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!