Brock Lesnar is Back! Here Comes The Pain!

Ok, I know I said that I wasn’t going to write anymore blogs till around SummerSlam and that I was going to take a break but when something as big as this happens I can’t just sit and keep my mouth shut! BROCK LESNAR IS BACK IN WWE!!!!

Last night saw an amazing Raw that could even rival Sundays Mania. The crowd was on fire, being pro Daniel Bryan throughout, chanting “Yes” like it’s the new “Woo” or the new “What”. As well as supporting top Face and Heels all-night.

The event started strong with The Rock, thanking the fans and vowing that he will come back, and he will one day walk down the ramp, the WWE Champion.

If that is to happen he will have to do a full stint in the WWE not just a match, so will this for SummerSlam or later for maybe Survivor Series?

At the end of the show John Cena came to address the crowd about his lost and he did it typical John Cena fashion, trying to be the bigger man and wanting to congratulate Rock face to face.

The crowd didn’t like his attitude (other than the John Cena fans), and booed him. I agree with those who booed, we want him to get angry to get rough and become Heel instead of the same old gimmick over and over.

John Cena called on The Rock but the crowd were chanting, “We want Lesnar!” I didn’t think it was going to happen, I knew Lesanr was in Miami but never thought he was going to turn up.

It was when WWE tweeted that Lesnar just walked in the building that I moved to the end of my sofa.

Just as Cena introduces the Rock to come back out, Lesnar’s music plays and Brock appeared at the top of the ramp and I flew from my seat.

He came to the ring and offered his hand but then picked Cena up and laid an emphatic F5 on Cena closing the show.

The rest of the show had great matches; Santino defends his US Title in a Triple Threat against Dolph and Swagger and walked out victorious. He gets some defence from the Funkasaurus who gets strong support from the crowd.

The new superstar, known as Lord Tensai came next. He is a familiar face to us older fans as he was better known to us as Albert or A-Train.

He has a reasonable debut squashing Alex Riley.

CM Punk defends the WWE Title in a well fought match against Mark Henry.

Henry won but by count out allowing CM Punk to retain. Throughout the match the strong crowd made good use of there “Yes” chant at favoured moments and chanting “No” at bad moments.

After the match Jericho come from the crowd and poured Jack Daniels over Punks face, he then went to stomp on him and slipped and fell in the puddle he had just created. #FAIL. He then goes and gets another bottle to smash over Punks head but the bottle (which was rigged) exploded before Jericho even got close to Punks head.

Sheamus came to the ring to the mixed reaction to the crowd as more boo’s than cheers were heard.

Del Rio also made a return, promoting with Sheamus, and the smart crowd changed their chant from “Yes” to “Si”.

Daniel Bryan chants went over the top of Del Rio as he challenges Sheamus for the World Title.

Del Rio’s mic cuts out and as he gets another one he turns into the Boot of the Irishman.

Although the crowd were strong for D Bryan, Bryan never made a showing for the crowd. He was only shown back stage watching the Sheamus promo.

Cody Rhodes loses to Kofi due to a Big Show distraction.

Eve came out and addressed the crowd about manipulating Zack Ryder.

A match between Ryder and Miz followed in a good contest that saw Miz win in his usual fashion being the last match before the big finish of this amazing show.

I am really looking forward to seeing what happens now with Brock back from the UFC.

Questions for you.

How amazing was it to see Brock back?

Do you remember Albert?

What do you think Brock wants?

Matty.D signing off.

Wrestlemania Ends an Era.

Well last night was the biggest night of the year for Wrestling fans across the globe in what was one of the most hyped Wrestlemanias in history.

Unfortunately it didn’t live up to expectations as it was one of the most poorly booked Wrestlemania’s ever, and it all started with the opening match being the World Title contest between Daniel Bryan and Sheamus.

Not only was this match first but it also only lasted 18 seconds. Bryan kissed AJ for good luck, turned and got a face full of Sheamus boot followed by the 1-2-3. We was not happy, epically as Tommy was super excited for the match and he was most looking forward to that contest, to then basically be slapped in the face. It wasn’t a good start and disappointed many across the world.

It did line up a joke for the rest of the night of what lasts longer than Bryans match, Daniels Entrance lasted longer than his match. The slim jim promo lasted longer than Bryans match. The gags were endless.

Things didn’t improve much from there as the opening hour was slow and unexciting.

A mediocre match between Kane and Randy with Kane winning after a top rope Choke Slam, Big Show then got his Wrestlemania moment by beating Cody Rhodes for the Intercontinental Title in a less than brilliant contest and to end the hour we had the Divas tag team match. A lot of this time was filled with overly long promo videos miss placed in entrances and sponsor ads that just got in the way.

It was at the 1 hour mark when we were shocked to have Triple H vs. Undertaker next. This was still early on the card and as shown as being a co main event why is it happing at the 1 hour mark of a 4 hour show? It really makes you question what a Main Event is in the WWE.

Luckily though this match was a breath of fresh air although it wasn’t the end of an era we were hoping for, but sill showed great storytelling and emotion throughout. Best match of the night by far and a truly epic confrontation.

It started slow and use of the Cell was minimal but did add a nice flavour to the match.

It went back and forth with the Steel steps coming into play which saw Taker land across after an amazing spine buster. There was blood on Triple H’s head but this was not a planned bleeding but WWE didn’t really have an issue with showing it which was a good thing.

It turned into a beating of sorts though once Trips got hold of chair and went to town on the back of the bald Undertaker. Trips hit the man so hard so many times he left cringe worthy welts and bruises on Takers back.

Triple H kept asking Shawn the guest Ref to end it as Taker kept kicking out of pins. Undertaker asked Shawn not to end it.

Sledge Hammer followed the chair as the beating continued but Shawn’s interference saved Taker from a hammer blow to the head.

The match came close to ending when Shawn was going to just call for the bell but it didn’t happen.

To stop Shawn calling for the bell Taker locked in Hells Gate on Shawn incapacitating him and continuing the match.

Trips saved Shawn with a Sledge to Takers head. Things then turned as Taker locked in Hells Gate on Trips and it looked like an image of last year.

With Shawn still out nothing could be done as another official enters the cell.

A Choke Slam followed but Trips kicks out of the pin. Taker, in anger, then Choke Slams the replacement Ref.

Sweet Chin Music to Taker followed by the Pedigree and it looked like it was all over for the Deadman but he shocked the world and still kicked out.

A chant of “this is awesome” filled the Stadium, as the men come back to life and things continue.

Triple H removes Shawn from the ring in anger and we get some Vintage Taker, ending it on a Tombstone. Shawn slides back in and counts but once again kick out at 2!

Things slow again as the men turn things into a boxing match exchanging blows and falling into a clinch like position.

Pedigree! 2 count. Shock again; edge of your seat is the location of most people watching at this point.

It was now Takers turn with the Steel Chair as he gets revenge for the shots he received earlier, smacking Trips across the back just as hard, if not harder, than when Trips hit him.

Things get tough for Trips as he struggles to stand, leaning against the corner turnbuckle. He tells Taker to “Suck it” and then receives a Sledge Shot to the head, followed by the Tombstone that did end the match.

Emotion and respect was shown as the Undertaker struggled to stand, Shawn offers his hand and brings Taker to his feet and holds his arm up in Victory to the cheers and applause of the crowd.

Shawn returns to Trips still lying on the mat as Taker poses sending off fireworks and the 20 – 0 is shown to the purple lit crowd.

Shawn and Taker together pull Triple H to his feet and carry him together away from the ring in strong show of respect, friendship, and the end of an amazing Generation of superstars.

This should have been the last match, and it’s a giant disrespect to the 3 men in my opinion putting them so early in the card. But either way still a brilliant match.

Next was a quick look at the Hall of Fame group with an amazing ovation for the Rated R Superstar, Edge.

We did notice how ever that Ric Flair, never got a close up, or much of a showing in the Hall of Fame promo video most probably due to his current employer being TNA.

The sillier match of the night, Team Teddy vs. Team Johnny came next. It was your typical 6 aside Tag match with only a couple special moments. One big highlight being when the match broke down and Kofi, Truth and Ryder all jumped over the top rope to 3 or 4 members of Team Johnny who they had just thrown out.

It came to an end with Ryder going for the Broskie Boot on Miz but as he pumped the crowd Eve stepped in and did it with him. This caused the Ref to ignore the action and remove Eve along with the help of Ryder whose back is now turned. Miz pounced with a Skull Crushing Finale and took the win placing Johnny as GM of Raw and SmackDown. A result which I believe a lot of people should have seen coming.

Next was the WWE Championship match which had the added stipulation that if Punk gets disqualified he loses the Championship.

This added an interesting aspect to the match as Jericho continued to make remarks about Punks family to hopefully fuel Punks anger and force him to get DQ’d.

The match was good and saw a number of Walls of Jericho’s and Anaconda Vice’s, back and forth between the two best in the world.

It came to an end with an Anaconda Vice, and the two men collapse in the ring after Jericho tapped.

If you had a sharp eye you would have seen Jericho rustle Punks hair, most probably a way of saying well done after the matches’ conclusion.

After that match we lead into a pathetic, unneeded promo from the Funkasaurus Brodus Clay, and a load of women dressed as his “momma”.

Finally it was time for the Main event, the match we had all been waiting for, The Rock vs. John Cena.

Intros included Machine Gun Kelly for John Cena and Flo Rider for The Rock in special performances for the entrances.

The two men stood in the ring as they are announced followed by a stare down, before the bell rang and it kicked off.

Unfortunately the match was slow and didn’t have the spark we expected. In comparison to other great matches such as, Rock vs. Stone Cold (WMXIX, WMXV), Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (WMXIX) as well as many others it just didn’t seem to live up to it.

It was all hype no pizzazz, and just didn’t quite have what it takes to go down as “great” and the year build seemed too much for what we got.

All that being said it was still Rock vs. Cena, once in a lifetime (apparently), and it was a sight to see.

It contained a lot of old school style moves, long headlocks, arm drags and DDTs as well as a classic pass out moment with the Ref lifting the hand of Rock to check for consciousness during the STF for Rocks hand to stay up at the third drop.

The match was filled with Attitude Adjustments, Rock Bottoms, Sharp Shooters and the Peoples elbow and no doubt these guys get A+ for effort. B+ for execution.

It was very back and forth and had close calls but it all came to an end as Cena went for his own version of the Peoples Elbow to be Rock Bottomed mid-way through it ending it with a pin.

Rock celebrates as the show comes to close marking the end of the show, and an era.

Overall this event was poor, but if you strip away the issues we are left with a great event.

The Hell in Cell wasn’t like the Cell’s of the old days, and it didn’t compare to WM25 Shawn vs. Taker. But it was still a great contest.

Rock vs. Cena a lot of hype that didn’t come through but still a good match to see.

Overall I give this Werstlermania, 3 out 5.

Questions for you.

Good or bad Wrestlemania?

What was your favourite moment?

Do you agree that it was poorly booked?

Now I am going to be taking a break for a few months from blogging and try and focus on other things.

I will not be gone for good though, I will most probably return on the road to SummerSlam!

Writing this blog took longer than Bryans match.

Matty.D signing off!

Wrestlemania XXVIII this Sunday!

Its Wrestlemania week and we are only days away from the biggest event of the year for wrestling fans across the world.

This could possibly be the biggest Wrestlemania since Wrestlemania X8 when The Rock went against Hulk Hogan, or Wrestlemania XIX with Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle.

This year has two huge matches headlining it and a great set of matches to support them.

We are in for an epic 4 hour spectacular, so let’s have a look at the matches on the card for this Sunday.

Kane vs. Randy Orton

After the flop story between Kane and John Cena, Kane set his sights on a new target, The Viper Randy Orton. The reason behind this is due to one of Kane’s final matches before he put his mask back on.

Back when Kane was slowly turning more “human” and after losing to Orton in a street fight last summer, Kane shook Randy’s hand in a show of respect. Kane doesn’t like that side of him and his show of weakness and is now determined to prove a point and get vengeance by beating Orton at Wrestlemania.

Not the most exciting match on the card and the build-up hasn’t been spectacular but it’s a chance to see Randy Orton in action, Kane on the other hand will need to step up his game or his side of things could flop like his last storyline.

Intercontinental Championship

Cody Rhodes vs. Big Show

Over recent weeks Cody has put a spotlight on Big Shows past Wrestlemania losses. Using old footage Cody showed clips of Big Shows matches from past Mania’s. His loss to Floyd Mayweather (WMXXIV) and Akebono (WM21) was shown as well as a clip of him not even at the event for WMX8.

The story pushes Show down further and further and it was obvious where it was going. In a later week Show vs. Cody was booked for a championship match at Mania, knowing that he would be facing the giant didn’t stop Cody from mocking the big man as he continues to ridicule him.

I like Big Show but I think he could be better and personally I prefer Cody as a Champ than Show. That being said though it would be really mean and a big low blow to have Big Show lose again at Mania. After having his past losses spotlighted and now holding the record for shortest World Title reign in history it would just be over doing it having him lose again. He might as well give up now if that’s the direction they are sending him down.

Kelly Kelly & Maria Menounos vs. Eve & Beth Phoenix

A waste of a Divas match. Pointless. Unneeded. This will be the toilet break.

Originally the divas match was meant to be Beth vs. Kharma but most probably due to her new baby Kharma will not be performing at Mania. This tag match is a backup.

The story behind it is Maria Menounos, host of NBC’s The Extras, had been interviewing Kelly. Eve and Beth became jealous from this and the two divas turned up on the Extras to confront Maria and Kelly and that’s when the challenge was made.

Maria is no stranger to the ring as she performed at Tribute to the Troops and scored the pin on current Divas Champ Beth. But she is no pro either, this could have been a lot better match if Natalya was involved in Maria’s place and had the right back story to support it.

Team Teddy vs. Team Johnny

Over the past weeks Teddy Long GM of SmackDown and John Laurinaitis Interim GM of Raw have been fighting over full control of both Raw and SmackDown. The board of Directors have decided that there will be just one GM for both shows.

To decide this Teddy and Johnny spent the last few weeks putting together a 6 man team each for a 12 man tag match at Mania that will decide total control.

Team Captains are David Otunga for Johnny and current US Champ Santino Marella for Teddy.

Johnny quickly acquired Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler which obviously came with Vicki Guerrero. In response Teddy took R-Truth and Kofi Kingston.

Johnny then took on the big man Mark Henry and in response Teddy took The Great Khali.

Christian also joined Team Johnny but due to an attack from CM Punk he was injured on last night’s Raw.  He was quickly replaced by Drew McIntyre.

Zack Ryder was recruited to team Teddy as well as mascot Hornswoggle.

Lastly there was the Miz who was trying to prove why he should be involved in this match but kept coming up with losses that was not helping his case, but last night he was added to Team Johnny once he saved him from a pending Cobra strike.

Teddy just needed one more member by this point, and after a match between Mark Henry and Khali last night, Teddy ended up in the firing line of a Worlds Strongest Slam. Booker T jumped from the announcers table and laid out Mark with a scissor kick to the back of the head. Teddy then added Booker as the last man on the team.

So to Sum up-

Team Johnny – (C) David Otunga, Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler, Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre and The Miz

Team Teddy – (C) Santino Marella, Kofi Kingston, R-Truth, The Great Khali, Zack Ryder and Booker T

This match might be a bit silly in places but is going to line up a big change in storylines, we could see the longest GM to ever be on WWE Teddy Long disappear, or we could lose Johnny back to the WWE offices where he belongs leaving us with one man as the onscreen GM of both shows.

My money is on Johnny winning but I will be supporting Team Teddy.

World Heavyweight Championship

Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus

This was a match we was meant to have last year at Wrestlemania XXVII but it was bumped to a dark match and then removed all together.

This year though we are getting it and there is a bigger prize in the middle.

D Bryan won the World Title off Big Show late last year by cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase and handing Show the record of Shortest World Title Reign.

From that point onwards Bryan went on a slow decline into a Heel character that he has bought forward very well.

Early this year Sheamus won the Royal Rumble allowing him a title match at Mania. At the time he had a choice between Bryan and CM Punk but wouldn’t revile his choice till Elimination Chamber but it was obvious who he would go for. At the Chamber event Sheamus came to the ring at the end of the Smackdown match and laid out its winner D Bryan signalling what title he will be going for at Mania.

The rivalry has continued to heat up and we should be in for a good match, but that being said there is a wild card in play.

Bryan has got an on screen girlfriend, AJ, who he is using to his advantage as well as pushing his Heel character more by playing an overly pushy and bossy boyfriend belittling his girlfriend AJ. AJ continues to play the innocent one, even with the way he treats her saying she still “loves” him.

Yes this is very soap opera like story, but it could put an interesting aspect to the Title match this Sunday.

WWE Championship

CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho

This match has been building ever since Jericho returned to WWE in what could only be one of the biggest disappointments in WWE history. The end of the world as we know it never came, there was no big revile or change and his cryptic messages lead to nothing but his return.

In the end Jericho won a number one contender Battle Royal after Elimination Chamber lining up the match we knew was coming.

A feud was already high before this point but as soon as the match was booked it was spot lighted.

To add extra heat to the match Jericho recently started talking about Punks parents and sister’s apparent problems, such as the fact that his dad was a drunk.

These verbal attacks lead to Punk breaking PG and using the word shit 3 times. Even though he swore it was muted for us at home. Last night on Raw after another verbal attack from Jericho, Punk locked Christian in the Cobra Clutch in rage and this is what sparked the apparent injury mentioned earlier.

This should put some serious heat on the match and it has done what Jericho is best at doing and that is being hated.

We should have a strong Punk crowd at Mania but there will still be Jericho support out there to.

Hell in a Cell End of an Era

Undertaker vs. Triple H guest Ref. Shawn Michaels

Since Mania last year we have been wondering when Undertaker would be coming back and who he would face and most likely be his last Wrestlemania opponent. They decided to go with Triple H in what is looking to be the most exciting match of the Undertaker streak.

This year the match has been stuck in a Hell in a Cell, a place which Taker and Trips are no strangers two. It’s their home away from home as they have been in the most Hell in Cell matches out of all superstars. In fact up until the first Hell in a Cell PPV there hadn’t been a Cell match that didn’t involve one of these men in one way or another.

Not only is it in a Cell, but the referee will be the legend Shawn Michaels, best friend to Trips and a loser to Undertakers streak two years running. He holds the fate of the streak and an era in his hands.

Over the past month we have had a lot of confrontation that is really heating up the match and emphasising the end of an era headline.

But a big question is what era is ending? Is it the end of an era because these 3 men are the last of the old days, they were here before the PG era, the Invasion era, and the Attitude era.

Or is it the end of PG or something along them lines? As you may have noticed WWE have been pushing boundaries, harsher language as mentioned earlier and matches that are rougher as well as more close edged stories, it does look like they are spacing themselves from the PG rating.

Speculation predicts that this match will be like the old days and that there will be blood. Another clue of that is in the promo videos for the match. Usually if they show old footage with blood they would black and white the shot, or cut it out of the shot altogether, but this time it is shown quite clearly.

The whole thing is exciting and I’m looking forward to seeing these two legends but heads for what should be the final time.

Also on top of all this Undertaker still has not reviled his new hairdo, or should I say lack of hair, nor has he reviled a new look.

What waits at the end of the line for these men?

John Cena vs. The Rock

The biggest match ever in WWE, the biggest name of the past vs. the biggest name of today, The Rock vs. John Cena.

This is a match that has been a year in the making and it is finally just days away. The real build for it has been within the past month but hasn’t sat right some people.

To avoid the two fighting each other it’s been week after week of promos, some have been bad, some good. But it has got quite samey and boring and we wanted something different to happen, regardless though it hasn’t taken away from the match at all, the two names alone is the selling point.

One promo that sticks in peoples mind though was old school Cena. One week Cena came out to classic world life music and dressed in his classic gear and performed a John Cena rap.

Later in the show The Rock performed a “Rock” Concert, reminiscent of the days around Wrestlemania XIX when he used to play the guitar a lot.

His promo didn’t quite wow us like Cenas but was still good to see some old school Rock all the same.

Both these promos made us think about how it isn’t a PG era promo and its old school, is this further clue to the end of PG?

The next thing on peoples mind is the result of the match; people are thinking Cena will win and it will lead to a rematch on Raw or at the next PPV.

I personally want it to go the other way, I would prefer to see The Rock win, just because I’m old school and I’m obviously going to support the old school character, even if it is for just one night.

Either way this should the most epic match in history, and hopefully it won’t be the last.

So that’s it, big names, big card a BIG Wrestlemania, and I couldn’t be more excited! This is going to be a brilliant weekend, and I hope you all enjoy it.

Questions for you.

Predictions?

Team Teddy or Team Johnny?

Team Bring it or Team Cenation?

What will happen in the Cell?

That’s it for now Matty.D signing off.

The Dream Wrestlemania!

It’s March, the final month before Wrestlemania XVIII where The Rock will face John Cena and Undertaker will take on Triple H for the 3^rd time at Wrestlemania, yet the first time in a Hell in a Cell.

Wrestling fans are getting excited and people are buzzing. In honour of this great time of year I have teamed up with fellow Wrestling fan Tommy Clee to come up with a match card of what could be a Dream Wrestlemania.

We contacted a load of you guys and asked what sort of matches you would want to see on a dream Wrestlemania match card, you were allowed to use WWE and TNA stars, Past and Present, Dead or Alive.

We had loads of responses of match ideas and we took them all into consideration but we had given ourselves a limit of 10 to 11 matches of reasonable length to fit into a 4 hour show, so we had a lot of thinking and trimming down to do.  So if you don’t see your matches don’t worry, chances are your idea was inspiration for other matches that you will see below.

So after about 2 and a half hours of Skype chat Tommy and I put together what we would hope the Dream Wrestlemania Match card would be, so with that being said here it is!

Pre card

Now usually before Wrestlemania’s main card there is a pre match, usually a battle royal pitching SmackDown against Raw, as we are using stars from across past and present, TNA and WWE we decided to put together a TNA vs. WWE Battle Royal.

Tommy and I did our deliberating and created a team each, I chose the competitors for Team WWE and Tommy chose for Team TNA.

All of the competitors in the following teams are in no other matches so this was our chance of making sure the lower level and missed stars still got on the card.

Team WWE –

 

Cody Rhodes

Sheamus

Booker T

Shane McMahon

Chris Jericho

Santino Marella

Big Show

Randy Savage

Rey Mysterio

Ricky “the Dragon” Steamboat

Jake “the Snake” Roberts

Dolph Ziggler

Mr. Perfect

Team TNA –

James Storm

Bobby Roode

Jeff Jarrett

Matt Morgan

Rhino

Raven

Eric Young

Kazarian

Christopher Daniels

Shark Boy

Kid Kash

Shane Douglas

Now notice that Team WWE has one man more than Team TNA? Well the reason for that is because of the way we would see this one going.

Both teams would be wearing brand shirts; I mention this because it is a factor later in the match.

The match would start with the smaller members of the teams being eliminated, about mid-way through Team TNA would work as a unit to remove the Big Show, more eliminations would flow after that coming down to 3 aside, Team WWE would have Booker T, Jericho and there leader Shane McMahon and Team TNA would have Bobby Roode, James Storm and Jeff Jarrett the six would fight and TNA would eliminate Jericho. Booker and Shane would then eliminate Bobby Roode and James Storm coming down to 2 on 1. Jeff Jarrett would put up a fight but with the odds against him gets eliminated. It would look like the WWE have won but as Shane celebrates behind his back Booker takes off his WWE shirt to revile a TNA one underneath, (I know, been there done that, Big Show did the same for ECW when the brand came back.) With the TNA shirt reviled Booker would throw Shane from the ring crowning TNA the winner.

The reason we chose to have TNA win isn’t because TNA is better than WWE, we chose this ending because it would be a shocker, and no one would expect the smaller brand to prevail over the monster that is WWE so we thought it would make a great twist.

Why Booker T? You may ask, well as he has performed on both WWE and TNA and is a former WCW star we thought he would make the perfect person to make the brand switch.

Main Card

Money in the Bank Ultimate X – Average match length 25 Minutes

Low Ki

Evan Bourne

Amazing Red

Austin Aries

Rob Van Dam

AJ Styles

This would be our opening contest, bringing together a WWE Money in the Bank match with a TNA Ultimate X match. The match brings in some of the best high flyers in the Wrestling business.

To talk about why we picked these competitors I will now pass over to Tommy.
First of all guys what is a Wrestlemania without a MITBM? But this is a dream Wrestlemania card so we decided it’s time to innovate the match a little with it becoming an Ultimate X – Money in the Bank so without further delay the competitors are:

Low Ki – known to some as Kaval in WWE, one of the greatest strikers in the wrestling world today, a lethal threat to win this matchup.
Evan Bourne - has taken the WWE by storm with his high flying, fast paced wrestling action. What a spectacle it would be to watch him come face to face with some of TNA’s greatest X-Division wrestlers to create some amazing spots throughout the match, no doubt a WWE fan favourite to win this one.
Amazing Red – HE’S AMAZING!!! One of the most agile and impressive acrobatic wrestlers in the industry, not to mention a highly requested wrestler to have on the card. This match could be the one that shows Amazing Red’s true potential!
Austin Aries – The Greatest Man That Ever Lived has torn through the X-Division competition in TNA. Not to mention his stint in ROH. He’s tired of not having a challenge but would he still prove to be the greatest after coming up against 5 of the best high flyers in the business.
Rob Van Dam – The Whole F’N Show was asked to be included in the Dream card and how could we leave the ECW original out of this high stakes match up? A likely winner for this one with his agile moves.
AJ Styles – TNA original and Phenomenal One, AJ Styles is one of the greatest all around wrestlers in TNA today a real fan favourite. Could a pay lay out of no were win him this one?

You may notice that Shelton Benjamin hasn’t been included however with this becoming an Ultimate X match we decided to focus on people more likely to win the match up nothing against Shelton Benjamin and his amazing performances in the Money in the Bank matches.

Personally as a massive fan I would have wanted to see my boy Double A – Austin Aries win this one but Matt and I agreed that it has to be AJ Styles who walks away with the briefcase, he is one of the most capable wrestlers in this match, a fan favourite and a phenomenal athlete.

Eddie Guererro vs. Ric Flair - Average match length 15 minutes

We had a lot of suggestions for Eddie Guererro matches but none of them jumped out as “dream”, but obviously Eddie had to be on this card.

Tommy came forward with the idea of Ric Flair which I instantly thought was an awesome idea even though I’m not a big fan of Flair.

The focus story for this match up would be the dirtiest player in the game vs. the best liar, cheater and stealer in the business.

We felt that Eddie would be the victor and Ric Flair would throw a Flair style hissy fit with a lot of “Are you kidding me!?” from the Hall of Famer.

Submission Match

Bryan Danielson (ROH) vs. Chris Benoit – Average match length 20 minutes

Chris Benoit was another highly suggested star; obviously putting aside the way he died he was still a great in ring performer.

We were contemplating his opponent when Tommy came forward with Daniel Bryan, the LeBell lock vs. the Crippler! YES!

With a twist I added in that we turn it from Daniel Bryan to Bryan Danielson. Now if you only know Bryan from his days in WWE you might not fully understand the change here. Basically before he came to WWE through FCW and NXT, Bryan was a veteran independent Wrestler spending a lot of his time on Ring of Honor using his actual name, Bryan Danielson. The character we know today is a watered down version of his former self, WWE putting the lock down on Bryan’s rough edge style of the independent circuit.

With this small change it would make for an interesting rough edged match forcing these two great technical wrestlers into what would be a an amazing submission contest.

We couldn’t decide with this match who would win though, so what do you guys think, who would win?

TLC

The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian vs. The Dudley Boys vs. Motor City Machine Guns – Average match length 20 minutes

No Dream Mania would be complete without a classic TLC featuring the 3 best Tag Teams of the Attitude Era. With a twist we wanted the fourth team in this match to be one of the greats from TNA, Tommy came forward with MCMG.

Tommy please tell us why MCMG is the best team to join the ranks of The Hardy’s, Dudley’s and Edge and Christian.

MCMG are one of the greatest tag teams TNA has put together, a high flying, fast paced, technically capable fan favourite team who has more than earned their spot to be in this match. An extra hint of excitement comes with these two being added into the match up. The Hardy Boyz vs MCMG has to be one of the most internet talked about tag team high flying matches around.

We thought that The Hardy’s would be the team to walk out the victor as they are the kings of the ladder match.

Monsters Ball

Classic Masked Kane vs. Abyss – Average match length 15 minuets

This was a highly suggested match; we had Kane vs. Abyss as a main suggestion in an Extreme Rules match, Hardcore Match as well as the Monsters Ball.

Obviously this was a no brainer, Kane vs. Abyss had to be on this card and it had to be in a match that really fit the two men, and Monsters Ball was basically made for them.

Putting on our own twist we put Kane in his mask but not the one he is wearing today but bring him in one of his former masks, my personal favourite Kane was during the invasion period, flamed tank top and tights with full face mask. Tommy, what’s your favourite Kane? My favourite Kane has to be the Attitude Era, when he first debuted in the WWE. What a power house he was and an utter monster before he started doing Kane-a-roonies and talking without his electronic voice box.

As this is a Monsters Ball we feel there would be no doubt that Abyss would walk away victorious but either way it would be an amazing contest.

Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Krut Angle – Average match length 20 minutes

Now this was one of the matches that we had to really think about, all three men were suggested by you guys in different matches but none of them jumped off the paper as a dream match, and a lot the opponents were already booked. We wanted something special and we were absent a normal Triple Threat match so we decided to put them together.

Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar was an amazing match at Wrestlemania XIX and we were contemplating a rematch but we still needed a place for Triple H and thought he would bring a good flavour to the contest.

An Olympics Gold Medallist vs. MMA fighter, former UFC and WWE Champion vs. The King of Kings   bringing in three different aspects of sport and sports entertainment which could have a great build up.

We feel the match would come to an end with Brock Lesnar winning over Triple H after an F-5 and Kurt being incapacitated on the outside of the ring.

Falls Count Anywhere

Desmond Wolfe vs. Randy Orton vs. Samoa Joe - Average match length 15 minutes

This is a Tommy creation so I will leave this to him.

We had a hard time trying to find someone who could compete with The Samoan Submission Machine, then it hit us The Viper Randy Orton. Both men are brutal, technical wrestlers who aren’t afraid to throw some high flying moves into their matches. However these two men alone didn’t quite bring enough to the table, enter Desmond Wolfe. Desmond (better known as Nigel McGuiness in ROH) is one of the most underrated wrestlers who has never gotten a true shine. He’s brutal, he’s technical and he’s above all a great performer. Throwing him into this one just seemed like a given and thus giving us a WWE vs TNA vs ROH match up. Any of these men could walk away the winner but Matt and I went with the man most deserving; Samoa Joe. An utter force in the wrestling industry, an amazing performer (especially for someone of his size) and the man to walk away with his arm raised high at the end of this one.
 

Last Man Standing

Goldberg vs. Ultimate Warrior - Average match length 20 minutes

Goldberg was another one of those high suggested stars but finding an opponent wasn’t easy, Ultimate Warrior was suggested to face Randy Orton but we were unsure about that one.

Then we came up with strong man of the past vs. strong man of the present. Yes I know Goldberg isn’t Mr. Muscles like Batista or Bobby Lashley but he is still a strong man, a more natural strong man.

Ultimate Warrior, no matter how great he was, was obviously a steroid induced Strong man, where Goldberg was natural.

Ultimate Warrior was the first man to hold both WWF Championship and Intercontinental Championship at the same time, where Goldberg went 173 matches undefeated in WCW holding both WCW US Championship and then vacating it and winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

These were two of the most dominant stars to ever enter the squared circle and this could be considered an Immoveable Object vs. an Unstoppable Force.

We feel that Goldberg would be the victor.

The Rock vs. Shawn Michaels - Average match length 20 minutes

Now the Rock vs. John Cena was a big suggestion but it’s actually going to happen this year so we didn’t think it would need to be on the dream card as soon the dream will become a reality.

The Rock had to be on the card though and so did Shawn Michaels so why not stick them against each other?

Through our recollection we can’t think of this match ever happening, and we was wondering why as the headline for this would be huge.

Mr. Wrestlemania,  The Show Stopper, The Main Event, The Headliner, The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels vs. The People’s Champ, The Brahma Bull, The Great One, The Rock!

The story basically writes its self for what would be an epic battle of the greats!

Due to this match being of such huge standards we couldn’t decide who would win, so what do you guys think, who would win this one?

CM Punk vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin - Average match length 20 minutes

This match is actually still a possibility as the rumour mill thinks this could happen next year at Wrestlemania XXIX in New Jersey. But until WWE make it a reality it is still a dream so it is worthy of the Dream card.

The focus would be that they are 2 sides of the same coin, both men have had similar impacts on the WWE and are both revolutionary stars in their own way coming in and changing the WWE during their biggest runs in the business. But both come from two different life styles, Stone Cold is a drinker where CM Punk is full straight edge, chances are that would be used in there story line.

Once again this is one where we just couldn’t decide a winner so once again we are leaving that to you.

Undertaker vs. Sting - Average match length 25 minutes

And for the main event the streak would have to be on the line. Last year before Triple H was announced as Undertakers opponent the world was praying for Sting. In fact apparently WWE was willing to pay Sting a lot of money to make it happen and it would have been one of the most epic confrontations of all time! Fan made pictures started to circle the web for what the promo posters could look like and they made wrestling fans drool at the prospect of this match, the best picture shown above.

Both men have been in the wrestling business for almost the same amount of time, Taker started his career in 1984 for World Class Championship Wrestling with the ring name Texas Red, he then went into WCW for short time in 1989 as Mean Mark Callous before finally entering WWF/E in 1990 as the legend known as The Undertaker.

Sting on the other hand started his career in 1985 with Continental Wrestling Association under the ring name Flash teaming with Jim “Justice” Hellwig (better known as The Ultimate Warrior) as a team called Blade Runners. During their time with this company Flash became Sting and Hellwig became Rock. The team later moved to the Universal Wrestling Federation where they parted ways. In 1987 UWF was bought by the NWA and later WCW seceded from NWA to where Sting spent the majority of his career before WWE/F bought WCW. Instead of joining WWE Sting allowed his contract to expire. In 2002 Sting toured with World Wrestling All-Stars touring Europe before joining TNA in 2003 where he has been ever since.

The two men have made huge impacts in there respected companies and have become legends within the wrestling business and it is a crying shame the two never got a chance to cross paths on WWE, TNA or WCW.

This is the biggest dream match out there and if it did happen at Wrestlemania, would the Streak survive or would Sting be the first to turn the 0 into a 1.

Tommy and I decided that no, Sting would not win and the Streak would live on. But what do you guys think, if this happened would Sting beat the Streak?

Missing stars??

Ok, I know there are names running through your head that aren’t on this card and you’re asking, why?

Well let me cover the main missing stars Hulk Hogan and John Cena.

First off no one came forward and suggested Hogan, but he was mentioned in our deliberating, in the end in my opinion he just didn’t fit. Yes he is a legend but he has never been one of my favourite stars and I personally could live without him.

John Cena was only suggested in a match against The Rock and as you saw we came up with another idea as The Rock would be facing Cena this year, it is no longer a Dream match as the dream is becoming a reality. Other than that match we have no urge to see him in anything else, yes when he won the US title and went on to win the WWE title back in 2004 he was pretty great but he soon was over hyped and burnt out.

Other than his outfit colours the man never changes, he is always the same and never really changes in style, he would be awesome again if actually did something different and went Heel but WWE refuse to take that risk that makes the cover man turn his back on the kids.

Divas match?

That’s right, no Women’s or Divas match. Reason being is because no one suggested a Divas match. We thought about it but if people wanted it, it would have been suggested.

What does that say about Knockouts and Divas? Maybe that there is a lot to improve on before we can consider them for a card as special as this.

We of course are not saying that all female wrestlers are bad, we actually fought up loads of great women from Trish Stratus and Mickie James to Awesome Kong/Kharma and Chyna.

It’s just that neither WWE nor TNA use women wrestlers at their full potential, that being said though TNA do use there women better than WWE.

I personally find that the independent circuit use women wrestlers a lot better and to their full potential. For example, I came across a woman called Rachel Summerlyn who has faced men and women as well as being in standard and hardcore matches, getting down and dirty with weapons, glass and thumb tacks. If WWE and TNA focused more on in ring skill than how good the women look we may have been able to create a women’s match for the dream card.

Questions for you.

Is this worthy of the title Dream Wrestlemania and would you watch it?

What is your favourite match on the card?

Who would you want to win each match?

Up for the challenge? Try and write your own match card or just let us know what matches you would love to see.

That’s all for now this is Matty.D and Tommy.C singing off!