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So what will get more attention tonight? Pushing towards WrestleMania, or hyping John Cena's crappy WWE-produced movie? If you want to hype the movie,fine, but at least don't show the same two trailers over and over and OVER. And then we'll have to see them again next month when it is already out onDVD.
Does anyone have any real interest in HHH vs Orton? I forget who said in the wrestling thread a few weeks back that they thought HHH/Orton was a better feudthan Michaels/Jericho, but I am officially banning you from wrestling posts for the next 30 days. HHH vs Orton is awful ... no other way to put it. It hashad awful writing and acting (HHH's home invavsion), egotistic angles (HHH destroying Rhodes in the cage), and non-sensical plots (Orton threatening legalaction to cancel WrestleMania). Out of five weeks, there has been ONE single positive segment for this feud, and that was the confrontation between HHH andOrton in the ring a few weeks back. I'll give HHH credit for cutting a great promo, but one single promo does not sell a WrestleMania main event. NowStephanie is back in the mix. God knows that can't make things any better. It's only a matter of time until Vince and Shane are back as well,especially with ratings continuing to plumet (especially for Smackdown). At this point, I have no hope for this match because they haven't given me areason to have any hope. My guess for tonight is HHH probably destroys Ted Dibiase Jr. Or maybe Stephanie will beat up all of Legacy. At this point, Iwouldn't be surpised.
So since I wrote this, they have announced HHH vs Randy Orton and Ted Dibiase in a handicap match. So tonight HHH will not only beat his WrestleManiaopponent, but he will beat him and another wrestler at the same time. Oh, the ego of HHH never ceases to amaze. Stephanie is confirmed back tonight.
Edge takes on The Big Show tonight. Again, we are getting a piece of the WrestleMania main event tonight. Does the WWE even understand booking anymore? Thepurpose of a PPV is to make people want to pay to see a match. When you give away essentially the same match on free TV, there is no reason to buy the PPV. This match has no juice to begin with, and now you are giving away 2/3rds of it tonight. I just don't get it. Yes, it will probably end in a no contest,but still. John Cena will almost definitely not be on Raw tonight because he is filming an episode of Leno tonight. Unless the WWE has some type ofsupersonic jet, it would be almost impossible for him to make the show. That's ok, since he'll still get more airtime than anyone with 12 Roundspreviews.
In what could have been a huge angle/match for the WWE, Chris Jericho will now face three washed up legends at WrestleMania - Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat, andJimmy Snuka. Steamboat may still have something in the tank, but we know Piper and Snuka don't. There is still the rumor that the announced match is aswerve because Vince is once again trying to outsmart us Internet fans. The report is Austin may end up showing up this week. However, I find that highlydoubtful at this point. Two weeks of build to Austin vs Jericho, one of the biggest matches of this year's WrestleMania, doesn't make sense. Ofcourse, the WWE has already thrown all logic out the window. Flair is confirmed for Raw tonight. I would much rather see a debate between Jericho and thelegends instead of an actual match. At least then it wouldn't be so painful to see Jericho do the job.
The only match I really care about at WrestleMania of course is Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker. However, once again the build is not doing much for me. We'll see what happens tonight, but it is definitely the names alone that is selling me on this match.
JBL has promised to do something historic at WrestleMania. Well, having Michael Cole break the news of a meaningless match against Rey Mysterio is a goodstart. I have no idea where they are going with this, but personally, I don't really care. Hopefully it is him retiring as Intercontinental Champion. Fire Lawler and get JBL back behind the mic.
More Diva stuff to set up the 25 Diva match at Mania.
My interest in the WWE is at an all-time low. Considering this is supposed to be the strongest time of the year for the WWE, that is a really bad thing. IREALLY wish I got HDNET so I could watch Ring of Honor.