It
saddens me deeply that Survivor Series isn’t all elimination matches. Clearly that card could have been made by
combining some of these matches. It has
always been a great opportunity for someone to pin a champion and be seen
differently for it. Imagine if Dean
Ambrose pinned John Cena. But alas, it
will not be seen this year.
Also, I
remember one year when an elimination match got bumped to the next night on
Raw. That was kind of funny.
As of
right now, we have six matches scheduled and one of them is on the
pre-show. So for sake of throwing
everyone onto the show, I’m going to say we get an added bonus elimination
match with:
Intercontinental
Champion Big E Langston, Dolph Ziggler, Xavier Woods, R-Truth and The Great
Khali vs. Curtis Axel, Damien Sandow and 3MB
This
might seem awkward because Big E and Dolph were once friends as heels, then
enemies and now they seem to want to be on the same side again. Let’s keep this simple if it does happen
though. Big E eliminates 3MB with the
help of Khali, but then Curtis Axel gets a cheap pin on Langston, continuing
their IC Title program.
Sandow
and Axel are left to fight in a two on four match up. Axel works over Ziggler, who eventually makes
the hot tag. The team of Woods and Truth
(Truthwood?) proves to be too much and Sandow is eliminated.
Curtis
Axel falls to the numbers game, leaving everyone on the good side surviving
except for Big E. Langston. They all
proceed to dance afterwards, to the joy of no one. This will hopefully set up Big E Langston
into an IC Title program with not only Curtis Axel, but Dolph Ziggler and
Damien Sandow as well. It feels like
it’s been too long since we’ve seen a good triple threat or four corners
elimination style match for a secondary title.
[Please Note: After I fantasy booked this match, WWE
announced an IC Title match between Big E. Langston and Curtis Axel. Big E isn’t dropping the title this quickly,
but let’s say they’re replaced here with Santino
on the face side and Fandango on the
heel side.]
<The Miz vs. Kofi
Kingston>
This
will serve as a pre-show match, but it shouldn’t even really be on the card
yet. The Miz just turned back to a heel
on Monday night and is out to prove his turn worthy by taking down his former
tag team partner (and I use that term loosely) in Kofi Kingston.
Normally,
Kingston finds himself on the panel in the pre-show, so whoever he pissed off
is probably thinking he should be happy just to be wrestling. Miz uses cheat tactics and manages to win
this one, convincing no one to order the pay-per-view who wasn’t going to order
it already.
Miz
really needs to do something big here, and I don’t mean bring back Alex
Riley. Miz needs a big heel move here or
else he’s just going to go back to superstars limbo, which I think is most
likely going to happen anyway.
Winner: The Miz via shenanigans
< Total Divas vs.
Non-Total Divas (7 on 7 elimination match)>
First
off, who knew that WWE had 14 divas on their roster? They probably have more, because Summer Rae
might not be in this match, but I don’t really care who is on either side
because this match is on the card for only two reasons.
Not
only will this serve as a way to promote the Total Divas show (which is why
that team will inevitably win), but this should be the filler between the two
main title matches.
With
Mickie James being interviewed about a possible return by WWE.com, TNA really
needs to re-evaluate their roster of women because I’m not sure if they even
have a total of four right now.
And
when is the TNA reality series “Total Knockouts” coming anyway?
Winners: The cast of Total Divas because, you know, they
have a reality show to promote
<Goldust, Cody
Rhodes, The Usos and Rey Mysterio vs. The Shield and The Real Americans
(Survivor Series style elimination match)>
The do
enjoy the idea of putting together these tag teams that have issues, but it
feels like Rey Mysterio was only thrown in here because it’s a lot lighter of a
workload than, say, a two on two tag match.
As of
late, The Shield has been taking some beatings and I think that they need to
turn that around in this match. In
fact, having The Shield as a trio in this and The Real Americans as a tag team
seems to serve their purposes better than, you know, having Rey Mysterio thrown
into the mix at the eleventh hour.
I’m
hoping for a heel win in this one and see maybe only one or both of The Real
Americans being eliminated from the winning side. Using double and triple team tactics, the
heels should have no problems pulling this one out and leaving discussion over
whether Rollins and Reigns or The Real Americans should get the next tag team
title shot.
Winners: The Shield and The Real Americans because BELIEVE
IN THE SHIELD!
<CM Punk &
Daniel Bryan vs. The Wyatt Family (w/ Bray Wyatt)>
In one
of the more compelling stories (and by that I mean the only really compelling story)
in WWE right now, we see two similar men fighting against a somewhat new
faction in what just intriguing on so many levels you don’t feel as if WWE
could be behind it.
CM Punk
was once on the road back to a WWE Title shot, but then he was sidetracked by
Paul Heyman and company, a feud which for now seems to be settled. Daniel
Bryan was most recently WWE Champion before being screwed over by The Authority
and Big Show taking his spot for seemingly no reason, but hey, this match will
be a lot better than Orton vs. Bryan 8.
On the
other hand, we have the Wyatts who are one of the most interesting aspects of
WWE since the debut of The Shield and, yes, I’d still like to see that Shleld-Wyatts
feud WWE hinted at recently.
In some
ways, CM Punk and Daniel Bryan are sort of a super tag team, like when Shawn
Michaels teamed with Stone Cold, except these two are getting along. I think this tag team title only helps the
tag team division and ultimately all five men involved in it.
This is
the match I look most forward to on this card and it most likely be the best
match as well.
The
question is not where does it go, but rather where do we go from here? Easily enough, The Wyatts can lose (Even if
just by a DQ from outside interference by Bray) because The Wyatts have, oddly
enough, lost tag team matches before, though when you think about them you don’t
really think of them as losers. (Much
like how Prime Time Players and The Usos have actually won matches, but you don’t
think of either of those teams as winners)
I
believe Daniel Bryan will go back into the WWE Title picture after he ends this
feud and consequently Big Show ends his mess with Orton. Big Show could even move into a program with
HHH that no one would give two shits about.
So
since WWE likes to mess with Daniel Bryan, let’s say this for right now. I’m predicting Daniel Bryan to regain the WWE
Championship at the Royal Rumble next year from Randy Orton (It’s only two
pay-per-views away) Then, I predict CM
Punk to win the Royal Rumble match itself.
This
will set up a nice sort of celebration for the following night on Raw for
Daniel Bryan, only to be interrupted by CM Punk who chooses to face Bryan at
WM30, or as I like to call it WMXXX.
John
Cena can still defend the WHC against Randy Orton or whoever probably wins an
Elimination Chamber match, though after the Rumble we can expect Bryan to
defend the title in an Elimination Chamber match against Kane, Orton, Big Show
and maybe even RVD will be back by then.
Winners: CM Punk and Daniel Bryan
<John Cena vs.
Alberto Del Rio (World Heavyweight Championship Match)>
John
Cena returned at the last pay-per-view and won the WHC from ADR. And then, he also successfully defended it
when Damien Sandow cashed in his MITB briefcase. So if you think for one split second that
this match has been booked so ADR can win the title back, you’d be wrong.
I have
to see this one going to DQ though, as I don’t see any clear winner being
presented here thus furthering the feud.
My biggest problem is that if ADR is challenging John Cena still for the
rest of the year, then who will step up and do so?
Well,
who is in contention for the WHC anyway?
The recently returned Rey Mysterio?
No, WWE would be much more likely to book a heel against Cena. Damien Sandow? Probably not again yet. Brock Lesnar or Matt Morgan? Don’t hold your breath.
John
Cena will probably just float along until Wrestlemania, having no real
competition and if anyone can do so, I trust the writers at WWE to have a
program between Cena and Del Rio take us all the way until this time next year
for no good reason.
Winner: John Cena, but the feud must continue!
<Randy Orton vs.
Big Show (WWE Championship Match)>
In one
of the most bizarre turns in WWE history, this feud with Randy Orton being The
Authority’s Champion originally started with Daniel Bryan going for the gold
and, well, he has yet to really be defeated cleanly by Orton.
So Big
Show somehow comes into this, like a side project, but manages to take over the
lead. I don’t think that Show will
become WWE Champion and I only see his involvement in this as a way to delay
the eventual Orton-Bryan match.
Between
Kane, Stephanie and HHH, I don’t see Big Show being able to overcome the odds
and win this one. Plus, Big Show’s best
career moments were ten years ago so there is really no need in putting the
belt on him at this point. This really
serves no other purpose than having Randy Orton trying to build credibility by
saying he beat a giant, but come on, everyone beats Big Show these days. Ryback almost beat him! Ryback!!
So I
assume we see this Randy Orton/Authority storyline play out for the rest of the
year with Daniel Bryan, who will eventually have to win the Royal Rumble to get
his title shot (maybe) but who knows.
John Cena as WHC vs. Randy Orton as WWE Champion would be the best bet
for both of those men at WM30 as of right now, so let’s see if maybe we can
somehow get to that instead.
Winner: Randy Orton
because… you know why
