Rasslin is CHA CHA LA..LA,LA,LA,LA,LA

[Ultra Peanut]

RAW. IS. FANDANGO!
#AJALL

[Ultra Peanut]

I will bet money that the MCMGs don't even get a dark match on that card.

[Farzin]

GO CHRISTIAN!

[BigRock]

BACKLASH PREDICTIONS

Edge vs. Cena - This is interesting because Smackdown has no champion. And supposedly Cena is supposed to do another movie here sometime. But he just won it at 'Mania, are they going to keep bouncing the belts around that much? And they're billing this as THE FINAL ENCOUNTER, so logic would suggest a babyface victory.

But if Cena wins, the belt stays on Raw. We could get into some fancy CM Punkian fantasy regarding MITB and the other title match, but I don't see how a guy winning a 6-man tag would be ripe for a MITB cash-in. Whereas the winner of this one is likely to be pretty beaten up.

But if they did MITB here on Cena, it has to mean a heel turn for Punk. And that just seems odd. Who's he going to feud with as a heel champ? Jeff Hardy for a month? Rey?

Prediction: Edge wins when Jericho, Christian, Test, Tyson Kidd, and Harry Smith lay out Cena, forming a new Hart Foundation. Then Bret will come back to lead it. Then Bret will beat Shawn at WM26 in Shawn's retirement match. This will bring about a new bond between WWE and the Harts, leading to Blade and Beans Hart joining Legacy and Oje Hart ending the Undertaker's streak.

HHH/Batista/Shane vs. Orton/DiBiase/Rhodes - This could probably end any number of ways. There has always been talk of Shane (or Stephanie) joining Legacy, but that really makes no sense at this point since Orton has repeatedly beaten them both up.

Batista turning is also an option, although that wouldn't seem to make a lot of sense either since this whole thing is about how bad he wants to get his hands on Orton. But it IS wrestling, where on occasion things don't make sense.

Nobody could turn and the good guys could win, but that seems boring. Given that Orton did beat HHH on Raw, and thus he wouldn't look like a total chump if he won the belt without ever beating the champ, they could convicably do something wonky where Ted DiBiase pins Shane or something like that to give Orton the belt. Then there's a rift between Orton and DiBiase because Ted, and not Randy, won the match. This seems way too soon to do that, but they did sorta suggest tension between the two of them on Raw.

What would be good is if anyone on Orton's team could win the belt, and say DiBiase ended up winning it. Then Orton could lay him out on Raw, much as HHH did to Orton when Orton won the belt in Evolution, which Orton hated. Ad yet he'd be doing the same thing to Ted. I don't know that this would actually be all that interesting, but circles of life and all that.

Prediction: Batista turns and joins Legacy, revealing that Orton fake-punted him and his 4-month absense was actually to clear up some nagging injuries, get his wisdom teeth out, and learn a new language with Rosetta Stone. Also, his mother was a legendary pro wrestler in the Philippines, so he is second-generation and fits perfectly in Legacy.

To combat this group, HBK returns to reform DX, except they're still two men short. So X-Pac and Chyna return to boost the sales of their 2nd sex tape that came out a few months ago.

After the DX/Legacy feud concludes, DX and the New Hart Foundation begin their war, leading to the aforementioned Bret/Shawn match. And somewhere along the line, HHH drugs Martha Hart and marries her.

TOP THAT, RUSSO

[keg in kc]

lmao, I love the hart foundation stuff.

You're right about the 6-man tag, and I don't see them doing a heel turn with Punk.

I don't think they cash in MitB tonight, I think Punk somehow gets involved in the Jericho/Steamboat match, or the aftermath.

(Although I still think the LMS match is a perfect setup for him, and I don't know how long they can go without a title on SD)

Hopefully Orton goes over and then the entire McMahon family, including HHH, gets blown up in a limo and vanishes off TV for 2 months. At which time they come back and don't acknowledge that it ever happened.

[Farzin]

Originally Posted by BigRock

BACKLASH PREDICTIONS

Edge vs. Cena - This is interesting because Smackdown has no champion. And supposedly Cena is supposed to do another movie here sometime. But he just won it at 'Mania, are they going to keep bouncing the belts around that much? And they're billing this as THE FINAL ENCOUNTER, so logic would suggest a babyface victory.

But if Cena wins, the belt stays on Raw. We could get into some fancy CM Punkian fantasy regarding MITB and the other title match, but I don't see how a guy winning a 6-man tag would be ripe for a MITB cash-in. Whereas the winner of this one is likely to be pretty beaten up.

But if they did MITB here on Cena, it has to mean a heel turn for Punk. And that just seems odd. Who's he going to feud with as a heel champ? Jeff Hardy for a month? Rey?

Prediction: Edge wins when Jericho, Christian, Test, Tyson Kidd, and Harry Smith lay out Cena, forming a new Hart Foundation. Then Bret will come back to lead it. Then Bret will beat Shawn at WM26 in Shawn's retirement match. This will bring about a new bond between WWE and the Harts, leading to Blade and Beans Hart joining Legacy and Oje Hart ending the Undertaker's streak.

HHH/Batista/Shane vs. Orton/DiBiase/Rhodes - This could probably end any number of ways. There has always been talk of Shane (or Stephanie) joining Legacy, but that really makes no sense at this point since Orton has repeatedly beaten them both up.

Batista turning is also an option, although that wouldn't seem to make a lot of sense either since this whole thing is about how bad he wants to get his hands on Orton. But it IS wrestling, where on occasion things don't make sense.

Nobody could turn and the good guys could win, but that seems boring. Given that Orton did beat HHH on Raw, and thus he wouldn't look like a total chump if he won the belt without ever beating the champ, they could convicably do something wonky where Ted DiBiase pins Shane or something like that to give Orton the belt. Then there's a rift between Orton and DiBiase because Ted, and not Randy, won the match. This seems way too soon to do that, but they did sorta suggest tension between the two of them on Raw.

What would be good is if anyone on Orton's team could win the belt, and say DiBiase ended up winning it. Then Orton could lay him out on Raw, much as HHH did to Orton when Orton won the belt in Evolution, which Orton hated. Ad yet he'd be doing the same thing to Ted. I don't know that this would actually be all that interesting, but circles of life and all that.

Prediction: Batista turns and joins Legacy, revealing that Orton fake-punted him and his 4-month absense was actually to clear up some nagging injuries, get his wisdom teeth out, and learn a new language with Rosetta Stone. Also, his mother was a legendary pro wrestler in the Philippines, so he is second-generation and fits perfectly in Legacy.

To combat this group, HBK returns to reform DX, except they're still two men short. So X-Pac and Chyna return to boost the sales of their 2nd sex tape that came out a few months ago.

After the DX/Legacy feud concludes, DX and the New Hart Foundation begin their war, leading to the aforementioned Bret/Shawn match. And somewhere along the line, HHH drugs Martha Hart and marries her.

TOP THAT, RUSSO

[keg in kc]

I didn't realize until I watched the second match on superstars that punk has a match against kane on backlash.

That should be brutal.

Not expecting MitB now. Wonder if they'll turn this into a feud over the briefcase.

[keg in kc]

So here's the final card for the PPV none of us will be watching, much less buying:

World Heavyweight Title Match (Last Man Standing)
John Cena (c) vs. Edge

WWE Championship Match
Stipulation: If anyone on Triple H’s team loses, Triple H loses the Championship
Triple H(c) & Batista & Shane McMahon vs. Randy Orton, Ted Dibiase & Cody Rhodes

ECW Championship Match
Jack Swagger(c) vs. Christian

I Quit Match
Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy

Singles Match:
Kane vs. CM Punk

Singles Match:
Chris Jericho vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat

“Santina” Marella will be a special guest on Khali’s Kiss Cam.



In unrelated news, JR said in his latest blog that WWE is going to be "serious" about their brand split after the PPV tonight. Which would mean the end of the Cena/Edge and Hardy feuds.

[Farzin]

I'm looking forward to this PPV. Hopefully it won't be a disappointment like WM.

[Captain Obvious]

Anybody have a good link to a stream?

[keg in kc]

So christian beat swagger () and then got into an argument with edge?

This is shaping up to be wacky.

[chiefs1111]

wow,I forgot all about Backlash

[Farzin]

Christian is the new ECW champion! INSTANT CLASSIC!!

[keg in kc]

Kane beats Punk, crowd dead the whole match. Do they cash him in in front of a dead crowd after a loss?

[keg in kc]

I'm not watching a stream (I'm at work), but I think the six man is about to go on. Shockingly HHH does not end the show.

[Ultra Peanut]

OH MEES RANDY HAVE BEEN KILL HUNTER

What was the point of a reeruned six-man that nobody cared about if Orton was just going to pin him clean?

Better still, why not just have him destroy Trips in a Last Man Standing match at the biggest show of the year and really make him a star, you ****ing reeruns?