[Television] WWE/TNA thread

Originally Posted by El Ray Fernando

It should be Jericho in the MITB match because if he won we would have seen shenanigans. My only hope is for Mr Kennedy now.

Uh...Jericho is in the MITB match...

I swear I was looking at a picture and article of it like 2 weeks back and he wasn't it, but your right jigging over to wwe.com he is.

My money's on Kennedy; heck I hope they could both win, but likely Jericho will job this one; although MVP would be a pleasant surprise. I suppose any of the two will do as they can actually use a mic and we can see some good verbal tension, both of them heel are excellent. Why WWE insisits on having only 1 major heel per brand at any given time is beyond me.

If MVP wins, I'll take that as a sign that they plan to retire the US title.

No, I take it as a sign Matt Hardy will win their year-long feud by winning the title.

ON Raw, I thought I heard JR say 7 participants in the MitB match. Were they planning on letting Jeff still participate (and do the job) or was Matt taking his place?

nevermind.. answered my own question heh.

Originally Posted by Wrestlezone

# The word of Jeff Hardy's 60-Day Suspension made word around the locker room on Monday (3.10.08) before Raw. Hardy was advertised for the weekend house shows, but had been pulled from them with no reason given.

# WWE policy now is to announce failures of the wellness policy and or suspensions publicly, but not to give the details of the failure. The belief is that the failure was not for steroids, but the fear is that mainstream media will attack the suspension with the "steroid claim" since it is wrestling.

# Hardy was pulled from the WrestleMania card and the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Hardy was looked at as a favorite, and there was a plan for him to win at one point. The one thing that was for sure is that he was going to have along program with Chris Jericho, which began a few weeks back. With the Hardy suspension, Jericho is now without a program.

# Hardy's suspension will end in mid-May, but company policy is that if you are suspended during the build to a PPV, you miss that PPV. This means that Hardy will not likely be back on TV until June 1st. That also means that he will miss out of PPV bonuses from WrestleMania, Backlash and Judgment Day on top of two months of house show and downside guarantee money. When Hardy was suspended the first time in 2007, he missed Summerslam. Due to his position on the card company estimates figure that Hardy lost out on $100,000 for that suspension.

# As far as his future with the company, it is hard to see how WWE will judge him. The company feels that recreational drug use and steroid abuse are two different ball games. For example, Chavo Guerrero had two suspensions for steroid positives, but came back and is now in the middle of a big push as the ECW Champion and associated with Edge. When Rob Van Dam got busted in 2006, as the ECW and WWE Champion, the feeling was that they wouldn't be giving the world title to someone that is questionable. The feeling is that no matter his popularity, it will be a long time before Hardy could earn back the trust to get a world title run.

Chavo got suspended twice?

The thing about Jeff is really unfortunate. It was amazing how high up he made it. I mean, he BEAT Triple H. He scored major pinfalls over the world champion, Randy Orton. He had the longest IC title reign since, Orton (I think). It stopped the push of Umaga. He was in line for a big feud with Jericho (although who the heel would have been is an interesting question given both men are super over). It's sad to say, but he may be like so many other guys who were just inches away from making it to that top spot. INCHES. Only to fall all the way back down.

Well, I hope Hardy can get back up to where he was after this. I mean, if a guy who shitted in a Diva's bag and messes up a hotel room can become the WWE Champion then why can't Hardy get back to where he was. I guess shitting and destroying may not be as serious as using marijuana or other drugs, but that's just my view.

Since Wrestlemania is this Sunday, it's prediction time isn't it?

BunnyMania Lumberjack Match: Candice & Maria/The Glamazon & Melina - I think the formula is this...the playboy people who get a push usually lose at Wrestlemania. It happened with Christy Hemme at least. Glamazon will pin Maria thanks to interference by Marella.
Winners: Glamazon & Melina

Belfast Brawl: Finlay/JBL - Hands down, Finlay will kick JBL's ass but somehow JBL will steal it.
Winner: JBL

24-Man Battle Royal: Winner faces ECW Champion - Seeing as how ECW isn't something I watch very much, the person I pick will also be the next ECW Champion.
Winner: Kane

Batista/Umanga - Pinfall, Batista.
Winner: Batista.

Money in the Bank Ladder Match - As much as I'd like to see Shelton or Y2J win it, it's obvious that we'll have the first person to win this two years in a row.
Winner: Kennedy

Ric Flair/HBK - Yeah, I think this is it. No Submissions here, but it'll be by a pinfall. HBK wins after delivering three Super Kicks. Damn, this is gonna be a sad day.
Winner: HBK

Big Show/Mayfeather - I'm going to predict the wrong thing on purpose because we all know what will happen. Here's the scenario that I'd like to see but won't happen: Big Show destroys Mayfaker and wins by pinfall.
Winner: Big Show

Edge/Undertaker - You do not, I repeat, you DO NOT end the Undertaker's Wrestlemania Streak...EVER. Not to HHH, HBK, Austin, The Rock, not even to Hogan or Flair. That said, Edge doesn't deserve to be the man who ended it. This will in by disqualification and the title won't change hands.
Winner: Undertaker via DQ

Cena/Orton/HHH - I swear if Cena wins this, I am going to be annoyed every Monday night by hearing that same stupid line..."THE CHAMP...IS...HERE!!" Fuck off Cena. I think it's safe to say that one that will be pinned is Orton because that's how it usually works...the champion is the one who is pinned or submits in these Triple Threat matches. As for who will pin him, it's HHH. Please...PLEASE don't let Cena win it, he made the Royal Rumble VERY disappointing.
Winner and new WWE champion: HHH

Originally Posted by SuperSonic

Cena/Orton/HHH - I swear if Cena wins this, I am going to be annoyed every Monday night by hearing that same stupid line..."THE CHAMP...IS...HERE!!" Fuck off Cena. I think it's safe to say that one that will be pinned is Orton because that's how it usually works...the champion is the one who is pinned or submits in these Triple Threat matches. As for who will pin him, it's HHH. Please...PLEASE don't let Cena win it, he made the Royal Rumble VERY disappointing.
Winner and new WWE champion: HHH

Spoiler:

MIIIISSSSTTTTTTTEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!!! KEEEEEENNNNEEEEEEDDDDDDDYYYYYYY!!!

Spoiler:

KEEEEENNNNNNNNEEEEEEEDDDDDYYYYY!!!!!

Fixed for truth

Slash, I will prop that because I hadn't even considered that happening and because it caused me to chuckle a little. It would make a lot of sense if it did happen though. As long as it isn't freakin Cena, I'll be happy.

Even if he does win it though, where would the leave the other guys at?

Simple...

Spoiler:

Have Edge drop the title and have him reteam with Orton as Rated RKO, the both turn face and beat the hell out of Miz and Morrison.

HHH and Michaels reform as DX since IT WILL MAKE MONEY AND BOOST RATINGS IF YOU'RE READING THIS WWE!!!

Kennedy stays the trash talking tweener he is and soon starts a feud with Jericho and/or MVP because all three of them are AMAZING on the mic. At least Jericho and Kennedy are. MVP does deserve some star power though, even if i find him boring.
And give Cena a tweener gimmick where he starts rapping on people.

WWE accomplishes many things with this.

It revamps the tag division starting with Morrison/Miz and Orton/Edge

DX makes the WWE lots of money.

Lets people boo and cheer for Cena since he's sitting as the role of tweener

Brilliant plan, but unfortunately it won't happen.

By the way, they just announced that the match at Wrestlemania is Ashley&Maria instead of Candice&Maria, even though it still says Candice on their website. Did something happen to her?

She re-injured her Clavicle...ironically, it was her first match back (last week) since she injured it.

We all know HHH wont win anyway since he's gonna be having another kid. It's gonna be Cena. I suspect Candice is gonna be nagged by that bone off an on.

Originally Posted by SuperSonic

Well, I hope Hardy can get back up to where he was after this. I mean, if a guy who shitted in a Diva's bag

Speaking of that, maybe it's because I wasn't paying much attention to it last night, did I hear Cena right and he was like "I AM FLUENT IN SAMOAN! UMAGA'S RIGHT, RANDY ORTON IS A WEIRD LITTLE MAN WHO LISTENS TO BOY BANDS AND SHITS IN BAGS!"

I swear that's what he said...

I don't know if he did or not. I fell on the floor laughing when he mentioned sperm whales. Randy himself looked like he wanted to crack up too.

Cena needs to do more stuff like that because its down right funny.

And Cena would be able to get away with tweening because, even if he did it to the heels while being heelish, he'd still get cheered

This whole SoCal Val, Jay Lethal, and Guru thing reminds me of something..

Oh yea, thats right. Hogan, Elizabeth(RIP D=) and Savage. I wonder how thats going to end.

So..

TNA is kinda disorganized. Lock Down basically aired the last 2 thursdays lol. All I've not seen yet is Angle/Joe and that X-Division match.

Yeah, this live show was a big disappointment, I thought. One of the weakest TNA's in the past year I think. And the angles they have are pretty go-nowhere (did anyone who watched just think, "huh!?" when Storm hit Sting). My guess is the gloves come off when Joe takes the belt.

On the other hand, LAX was just beasting tonight. Hernandez was everywhere. Definitely the highlight. And I want more Rock N'Rave Connection! Best wrestling gimmick ever...A guy dressed like Slash and winning matches by hitting opponents with Guitar Hero controllers. And Christy (still my favorite diva/knockout/WHATEVER! by far).