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Post by Just "Dan" is Fine, Thank You on Dec 24, 2007 13:10:14 GMT -5
Amazing how often HHH Main Events keep materializing from people's asses.
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Post by King Rich on Dec 24, 2007 13:11:49 GMT -5
Oh so the 'news' reported last month isn't going to happen now? What a bloody great surprise that is.
Newz sites - don't report anything until its definite - we can speculate as muh as you can. Time-wasting tits.
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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 24, 2007 13:15:29 GMT -5
you just need better speakers. maybe a surround sound system. that'll help.
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Post by Madagascar Fred on Dec 24, 2007 13:29:25 GMT -5
Orton vs. HHH sounds REALLY boring actually...how the hell would they push that match?? they had quite some matches against each other anyway, and their history (Evolution turning on Orton) is as-good-as-settled
Edge vs. Taker in a gimmick match is a-okay with me though
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Post by Desi on Dec 24, 2007 13:45:33 GMT -5
Oh so the 'news' reported last month isn't going to happen now? What a bloody great surprise that is. Newz sites - don't report anything until its definite - we can speculate as muh as you can. Time-wasting tits.
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Post by EJS on Dec 24, 2007 13:52:16 GMT -5
I'm thinking these plans are going to change if JBL's return is a success. HHH vs JBL makes more sense than Evolution fighting each other again.
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Post by OldGravyLeg on Dec 24, 2007 13:52:20 GMT -5
Can somebody PLEASE get Batista the holy hell out of the main event picture? Please??
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Post by joeman on Dec 24, 2007 13:54:27 GMT -5
Where does this leave Bobby Lashley? I say he should win the Royal Rumble.
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Post by EJS on Dec 24, 2007 13:57:37 GMT -5
Bobby Lashley would probably get bumped down to MitB since some guys who were in that last year are probably going to be in storyline matches this year. (Edge, The Hardys, Punk, and of course Booker is gone).
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Post by Jiren on Dec 24, 2007 14:17:03 GMT -5
Can somebody PLEASE get Batista the holy hell out of the main event picture? Please?? I agree
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Post by casualsmark on Dec 24, 2007 14:36:28 GMT -5
This year, Wrestlemania may or may not have main event wrestling matches that may or may not be fought for the WWE or World Heavyweight Championships.
Credit: Rajah.com
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Post by doytch on Dec 24, 2007 16:05:39 GMT -5
batista is suck
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Post by wrestlecrapcrap on Dec 24, 2007 16:43:59 GMT -5
A Wrestlemania main event needs to have that 'damn, I'm so glad we finally get to see this match!' feel to it. Edge vs Undertaker will have it, and I don't believe a gimmick is needed for it. Edge can dodge the Undertaker for the next 4 months while feuding with Batista, Rey and perhaps one other, all the while building up a feud with Taker, so when the match finally happens and Taker gets one on one with Edge, it will feel big.
However, HHH vs Orton just does not have that big feel. Nothing will change that. Not only have they already feuded 3 years ago, they wrestled twice in one night already in the past year! How can they then possibly try and sell it as the Wrestlemania main event? I'd barely buy it for a Backlash main event, let alone 6 weeks plus worth of direct build up to the biggest show of the year, simply because it's already been done too many times. HHH winning the Rumble has been done as well. It really will feel like they are phoning it in.
What I'd do on the Raw side of things is have a 4 way, because pretty much all of the roster there has faced each other too many times. A 4 way with a large intertwining story like the good old days of 2000 can sell. Have Jericho get his return shot at Orton, while putting HHH and HBK in there can draw, give the possibility to see if they'll fight one more time, and allow HHH to get his hands on Orton. Anything else won't feel big at all.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Dec 24, 2007 16:50:21 GMT -5
A Wrestlemania main event needs to have that 'damn, I'm so glad we finally get to see this match!' feel to it. Edge vs Undertaker will have it, and I don't believe a gimmick is needed for it. Edge can dodge the Undertaker for the next 4 months while feuding with Batista, Rey and perhaps one other, all the while building up a feud with Taker, so when the match finally happens and Taker gets one on one with Edge, it will feel big. However, HHH vs Orton just does not have that big feel. Nothing will change that. Not only have they already feuded 3 years ago, they wrestled twice in one night already in the past year! How can they then possibly try and sell it as the Wrestlemania main event? I'd barely buy it for a Backlash main event, let alone 6 weeks plus worth of direct build up to the biggest show of the year, simply because it's already been done too many times. HHH winning the Rumble has been done as well. It really will feel like they are phoning it in. What I'd do on the Raw side of things is have a 4 way, because pretty much all of the roster there has faced each other too many times. A 4 way with a large intertwining story like the good old days of 2000 can sell. Have Jericho get his return shot at Orton, while putting HHH and HBK in there can draw, give the possibility to see if they'll fight one more time, and allow HHH to get his hands on Orton. Anything else won't feel big at all. What thats a great idea! Have the Raw main event be HHH vs. Orton vs. Jericho vs. JBL. That would be awesome and be a fun spot match. Also have HHH win and start a feud with JBL for the title in a great feud most likely ending in One Night Stand, Great American bash or maybe Summerslam. Really that would be awesome. I hope this will be the main event because I think no one wants to see HHH vs. Orton again.
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Post by Joekishi on Dec 24, 2007 17:49:37 GMT -5
No matter what the plans are for WrestleMania, I'm certain Nunzio, Charlie Haas and Dave Taylor will not be involved..... and nobody will notice
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Post by CrazySting on Dec 24, 2007 17:51:31 GMT -5
Flair could challenge for the ECW title. It would put Punk over as well, as the guy who retired Flair.
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Post by Monty Black on Dec 24, 2007 18:32:56 GMT -5
Yeah all those matches do sound rather boring. I say on the Raw side of things they do Orton vs Flair. I think it could make sense, if you have Vince force Flair to either win the Rumble or he has to retire, and Flair "overcomes the odds" to actually win it and get the title shot at Wrestlemania where it'd be his career vs Orton's title. I really think it's the only match Raw can do that would have that big antisipation behind it. And then every week Flair would have to win his matches on Raw and SD just to be able to appear at Wrestlemania and get that title shot.
Then SD could have the elimination chamber with Taker winning to face Edge in a streak vs streak/title match. In that way you could have 2 matches with a lot more on the line than just titles.
Then you could have something like Triple H vs Vince or Triple H and Stephanie vs Vince and Melina which they've sort of planted seeds for. Matt Hardy could finally face MVP for the US title. Beth vs Candice for the Women's title. Hogan vs Khali. CM Punk vs Shelton Benjamin for the ECW title. MITB could be all the ones that wont have feuds like Kennedy, Y2J, Lashley, Umaga, Rey, Jeff Hardy, HBK, Batista. And maybe a tag match with Miz-N-Morrison taking on Deuce & Domino, Moore/Wang, and Jesse & Festus.
So if you didn't feel like reading all that, here's my card in short:
Taker vs Edge streak vs World Title/streak Flair vs Orton WWE title vs career HHH/Stephanie vs Vince/Melina MITB: Kennedy vs Y2J vs Lashley vs Umaga vs Rey vs Jeff Hardy vs HBK vs Batista Matt Hardy vs MVP US Title Hogan vs Khali Shelton Benjamin vs CM Punk ECW Title Miz-N-Morrison vs Moore/Wang vs Deuce & Domino vs Jesse & Festus WWE Tag Titles
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Post by Ace Diamond on Dec 24, 2007 18:37:51 GMT -5
People people people, may I remind you we're no longer in the days of "we planned everything a year in advance?" Obviously NEWZ will be thrown at us no matter what and nothing will be definite until maybe a day before WM24 actually happens. But with that in mind, since we'll all speculate idly anyway... Matt Hardy wins the Rumble, beats Edge at WM24.
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Post by wrestlecrapcrap on Dec 24, 2007 18:55:50 GMT -5
A Wrestlemania main event needs to have that 'damn, I'm so glad we finally get to see this match!' feel to it. Edge vs Undertaker will have it, and I don't believe a gimmick is needed for it. Edge can dodge the Undertaker for the next 4 months while feuding with Batista, Rey and perhaps one other, all the while building up a feud with Taker, so when the match finally happens and Taker gets one on one with Edge, it will feel big. However, HHH vs Orton just does not have that big feel. Nothing will change that. Not only have they already feuded 3 years ago, they wrestled twice in one night already in the past year! How can they then possibly try and sell it as the Wrestlemania main event? I'd barely buy it for a Backlash main event, let alone 6 weeks plus worth of direct build up to the biggest show of the year, simply because it's already been done too many times. HHH winning the Rumble has been done as well. It really will feel like they are phoning it in. What I'd do on the Raw side of things is have a 4 way, because pretty much all of the roster there has faced each other too many times. A 4 way with a large intertwining story like the good old days of 2000 can sell. Have Jericho get his return shot at Orton, while putting HHH and HBK in there can draw, give the possibility to see if they'll fight one more time, and allow HHH to get his hands on Orton. Anything else won't feel big at all. What thats a great idea! Have the Raw main event be HHH vs. Orton vs. Jericho vs. JBL. That would be awesome and be a fun spot match. Also have HHH win and start a feud with JBL for the title in a great feud most likely ending in One Night Stand, Great American bash or maybe Summerslam. Really that would be awesome. I hope this will be the main event because I think no one wants to see HHH vs. Orton again. I'd have HBK instead of JBL, just because I think the HBK/HHH build up would be quite interesting. 'Would they go through each other to get the belt?' or whatever. HHH vs JBL does need to happen sooner or later though, the promo work from the both of them alone would be fantastic. Infact the one way I'd be happy with HHH winning the rumble and the belt Wrestlemania is that if he wins it sets up a feud with JBL. I don't know how this would work with Cena regards to the title, but I would guess that Cena and Orton could continue their rivalry without the need for the title when Cena returns because their rivalry always was more personal rather than the title itself. It would be good to keep Cena fresh as well, and if need be the HHH/JBL programme could take us through the normally lean spring months while Cena could get the belt back at Summerslam from HHH if it absolutely had to happen. On the Smackdown side we could have Edge keep dodging Taker. Taker then takes Vickie hostage or something and demands a title match, Edge says he can get it if we wins a no1 contender match, which he then sets up as the elimination chamber, as he believes the odds will be small enough to ensure Taker doesn't win. Taker then wins the match and eventually gets the shot. The elimination chamber can also continue the MVP/Matt Hardy programme by having them both in there, but MVP being the cowardly guy never lets Matt get near him, and is constantly running. Stick Rey, Batista and Khali in there and you have an awesome main event that doesn't even need to involve the title. Edge can feign injury or something to gain even more cowardly heel heat. All leads up to the 4-way at Mania, with Edge vs Taker on the Smackdown side. MVP vs Matt Hardy will be huge as well. Personally I'd have Kennedy over Flair to finally solidify him in the main event but I doubt they will.
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Post by primetime110 on Dec 24, 2007 19:10:11 GMT -5
I just hope Vince doesn't get the idea for himself vs Flair at Wrestlemania. With Vince ending his career.
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