Thursday, October 21, 2010

Bragging Rights Preview\Predictions

Bragging Rights 2010 Preview\Predictions:
Daniel Bryan (US Champion) Vs Dolph Ziggler (INC Champion):
Well, it started this week on Monday night Raw, and I thought it was the moment when they will announce the unification of the titles, but as of this writing, it’s not the case, so I would throw a guess that Bryan will pick up the win since the WWE love to give him victories in actual PPV but loosing in weekly shows, even if he had some sort of momentum this week on Raw.
Winner:
Daniel Bryan. If the Titles will be unified as a the last minute thing, I would say Bryan will pick the win for sure, otherwise, it's really 50\50.

RAW vs. SmackDown! - 7 vs. 7 Tag Team Match:
The Miz, C.M. Punk, Sheamus, John Morrison, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Ezekiel Jackson vs. Big Show, Rey Mysterio, Jack Swagger, Alberto Del Rio, Edge, Tyler Reks, Kofi Kingston:
Well, the first thing I will say is that I really enjoy Survivor Series esque matches with X on X, it usually got fast paced moments with decent bookings.
Just like last year, Vince McMahon wanted to push SD! Because of their move to the MyNetwork network and he wanted to push the brand more that the somewhat stabilized brand that is Raw, and once again, a year after, SD! Has moved to the SyFy network recently, and if you haven't read the reports, Mcmahon want to push SD! Again to try to compete with Raw for ratings and a better direction to the feuds.
First thing first, the fact that Cm Punk and Sheamus are in there just shows that the WWE do not have anything for both of them, after the S.E.S run of Punk (and it was reported that the creative team did not have anything for Punk on SD!) and the title run for Sheamus, they needed two uprising stars to be on the card, but not main eventers. Even if there is a big push for The Miz, he is still considered an uprising star and not a main-event kind of guy at status at the moment. On that point, putting Marella is a first eliminated pathetic joke to me, also I am sick of Truth being stuck with the horrible face run that Morrison is going for a while now.
Interestingly, Ezekiel Jackson just returned after a long injury, and this could be the big upset for the match facing Big Show, even if we saw Big Show eliminating “Big Zeke” this past Monday night on Raw, it could be what was the direction that the WWE wanted to go with putting Henry in this match but had to bail at the last second last week.
On the other side, SD! Got some really strong talent going into the match, Edge (That was moved to SD! due to the brand push) that had nothing for a while now besides the pretty bad storyline with the Raw GM, and I pretty much called it that he will not be in the title picture for a while, atleast not on Raw, so, from that it was obvious that he will go to SD!.
Besides Edge though, it is a weird mix of two really over-rated face superstars, meaning Rey Mysterio (That is getting any attention because he is very popular in general and with the Latino crowed specifically), and Big Show that was not really doing anything impressive for a while, all his feuds were pretty boring, mainly the feud with S.E.S., and that leads me to the biggest point for the reason SD! will pick the win, Alberto Del Rio is being pushed heavily, Jack Swagger had a decent run as a heel champion, Kofi Kingston that had a few decent feuds as of late, and even though I do not really take much for him personally, he got a lot more going than someone like Marella or even Truth. But the most interesting decision is to put Tyler Reks there (instead of the weird thing that happened on SD! with Kaval), I was very impressed with him when he was on ECW, and even though his gimmick was appalling, he is a really good wrestler.
Team SD! decimated Team Raw this past Friday, and it looks like for me, that it is still the hard push for SD! to win, even though It does not make any sense that Team SD! will win, you sort of expect from that creative push for Team SD! to basically be dominated at the PPV after being very dominant on the weekly shows, but I still think that the result will be towards SD!.
Winners:
It would be an easy thing to say Raw will win after what happened this week on Monday night Raw with the SD! Invasion and especially after what happened on SD!, but I think the talent is definitely better on the SD! Team, and I would put my bet on SD! Even if the WWE is used doing the “big momentum usually leading to the other side winning”.

Champion Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett )W\ John Cena):
Well, it’s hard to really say what will be the direction of this match will be, my gut reaction says this will be a win (with the help of cena somehow) to Barret leading him for a long title run, and that leading to a big Cena (well, we need him to finally turn heel and not play around booking wise) face turn again taking the title against Barret in a big PPV, perhaps a Royal Rumble type of PPV.
But as some might see, this could be a decent opportunity to continue the semi face semi heel booking for Cena with an accidental mistake by Cena, leading Orton to retain the title and bring the tension between Barret and Cena to another level with Nexus, of course this could be the proper way to start Cena as a heel once and for all and stop this middle crap. Even with the win of Orton against Kane this week on SD!, I feel like it is more a momentum push that the WWE is giving Orton as a “face”\champion rather than giving a hint towards a certain direction for the result\booking.
Winner: Wade Barret with the first proper heel action by Cena.

WHC Champion Kane (W\Paul Bearer Vs Undertaker) – Buried Alive Match:
To be honest, I have almost no interest in this feud\match, the whole story from day one was absolutely horrendous, and the gut feeling I have is that Undertaker will take the win after losing two big PPV's (In a row) and giving Kane the momentum, it was also reported that Taker should have one last title run before retiring\taking a big break, and with WM is a bit more than half a year away, I think this feud needs to have its last match at the next PPV (Survivor Series) so I’m not sure if that feud will go in a weird team Taker vs. Team Kane, or just a rematch for Kane.
Winner:
Undertaker picking the title and going for one last title run.

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