Hello Watchers of Wrestling
I wrote a blog yesterday that I wanted to have posted and do
a separate one with predictions. But I did not save it, so here we are just one
blog (I know, I know you guys are so disappointed). Tonight’s blog will be a
combination of predictions and what I found interesting leading up to the
Survivor Series Pay Per View tonight.
Let’s start off by talking about what I have enjoyed leading
up to this event tonight. I am a big fan of this past week of wrestling. The final
showdown between teams Raw and SmackDown was pretty good, with team Raw going
over on Monday night Raw. It only makes sense to me. Then the next night on SmackDown,
instead of there being yet another standoff with both teams on SmackDown, there
was an unexpected run in by the Team Raw Women during a match between 2 of the
women on the SmackDown team. And then at the end of the night the Undertaker
came back. Taker’s return would not be that much of a surprise, except he said
that he will no longer be defined by just WrestleMania. Does this mean he will
come back to be a full time wrestler again? Does this mean he will enter the
Royal Rumble? Only time will tell. And lastly, what about the stare down
between Brock Lesnar and Goldberg? I will admit that Goldberg looks very
sloppy. He does not look to have his timing down yet, but he looked pretty good
for his age. I think Goldberg will go out there and get himself hurt, but I have
to admit, I am looking forward to this match.
So without further ado, let’s get to the predictions. Before
that, I will let you all know that I am not doing so well with the predictions,
since I started keeping track of them. I am sporting a 7-8 record in the last
2. But I look at this as an opportunity to get better.
The Brian Kendrick (c) vs. Kalisto : For the Cruiserweight
Championship, and if Kalisto wins the Cruiserweights go to SmackDown: Raw
has the 3 hour show so they can have the room to have the cruiserweights. With
them adding another show on the WWE Network for cruiserweights, I just don’t
see how SmackDown can take the cruiserweights, as they are a 2 hour show that
is packed as it is. Although if they say that the new cruiserweight show (which
is called “205 Live”) is an extension of SmackDown, then I could see that happening.
So with that said, I guess I will pick Kalisto to bring the cruiserweights, and
their championship to SmackDown.
Team Raw [The New Day (Big E and/or Kofi Kingston and/or Xavier Woods),
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, Sheamus and Cesaro, Enzo Amore and Big Cass,
and The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico)] vs. Team SmackDown LIVE [Heath Slater
and Rhyno, The Hype Bros (Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley), American Alpha (Jason
Jordan and Chad Gable), The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso), and Breezango (Tyler
Breeze and Fandango)]: I will have to admit that this is a bit of a
stretch of a match. I would say there are maybe three relevant teams on each
side. No offense, but you could cut the club and the shining stars from Raw,
and Breezango, and the Tag Champs Slater, and Rhyno from both teams and this
would be more interesting. But we have to go with what we have. This is going
to but a lot to follow with 20 men in total but I think this will be a win for
the Raw team.
Team Raw [Charlotte Flair, Bayley, Nia Jax, Alicia Fox, and Sasha
Banks] (with Dana Brooke) vs. Team SmackDown LIVE [Nikki Bella, Becky Lynch, Alexa
Bliss, Carmella, and Naomi] (with Natalya): I think the women have done
excellent work to make this the event of the night (which is the 3rd
time this year if you include the WrestleMania triple threat and the Hell in a
Cell main event). I don’t know if I have told any of you (my millions…….and
millions of readers) but I am not a Bayley fan. Beyond that, I like every other
woman in this match. I can’t wait to see what they have in store for us in this
match. As for the outcome I believe that the Raw women will bring home this
victory. I think they have a much stronger team with Charlotte and Nia Jax, than
you have fan favorites like Bayley and Sasha Banks. As much as the fans like
Nikki and Becky, I think that the Raw team is way too strong.
The Miz (c) (with Maryse) vs. Sami Zayn for the Intercontinental: This
will be an interesting match with the guy who I think could be the best in the
game right now, the Miz. I believe that ever since Maryse came back and gave
people more of a reason to hate the Miz, they have played that up. And when
they put them both on SmackDown, it has given them more freedom to develop and
that is what both of them have done. Miz has come out and fought to make the
Intercontinental Championship a title that we care about, and not the afterthought
that it was before. Sami Zayn on the other hand, has not done much as of late,
so I don’t see him winning. Besides, with the US title on RAW, SmackDown would
need a mid-card title. Since the US title is not even being defended, I don’t
see why they would do this. So my choice is the Miz.
Team Raw (Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, and
Seth Rollins) vs. Team SmackDown LIVE (AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt,
Randy Orton, and Shane McMahon) (with James Ellsworth): Here we go… the
big one. There will be a lot of match ups in this one that we have not seen in
a long time since the brand extension. We could see Dean Ambrose vs his former
teammates from the shield (Reigns and Rollins). AJ Styles vs Reigns again, or
even Owens. And what about Shane McMahon being in this match? We haven’t seen
him fight any of the guys on the RAW team before. But you guys want to know who
I am going to pick. Since the 1st time they did the brand extension
back in 2002 (which they don’t bring up, almost like it didn’t happen) whenever
you had a SmackDown Vs Raw match of substance, it has always been SmackDown
coming out on top. And even
during this brand extension, the main event on the Smackdown on the night of the
draft for the WWE World Championship, Dean Ambrose Beat Seth Rollins. So
I feel like I know how this is going to turn out. Team SmackDown will prevail.
Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) vs. Goldberg: This is going to
be amazing. I am not a huge fan of Brock Lesnar matches since he came back to
WWE in 2012. I think almost all of them since, have been really boring,
highlighted by the World Heavyweight Title match between him and John Cena at
SummerSlam in 2014. I don’t expect this match to be any different, but I am
looking so forward to it. Brock does bring a big fight feel to all of his
matches. And Goldberg has always had this mystique to him. He has always looked
like an indestructible monster. So who will win……..? I am going to pick the Beast
Brock Lesnar to win this match, but Goldberg will put up a good fight.
Alright everyone, these are my predictions. I know we can
turn this around. I hope you all enjoy this pay per view like I will and we
should have plenty of new things to talk about come next week. Oh one more
thing, I would like to start something new. This portion of the blog will be
called “Wouldn’t it be awesome if…..” This part will be very simple. This will
be something that is floating around my brain. It probably won’t come true, but
it is something that I think would be awesome. So here we go: Wouldn’t it be
Awesome if……..John Cena came back tonight and beat the crap out of team SmackDown
for not adding him to the team, and finally turns heel. Again, I am not saying
this will happen because I do not read wrestling spoilers, but if it did happen
I think it would be pretty awesome. Thank you for reading and I will talk to
you next week.
