The Shimmy 08.24.09: Andy's Birthday Blowout- WrestleMania XXVI First Look
Posted by Andy Clark on 08.24.2009
Andy Clark celebrates his birthday by taking a look at next year's big show. What matches does he anticipate making it on to the WrestleMania card? Click the link to find out!
Well, it's that time again. My birthday is drawing nigh (four days to be exact) and on top of that today is the first day of my new job. All in all it should be an exciting week. Those of you that have read my column over the years know that I celebrate by birthday here at 411 by taking my first official crack at booking the next year's WrestleMania. I know many of you don't like fantasy booking so this column is probably not for you. Last week I got the creative juices flowing by trying to book TNA's Bound for Glory PPV. This was a bit more challenging, but admittedly a bit more fun. Here's what I came up with.
Dark Match: ECW Champion vs. Intercontinental Champion vs. United States Champion, Lumberjack Match: Shelton Benjamin vs. vs. Matt Hardy vs. Carlito
This is the requisite "get everyone on the card" match and is also a good showcase of champions that may or may not actually get defended on the show. These three men in particular wouldn't necessarily be set in stone, but it worked out best for my purposes. Shelton Benjamin needs a break from killing himself in Money in the Bank, especially if he won't end up winning one, so they might as well reward him with an ECW Title run; William Regal would my alternate ECW Champion for the match. I pegged either Matt Hardy or Finlay as Intercontinental Champion and I felt like Matt needed to be on the card more. If any of the eight participants in Money in the Bank got injured I'd move Hardy into that spot and put Finlay here. For the United States Title I wasn't really sold on Carlito but I didn't have many options outside of MITB. Primo was a possibility but I think WWE sees Carlito as a bigger star. I liked the idea of Evan Bourne being the U.S. Champion for this match, but if I was pulling Shelton from MITB I definitely wanted Bourne in.
Interpromotional Battle Royal: The Great Khali vs. Kane vs. Vladimir Kozlov vs. Ezekiel Jackson vs. Big Show vs. Mark Henry; Guest Ring Announcer: Shaquille O'Neal
The chances of this match happening are slim. Every year I suggest a "big man Battle Royal" to get the big guys on the card and it never happens. Still I think it would be a nice idea, especially if it was billed as a bragging rights match between brands. Shaq's involvement would be based on how fast he can get himself to Phoenix. The Cleveland Cavaliers have a 3:00 game in Sacramento the day of WrestleMania. Depending on when the game is over it's conceivable he could make it to Phoenix, provided he has Vince's plan waiting and they put the match on towards the end of the show. I also think this is where Hulk Hogan could make an appearance, coming out to clear the ring of whatever heel giant wins the match. Prior to Edge's apparent face turn I was pondering the idea of a Hogan-Edge match to play off of the twenty year anniversary of WrestleMania VI, but that probably would not work as well now.
Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Rey Mysterio vs. John Morrison vs. The Miz vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Christian vs. Evan Bourne vs. MVP
It's always hard to give a good description of Money in the Bank. I really like the idea of Rey Mysterio in a Money in the Bank Match and I've already mentioned that I'd like Evan Bourne to play the Shelton Benjamin role. I also really like the idea of a John Morrison-The Miz clash during the match. If Morrison doesn't win the World Title between now and WrestleMania I think he would be a perfect guy to win Money in the Bank.
There had been some talk of doing this match for WrestleMania XXV this year but they decided to do the ill-received Diva Battle Royal instead. With McCool starting to publicly diss Trish on SmackDown, as well as Trish admitting that she would be interested in wrestling McCool, I think now is the opportunity to go with the match. There really doesn't seem to be another Diva at this point that is going to step up to be the "go-to" Diva (Beth Phoenix seemed like that type but WWE has seemingly cooled on her, but Maryse does have some potential once she returns from injury) so McCool may be the best option for this match. Naturally this would be a Lumberjill Match to get all the ladies their WrestleMania payoff.
OK, so everyone is assuming that once "The Marine 2" comes out Ted DiBiase will break away from Legacy and turn face. The movie comes out in December so I guess that's when we might expect something to happen. That's still well ahead of WrestleMania so stretching out a potential Orton-DiBiase match until Mania seems unlikely. Now this brings my attention to the rumblings that Ted Jr.'s dad the "Million Dollar Man" would like to come back for one last match alongside of his son. I, like many fans, thought that there was no way Ted Sr. could ever wrestle again, but apparently he thinks so and who am I to doubt him? Coupled with a rumored Hall of Fame induction and Ted Sr.'s involvement at WrestleMania seems a bit more likely. This match could also work as a Triple Threat Match with all three Legacy members teaming with their own fathers, bring Cowboy Bob Orton Jr. and Dusty Rhodes into the fold as well.
CM Punk vs. Shawn Michaels
About a month or two ago I wrote a column wondering who would be able to step up to face Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XXVI. As much as I liked the idea of an HBK-Ricky Steamboat dream match I thought Michaels-Punk was a much more realistic scenario. It's a simple build as it can start in the Royal Rumble, probably Michaels eliminating Punk, and then Punk cutting a bunch of angry promos leading to a beatdown, maybe robbing Michaels of an Elimination Chamber spot. The match is a fresh one and could really be incredible, plus Michaels would give a big time rub to Punk.
Triple H vs. Batista
I am assuming that by the time WrestleMania rolls around at least one of these men will be heel. There was talk of revisiting this feud a year ago at Mania in Orlando, but nothing ever came of it. It looked like there had been some teases of a Triple H-Batista split before Batista got hurt (remember Batista was key in Triple H losing the WWE Title to Randy Orton) and I'd imagine they'd pick back up once Batista returns. Maybe both men are still faces at Mania but one of them is leaning toward the heel side (similar to Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho at Judgment Day last year). Either way I wouldn't mind these two guys getting married to each other for a few months as this is a feud that has enough time between it to be fresh again.
Undertaker vs. Jack Swagger
I've been saying this for a few months now, but Jack Swagger will get the next crack at Taker's WrestleMania undefeated streak. They've done two Streak vs. Title Matches in recent years, and they just did the Legend vs. Legend dream match a year ago. That leaves either the "Taker vs. Monster" or "Taker vs. Young Guy" scenario to go with. Given WWE's lack of new stars (something even Chris Jericho has pointed out publicly) giving the rub to a skilled bluechipper is probably the right call. Swagger has the size and the talent to work well with Taker and with him being a young up and comer there is always that added drama that this might be the year that the streak is broken.
At this point this is the closest thing to a "rumored" WrestleMania match as there is. I definitely foresee Jericho winning the World Title by WrestleMania, probably off of whoever the face that defeats CM Punk is (whether it be Undertaker or John Morrison). The question will be whether or not Edge will be back in time for WrestleMania. I would not have Edge win the Royal Rumble (I actually would have picked him as the 2010 Royal Rumble winner if he was healthy) so they could hold off on his return all the way until late February if they really needed to. I'd be really interested in seeing how Edge works as a face after all these years as a heel (hopefully he works on keeping his edge in the promo department because his face-like promo he cut after his injury was lacking the character that really made him great) and if there is anyone that will be able to get Edge face cheers it is Chris Jericho. The match should be fantastic to boot. I suppose if Edge isn't ready come WrestleMania he could be replaced in this role by John Morrison.
And then we have our main event. This could possibly be the biggest money making match WWE has left. Cena is actually not as over as he was a year ago (even when the Cena hate was strong) largely because they've made him seem like just another guy. The SuperCena act was pretty impressive so long as he was champion because it made him a strong champion, but defying the odds when he's out of the title picture just makes him bland. Cena should have a strong title run heading into WrestleMania and seem like the unstoppable force he was during his year long run in 2006-2007. Jeff Hardy on the other hand should be refreshed from taking some time off and come back to a massive response. I already think Jeff's pops probably rival Cena's so imagine what they will be like once he comes back. Jeff should either be a mystery participant in the Royal Rumble or his return should be hyped for the match, but either way he should win the Rumble and head on to WrestleMania with plenty of momentum. That will give him No Way Out to tie up any loose ends before heading into a showdown with Cena. By the way, if you look at the dynamics of Cena-Jeff match it's actually rather similar to the main event of WrestleMania twenty years prior. This match could be huge, I just hope WWE has the wherewithal to pull the trigger.
And that's my card. I'll probably take a stab at this again around Survivor Series. I wonder how much things will change. Feel free to mock or compliment or otherwise comment on the card down in the comments section. I know how much you guys loved my Bound for Glory ideas last week.
The Shimmy Likes it Raw!
What's on tap for tonight's show?
Off the heels of SummerFest we are on the road to, sigh, Breaking Point. Will WWE be able to make three Submission Matches interesting? Tune in to find out.
Floyd "Money" Mayweather is the Guest Host of Raw. I'm guessing we get some interaction between Money and Big Show to play off their WrestleMania past, but I think some Cena-Mayweather interaction could be fun. To tell you the truth I was more excited about the possibility of Mike Adamle hosting tonight's show.
This could very well be Lillian Garcia's last night on Raw. I'm sure WWE will let her leave in a classy, dignified manner. I'm sure.
Well that's it for this week's column. Until next time, don't die. Clark…out.
Posted By: Ian (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Lame card, other then Jericho/Edge, Trish Returning (Leave the Memories Alone) and HBK/Punk,
Cena/Hardy will not happen at this point and Jeff Hardy shouldn't main event Wrestlemania, he has neither the wrestling skills or promo talents to main event Wrestlemania not to mention his lack of commitment. Orton holding a tag title with Cody Rhodes is lame, having them defend against Ted Debiase Sr. and Jr. is even lamer. Not having Matt Hardy and Shelton Benjamin on the card or Money in The Bank? Rey in a ladder match will kill him. Seriously. No joke. ECW Title should be defended. Interpromotional Battle Royal??????
The only possible matches are Punk/HBK and Jericho/Edge non-title (though I'd love to see Jericho main event again and Edge celebrate with his tenth World Title and his first as a face.)
Posted By: The Dutch (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 12:31 AM
I like the John Cena / Jeff Hardy match - but I dont see Jeff Hardy winning that all unfortunately.
Also you mention that Jericho will win the title of the face that beats Punk - and you mention the Undertaker, so Jericho will beat Taker... but what a lot of people dont know is taht they have never had a major programme against each other. Jericho v Taker is a Wrestlemania quality feud. However we all know Jericho would not win but the buildup would be awesome. Cos Jericho/Taker has the possibilty of being feud of the year.
Posted By: JD (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 12:35 AM
HBK VS Bryan Danielson (Yess!)- Teacher VS Student Dream Match (This is if Danielson is booked well, which we can't count on)
Chris Jericho VS Edge- WHC
The Undertaker VS John Cena- WWE Title
Posted By: Johnny (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 12:52 AM
Wow,Andy, fantasy booking is actually a guilty pleasure for me and i've tried out this little project trying to predict the WrestleMania card every year for three years now and we actually both predicted the Swagger/Taker and Edge/Jericho matches exceptin my booking,Edge/Jericho isn't for the WHC.Anyway here our my thoughts on your card
1.Regarding the HHH/batista match,In my booking,Batista is having his last match at Wrestlemania 26 and he reveals he was actually jealous about how good A job HBK did when he retired Flair and he wants to go out the same exact way. I booked HBK/Batista instead of HHH/Batista and HBK/Punk because of my two world title matches which were HHH/Cena for the WWE Title and Punk/Morrison for the WHC. I also didn't include Jeff Hardy on my current card because I dont think Jeff will be back that soon.And finally we also agreed on the Mccool/Trish except for the fact that i wouldn't have the lumberjills.
Posted By: jonah (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 12:59 AM
TAKER VS. PUNK
PUNK FOR STREAK-BREAKER!
I also like Jericho vs. Edge, HHH vs. HBK, and Cena vs. Orton with a big match stipulation where Orton can't do what he did at No Way Out last year and SummerSlam this year.
Posted By: Empire Of Ownage (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 01:00 AM
HHH vs HBK
Cena vs Undertaker
Tag Title - Edge/Christian vs Jericho/Big Show (c) (hold titles til Mania, hopefully beating up DX and causing their breakup)
World - Punk (c) vs Morrison (Rumble winner and beats Miz at NWO)
WWE - Orton (c) vs Batista
Dibiase vs Rhodes
MITB - Shelton, Bourne, Mysterio, Matt Hardy, Ziggler, Swagger, MVP, Henry
ECW, IC, US - not on card I'm sure
Divas vs Womens Non-Title
Just my thoughts.
Cena/Undertaker has to happen soon. I like Jericho/Edge, but an Edge and Christian reunion reeks of awesomeness.
Posted By: Heyyo (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 01:10 AM
WM 26 Dream Card:
-Main Event: WWE Title: Cena (C) vs Undertaker
-WHT: Punk (C) vs HBK Rumble Winner (LOTS OF FEUD MATERIAL!!!! :D)
-Unified TT Titles: Jerishow (C) vs Edge and Christian
-Money in the Bank: Batista vs Randy Orton vs HHH vs Kofi Vs Shelton Vs Swagger Vs John Morrison Vs Bourne
-Women's Title: Champion vs Trish Stratus
-IC Title: Rey Rey Vs American Dragon Byran Danielson.
Insert other matches as you see fit.
Posted By: Shadowhendrix (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 01:12 AM
My Card goes like this:
WWE Championship
Batista (c) vs John Cena
World Heavyweight Championship
CM Punk (c) vs Chris Jericho
ECW Championship
Christian(c) vs Shelton
Money In The Bank
Bourne vs Rey vs Finlay vs MVP vs Hurricane vs Regal vs Swagger vs Miz
Brothers Of Destruction vs DX
Randy Orton vs Edge
Undisputed Tag Team Championship
Cryme Tyme (c) vs Hart Dynasty
John Morrison vs Matt Hardy
Posted By: Ryan Haseldine (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 01:22 AM
"Jeff Hardy shouldn't main event Wrestlemania, he has neither the wrestling skills or promo talents to main event Wrestlemania not to mention his lack of commitment."
Im not trying to defend hardy or anyhthing here just giving you a reality check. I'll give you the lack of good promos department es never been a good talker, bur lack of wrestling skills?? Hes been in cionstant 3-4 star + matches for a long time now and thats not all down to qho hes facing, he has had numerouis opponents aqnd he does bring something to every match, giove the fact that hes hot with EVERY live crowd makes his skills believable and to say he has noone is rather "lame".
As for lack of commitment?? Thats just horseshit, really just cos he want to take a break from being 250+ days on the road constantly putting his body on the line and giving his ALL at summerslam to entertain the fans when he could so easily have been injured in the TLC match?? Not exactly what Brock and Goldberg did is it?? I for one am glad hes takling a break and recharging his batteries as he will come back hotter than ever if and when he does come back.
Posted By: theiceone (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 01:22 AM
Taker vs. Jerry Lawler needs to happen.
Posted By: Doesn't want the streak to end (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 01:30 AM
The Million Dollar Man can't work a match anymore thanks to his neck and back being a total wreck. CM Punk vs HBK would be the only match I'd want to see here.
Posted By: Puff (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 01:38 AM
Punk vs. Cena will headline Wrestlemania XXVI
Posted By: Guest#2418 (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 02:46 AM
great column. my card would be
cena v taker
whc
jericho v edge
wwe title
randy orton v john morrison
hbk v hhh
punk v ted dibiase
pipers pit with bret hart
Posted By: vince mcfan (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 04:51 AM
They'll have Batista vs Cena next year, before Batista's body breaks down further on him.
Posted By: Freeman (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 05:50 AM
HHH(C)V HBK WWE Title
Cena v Undertaker
Chris Jericho(C) v Edge World Title
CM Punk v Jeff Hardy
Randy Orton v Ted DiBiase
Batista v Jack Swagger
ECW Title: Christian v Sheamus
MITB: John Morrison v Matt Hardy v Rey Mysterio v Evan Bourne v Kofi Kingston v Shelton Benjamin v Zach Ryder v Dolph Ziggler
Michelle McCool(c)v Trish Stratus Women's Title
Some kind of multi man tag match
Posted By: Guest#9819 (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 06:22 AM
here is where I see Legacy going from here. Ted & Brett DiBiase w/ Million Dollar Man vs. Cody & Dustin Rhodes w/ Dusty Rhodes - use the whole electricuted thingto drop the stupid Golddust gimmick for a while and alter his mindset to realign w/ his brother and father to take on the DiBiase family. With both fathers in the corners as sneaky managers w/ an agenda could add to a nice old school tag team bout. Possibly for the straps by then??
Posted By: Joe (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 08:16 AM
What an awful card.
Posted By: Chungles (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 09:12 AM
Undertaker vs. CM Punk - Taker will get the title from Punk only to have Punk cost him the title vs. Jericho.
Jericho vs. Edge - obviously
HHH vs. HBK - HBK turning of HHH will get HHH out of the whole Orton fued for a while. HBK will end up costing HHH the title in the PPV before Wrestlemania allowing Batista to win the title. Let's make this a #1 contenders match as well.
Orton/Rhodes (c) vs. DiBiase/DiBiase (but with Ted and Brett DiBiase and Ted Sr. in their corner). You then have Ted Sr. cost his sons the match and we find out that Orton and Rhodes paid off Ted Sr. to interfere on their behalf.
Batista (c) vs. Cena vs. ??? - Batista wins the Royal Rumble when he eliminated Cena last - but in between, he takes the title off HHH and he proclaims that since he still has the automatic championship match at WM, so he will defend the title at WM against the winner of the #1 contenders match earlier that night. Cena complains and ends up getting a chance to get in if he and a partner of his choosing can beat Batista and a partner of his choosing on an upcoming Raw.
Batista and Cena are in the ring before the tag team match and neither knows who the partners are going to be. Batista then announces that his partner will be - HBK. Well, Cena grabs the mike and says - well isn't that intereting, because my partner is - HHH. Cena ends up pinning Michaels - making it a triple threat match.
You then have HBK beating HHH at WM (to give the guy a high profile win). In the triple threat match, you end up with Michaels superkicking Batista - and then leaving, with the surprised Cena getting the pin.
Posted By: BobbyC (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 09:54 AM
Vince McFan, that is EXACTLY the same card I'm thinking. It seems so obvious this year, even this far in advance. The last three years I've been right a year in advance with Taker's opponent. So going four for four, I say it'll be John Cena. And it'd be the perfect spot to turn him heel.
Edge v Jericho is ready made to go. One on one preferred, but Show and Christian might not be bad additions.
I also toyed with the idea of Hogan v Edge, I think it would be a nice touch, especially if you threw in a surprise Warrior appearance. Going into total dream booking Edge/Hogan v Jericho/Warrior would be supercool in my opinion. Realistically though, I'd put money on Y2J v Edge.
HBK v HHH - the wheels are already in motion, this DX reunion is surely only for the purpose of them feuding going into the big one.
Morrison being the rumble winner and going after Orton works for me. I think these two would be phenomenal together, Orton works brilliantly with fast paced opponents, it's when you put him in with slugs that he looks trash.
Not sure what to do with Punk, but I'd quite like to see him feud with Kofi.
MITB - Ziggler v Bourne v Swagger v Rey v Christian v Matt v Danielson v MVP would be very fresh.
Batista is a problem to book, and I'd be tempted to go with Big Show. The two have never had a big one on one match. If Batista could Batista Bomb Big Show, it would be a nice nod to WM3 moment.
I'd like to see the unified tag titles get a run out, with Legacy going against the Hart Dynasty, and get Bret and the Anvil and Dusty and Ted Snr at ringside.
So, in short.
World title: Cena v Taker
WWE title: Morrion v Orton
HHH v HBK
Jericho v Edge
Kofi v Punk
Batista v Show
MITB
Tag titles: Legacy v Hart Dynasty
And they should really do a Legends battle royal. The gimmick battle royal at WM17 was a good breather in that show. Have a Legends match and stick Hogan etc in there.
Posted By: Guest#9610 (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Here's my card:
MITB Match: MVP vs. Jack Swagger vs. Primo Colon vs. Christian vs. Kane vs. Evan Bourne vs. Bryan Danielson vs. The Miz
Divas vs. Women's Champion (Title for Title): Melina vs. Mickie James
Chris Jericho vs. Edge
WWE Title Match: John Cena vs. The Undertaker
World Heavyweight Title Match: CM Punk vs. John Morrison
Triple H vs. Batista
Rey Mysterio vs. Shawn Michaels
Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes vs. Brett & Ted DiBiase Jr.
U.S. Title Match: Dolph Ziggler vs. Finlay
Posted By: Pedro (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 11:10 AM
You know, comparing the dynamic of Cena v Jeff to Hogan v Warrior, I wouldn't mind if they made Jeff IC champ at No Way Out and made the match title for title at WM, just as a historical nod to 20 years ago. Would be a cool touch.
Posted By: Guest#4912 (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM
thanks guest #9610! i didnt bother with a batista match as i assume he'd be injured but him v big show works for me def! hogan edge would be fantastic if hogan can go and warrior involvement would be out of this world!
Posted By: Guest#8300 (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 01:55 PM
Oh and here is my complete card so far.(I haven't finished it yet}
Batista vs Shawn Michaels(Batista's last match,Batista wins)
WWE Title:John Cena(champion)vs HHH(Cena wins)
WHC Title: CM Punk(Champion)vs John morrison(Morrison wins)
Edge(face) vs Chris Jericho(heel) (Edge wins)
Randy Orton vs Ted Dibiase(Dibiase wins)
Jack Swagger vs The Undertaker(Taker wins)
Michelle Mccool vs Trish Stratus(Trish wins)
Posted By: jonah (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 03:10 PM
This is why they don't let the IWC book wrestling cards. Outside Punk/Michaels and Jericho/Edge, this card would be terrible. Sorry dude, you're entitled you're own tastes and all, but for me, I wouldn't even consider buying WM26 based on this, and I really the hate the idea of numerous lumberjack matches and a battle royal just for the sake of getting everyone on the cad.
Posted By: Jack Swagger Knows My Dad (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 04:40 PM
John Cena v. Taker (taker w)
WWEChampion HHH v. Batista v. Shan Michael (shaw w)
WHC Cm Punk v.John morrison (punk then randy cash it the mitb and win)
Extrme rule match Edge v. Chris Jericho (edge w)
MITB Match: BryanDanielson,Mvp,Swagger,Bourne,Dolph,shelton,Kane,Randy,Carlito(ran dy w)
Miss wrestle mania again
Dibiase vs Rhodes (who cares)
Unified TT Titles:TLC: Hardy's v kofiprimo v hart's v Crame time(Hart's)
Posted By: Die4kids (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 05:00 PM
John Cena v. Taker (taker w)
WWEChampion HHH v. Batista v. Shan Michael (shaw w)
WHC Cm Punk v.John morrison (punk then randy cash it the mitb and win)
Extrme rule match Edge v. Chris Jericho (edge w)
MITB Match: BryanDanielson,Mvp,Swagger,Bourne,Dolph,shelton,Kane,Randy,Carlito(ran
dy w)
Miss wrestle mania again
Dibiase vs Rhodes (who cares)
Unified TT Titles:TLC: Hardy's v kofiprimo v hart's v Crame time(Hart's)
Posted By: Die4kids (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 05:00 PM
TLC and MITB?
Posted By: Heyyo (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 05:11 PM
I'll give it a shot myself:
Diva's Champion Michelle McCool and Maryse vs. Women's Champion Mickie James and Trish Stratus - Mickie and Trish
United States Championship:
Kofi Kingston vs. MVP vs. Brian Danielson vs. Jack Swagger (c)- Danielson, new champion
ECW Championship:
Shelton Benjamin (c) vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. William Regal- Benjamin retains
Money in the Bank:
Evan Bourne vs. The Big Show vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Matt Hardy vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Kane vs. The Hurricane- DiBiase
Intercontinental Championship:
Rey Mysterio vs. Carlito (c) - Mysterio
Randy Orton vs. Christian - Orton
Edge vs. Chris Jericho- Jericho
Unified Tag Team Titles:
The Hart Dynasty vs. Cryme Tyme (c) - Harts, new champs
World Heavyweight Championship:
Batista vs. CM Punk (c)- Punk retains
John Cena vs. The Undertaker- Taker, of course
WWE Championship
Shawn Michaels vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Triple H (c)- Hardy, new champion
Posted By: Crook (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 05:20 PM
John Cena vs. Batista
Unified Tag Team Titles: Edge & Christian vs. Jericho & Big Show (c)
MITB: Rey Mysterio vs. Evan Bourne vs. Sheamus vs. Shelton Benjamin vs.
Dolph Ziggler vs. MVP vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Cody Rhodes
Womens Title: Maryse (c) vs. Mickie James vs. Gail Kim
Undertaker vs. Jack Swagger
WWE Title: CM Punk (c) vs. Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy
John Morrison vs. Shawn Michaels
Intercontinental Title: Randy Orton vs. Ted Dibiase (c)
US Title: The Miz (c) vs. Matt Hardy
Posted By: Got Pop? (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 06:28 PM
here's my crack at it..
money in the bank- bourne-kingston-benjamin-danielson-morrison-kidd
us title- ted debiase (c) vs. cody rhodes
intercontinental title- dolph ziggler(c) vs. matt hardy
HBK vs. ( heel ) HHH
Undertaker vs. Jericho
Big Show vs. Jack Swagger
World Title- CMPunk vs. Edge
WWE title- Orton vs. royal rumble winner MVP haha...i'm hopeful
Posted By: rob (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 06:58 PM
I think I may have a better WM XXVI card, with fresh Main Events, and backstories for several. So this may take a few posts.
First, we'll start off with the next MAJOR PPV, Survivor Series. Ok, I would implore the WWE to try and make Survivor Series more traditional, so we'd go in expecting the WWE, World Heavyweight, and ECW Titles to be defended, and the rest be Survivor Series Matches but Randy Orton, fitting his character, would see this as an opportunity to get out of defending his title. Setting up, at Survivor Series...
Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase & Brett DiBiase .vs. John Cena & Batista & D-X
Right off the bat, this looks like a guaranteed win for D-X and the Supermen, but stick with me. You have to get this down to a two-on-two so the best way I can think of is for Cody, Brett, and D-X get into a huge brawl and all four men are either counted out or DQ'd. This leaves you with Randy Orton and Ted DiBiase against Batista and Cena. Match eventually breaks down into an all-out brawl when suddenly, Batista has Orton doubled over ready for the Batista Bomb. At the same time, John Cena hoists Ted onto his shoulders for the F-U, only for DiBiase's feet to crack Batista on the head. Cena and DiBiase spill to the floor, and Orton siezes the opportunity to RKO Batista and eliminate him, leaving Cena alone to face Orton and Teddy D. As Cena looks ready to make his big comeback, DiBiase grabs him for Dream Street, Cena counters with the ProtoBomb, seemingly removing him from the equation. Cena then gets hit with Orton's modified backbreaker, and Orton goes into Viper mode, ready to drill Cena with the RKO. A groggy DiBiase instead grabs Cena as Randy flies through the air, and crash lands on his back, Cena blocks a shot from Ted, clotheslines him over the top, lifts a groggy Orton onto his shoulders and connects with the F-U elminating Randy Orton, and seemingly setting himself up for a title shot. DiBiase and Cena are now left to duke it out, and eventually we get a ref bump, and then a double down off a clothesline spot. Orton, who has yet to make his way to the back slides out of the ring in all-out Viper mode. Both men get to their feet and Orton uncoils and lays DiBiase out with the RKO. Cena gets the pin, and gets to play Superman without really being Superman and be the Sole Survivor.
The following night on RAW. An outraged Orton comes to the ring and demands that Legacy come to the ring. Cody and Brett look worried, and Ted looks pissed. Orton lays in to everyone, mainly Ted before Cena's music hits. Cena mentions that last night he pinned the Champ, and now he wants his shot but before Orton can say anything, Batista's music hits. Batista congratulates Cena on pinning Orton, and agrees that it should get him a shot. (cont
Posted By: Trent (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 07:35 PM
Batista then says it's funny though, because just a few minutes before that he was all set to eliminate Orton himself, making him the worthy challenger for the title. Batista says he knows it was an accident, he knows Cena wouldn't sabotage him like that, but the fact of the matter is that Cena saw Batista in the spotlight, seconds away from ending Randy Orton, and he couldn't stand it... so he had to try and hog the spotlight by giving Ted DiBiase the Attitude Adjustment... Batista then gets in Cena's face and says.... but there is only room for ONE of us in the damn spotlight, and then obliterates Cena with a larait. Brett, Cody, and Ted scramble but Orton stays in the ring, in awe of what's going on as Batista begins to unload on Cena before eventually pulling him up and drilling him with the Batista Bomb. No slow-burn, just a huge, quick, unexpected heel turn... the first we would see in a LOOONG time. Batista then heads to the back, Orton grabs the mic and says.. "So Cena, you really think you should get a title shot? Here's what I think." Orton sets up for the punt kick, and as he goes to deliver, from out of nowhere, Ted DiBiase flies in with a clothesline. Orton gets up and tastes a slew of rights. Orton swings, DiBiase ducks and sets up for Dream Street when Cody and Brett slide in. Ted drops Orton and slides out. This leads to Ted DiBiase saying he's tired of being pushed around by Orton, and he's coming for his title. Orton will put Cody and Brett in front of him as challenges, which Ted will win, earning him a shot at Orton at WrestleMania XXVI.
Meanwhile, Cena and Batista keep engaging in battles that leave no clear-cut winner. Double Countouts. Double DQs. Finally leading to a match at WrestleMania XXVI in either a Hell In A Cell or Last Man Standing Match, and there you have two completely new, completely fresh WrestleMania level Main Evetns with a newly turned face in Ted DiBiase, and a newly turned FRESH heel in Batista.
Throw in D-X .vs. Cody & Brett DiBiase, and a US Title Match, and you have RAW's portion of WrestleMania.
For ECW, I have nothing elaborate, but for the first time ever you have an ECW guy win the Royal Rumble and a Main Event spot at WrestleMania which will immediately give you a fresh WM Main Event as well.
As far as SmackDown goes. No elaborate plans here either, but you figure an IC Title Match, featuring either Rey or Ziggler as Champ, a match featuring Undertaker and I think they could get Mike Knox in there, and CM Punk defending the World Title against John Morrison, and there is another fresh WrestleMania Main Event.
Finally you put Matt Hardy, MVP, Swagger, Bourne, Rey, Ziggler, Kofi, Benjamin, Dreamer, or a select few others for MITB.
Then JeriShow .vs. Edge & Christian for the Tag Titles
Posted By: Trent (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 07:48 PM
So in conclusion your WrestleMania XXVI card looks like this.
WWE Title
Randy Orton (C) .vs. Ted DiBiase
World Title
CM Punk (C) .vs. John Morrison
ECW Title
Vladimir Kozlov (C) .vs. Kane (Rumble Winner maybe?)
Degeneration X .vs. Cody Rhodes & Brett DiBiase
John Cena .vs. Batista
The Undertaker .vs. Mike Knox
IC Title Match
Dolph Ziggler (C) .vs. The Miz
US Title Match
Jack Swagger (C) .vs. ?????
Money In The Bank
Kofi Kingston .vs. Shelton Benjamin .vs. Rey Mysterio .vs. Tommy Dreamer .vs. Matt Hardy .vs. Evan Bourne .vs. Carlito .vs. Primo
Unified Tag Title Match
JeriShow (C) .vs. Edge & Christian
Posted By: Trent (Guest) on August 24, 2009 at 07:53 PM
Trent, you can't seriously believe that DiBiase is ready to main event WM.
And you don't really capitiliase on a DX break up, which would be fresh.
I don't see a single match on your card happening.
Posted By: Guest#1245 (Guest) on August 25, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Trent, you can't seriously believe that DiBiase is ready to main event WM.
And you don't really capitiliase on a DX break up, which would be fresh.
I don't see a single match on your card happening
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I didn't say it would happen, or that it was my perdiction. I was just giving an alternative, with reasonable booking, that would give us a fresh looking WrestleMania. Also, I didn't say DiBiase was ready to headline right now, but with THAT storyline, and THAT kind of push, the WWE fans would believe that he belonged in a WWE Title Match against Orton at WrestleMania. Survivor Series to WM is what, 5 or 6 months? Plenty of time to make DiBiase a credible opponent, in the eyes of the WWE fans, for Orton at WM if the storyline is booked right.
Posted By: Trent (Guest) on August 25, 2009 at 03:33 AM
Aside from Edge vs Jericho, this card is weak
Posted By: Guest#4808 (Guest) on August 25, 2009 at 07:22 PM
I think some of the ideas for WM XXVI are great. The most likely we may see is Edge vs Jericho, Cena vs The Undertaker (18-0 or 17-1), Morrison challenging Orton for the WWE Championship would be something new and exciting. A big man battle royal is something that's needed to happen. Punk vs Hardy (Jeff) in a TLC match for the WHC, an I-C Title match, a U.S Title match, combine the divas and womens title (unification match as there are too many titles), of course MITB, and hopefully by then they will have made the Unified Tag titles instead of carrying two different straps. HBK nd HHH would be something to see and Batista, I don't hate the guy but he stays injured way too much and wouldn't necessarily be a guarantee for Mania. An ECW Extreme rules match for that world title and I think you would have a solid card. Just the thoughts and opinions of a longtime wrestling fan and a wrestler waiting to retire. The light over the desk is off and thank you for reading this. One final note, thank you all so much for the wonderful articles you bring us.
Posted By: guest316 (Guest) on August 26, 2009 at 01:39 AM
Ok here is my crack at it....
World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Chris Jericho (c) vs. Edge
I agree with this match
WWE Championship Match:
John Cena (c) vs. Undertaker
(John Cena isn't a monster, but he is the face of the WWE)
MITB Ladder Match:
Evan Bourne, Rey Mysterio, Kane, Shelton Benjamin, Tyson Kidd, Tommy Dreamer, and Bryan Danielson
Shawn Michaels vs. CM Punk
Triple H vs. John Morrison
United States Championship Match:
The Miz (c) vs. Christian
Michelle McCool, Maryse, and Natalya vs. Mickie James, Trish Stratus, and Lita
Unified Tag Team Championship Match:
Vladimir Kozlov & Ezekiel Jackson (c) vs. The Hardy Boyz
Thanks
Posted By: James (Guest) on August 27, 2009 at 06:00 AM
What a joke.
Posted By: Simply Ravishing (Guest) on August 27, 2009 at 01:03 PM
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