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Post by Goldash on Mar 27, 2014 18:06:27 GMT -5
Wrestlemania season has returned and so has our official RBN thread. The first major WWE pay-per-view of the "Network Era" will be one to remember, with one of the most memorable buildups in quite some time. Will the YES Movement live to see tomorrow or will Triple H reign supreme as CEO and Champion? Here's the official match card (at least as of March 27th):
WRESTLEMANIA XXX
April 6, 2014 - Mercedes-Benz Superdome - New Orleans, Louisiana
FOUR-WAY TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
The Real Americans vs. Los Matadores vs. Rybaxel vs. The Usos [C]
The Shield vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws
30-MAN ANDRE THE GIANT MEMORIAL BATTLE ROYAL
Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Big Show, Brodus Clay, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Darren Young, Dolph Ziggler, Fandango, Drew McIntyre, Goldust, The Great Khali, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Sin Cara, Titus O'Neil and Zack Ryder
WINNER ENTERS MAIN EVENT AGAINST BATISTA & RANDY ORTON:
Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
14-WAY VICKIE GUERRERO INVITATIONAL FOR THE WWE DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Naomi vs. Cameron vs. Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella vs. Natalya vs. Eva Marie vs. Emma vs. Aksana vs. Alicia Fox vs. Summer Rae vs. Rosa Mendes vs. Layla vs. Tamina Snuka vs. AJ Lee [C]
Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:
(TBD) vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton [C]
Thoughts? Predictions? Reactions? Reply and join the conversation by using...no hashtag at all! ... Heh. Heh. Heh. I'll be here all week, tip your waiters.
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Post by Goldash on Mar 27, 2014 18:50:09 GMT -5
Now that my opening card rundown post is out of the way, here are my predictions:
The Usos def. Rybaxel, The Real Americans and Los Matadores to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship
Honestly, this shouldn't be that tough to predict. One tag team is about to break up and the other two barely have momentum. I see the Usos retaining unless they want to put the belts on the Real Americans during their inevitable downfall. I personally think Harper and Rowan should have been in the match instead of Rybaxel, and The Brotherhood over Los Matadores, but that's just me.
Kane & The New Age Outlaws def. The Shield
My prediction hinges on whether or not WWE wants to move forward with the whole "Shield break-up" angle. Normally, I wouldn't put Kane and NAO over but this whole match has the feeling of one Shield member turning his back on the others and joining the Authority. We shall see...
Big Show wins the 30-Man Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
Makes too much sense not to happen, though if Rusev enters into the match, I have a feeling he'll be a close runner up, if not the winner himself.
Daniel Bryan def. Triple H
I can see three potential outcomes for this match. One: Bryan wins cleanly and advances. Two: HHH wins cheaply, but Bryan gets inserted into the main event via Hulk Hogan. Three: A draw. All could be reasonable outcomes, but I feel the best thing to do would be to give Daniel Bryan his due and make this Wrestlemania about him. He is by far the most over with the fans and the most talented in the ring. WWE would be braindead not to give him his moment. Then again, this is WWE. They now have guaranteed buyrates due to the Network. They can do whatever they want for the next six months, which scares me.
Bray Wyatt def. John Cena
I can see this match being nearly 50-50 for its majority with Bray winning via interference or a last-second Sister Abigail. Cena has done it all at this point in his career, so putting over a rising star in Bray Wyatt at Wrestlemania will do well for Bray's career and for Cena's reputation. I don't care if Cena eventually gets his win at Extreme Rules for storyline purposes. Putting Bray over at Mania will vault him into a solid upper-midcard talent.
Tamina Snuka wins the Vickie Guerrero Diva Invitational.
They've been teasing some tension between AJ and Tamina for a while. Makes storyline sense for her to win, though as a fan I'd still prefer AJ to hold her title long after Mania's over.
The Undertaker def. Brock Lesnar
The Streak continues after a hard-fought near-loss, though I'm not sure if this match is MOTY material just yet. Still looking forward to the inevitable match against John Cena, hoping for one against Bray Wyatt and praying for one against Sting. I'm just not as enthused about Brock Lesnar as I once was --- that, and I hardly get excited for part-timer vs. part-timer matches (unless if one involves Sting).
Daniel Bryan def. Batista & Randy Orton (and possibly Triple H) to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Again, this makes too much sense. Daniel Bryan is arguably the hottest name in wrestling and makes everyone around him better. It's time WWE capitalized on his popularity and made his fans happy by ending this slow-burn and giving Bryan his Wrestlemania moment. This whole set-up is eerily reminiscent of Wrestlemania X and XX, when Bret Hart wrestled two matches in one night and Chris Benoit fought through HHH and Shawn Michaels in the main event. Both men walked out of Madison Square Garden with championship gold. Let's pray it happens again at Wrestlemania XXX with Daniel Bryan, who has the talent and potential to be a Hart or Benoit level talent for this company.
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Post by Normster on Mar 27, 2014 21:06:35 GMT -5
FOUR-WAY TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
The Real Americans vs. Los Matadores vs. Rybaxel vs. The Usos [C]
I see the Usos winning this but I also could see The Real Americans taking it as well. I don't think they are going to have the Usos title reign end so soon but I could be wrong.
The Shield vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws
I think the torch is finally passed here, they give The Shield the win here and keep them as dominant tweeners.
30-MAN ANDRE THE GIANT MEMORIAL BATTLE ROYAL
Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Big Show, Brodus Clay, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Darren Young, Dolph Ziggler, Fandango, Drew McIntyre, Goldust, The Great Khali, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Sin Cara, Titus O'Neil and Zack Ryder
No Reason whatsoever.
WINNER ENTERS MAIN EVENT AGAINST BATISTA & RANDY ORTON:
Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
I may be thinking of this in a completely alternate universe way. I think they will actually let the Wyatts win this match since Cena has been all about putting over all of these indy stars and younger guys. The only reason he doesn't win is if they are getting ready to push Cena back to the World Title.
14-WAY VICKIE GUERRERO INVITATIONAL FOR THE WWE DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Naomi vs. Cameron vs. Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella vs. Natalya vs. Eva Marie vs. Emma vs. Aksana vs. Alicia Fox vs. Summer Rae vs. Rosa Mendes vs. Layla vs. Tamina Snuka vs. AJ Lee [C]
It seems like Tamina should win this by just powering her way through this but I think someone out of the blue will win this in reality.
Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
Brock is not the guy who will end Takers streak.
TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:
(TBD) vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton [C]
No matter who they put in this match, I think Orton comes out on top because they want to keep that storyline going and have him drop it at Extreme Rules.
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Post by Arcan on Mar 28, 2014 0:28:31 GMT -5
If anybody but Bryan wins the wwe title match, the ending of Wrestlemania will be filled with nothing but fans booing.
You know it'll be picked up by a lot of news sites, and it'll embarrass WWE/Vince.
I'm sure this is Dbryan's time.
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Post by Malaphesto on Mar 28, 2014 1:05:01 GMT -5
FOUR-WAY TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
The Real Americans vs. Los Matadores vs. Rybaxel vs. The Usos [C]
The Real Americans are gonna be over as fuck, so the Usos will retain.
The Shield vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws
Shield. Only reason the Shield would lose this would be to add fuel to their breakup, which I doubt WWE wants to do right now since Roman Reigns has proven he can't work a 1 on 1 match.
30-MAN ANDRE THE GIANT MEMORIAL BATTLE ROYAL
Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Big Show, Brodus Clay, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Darren Young, Dolph Ziggler, Fandango, Drew McIntyre, Goldust, The Great Khali, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Sin Cara, Titus O'Neil and Zack Ryder
Ziggler will be over as fuck, so Big Show will in.
WINNER ENTERS MAIN EVENT AGAINST BATISTA & RANDY ORTON:
Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan
Daniel Bryan. WWE's not having a heel vs heel vs heel main event match.
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
Wyatt will be over as fuck, so Cena will win.
14-WAY VICKIE GUERRERO INVITATIONAL FOR THE WWE DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Naomi vs. Cameron vs. Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella vs. Natalya vs. Eva Marie vs. Emma vs. Aksana vs. Alicia Fox vs. Summer Rae vs. Rosa Mendes vs. Layla vs. Tamina Snuka vs. AJ Lee [C]
AJ Lee will be over as fuck, so one of the Bellas, or Eva Marie will win.
Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
Undertaker
TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:
(TBD) vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton [C]
Daniel Bryan will be over as fuck, but unlike the other matches, he'll actually walk out with the title.
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Post by Undamaged Threat on Mar 29, 2014 6:58:50 GMT -5
FOUR-WAY TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
The Real Americans vs. Los Matadores vs. Rybaxel vs. The Usos [C]
The Shield vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws
30-MAN ANDRE THE GIANT MEMORIAL BATTLE ROYAL
Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Big Show, Brodus Clay, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Darren Young, Dolph Ziggler, Fandango, Drew McIntyre, Goldust, The Great Khali, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Sin Cara, Titus O'Neil and Zack Ryder
WINNER ENTERS MAIN EVENT AGAINST BATISTA & RANDY ORTON:
Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
14-WAY VICKIE GUERRERO INVITATIONAL FOR THE WWE DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Naomi vs. Cameron vs. Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella vs. Natalya vs. Eva Marie vs. Emma vs. Aksana vs. Alicia Fox vs. Summer Rae vs. Rosa Mendes vs. Layla vs. Tamina Snuka vs. AJ Lee [C]
Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Triple H vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton [C]
...Just cause lol.
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Post by Goldash on Mar 29, 2014 13:04:58 GMT -5
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Post by Malaphesto on Mar 29, 2014 14:57:15 GMT -5
FOUR-WAY TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: The Real Americans vs. Los Matadores vs. Rybaxel vs. The Usos [C] The Shield vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws30-MAN ANDRE THE GIANT MEMORIAL BATTLE ROYAL Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Big Show, Brodus Clay, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Darren Young, Dolph Ziggler, Fandango, Drew McIntyre, Goldust, The Great Khali, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Sin Cara, Titus O'Neil and Zack Ryder WINNER ENTERS MAIN EVENT AGAINST BATISTA & RANDY ORTON: Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt 14-WAY VICKIE GUERRERO INVITATIONAL FOR THE WWE DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP: Naomi vs. Cameron vs. Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella vs. Natalya vs. Eva Marie vs. Emma vs. Aksana vs. Alicia Fox vs. Summer Rae vs. Rosa Mendes vs. Layla vs. Tamina Snuka vs. AJ Lee [C] Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Triple H vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton [C] ...Just cause lol. You did it wrong. Sin Cara winning the Battle Royal would be accepted better than Big Show or Rey winning. |
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Post by Todd Crimson on Mar 30, 2014 14:58:49 GMT -5
FOUR-WAY TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
The Real Americans vs. Los Matadores vs. Rybaxel vs. The Usos [C]
WINNERS: The Usos
The Shield vs. Kane and The New Age Outlaws
WINNERS:Kane and NAO due to Shield swerve
30-MAN ANDRE THE GIANT MEMORIAL BATTLE ROYAL
Alberto Del Rio, Big E, Big Show, Brodus Clay, Christian, Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Darren Young, Dolph Ziggler, Fandango, Drew McIntyre, Goldust, The Great Khali, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Justin Gabriel, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Sheamus, R-Truth, Santino Marella, Sin Cara, Titus O'Neil and Zack Ryder
WINNER: Mark Henry
WINNER ENTERS MAIN EVENT AGAINST BATISTA & RANDY ORTON:
Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan
WINNER: Daniel Bryan
John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
WINNER: John Cena
14-WAY VICKIE GUERRERO INVITATIONAL FOR THE WWE DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP:
Naomi vs. Cameron vs. Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella vs. Natalya vs. Eva Marie vs. Emma vs. Aksana vs. Alicia Fox vs. Summer Rae vs. Rosa Mendes vs. Layla vs. Tamina Snuka vs. AJ Lee [C]
WINNER: Naomi
Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
WINNER: The Undertaker
TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Daniel Bryan vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton [C]
WINNER: Daniel Bryan
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