weeks later Harris want to get back together in which Storm said 'no'. So it may have been more mutual.

Ah, the old Kane/love story. Torrie, Lita, now...who was it again? Anyway, this could be amusing if she keeps telling Kane it's various individuals.

Benoit/Sullivan was suppose to be an angle. It happened to turn into a shoot (unfortunately given all that went down years later). That was a large part but not the sole reason for Benoit leaving.

NWA/TNA has lost it's luster. I do like the MEM all in suits. Flair did it for years and it's just something that states "We mean business". However, when their top heel (Sting) is getting cheered many times over the top face (Joe), you have problems. Actually, Russo should have remembered he tried this ten years ago and it failed. At least though Sting has now the longest world title reign since 1992 and his heel turn wasn't so short that people forgot about it (although many are trying to justify him now).

The fact that most of the WWE talent has been going over most of TNA's home grown talent is sad. It should be a mixture. You can't have Angle, Christian, Sting, the Dudleys, Booker T and others being jobbed out to TNA guys...that's what Vince did WCW vs WWE. However, you can't have WWE guys punking out TNA, that's what happened to WCW (against the NWO, as one person put it when the NWO came back together for the 30th time, "Maybe they'll remember to let WCW win this time"). It has to be a nice mixture. And that means letting Styles win the world title.

Improve the WWE? Here's what would be nice to see:

First, before ANYTHING, a masked guy begins to taunt John Cena and challenge him to a match. Each week he goads Cena into the ring. They have the match, and Cena is doing his usual stuff when suddenly near the end, Bischoff comes out to distract Cena only for the challenger to low blow Cena, then roll him up for the pinfall with his feet on the ropes.

Eric Bischoff comes out one night to the surprise of everyone. He states that he enjoyed Celebrity Wrestling but goes on to say that it never really kicked the WWE's @$$ like WCW did. He then goes on to say that he wished he could relive the old days but sadly couldn't. It was too expensive in these economic times.
In comes Hulk Hogan. Hogan relates to what Bischoff said, then goes on to say how he despises Vince for the various things Vince has done the last few years to him and his friends. He goes on to say that everyone knows that "Hogan's knows best" and while his t.v. show didn't quite work out, his pro wrestling career certainly has. He goes on to say that there were three people who built wrestling in the 80's, two of them being McMahon and himself. He then goes on to say that now he's going to rebuild it again as he has agreed to be the financial back ground in regards to the revival of WCW. Hogan then goes on to say it's also ironic because as he said, he, McMahon, and one other guy built pro wrestling because McMahon is going to help him again. shane McMahon.
Shane comes out and goes on to say how he has invested quite a bit of stock in WWE. He then goes on to say that he has thought about years back, when the McMahons were in both rings, and how THAT was the wrestling people REALLY wanted to see. So he goes on to say that he didn't give the people what they wanted then, and he apologies, but that's all going to change as he has provided his stock and clout in the company such that Bischoff and Hogan can do what they want. And with that in mind, they want and now are going to revive WCW. And so, as of right now, the show is no longer WWE Raw, but WCW Monday Night.
Bischoff then takes the mic again and says that though it's common wrestling knowledge that you have to have a world champion. He even goes on to say that many wrestling companies in the 1900's would have a champion even before they had a company. Bischoff goes on to say that he thought about who could fill that gap. He considered Hogan, but Hogan would be too busy with his end regarding the company. He considered Steve Austin, but Austin "sucks". He considered The Rock, but Dwanye Johnson is in Hollywood. He then says he thought back some and realized that what Hogan said is right, there were really three guys who built wrestling in the 80's. Bischoff says he may not like him, and in fact has had his wars both in and out of the ring with him, but there is no other guy who can better represent WCW as their world champion other than...Ric Flair.
Flair comes out and speaks the tradition of WCW. He does on to say he despises Bischoff and Hogan but despises Vince 1000 times more for what he did to WCW. Flair stated that when he retired, he was retiring from WWE, but he would NOT retire from wrestling altogether. He's go on to say he'll live pro wrestling and die pro wrestling.
Bischoff gets back on the mic and states that it's a dawn of a new era. He then goes on to state that his first act is to bring back the cruiserweight division that WWE killed. He'll even go as far as saying that WWE killed the division because WWE knew they could never duplicate it's success. Bischoff will then announce that he has already, with Shane's help, signed talent over to make that division both from ECW and WWE. He'll even have a few surprises from "other pro wrestling companies".

We move onto Smackdown! Vince is pissed off but says he's in control, not Bischoff. He then goes on to say that he controls WWE, and he controls ECW. He then says "speaking of ECW, what a failure that has turned outt o be". He then tells Shane that Shane should take al esson about reviving a company from the dead because there is a good reason it's dead-it sucks. Vince then says with that in mind, he's going to kill ECW, for good this time. He'll say that it has sucked since it's return, and it's bad enough to have one competitor using up his air time let alone two. He'll then call out the current ECW champion to turn in the belt (who I guess can be a heel). Said individual will come out, with Vince threatening to fire him, and hand Vince the belt to huge booes from the crowd. Vince will then say that ECW represents garbage wrestling, and says therefore there is only one fitting place to put the title. Vince then pulls in a trashcan and is ready to toss it in when ECW music hits. Paul Heyman comes out with Tommy Dreamer, RVD, and the Sandman in tow.

Wrestlers will immediately enter the ring to protect Vince in which Heyman speaks. He'll go on to say that the reason ECW sucks is because Vince made it suck. He'll go on to say that before he respected Vince while he hated Bischoff because at least Vince would built talent while Bischoff would just steal it away. He'll say that after what he has seen Vince do to ECW, he hates them both now. Paul will go on to say that way back in December, Paul was wanting RVD in the main event, not Bobby Lashley. Vince ignored him and what happened? The worst Pay Per View ever. So bad that the new "good guy" champion got booed more than the worst "bad guy". Even worse, the champion that Vince liked so much was gone and out of the WWE in under a year. Paul then goes on to say how this was just the start of Vince's "new vision" of ECW. A vision that included no hardcore matches, a vision that included no blood or guts, a vision that included nearly every ECW wrestler, Stevie Richards, Sandman, RVD, Balls Maholey, all gone from ECW. Paul will then say that Vince's vision of ECW isn't ECW at all and that his vision sucks.

Vince will then interrupt him and state that while it may have sucked, it certainly was better than his attempt. He'll go on to remind him that he's the one who bailed him out when he was bankrupt and riding high in debt. Vince will say HE owns ECW now, and that HE decides if it can live and HE decides if it will die. And not only that, Vince says he'll decide HOW it will die. Vince will then steps on the handle to open up the trash can as security holds Paul and his group down when...

Stephanie McMahon's music hits. She'll walk down the ring to the surprise of Vince. She'll then grab the mic and say how she loathes ECW and loathes Paul Heyman even more. She'll then go on to say that nothing would do her more pleasure than to drop the title in the trash. Vince will then joyfully give her the title.
Stephanie will say nothing will do her more pleasure...nothing except for being THE McMahon who leads pro wrestling into the new generation. Vince will look shocked as she continues that yes, she hates Paul, and Paul hates her, but she hates even more how she has worked just as hard as Shane and Vince, but has been pushed aside and seen as an afterthought in the pro wrestling business. She'll go on to say that when Vince was out for surgery, she was the one who took things over. But she was never thanked for it and when Vince thought about the heir to his 'empire', Shane, not her, was the first to come to mind.

Stephanie will then go on to say that she kinda then sees herself as the underdog. So she can relate to ECW in that way as that company was the underdog. She'll then go on to say that then if she held finance ECW, so that "this" underdog beat not only WCW but WWE, that "this" underdog (referring to herself) would have risen up and proven herself as the most dominant McMahon in pro wrestling.
So with that in mind, she has used her strock and clout as well as her finances to finance ECW. And this time (referring to the ECW/WCW merge years back), she has decided that she won't say anything, but let the wrestling speak for itself. And speaking of wrestling, she has two announcements. One, there will be more of it. Currently, it is unfair to ECW to have only one hour when the other companies have two. While she can't get another t.v. time slot at this time to get that secnod hour, she is going to make use of something ECW made use of first, and long before WCW and WWE- the Internet. That's right, the second hour of ECW will be provided on the ECW website for all to see.
Second, speaking of wrestling, ECW had some of the finest tag teams in pro wrestling history. Some of them were make shift teams, but others went on to become former WCW and WWE champions and while a cornerstone in tag team wrestler, made their mark first in ECW. With that being said, she has contracted and signed BOTH tag team champions from the former Raw and from Smackdown! onto ECW and they will have a unification match. Furthermore, whoever wins will defend their titles against 'these guys...'.

The Dudleys come in from nowhere and 3-D Vince. Chaos ensues in which the ECW title fights, then gets out of the ring, with Paul now holding the ECW title.

This then sets up all three brands as following:
WCW Monday Night Nitro:
World Champion - Ric Flair
Cruiserweight Champion - TBD

WWE Smackdown!
World Champion - Tentatively Jeff hardy
Woman's Champion - Winner of Beth Phoenix Vs McCool

ECW
World Champion - TBD
Tag Titles - Winner of Miz/Morrison Vs Carlito's

Notice the specific division of tag titles/cruiserweight/ladies' title. That gives each brand something unique and fixes the issue where Raw and Smackdown currently have weak divisions regarding the tag team and woman's divisions because the decent talent they have is divided up. The United States and IC titles exist respectively, with Bischoff later shocking everyone by having Shelton Benjiman go to Nitro with the US title in tow. Down the road, ECW would have a T.V. title tournament which wuold give all the brands secondary titles.

For WCW, they will get talent in their Cruiserweight division including Rey Mysterio (leading the division), Evan Bourne, Chavo Guerrero, Shane Helms, Jamie Noble, Taka Michinoku (making his return), Shannon Moore, Evan Kourageous, Christian York, Joey Mercury, for starters with cruizerweight talent from Raw, ECW, ROH, and TNA.

For ECW, they will get talent in their tag team division including the Dudley Boys, Edge and Christian (albeit for a short time as E&C have reached the point that they should focus on their singles' careers), Miz/Morrison, the Carlito's, Jessie/Festus, Ted and MIKE Dibiase, Too Cool, Deuce and Domino, Bulldog and T.J. Wilson, and other teams as well as the occasional teaming of Matt and Jeff.

For Smackdown, they get the ladies for the most part. If there are smoe that are SOLEY for eye candy and will NEVER have a match, then they can go on ECW/Nitro. However, all the talent goes on Smackdown!

For the ECW title, there would be a one night tournament. Contenders would be a mix of past and present stars. Finals would be RVD Vs New ECW star they want to push with that new star going over RVD to set on the right path. MVP would be a top candidate as he can wrestle and talk.

PPVs would be as follows:
Royal Rumble: All Brands
No Way Out: WWE
Wrestlemania: All Brands
Backlash: ECW
Whatever this PPV was called: WCW
King of the Ring: All Brands (Brand superiority tournament type deal here)
Invasion: Smackdown!
Summerslam: All Brands
Sept's PPV: WCW
No Mercy: ECW
Survivor Series: All Brands
Arm: All Brands (Annual Three Way Match to decide brand superiorty here).

Mania and Survivor Series would focus more on non-brand interpromotional matches. The Royal Rumble has some of it but more focus on trying to get a title shot. KOTR and Armegeddon would be events where each brand is trying to show they are the best (so obvious inter-brand matches there). KOTR would always be a tournament and would not include the champions (in fact, the tournament is the only inter-brand-related matches). Armegeddon would have basically an entire card of inter-brand matches although no titles would be up for grabs (well, maybe the titles could be but there'd have to be a way that wouldn't screw up a brand). The rest of brand specific.

And yes, I know this is bloody long. My ideas just flowed out this time...

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

A few other thoughts/amendments to my earlier post:

The ECW champion would be Matt Hardy in which Vince basically tells Matt "IF you don't give me the title, then I'll strip your brother of his!" in which Matt will reluntantly give his up. That will really set him up as a sympathetic face.

KOTR would be the classic KOTR match. I mean, all three promotions use to have old fashion tournaments. Winner would get the glory for his brand and a title shot for the world title in his brand.

There would occasionally be drafts to mix things up. However, the titles would still stay on their respective brands at least for the first several years. The world titles and ladies/tag team/cruiserweight titles would never leave ship because it would be stupid to have the WCW world title on WWE television or the cruiserweight title on ECW when there aren't many cruiserweights.

Initially, here are where a few of the wrestlers will be at:

WCW - Flair, Jericho, Finley, Regal, Koji,

WWE- Triple H, HBk, Undertaker, Cena

ECW - Punk, RVD, Dreamer, Kane (because he fits best here), Batista (he'd be decent at hardcore matches)

I was speaking idiomatically.

There is one thing it does have, which goes back to the "Internet Part"...more controversial storylines that can't be shown on normal television. It would be the wilder of the three, with a ton of brutality especially during the "Internet Hour".

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Goodness, I watched when Yoko was champ. I'm just about up there Slash!

A few other isolated thoughts:

Dreamer snapping would be good for Dreamer. They never went that route and it'd be something new.

Wait, Morrison and Miz are the Raw tag team champs, yet they are STILL beating the guys on Smackdown!? Unless this is going towards a unification match, at LEAST have the Raw champs STAY ON RAW so you don't embarrass the tag team division further. even moreso, at least if you are going to have them be the TAG TEAM CHAMPS for the other brand, have them LOSE a SINGLES match. It won't kill them.

And as I was looking over Dustin Rhodes history...I saw this...

Rhodes returned to World Wrestling Entertainment on October 31, 2005 as Goldust, attacking Batista as retribution for being (kayfabe) electrocuted in 2003 and developing an embarassing stutter

Continuity...in the WWE?

FELIPE NO

Depends on what dramatic means. I think ECW had more 'mature' storylines. Dramatic is also a word that could be used occasionally but mature I think is a much better fit.

How ya doing, buddy?

And for those looking to the big Batista-Cena rematch, you'll have to wait a bit longer. Big B is out with an injury until Juneish at least. I guess 1.) that takes care of Orton's face turn as I thought might happen between him and Jericho and 2.) leaving Cena out of the mania main event. A bit of a shame as I have felt that Batista was part of the new 'wave' of superstars since Mania 20, and it would have been right to see him in 25...

Jam it back in, in the dark.