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<p>You know, I was expecting a new champion, but I wasn't expecting -him-. That match with The Rock is going to be interesting, to say the least.</p><p> </p><p> ----------------------------------</p><p> Posted from 12 hours in the future.</p><p> (Hey, if I'm right, it'll look awesome)</p><p> ----------------------------------</p>

It's "Perfect Season Theory". They don't want to burn us out too much before the Road To Wrestlemania, so they're booking a few sub-par shows first.

Hrm. Ryback beats Punk. Ryback beats Rock. Ryback survives Elimination Chamber. Ryback... losses belt to Undertaker, who retires as champion? ... nah.

Ziggler will get far more mileage out of being with AJ than Cena would. Plus, did you hear the pop when he told Vickie "This relationship is over"? When he finally turns, it's gonna be great.

"Earmuffs, babe." Ziggler is so awesome, I have no words...

I'm still trying to figure out if Tensai's fall was intentional or not, given the category he was out there for.

So, the last time Big Show was in a ladder match, he pulls out a giant, heavy-duty ladder. Last night, he's in a Chairs match, and pulls out a heavy-duty giant chair. ... I can't wait to see the giant, heavy-duty table he pulls out for next years' Table match.

I'm still trying to wrap my head around the idea of 3MB (A team of a white guy, an Indian, and a Scot) being racist against Mexicans. I mean... WTF?

<p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>After two years of silence...</p><p> </p><p> New allies in MAW, NYCW, and OLLIE...</p><p> </p><p> Upstart rivals in IPW and GSW...</p><p> </p><p> Names who've left, names who've joined...</p><p> </p><p> But through it all, one thing remains the same...</p><p> </p><p> Tradition.</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="infinitywpi" data-cite="infinitywpi" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="34866" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>As per tradition, there will be another Welcome when there is a new TEW</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> You <span style="font-size:18px;">will be</span> <span style="font-size:36px;">Welcomed...</span></p>

As a side note: I'd love to see the conversation the writing staff had with Cena. "So, John... how's things since the divorce?" "Rough, man. I'm... well, I'm lonely." "I hear that. Wanna make out with AJ? I can make it happen..." "If you could do that for me, man, that'd be a big help. Yeah." "No problem!"

Titus O'Niel on commentary was fun. Also: Of the entire locker room, -he- gets to pull Ziggler off Cena? Innnnteresting. I think they're planning stuff for him. Young, tho, needs to stop talking.

I don't say this often, but Greg Maddox is a very attractive man. I can see the girls going nuts for him. That said... I kept expecting punk to run in with a chair and blast Maddox with it for the DQ contract-win or something. That fact that nothing happened was somewhat disappointing... and makes me wonder where they're going with this. One of those "He doesn't have a WWE contract... but he is now an employee of Paul Heyman, Inc, and as such, will be accompanying me at all times" is probably where I'd go with it right now. Also, yay Miz face turn. Gotta love the old, "Look, I don't like you. You don't like me. but we both -hate- that other guy, so let us work together."

So, watched TNA for the first time in forever last night. Had the boy watch it with me. He got slightly confused ("If it's a different company, why are they talking about AJ?") but in the end, he said "I like the other guys better... but the fights on this one were more fun." Pretty much sums up how I feel about it. TNA has better action, WWE has better characters. But I gotta say... the Dudleys as singles stars are far better than they have any right to be. And I like what I see from Bobby Roode and Hernandez (Yes, it's been a -long- time since I last watched TNA).

Ryback is what Brodus Clay was originally hyped up to be. Remember how they kept hyping him and pushing him off, to make him angrier, hungrier, make sure he'd destroy whoever he faced? Well... who's hungry now?

Shhhhh! Don't say anything, or Vince'll make some sort of anti-Semetic money-saving penny-pincher joke about it...

I really hope they go 'The Full Spinal' and get 3MB a new drummer every week. Doubtful, tho. And is it bad that, as soon as they announced Team Punk vs Team Foley, I said "Lesse... Foley will take Kofi, Ryback, Orton, and either Hell No or Cara and Rey. Punk will take Del Rio, Miz, and either Rhodes Scholars or Prime Time Players." When you can make ten people almost completely predictable... you need to try a bit harder. ... which makes Team Sheamus vs Team Big Show... Sheamus, Rey, Cara, Gabriel, and Swagger vs Big Show, Cesaro, Prime Time Players, and Barrett, right?

I did not see that ending coming. ... oh, god, they're climbing the cage now...

Getting some nice, long matches tonight. Sure, the Divas match will be a five-minute quickie between main events... but the rest have been getting good time. Even Cesaro/Gabriel and the Random Tag Match. Also, loving the chemistry the announcers have been getting. JR: "Getting Mysterio to slow down is like trying to pour smoke through a keyhole." *beat* Cole: "Who would want to pour smoke through a keyhole?" JR: "Well, a Texan..." You could hear JBL biting his lip to not laugh at that one...

I doubt he'll be in a big match like the last few years. Give him a quick four-five minute payday squash or something. Hell, give him a 60-second thing if he's feeling really bad. But I doubt Taker will say, "Nah, not this year... not even for a few minutes."

You're assuming the three guys on the poster are going to be fighting each other. Could just be they put their three biggest names on the poster. So it's still possible to see Punk/Rock, Cena/Ziggler, Lesnar/Ryback... and I still say they'll give Taker an easy match this year. Ryder, probably.

Y'know, another way they could go with this... They want to test Ryback as a champion, but don't want to lose Punk... so something happens to screw over Ryback, but Show beats Sheamus, and Ryback gets put against Show in the near future. Let Ryback be the champ on Smackdown (which, ironicly, seems to have more 'hoss'-type champions as of late) for a while to build credibility.

Personally, I think Rock/Punk is Wrestlemania-worthy. The Rumble doesn't need a big star-power match -- it has the Rumble. I, for one, would love to see Rock/Ryback at the Rumble (R vs R at the RR). Ryback beating Rock when even Cena couldn't would be great... and Rocky would probably sell the Shellshock like nobody's business. Of course, you could go with Rock beating Ryback (going by the 'there's no shame in losing to the Rock' theory), and Punk winning the Rumble to set up Punk/Rock. Heh. Punk Rock. I get it now. Someone needs a manager named Blues and a valet named Country... ... where was I...

I've always said that Pro Wrestling should be in the Olympics. Just treat it like Pairs Figure-Skating. Each pair of wrestlers gets, say, five minutes to do a match that must incorporate at least one suplex, one top-rope move, and a thirty-second sequence of chain wrestling... after the match, judges grade it on a scale of 1 to 10, losing points for each botched move, but you can get more points for using more complex moves, etc. I think it could work.

Quite simply, part of wrestling is the wrestlers trying to make people feel like it's not planned ahead of time. If you know Guy A wins the match, then every time Guy B goes for a pin... even if it's after three finishers and a run-in... you know it's not going to happen. It takes away from the drama. How many times have you watched a PPV match, and been pretty sure Guy A was going to win, when Guy B kicks out of his finisher and makes a comeback? You're not so sure Guy A is going to win anymore. You're more interested in what happens next. But if you know the outcome already, you're not as involved.

One of those names is not like the others. What's Anderson done in the last year or so?