Ruthless Roundtable: WWE Royal Rumble 2012 Predictions

“It’s time, once again, for everybody to come aboard” The Ruthless Roundtable…

Borrowing just a little bit from The Godfather, we all know how that quote is supposed to end…and if you don’t, you didn’t live through the Attitude Era…

Tonight is the 2012 Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View, with out a doubt my favorite PPV of the year. But I’m going to happily miss this years viewings because we were out last night celebrating my 30th birthday. So, while the actual event is going on, I might just be asleep.

I got myself up out of a nap just to finish this thing up. And I have to be honest with you, my explanations might not be that thorough. But not to worry, there are plenty of others on the list that either explained their thoughts or like me, just kind of answered the question.

WWE Royal Rumble 2012 card (as of today), matches are subjected to be added:

30-Man Royal Rumble Match Winner receives his choice of a WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII
Note: The Miz (due to losing a match to R-Truth) will be the #1 entry.

CM Punk (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler Singles match for the WWE Championship with John Laurinaitis as special guest referee. Vickie Guerrero and Jack Swagger are banned from ringside.

John Cena vs. Kane Singles match

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Anyway, here we go!

Cos’s Royal Rumble 2012 Predictions:

Again, this is the short version:

30-Man Royal Rumble Match Winner receives his choice of a WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII
Note: The Miz (due to losing a match to R-Truth) will be the #1 entry.

2012 Royal Rumble winner: Chris Jericho

CM Punk (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler Singles match for the WWE Championship with John Laurinaitis as special guest referee. VickieGuerrero and Jack Swagger are banned from ringside.

Winner and Still WWE Champion: CM Punk
John Cena vs. Kane Singles match

Winner: Kane

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Winner and Still World Heavyweight Champion: Daniel Bryan

Mother Brain’s Royal Rumble 2012 Predictions
By Mother Brain

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship

I see Bryan skating by on this one. He’s got the size advantage against the much larger Henry and Big Show. Plus there’s a tremendous amount of drama with Bryan’s slow heel turn which has made his World Heavyweight Title run more interesting. Expect him to go over against these giants and carry the title into Elimination Chamber.

Winner: Daniel Bryan

John Cena vs. Kane

Many of us still want the Cena heel turn to happen. But all I’m seeing is a wuss company man finally growing some balls and embracing “the hate”. With a lack of momentum and a series of losses in the past few PPV’s, Cena has to go over and get his revenge against Kane.

Winner: John Cena

CM Punk (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler Singles match for the WWE Championship with John Laurinaitis as special guest referee (Vickie Guerrero and Jack Swagger are banned from ringside)

The real story of this match is whether or not Johnny Ace will screw Punk in the match. I get the feeling there will be a ton of moments where he’ll tease it. But he’ll ultimately have to make the right call so he can save his job. No Y2J or Triple H run ins. Punk wins clean over Ziggler.

Winner: CM Punk

30-Man Royal Rumble Match Winner receives his choice of a WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII (Note: The Miz (due to losing a match to R-Truth) will be the #1 entry)

Only 3 possibilities I can see winning the Rumble this year: Y2J, Randy Orton, or Triple H. Jericho has not ever won a Rumble match and many signs point to a serious feud with CM Punk very soon. Orton has the St. Louis hometown advantage and the fact that a babyface is due to win this year. Triple H is my wildcard pick because he’s rumored to face Punk instead of Undertaker at Wrestlemania. For now, I place my bets on Jericho.

Winner: Chris Jericho

Ato’s Royal Rumble Predictions:

30-Man Royal Rumble Match Winner receives his choice of a WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII
Note: The Miz (due to losing a match to R-Truth) will be the #1 entry.

Winner: Y2J Chris Jericho

CM Punk (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler Singles match for the WWE Championship with John Laurinaitis as special guest referee. Vickie Guerrero and Jack Swagger are banned from ringside.

Winner: CM Punk
John Cena vs. Kane Singles match

Winner: Kane

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Winner: CM Punk

Chosen 1′s Royal Rumble 2012 Predictions:

Biggest Surprise entrant – Rey Mysterio (return from injury)

JJJ’s Royal Rumble 2012 Predictions:

30-Man Royal Rumble Match Winner receives his choice of a WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII
Note: The Miz (due to losing a match to R-Truth) will be the #1 entry.

Winner: Wade Barrett

CM Punk (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler Singles match for the WWE Championship with John Laurinaitis as special guest referee. Vickie Guerrero and Jack Swagger are banned from ringside.

Winner: CM Punk

John Cena vs. Kane Singles match

Winner: Kane

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Winner: Daniel Bryan

Justice’s Royal Rumble 2012 Predictions:

Triple threat world title match: Winner: Daniel Bryan- I have a feeling Bryan doesn’t go to Wrestlemania as champion but I don’t see him losing here. I think he’ll lose at Elimination Chamber to either Barrett or Orton

John Cena vs. Kane: Kane will look so weak losing to Cena here so thats Why I see Cena winning. Eventually we all want to see Cena turn heel and while this may be a catalyst to a turn,don’t expect to see it yet.

Dolph Ziggler vs. CM Punk: Even with Laurinitis trying to screw him, CM Punk wins and rides a wave of momentum all the way to Wrestlemania. I expect this to be a great match-of-the-year candidate.

Royal Rumble match: I see Orton being one of the last 2 competitors but I don’t see him winning. There’s the new “everyone is eligible” rule so I see some sort of swerve going on but I predict Jericho

Smark Central’s Royal Rumble 2012 Predictions

30-Man Royal Rumble Match Winner receives his choice of a WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII
Note: The Miz (due to losing a match to R-Truth) will be the #1 entry.
What I want to see: I think it’d be interesting to see one of the title holders or challengers (not henry or show) to win this thing. It’s not as crazy as it sounds. I mean that “everyone is eligible to enter” stipulation is there for a reason so while it may not be a lock, its certainly something to keep in mind.
What will happen: Usually the logical choice usually takes it. If you look back over the years the winner is obvious. With that said, I’d look for Jericho, Barrett, or Orton to take it.

CM Punk (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler Singles match for the WWE Championship with John Laurinaitis as special guest referee. Vickie Guerrero and Jack Swagger are banned from ringside.
What I want to see: This is a tough one. I mean you literally have the two BEST wrestlers in the business today vying for the title (what a concept). I want Punk to win only because if Ziggler wins, his reign will not last. Punk would without a doubt, win it back before mania. Dolph deserved better than a 1 month chump change reign.
What will happen: Punk wins

John Cena vs. Kane Singles match
What I want to see: This feud has been good, but it’s borderlined on cheesy at times (as all Cena and Kane storylines tend to do). However, the intrigue has been there despite most people with a brain knowing that Cena will never turn heel (psst…constipation faces into the camera don’t count). I don’t care who wins. I just don’t want Kane to miss the Rumble because of Cena and his phony anger routine.
What we will see: Cena wins, Kane jobs (haven’t you been watching for the past 7 years?)

Daniel Bryan (c) vs. Mark Henry vs. Big Show Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship
What I want to see: Bryan is really coming into his heel persona. It’d be a shame to cut him off at the legs now. I really hope Vince knows how good this guy is.
What will happen: I don’t see any of these guys making it to Mania as champ, but Bryan will win it here.

A little late, but better late then never. Here are the Ruthless Roundtable’s 2011 Year End Wrestling Awards!

We actually have a huge panel of people giving their picks for 2011′s wrestling awards.

In my opinion this was a hot and cold year, from the lukewarm beginning to the fiery hot summer to the cold end, with some sprinkles of hope with Punk, Bryan and Ryder as our new champions; along with Rhodes, Kingston & Bourne, Beth Phoenix. All of these fresh faces at the top makes most of us feel good about the future of professional wrestling.

Anyway, here are the generic topics that most of us will be talking about; same as last year:

Match of the Year:
Most Outstanding Wrestler:
Most Outstanding Female Wrestler:
Feud of the Year:
Worst Feud of the Year:
Tag Team of the Year:
Most Improved:
Rookie of the Year:
Most Overrated:
Most Underrated:
Best Gimmick:
Worst Gimmick:
Best Babyface:
Best Heel:
Worst Tag Team:
Most Embarrassing Wrestler:
Best Return:

Some of our panel (myself (Cos), Mother Brain, Ato, Chosen 1, Smark Central, JJJ, and Justice added their own to this list. Also, it is quite refreshing seeing that this list doesn’t just have WWE on it, but TNA/Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor. I am happy to admit that it feels good to see more than just WWE on this list.

Let us know what you think and if you agree or disagree. Leave your 2011 Year End Wrestling Awards below!

Cos’ Year End Wrestling Awards

Match of the Year: CM Punk vs John Cena for the WWE Championship at Money in the Bank

This one was obvious from the build to the match to the fact that, Punk, not only won the match but walked out of the WWE afterward. We all cheered when he hit the Go To Sleep on Cena, won and then literally walked out of the arena.

I will say, I’ve always felt as if they should have allowed Punk to have wandered around with the WWE Championship for a little bit longer than 3 weeks. They should have allowed Rey Mysterio (even though I’m not a fan of his) to have had a much lengthier reign then an hour! They could have built up SummerSlam around the fact that Cena and Mysterio have never faced each other and then have Punk come out at the very end. That would have gotten a lot of people talking about watching Raw the next night.

But, alas, it wasn’t meant to be. And I for one still think Punk vs Cena and Money in the Bank was the match of the year.

Runner Up: John Morrison vs The Miz for the WWE Championship on the first Raw of 2011

Most Outstanding Wrestler: CM Punk

Punk did a complete 180 from being the leader of the failed New Nexus to the Agent of Change from this past summer. I for one think that he is the face of the company as it stands right now and they need to let him ride for a bit.

He needs to be built up big time. And I for one will back him up 100%. I still want his t-shirt!

Most Outstanding Female Wrestler: Beth Phoenix

If Kharma had remained, this probably would have been her. Women’s wrestling has being sorely lacking in both WWE and TNA/Impact Wrestling. Beth Phoenix is the stand out of the year.

Feud of the Year: Summer of Punk (CM Punk vs John Cena/WWE/Triple H/Kevin Nash)

I can’t, 100% , say that Punk vs Cena was the feud of the year. But anything involving Punk has been entertaining. Which is why I added all of the above to the “Summer of Punk” (also known as, Summer of Punk 2—part 1 took place in Ring of Honor). I would have even enjoyed seeing Nash vs Punk at Night of Champions…

Worst Feud of the Year: Fall of “H” (Triple H vs CM Punk/WWE/John Laurenitis/Kevin Nash)

I figured if the summer feud was called “Summer of Punk” then right around when Triple H carjacked the entire thing became what I call the “Fall of H”. Triple H took what was the most interesting and compelling storyline with CM Punk and spearheaded it into a ladder match with Kevin Nash.

We no longer hear about any conspiracies. Triple H no longer wants to fight John Laurinaitis. No one is even questioning who Laurinaitis is texting. The appeal was completely gone!

Tag Team of the Year: Awesome Truth

The Tag Team division started out with a decent little resurgence and then came Awesome Truth, which I assumed would have gone on longer had R-Truth not been busted for a wellness violation. But in the few months that they a team they were fantastic!

Probably the best make-shift tag team in a long time in the WWE. I had actually wanted to do a Roundtable about the best make-shift tag teams around the time that Awesome Truth broke up. Didn’t pan out, it was at the wrong time I guess, holiday season. But I’ll post my top five right here; mind you, I’ve been a fan of wrestling since late 1998, so this is my list. I’m sure there are a bunch of people that would disagree. But, again, my blog, my opinion.

This list does not include Awesome Truth, but was inspired by them:

1. Rock and Sock Connection-The Rock and Mankind
2. Rated RKO- Edge and Randy Orton
3. Kane and X-pac
4. The Two Man Power Trip- Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H
5. Jerishow- Chris Jericho and The Big Show

Let me know what your favorite makeshift tag team.

Also, I can only hope for a revival of Awesome Truth sometime in 2012.

Most Improved: Wade Barrett

At the end of 2010, Wade Barrett was on the beating side of a tables match with John Cena. He would be banished to Raw where he would put together the group known as The Corre (that’s right, with two “R’s” ) which ended up failing big time. And we all figured that was it with Barrett. Then came the Barrett Barrage, and he has been tearing it up on Smackdown ever since. I see big things for Barrett in the new year.

Rookie of the Year: Zack Ryder

Zack Ryder stands out to me this year because he started the year off with nothing and ended up becoming the United States Champion simply by sheer perseverance. He created a youtube show that has garnered a lot of followers, so much so that for months people would chant for Zack Ryder at WWE shows.

Maybe Rookie of the Year is a bit harsh for someone who has been wrestling for years, but this is his breakout year and for that I give him the title Rookie of the Year.

Most Overrated: Alberto Del Rio

Last year I was very high on Alberto Del Rio. I thought that after weeks of video packages about him, he was going to fall flat on his face, like Kizarny; or any other video packaged superstar. He ended up being entertaining. But this year has been a lot of misses for Del Rio. He won the Royal Rumble only to lose at Wrestlemania in what would become Edge’s final match and he would win the Money in the Bank ladder match and cash in on CM Punk at SummerSlam, only to lose the Championship a month later to Cena. He would win it back at Hell in a Cell only to lose it to Punk at Survivor Series. For all the wins he has had in what should be a great year, Del Rio has been very bland. What appealed to me at first, his old school style bad guy feel, I’ve grown weary of and now I’m simply bored by his Mexican JBL type of character.

Come to think of it, I would love to see what John “Bradshaw” Layfield would do in a (dream) match against Alberto Del Rio. Book it!

Most Underrated: Daniel Bryan

I feel as if the WWE needs to back up who they place as champion in order for the audience to be able to back them up. They haven’t been doing that with Daniel Bryan. He needs to get the type of treatment that every other champion that was worthy of holding a world championship has earned. He’s made it to the top and they need to give him a good reign.

Best Gimmick: Cody Rhodes

Here is someone who has had three different character changes or evolutions in the past year. He went from being Dashing to the slow talking, masked Cody Rhodes to now being a combination of the two of them. He has become a very entertaining character. One I can see becoming a world champion this year.

If you would have told me that during the time in Legacy, that Cody Rhodes would be the one to come out with a better gimmick then Ted DiBiasi I would have laughed at you.

Worst Gimmick: Ezekiel Jackson

Runner up: Mason Ryan

Best Babyface: Alex Riley

While he was still being pushed. They could have totally made a new superstar out of him.

Best Heel:  R-Truth

If you had told me that R-Truth would have made himself entertaining a year ago, I would have laughed in your face. With the exception of the fact that he has returned and he is now a baby face, I enjoyed watching Truth as a heel. Especially when he was paired up with The Miz.

Runner up: Mark Henry I know, not the person to put on here, I’ve never spoken highly of Mark Henry, but I’ve always thought he could be (and should only be) a heel. This was his year to shine. They gave him a “Kane” reign with the World Heavyweight Championship. Let’s see what happens from here.

Worst Tag Team: David Otunga and Michael McGullicutty

Seriously, these two were tag team champions from May 23^rd to August 22^nd. No wonder no one really cares about tag team wrestling. If there was ever a time where the championships were put on someone just so they could disappear, it was while they were on these two.

Most Embarrassing Wrestler: Sin Cara

I wanted to really like Sin Cara, but I spent most of my time watching it, cringing that he wouldn’t botch his next move. I was at Surivivor Series at The Garden when he did his move that would ultimately put him out of action for the remainder of the year and so far we don’t know if he’ll ever come back.

Runner up: Crimson from TNA/Impact Wrestling

Best Return: The Rock

Seriously, this thing had a lot of people talking. Even a friend of mine who is not a wrestling fan was asking me about it when The Rock returned.

Mother Brain’s 2011 Wrestling Awards
By Mother Brain

Match of the Year: John Cena vs. CM Punk for WWE Championship @ Money in the Bank

While the early part of the year was driven by the announcement of Cena vs. Rock match for Wrestlemania 28, no one could imagine that the most talked about matchup would take place on a 2nd tier PPV. The title match between Cena and Punk was originally part of Cena’s cliched runs with monster heel superstars and Punk was on his way out from the company. But the historic shoot-style promo which took place a few weeks before the event helped to make to most realistic wrestling story angle in years. As for the match itself, it truly did feel controversial with Punk having the hometown advantage over Cena and the suspense hanging around our heads as to whether or not Punk would truly leave WWE with the championship. Also to give credit, it was without a doubt one of Cena’s better in-ring performances.

Most Outstanding Wrestler: CM Punk

I can’t say much that I’ve already said. Punk made wrestling relevant again and brought a new edge to a stale product. Although many will argue he’s regressed as a character since that time, he’s still the man who can run with the ball no matter what he’s handed to him (i.e. Straight Edge Society, New Nexus, NXT commentator, etc).

Most Outstanding Female Wrestler: Beth Phoenix

Had the year gone differently, this award would have belonged to Kharma. But impending motherhood put her out of action. So I’ll have to go with Beth on default since the rest of the Divas division (except Natalya) is crap.

Feud of the Year: John Cena vs. CM Punk

It was truly Superman vs. Batman. Nuff said.

Worst Feud of the Year: Triple H vs. Kevin Nash

This had the potential to work… in 2003. Let’s face it folks. This feud was born out of a conspiracy angle with no structure and went absolutely nowhere. It was inconsistent due to Nash’s sporadic appearances on television. By the time the match went down at TLC, I completely forgot the match was even booked. Nash is as done as his quads and the Game is an office manager.

Tag Team of the Year: Air Boom

There was some brief hope of the tag team division making a comeback in 2011. It didn’t exactly return to the glory days but it was a little bit better than the last couple of years and it only makes sense that the team with the longer title reign this year should get this award.

Most Improved: Dolph Ziggler

Ziggler had always been talented. Problem was he couldn’t generate a crowd reaction. Pairing him with Vickie Gurrerro helped out a lot; however, Ziggler proved how much of a beast he can be not only in the ring but also on the mic this year. He’s now more like Mr. Perfect than Mr. Perfect’s own son. I guarantee he’ll be a main eventer in 2012.

Rookie of the Year: Kharma

Her stint on TV was short as I mentioned above. But there really were not that many rookies who made a big impact in wrestling period. The fact is Kharma was built up the right way with the old school video packages and she got over from the very moment she stepped into a WWE ring to squash multiple divas. I hope her character doesn’t get butchered when she returns.

Most Overrated: Randy Orton

I’ve always said Orton worked best as a heel. To be honest, I have a hard time seeing why people like him outside of his rKo finisher. He’s had uninteresting feuds with CM Punk and Wade Barrett, won the World Heavyweight Championship as soon as he got drafted to Smackdown, and he’s still dull on the mic. Don’t even get me started with his issues regarding the Spanish announce table.

Most Underrated: Cody Rhodes

I’d put him in a tie with Dolph Ziggler for most improved. Here’s a guy who toned down his Rick Rude-like gimmick to become more of a disturbing menace. On top of that, he made the Intercontinental Title important again by bringing the old generation era belt back. He’s another superstar ready for a main event push in 2012.

Best Gimmick: Zack Ryder

The fact that WWE never took advantage of his Jersey Shore-like image is beyond me. Ryder got himself over like CM Punk: WITHOUT CREATIVE’S IMPUT. He took it to the public via Twitter and YouTube, causing his fan-base to grow in a matter of months. Today, it has paid off with a US Title run.

Worst Gimmick: The New Nexus

The old Nexus with Wade Barrett crashed and burned by the end of 2010. Then WWE decided to revive it with CM Punk as the leader and splitting the group with Wade Barrett’s The Corre on Smackdown. The whole revival was pointless and didn’t help anyone’s career. It also lacked the initial impact of Nexus’ debut the previous summer and died very quietly when Punk turned babyface.

Best Babyface: Daniel Bryan

I couldn’t name anyone else who was equally hated (Cena) or sort of a tweener (Punk). So I had to go with the guy who I truly believe is the company underdog. For someone who had to defy the obstacles of losing countless matches and condescending comments from Michael Cole, Daniel Bryan is the ultimate babyface. Now can he step up his game in the new year as World Heavyweight Champion?

Best Heel: John Lauranitis

Road Warrior Animal’s skateboard riding, mullet haired brother calls the shots and we all despise him. Period.

Worst Tag Team: David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty

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Most Embarrassing Wrestler: Sin Cara

A perfect example of something promising that doesn’t live up to the hype. He a walking botchamania moment with big merchandise sales and that’s it. Blue lights? Sin Cara Negro? Big injuries sustained at 2 PPVs this year? I couldn’t trust this guy if he was mowing my lawn.

Best Return: The Rock

So what if Cena complains about him leaving and returning? It’s the Rock. He has very little left to prove to a mediocre roster in a stale product. Like Punk, Rocky made wrestling interesting again. Who gets the mainstream talking about Wrestlemania more? Exactly my point.

Ato’s year end awards:

Match of the Year:

Cena vs. Punk at MITB
Most Outstanding Wrestler:

CM Punk
Most Outstanding Female Wrestler:

Beth Phoenix
Feud of the Year:

WWE Management vs. CM Punk (does that work)
Worst Feud of the Year:

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole
Most Unnecessary Feud of the Year:

Kevin Nash vs. Triple H
Tag Team of the Year:

Awesome Truth
Most Improved:

R Truth (character wise)
Rookie of the Year:

Nobody
Most Overrated:

John Cena or Triple H (close tie)
Most Underrated:

Satino Marella (they need to stop making him a joke character)
Best Gimmick:

Zack Ryder
Worst Gimmick:

Michael Cole being knighted by the Queen
Best Babyface:

Satino Marella (sure why not)
Best Heel:

Michael Cole
Worst Tag Team:

The Rock and John Cena (it just should never happen, period)
Most Embarrassing Wrestler:

Sin Cara
Best Return:

The Rock
Worst Return:

TIE:

Triple H right after the Undertaker made his return on Raw
Kevin Nash returns (not the Royal Rumble return)

Chosen 1′s Year End Awards:

Match of the Year:

John Cena vs. CM punk Money in the bank Punks lead up to this match was some of the greatest mic work ever and the fact that he took out Super Cena to walk out of his home town with championship and “away” from the WWE was a classic moment in sports entertainment history. The match itself was great and one that didn’t disappoint. I don’t think anybody truly believed Punk would leave the WWE but the fact that Vince allowed him to beat Super Cena and have the opportunity to walk out was classic
Most Outstanding Wrestler:

CM PUNK- The guy just has the whole package. Great mic skills tremendous in ring ability will make anybody look 10 times better then they actually are. And anybody who raises the chances to bring back the WWE Ice cream bars has to shoot strait to the top

Most Outstanding Female Wrestler:

Mickie James – A lot of people are going to go strait to Beth Pheonix here but I feel that Mickie did everything the WWE ever asked her to do and then took her talents to Orlando. With a more respected division of female fighters in TNA she still continues to bring it every match. She proves the grass isn’t always greener in the WWE.

Feud of the Year:

Christian vs. Randy Orton these 2 had some of the greatest matches of the year in a feud that lasted the better part of Christian’s 2011. I feel over the last year Randy has grown so incredibly much and I have to think a part of that is thanks to Christian.
Worst Feud of the Year: Big Show vs. Mark Henry – There was absolutely nothing positive I can say about this feud.
Tag Team of the Year:

Awesome Truth- Miz is an absolute beast in this business. He was able to elevate R-truth to a much higher level then I think he deserves to be. But these two had some great tag matches and worked real well with each other on the mic. I have to believe that if Truth doesn’t get suspended they would have carried it strait through next year.
Most Improved:

Cody Rhodes- I really feel that Cody has improved leaps and bounds from his days as the member of Legacy everybody thought was lease likely to succeed. I am looking for him to hit the main event in 2012 for the better part of the year.
Rookie of the Year:

Crimson – Hasn’t lost a match in 2011 came into TNA billed as Amazing Red’s younger brother he blew right past that angle and was a serious power house beating opponent after opponent. He feuded with the likes of Abyss, Samoa Joe, and Kurt Angle. He had a commanding lead in TNA’s Bound for Glory Tourney before being “injured” at the hands of Samoa Joe.
Most Overrated:

John Cena- Even he I believe is starting to lose the hype of himself. Despite being the voice of the WWE (makes all the “major” announcements) during house shows and such he agreed to the WWE to start selling Cena Sucks shirts. We can all just hope that the shelf-life on Super Cena is running out.
Most Underrated:

Michael McGillicutty – One of the top standouts from NXT but not being used at all. He is a great wrestler and with a little practice on the mic could be just as “Perfect” as his dad.

Best Gimmick:

Kharma – They built her up great I was really interested in seeing what her deal was. She should be back soon and hope they can reboot her character.

Worst Gimmick:

good sin cara vs. evil sin cara- not only a stupid gimmick but it didnt make any sense. The WWE was down on Sin Cara after bringing him in. He botched entrances botched spots suspensions, he was a train wreck so lets bring in another one and have them battle it out to see who the real Sin Cara is… AWFUL
Best Babyface:

Zack Ryder- nobody else in professional wrestling has ever shown his ability to use social media to bring their career to a new highs. He used his fan status to make his character and it has brought him into a new light.
Best Heel:

Christian – He had the best turn of the year. We have seen Christian on both sides many times, but he is such a better heel. He is able to raise the bar every match and will say whatever he has to say to make his character work.

Worst Tag Team:

The Uso’s- Its not even their fault. The WWE takes one of their only teams that consists of an actual team and not two singles wrestlers they just threw together and have them job out of their minds and to do it after such a “bad-ass” war dance…

Most Embarrassing Wrestler:

Sin Cara – Huge disappointment. He was built up so much and then sucked in the ring sucked out of the ring then gets suspended then sucks again then finishes the year out of wrestling with a dislocated knee.
Best Return:

The best return of the year was the Rock followed closely by CM Punk as “The best in the world”. But you gotta give the nod to the Rock. It still makes your spine tingle when its quiet and you start hearing the fans cheer Rocky Rocky Rocky Rocky and then you there it “DO YOU SMELLLLLLL WHAT THE ROCK ….. IS COOKING”

Smark Central’s Year End Awards:

Match of the Year: CM Punk Vs John Cena – MITB

I know there were probably a few matches that were more technically sound, but the excitement, atmosphere, and intrigue of this match blew all the others completely away.  We may not get excited about a single match like this again for awhile.

Money in the Bank PPV: $50 Snacks for Friends: $25 Marking Out: Priceless

Most Outstanding Wrestler: CM Punk

As if it could be anyone else.  Punk broke out this year with his outstanding shoot promo and hasn’t looked back since.

All Hail the new King

Most Outstanding Female Wrestler: Beth Phoenix

She is just amazing.  Her and Nataylia continue to carry the weak women’s division on their (very broad) shoulders.  It’s just such a shame that despite being the champion she still has to job to the likes of Kelly Kelly and Eve on a weekly basis.  Hopefully better things are in store for 2012.  A feud with Awesome Kong would probably help.

Feud of the Year: Randy Orton Vs Christian

I was thinking about Punk-Cena, but based on the overall body of work, I thought this one was just a hair better.  This feud really lead the way on Smackdown with two pros going at it every week and it rarely disappointed.

Worst Feud of the Year: HHH Vs Kevin Nash

Really WWE?  Really?  This was the best you could do?  A feud between two guys whose combined age is 91?  Or is it just another grim sign of how things will run with HHH in charge?  I didn’t want to see this feud in 2003, I certainly want nothing to do with it now.
Tag Team of the Year: Awesome Truth

No, they didn’t win the tag titles, they won like one match on RAW(I think), and they were “fired” for a month and YET they were STILL the best team this year.  I try not to put too much stock in somebody’s “entertainment value”, but these guys just made for a lot of fun TV.  With the exception of their rapping, this team was just plain AWWWWSOOOME!

“Wake up sleepy head”

Most Improved: Zack Ryder

Maybe Ryder didn’t improve much in the ring, but certainly his standing in the company improved dramatically thanks to his youtube show: Z! True Long Island story.  I’ve never seen someone go from the brink of a pink slip to U.S. champion in such a short period of time.  The Ryder revolution is in full swing and I don’t see it stopping anytime soon.
Rookie of the Year: No one from NXT and no one who came up to the main rosters really showed me anything either so this one’s a wash for 2011.
Most Overrated: Sin Cara

This guy bombed in a hurry.  WWE hasn’t has a flop this big in awhile.  They rush down to Mexico to sign this guy, he comes to the main roster right away, botches every match he has (thus giving Botchamania another star), within a few months he gets busted for a wellness violation, comes back and has a terrible Good Sin Cara Vs Evil Sin Cara feud, then gets injured and is out for 6 months.  In fact, that may be the WORST flop WWE has ever had.  It’s going to be tough for anyone (past or present) to top.

and somehow it gets worse

“EEK, A PENIS!”

Most Underrated: Tyson Kidd

This kid would be the perfect centerpiece for any cruiserweight division.  Unfortunately, WWE doesn’t have one.  They just have a bunch of small guys with nothing to do except wallow on Superstars which is only shown on WWE.com.  Doesn’t get any more underrated than Superstars folks.  I know Vince is a size queen, but this guy is too good a hand to be relegated to a show that only gets like 30,000 views a week.  I think if he could get a little exposure and some mic time, he could have some great feuds and matches.  He just needs a chance.  Come on, WWE have a little Hart.

Best Gimmick: Cody Rhodes – Phantom of the Opera-esque deformed freak

2011 saw some people really tank it badly and some rose to the occasion thus making the future of the WWE a little clearer. We’re starting to see who the future main eventers are and Cody Rhodes is going to be one of them.  Yes, this gimmick was over the top, but it worked.  I didn’t see Cody as evil, but he had me convinced at times that there was something truly wrong with him.  The only thing wrong with it was the overuse of the paper bag gimmick which would have been better as a one off thing, but this is the WWE. If something works, they find a way to beat it into the ground.  However, I thought bringing back the classic I.C. title from the mid-90’s was a REAL nice touch.  Now if only they’d do something about that awful WWE title.

Worst Gimmick: Ted DiBiase – Generic Smiley Babyface with cutesy name for his fans (all 3 of them)

The sad thing about this is I think he won this award from me last year for doing a horrible impersonation of his father.  The guy is a very good wrestler, very well trained, but I’m sorry he has no fucking charisma NONE.  I am simply amazed that he came from the Million Dollar Man’s genitals.  He, Joe Hennig, and Harry Smith have been major major let downs.  It doesn’t help that the WWE has basically given them jack shit to work with, but you can’t fake personality.  Some guys have it, some don’t.  Teddy is a sinking ship right now and this DiBiase Posse crap is definitely not helping.

One of these guys is a future World champion and the other will be on a flyer for a Indy wrestling show which will be hanging in a bagel shop window

Best Return: The Rock

Nothing really needs to be said, but I will say that I was genuinely surprised on February 15^th to find out that the Rock had indeed returned after seven years.  With the return we got some classic Rock promos and a pretty fun tag match at Survivor Series.  Not to mention a Rock-Cena showdown set for WrestleMania XXVIII.  Not even a terrible show like WrestleMania XXVII could ruin the Rock’s latest (and possibly final) run with the WWE.

JJJ’s Year End Wrestling Awards:

Most Outstanding Wrestler:

CM Punk
Most Outstanding Female Wrestler:

Beth Pheonix
Feud of the Year:

Cena vs Punk
Worst Feud of the Year:

Cole and JR
Tag Team of the Year:

Awesome Truth
Most Improved:

Wade Barrett
Rookie of the Year:

unofficially Daniel Bryan
Most Overrated:

Triple H
Most Underrated:

Dolph Ziggler
Best Gimmick:

Zack Ryder
Worst Gimmick:

Sin Cara / Sin Cara Negro
Best Babyface:

The Rock
Best Heel:

John Lauranitis
Worst Tag Team:

??????????? Too many to name
Most Embarrassing Wrestler:

Sin Cara
Best Return:

Punk on Raw after Cena won the title
honorable mention for best return Cody with the white IC title

Justice’s Year End Awards:

Match of the Year:

Davey Richards vs. Eddie Edwards ROH Final Battle: Witnessing it in person made me feel a part of something special
Most Outstanding Wrestler:

CM Punk- Really, is there anyone else?
Most Outstanding Female Wrestler:

Beth Phoenix: one of the best in the business
Breakout Star of the Year:

Cody Rhodes- Went from bland to one of the best in a year. One of the only reasons to watch Smackdown.
Feud of the Year:

Christian vs. Randy Orton- Brought out the best in each other
Worst Feud of the Year:

Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara: BORING! And lackluster
Tag Team of the Year:

AirBoom- Redefining the tag team division
Most Improved:

Zack Ryder- From almost future endeavored to a US title run, one of the best stories of the year
Rookie of the Year:

Alex Riley- This is by default. Who else is there? I ,mean he did beat the Miz
Most Overrated:

Mark Henry- same boring guy but now with a World title
Most Underrated:

Dolph Ziggler- How it took him a full year to become a main eventer is way beyond my comprehension (Honorable Mention: Daniel Bryan)
Best Gimmick:

Wade Barrett’s Barrett Barrage- The guy became a bulldozer once the Barrett Barrage got started. It solidified him as a main eventer.

Honorable Mention: All 3 Cody Rhodes gimmicks
Worst Gimmick:

Hunico- He went from a fake Sin Cara to a stereotype. Either way, bad, bad gimmick
Best Babyface:

Daniel Bryan- He’s Vegan, not annoying, a great wrestler and a World Champion. Top face in the company
Best Heel:

Dolph Ziggler/Christian (tie)- Both guys had stellar years and showed how to be a top heel
Worst Tag Team:

David Otunga and Michael McGuillitcutty
Most Embarassing Wrestler:

Eric Young- Every time I see him I feel bad for the poor guy, it actually upsets me
Best Return:

The Rock- Seeing his return to the ring live was simply electrifying

Ruthless Rountable: WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Charis 2011 Predictions:

Today is the WWE’s final Pay-Per-View of the year. They aren’t expecting high buy rates for this one, and why should they, they haven’t been booking the PPVs all that well recently. But I will say, if history shows, the TLC PPV is usually the a pretty good one and the matches are usually above the norm of the matches seen on other shows.

This month we have a guest who will be posting there predictions. Seeing that they are a huge CM Punk fan, I figured I’d just use CM Punk’s logo as their icon:

Also, they will be called JJJ. I didn’t get a chance to ask them for a nick name or anything. Hopefully, that’s cool!

I hope that this PPV ends some feuds and really starts some strong ones heading into the Rumble (my personal favorite of all the PPVs) and ultimately into Wrestlemania.

Anyway, here is the match listing that we will all be working off of:

Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Triple H vs. Kevin Nash
Sledgehammer Ladder match
(A sledgehammer will be hung above the ring and can be used as a weapon once a participant grabs it. The winner will be decided by pinfall or submission.)

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Zack Ryder
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship

Randy Orton vs Wade Barrett
Tables match

Cody Rhodes (c) vs Booker T
Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

CM Punk (c) vs. The Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio
Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Championship

Cos’ Predictions:

Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Seeing how poorly Mark Henry has been booked recently, I just have a feeling his feel good run as World Heavyweight Champion (WHC) is over. Essentially ending his “Kane” WHC reign is coming to an end (if you have been sleeping under a rock, the WWE gave Kane the WHC last year and his reign ended at TLC last year) and I have a huge feeling he will be loosing his championship over to Big Show (despite no one wanting to see this), and as far as I’m concerned, Big Show will simply be the transitional champion who will ultimately loose it (probably at Elimination Chamber in February) to Wade Barrett; who will probably face Randy Orton (currently my prediction for Rumble winner for 2012) at Wrestlemania.

Winner and New World Heavyweight Champion: The Big Show

Triple H vs. Kevin Nash
Sledgehammer Ladder match
(A sledgehammer will be hung above the ring and can be used as a weapon once a participant grabs it. The winner will be decided by pinfall or submission.)

Was I the only one who mildly cringed when Kevin Nash had his 45 second match the other week against Santino and won? Mind you, I am a huge fan of Kevin Nash and I want him to do well, especially in his “last” run in the WWE. But out of all the people to be in ladder matches why, WHY, Triple H and Kevin Nash. I mean, Triple H has been in his share of ladder matches. But I just don’t see this ending well.

Seeing that no one else wants to see this continue, I’m pretty sure this is the first and most likely last match between these two (although personally, I can see them both entering the Rumble next month and continuing their feud further).

Winner: Triple H

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Zack Ryder
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship

The only match on the card that has an actual story behind it. Although I think it would have been much bigger if they were able to wait until Wrestlemania for this title change, I think it is about damn time they give this one over to Ryder.

Winner and NEW United States Champion: Zack Ryder

Randy Orton vs Wade Barrett
Tables match

Barrett and his Barrage have been on a freaking role recently. Barrett isn’t like Cody Rhodes, he needs a strong win against Orton. And seeing that this is a tables match and isn’t a real pin, I can see Barrett winning this one easily.

Winner: Wade Barrett

Cody Rhodes (c) vs Booker T
Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

Unlike most people, I would love to see Booker T walk away from this one the WWE Intercontinental Champion. Booker only won the Intercontinental Championship only once (to my shock and awe–he is more remember for his multiple United States Championship reigns in both WCW and WWE) and I think it is about time he have it again. Besides, what better way to get Cody Rhodes over than to give him a strong win against the legend of Booker T at either the Royal Rumble, a Raw show or the Elimination Chamber match.

Winner and NEW WWE Intercontinental Champion: Booker T

CM Punk (c) vs. The Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio
Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Championship

I have to say, I’ve missed The Miz. I didn’t realize how great he was as a main eventer and he entertains me. I was on the Alberto Del Rio bang wagon at the beginning of this year but now I’m bored (they honestly should have given him the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania) . But there isn’t any reason to get the Championship off of Punk just yet.
Should be a bad ass match.

Winner and still WWE Champion: CM Punk

Mother Brain’s WWE TLC 2011 Predictions
By Mother Brain

Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Judging by the lack of crowd reaction at Survivor Series, this is the match that blows off this lackluster feud. With the World’s Strongest Man nursing a few injuries, expect Big Show to go over and win the title… only to become a transitional champion who loses the title to Wade Barrett before Wrestlemania.

Winner and new World Heavyweight Champ: Big Show

Triple H vs. Kevin Nash
Sledgehammer Ladder match
(A sledgehammer will be hung above the ring and can be used as a weapon once a participant grabs it. The winner will be decided by pinfall or submission.)

Another lackluster feud with poor booking and inconsistency. In fact as I witnessed Triple H’s return on Raw last monday, I completely forgot that this match was happening. It’s an obvious bust with the Game destroying Nash and gearing up for Undertaker.

Winner: Triple H

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Zack Ryder
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship

How long will this keep going on for? If Ryder loses, then he’s just another Brutus Beefcake. But I don’t see it. It’s time to push Ziggler to the main event scene in 2012 and it’s time for Ryder to solidify his popularity. Ryder becomes the new US champ.

Winner and new US Champ: Zack Ryder

Randy Orton vs Wade Barrett
Tables match

Why are they feuding again? Who cares? Orton wins clean.

Winner: Randy Orton

Cody Rhodes (c) vs Booker T
Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

I think this match will be much better than people expect. Rhodes has been on a roll and facing Booker T will only help to elevate him more than Miz with the Jerry Lawler feud from last year. Rhodes retains.

Winner: Cody Rhodes

CM Punk (c) vs. The Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio
Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Championship

The odds are becoming more stacked against the best in the world. But there’s no way the company will put the title back on either one of his opponents anytime soon. Unless a major Johnny Ace screwjob comes into effect, I expect Punk to retain and have the Santa Claus ending to the PPV like Bret Hart and Lex Luger had at Survivor Series ’92 & ’93… until Santa whacks him from behind and reveals himself as CHRIS JERICHO! Just wishful thinking.

Smark Central’s Predictions:

Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship

What I want to see: Two other people feuding for the WHC.  Honestly, this feud should have been over by now.  When you have guys like Cody and Sheamus stuck in the mid-card there is something wrong.  Like the past two months, I’d take Henry over Show any day

What will happen: WWE has the habit of booking themselves into a corner and this feud is no different.  They pretty much HAVE to give Big Show the title.  I doubt it would last longer than a month, but still why de-rail a good title run just so the good guy gets the last word?

 “Is it cold in here?”

Triple H vs. Kevin Nash
Sledgehammer Ladder match
(A sledgehammer will be hung above the ring and can be used as a weapon once a participant grabs it. The winner will be decided by pinfall or submission.)

What I want to see: This match shouldn’t even be happening.  No one cares about it and combined these two are 91 years old.  That’s way too high to be wrestling a high profile match on PPV.  It was nice seeing Nash at the Rumble and even him costing Punk was kind of interesting, but since then Nash has been complete dead weight.  It’s also sad to see how little has changed with HHH booking himself and his friends ahead of younger and more deserving talent.  Hopefully HHH destroys Nash and the feud ends before they turn an annoyance into a full blown rage-a-thon.

What will happen: HHH wins

 It’s not nice to laugh at old people when they fall down

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Zack Ryder
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship

What I want to see: I want to see the same thing I’ve wanted to see for months, the thing that should have happened at Survivor Series and that is Zack Ryder becoming U.S. champ (WOO WOO WOO, you know it!).  It needs to happen now because if it doesn’t people are just going to give up on the guy and stop caring.

What will happen: WWE never envisioned this happening a year ago and they’ve done everything they could to stop it, but the Ryder revolution has forced their hand and I believe they will finally pull the trigger on Zack’s U.S. title reign.

#Adamantium Punch

Randy Orton Vs Wade Barrett
Tables match

What I want to see: I have no preference.  I know I usually pick youth over experience, but I don’t think a loss here would hurt Barrett.  Not being pinned helps that a lot.  Plus who the hell doesn’t want to see an RKO through a table?

What will happen: If their smart Barrett goes over, but this is WWE and 90% of the time they make the wrong choice so probably Orton.

Probably hates tables too.  Along with Holiday Inns, duffel bags, and random drug testing

CM Punk (c) vs. The Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio
Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Championship

What I want to see: I honestly don’t think Miz or Berto deserves the title right now.  Punk is still the hottest thing going (with Ryder being a close second) there’s no logical sense to anyone but Punk walking out with the belt here.  Punk winning from here till mania would be ideal.

What will happen: Punks wins a close one

 Speaks for itself

Cody Rhodes (c) vs Booker T
Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

What I want to see: Another veteran taking up a spot that a younger guy should be in.  I love Booker T, but the guy needs to stay behind the desk (also toning down the jive talk would nice).  I’d like to see Cody go over clean.

What will happen: Cody wins by taking a shortcut.

“Is it my birthday?”

Chosen 1′s Predictions:

Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship
It looks like they aren’t quite done with this crap.  It will get about 7 minutes. I think there might be another appearance of Kane taking out Big Show this time. I mean come on whats the purple kool aid with out big red? All kidding aside I have to believe that they have stuck with him this far without losing to anybody other then the likes of a Cena or there bouts I think Henry will retain the title up to the rumble.

Winner and still champ Mark Henry.
Triple H vs. Kevin Nash
Sledgehammer Ladder match
(A sledgehammer will be hung above the ring and can be used as a weapon once a participant grabs it. The winner will be decided by pinfall or submission.)
HHH will get his ass kicked for a better part of the match only to take advantage of some scenario that sees Nash hurt himself and HHH get the Sledgehammer and send Nash out with a loss.

Winner: HHH
Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Zack Ryder
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship

Dolph is ready for a big time push needs to drop the US title sooner or later. I think this would be it sending him towards the Rumble in order to gain his title shot?

Winner and New champion Zack Ryder
Randy Orton vs Wade Barrett
Tables match
Wade Barrett going for another push I think this one breaks down into a brawl and gets double DQs and gets a stipulation added to it and restarted as a no DQ of some sort. Barrett comes out on top regardless. Looks like Randy is starting to do some jobbing… Not a bad thing its about time for him to heel turn again. Right about the time we see who is coming back on January 2…

Winner: Wade Barrett

CM Punk (c) vs. The Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio
Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Championship
They have already announced that these guys plus John Cena will main event Raw the following night here in Philly. Look for Punk to get the doop with some sorta help from Super Cena… Should be a hell of a match none the less.
Cody Rhodes (c) vs Booker T
Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
Not a chance in the world Cody Rhodes drops the title to Booker T. Cody ends it quick with the cross rhodes ….

Best match of the night: WWE championship TLC

Biggest spot: Something from Punk in the TLC match GTS off the ladder through a table?

Biggest pop: Cena coming out to make the save for PUNK

hmmmmm might as well just allow the WWE championship match to go for the length of the PPV cause thats about the only decent match on the card other then Orton and Barrett…

JJJ’s Predictions:

Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Mark Henry def Big Show

Triple H vs. Kevin Nash
Sledgehammer Ladder match
(A sledgehammer will be hung above the ring and can be used as a weapon once a participant grabs it. The winner will be decided by pinfall or submission.)

Nash def. HHH

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Zack Ryder
Singles match for the WWE United States Championship

Ryder def. Ziggler

Randy Orton vs Wade Barrett
Tables match

Barrett def. Orton

Cody Rhodes (c) vs Booker T
Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

Cody def. Booker T

CM Punk (c) vs. The Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio
Triple Threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the WWE Championship

CM Punk def. Miz and Del Rio

Ruthless Roundtable: Survivor Series 2011

We are back with another round of predictions, this time for the 25th anniversary of Survivor Series, with the main event involving The Rock!

I guess I should say it now, but I will be at Survivor Series, and dispite the fact that we will be in the nose bleed section of the newly referbished Madison Square Garden, it should be a pretty good show. In 2011,  I never would have thought that I’d be going to see a WWE event featuring the in-ring return of The Rock!

The last time I saw The Rock was at a Raw show back in December of 2000 when the WWE was at Continental Airlines Arena (now known as The Izod Center) where he (Rock), Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker all came out and did their finishing moves on Mr. McMahon; this was right before Armageddon and the six man Hell in a Cell match. This was also the Raw where The Rock mocked all of the participants in the match in a pre-taped interview:

Below are the matches, as of this morning, for WWE Survivor Series 2011:

Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Eve
Lumberjill match for the WWE Divas Championship

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. John Morrison
Singles match for the WWE US Championship

Team Barrett
(Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Hunico & Dolph Ziggler)
vs.
Team Orton
(Randy Orton, Sheamus, Mason Ryan, Kofi Kingston & Sin Cara)
Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team match

Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. CM Punk
Singles match for the WWE Championship

The Miz and R-Truth vs. John Cena and The Rock
Tag team match

Here are the Roundtable’s predictions below; agree or disagree, leave comments below:

Cos’ WWE Survivor Series 2011 Predictions:

Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Eve
Lumberjill match for the WWE Divas Championship

Starting with the least interesting match, I highly doubt the WWE will even start with this match. I, like many others call this one a bathroom break.

Winner and Still Divas Champion: Beth Pheonix

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. John Morrison
Singles match for the WWE US Championship

This one is the biggest surprise, for most of the month Zack Ryder (from Long Island, NY–not too far from The Garden) has been working on an on-line petition to get him a match at Survivor Series. I wouldn’t be surprised if Teddy Long adds Ryder at the actual event.

But, we’ll go with what we have right in front of us. I feel WWE is trying to keep Morrison in the company and may just give him the United States Championship (even though he is more than ready to be in the main event and by vying for the WWE or World Heavyweight Championship).

Winner and NEW United States Champion: John Morrison

Team Barrett
(Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Hunico & Dolph Ziggler)
vs.
Team Orton
(Randy Orton, Sheamus, Mason Ryan, Kofi Kingston & Sin Cara)
Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team match

I don’t really understand where this feud came from, I feel like they needed to get a whole bunch of people onto the card, I can actually see the WWE starting with this match, Orton’s “I hear voices” opening the Pay-Per-View…am I alone in thinking that?

Don’t really care about this match…

Winners: Team Barrett

Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship

While I feel like Mark Henry has been on a role recently, I feel like this may be the last championship that the WWE will ever give The Big Show, and his first two WWE Championships were both won at Survivor Series (’99 and ’02–and thee ’02 PPV was at The Garden as well) I can see Show getting the World Heavyweight Championship, even for only the month and loosing it in a tables match next month at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs.

Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: The Big Show

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. CM Punk
Singles match for the WWE Championship

I think that along with the main event Rock/Cena vs Awesome Truth, I feel that this is also a money match. These two have had great matches against each other this past summer and I feel that this will be a fantastic match. I feel like not putting the belt on Punk now would be a mistake, I feel like the WWE should back the Punk horse 100% and milk it all the way until Wrestlemania.

Winner and NEW WWE Champion: CM Punk

The Miz and R-Truth vs. John Cena and The Rock
Tag team match

Here is the main event. I don’t think there is much to the actual match, I have a feeling it’ll be a pretty good tag team match, I feel like the WWE should pull the trigger on Awesome Truth and give them the WWE Tag Team Championship from Air Boom and we’ll have to wait until next month to see if they even do that. But I have a feeling shenanigans will occur and one of the two faces (Cena and Rock) will turn on each other. Do I think it would be a heel turn? No. I just have a feeling that one will fall to Awesome Truth and we’ll leave the arena with one of them lying in the middle of the ring.

Winners: Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth)

Possible suprise appereances:

Kevin Nash

Triple H

The Undertaker

Mother Brain’s WWE Survivor Series 2011 Predictions

Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Eve
Lumberjill match for the WWE Divas Championship

I hate to say it but if there’s one potential title change that night, it could well be this one. Now that the match is full of lumberjills, I can see most of all of them ganging up on Beth and Natalya, costing Beth the match and making Eve the new Divas champ.

Winner and new Divas champion: Eve

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. John Morrison
Singles match for the WWE US Championship

I’m still very pissed off over Zack Ryder being bumped off the match due to backstage politics; however, the fact that it’s worked into the storyline and it is MSG could bring him back into the fold. But if it does go down as currently advertised, there’s no way in hell Morrison will win the title if he’s not renewing his contract afterwords.

Winner: Dolph Ziggler

Team Barrett
(Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Hunico & Dolph Ziggler)
vs.
Team Orton
(Randy Orton, Sheamus, Mason Ryan, Kofi Kingston & Sin Cara)
Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team match

If this is definitely the only traditional Survivor Series match on the card, expect to see Orton end up as sole survivor and he’ll beat Cody Rhodes to pull it off.

Winner: Team Orton

Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Even with the World’s Strongest Man’s push as a monster heel in the past few months, feuding with Big Show is just making his momentum go stale. Yeah they destroyed the ring at the last PPV but that’s not anything new. Let the champ turn his attention back to Sheamus who has more of a chance of carrying Smackdown at this point.

Winner: Mark Henry

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. CM Punk
Singles match for the WWE Championship

What I want to see happen is what I think everyone wants to see: CM Punk walks out of MSG as the WWE Champion. But feels too soon to have that happen and the conspiracy storyline will only continue on following this event. As long as Johnny Ace himself is in charge, expect to see every possible swerve in the book as well as another Kevin Nash run-in to spoil Punk’s moment again.

Winner: Alberto Del Rio

The Miz and R-Truth vs. John Cena and The Rock
Tag team match

The winning team should be fairly obvious. The real question is who walks out the heel when it’s over? I’m going to be bold and say for a mediocre Survivor Series card at MSG, a major shocking moment will go down at it will be the heel turn of John Cena. I won’t explain more than that. Just a hunch.

Winners: John Cena and The Rock

Smark Central’s WWE Survivor Series 2011 Predictions

 
Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Eve
Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship

What I want to see: Ugh.
This Division is probably the worst thing going right now.  NONE of the face divas are worthy of being champion and that’s why Beth needs to keep it

United States Championship
Dolph Ziggler Vs John Morrison

What I want to see: I would love it if Ryder got added on to make it a triple threat or Morrison to get replaced somehow.  Anything else, will get a total non-reaction from me.

What will happen: I could see this being Morrrison’s curtain call with the company since neither side is really interested in keeping him
around so he probably loses (if he even gets to the ring).  If Ryder gets involved and doesn’t win the title, I will extremely pissed.

Team Barrett
(Wade Barrett, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger, Hunico & Dolph Ziggler)
vs.
Team Orton
(Randy Orton, Sheamus, Mason Ryan, Kofi Kingston & Sin Cara)
Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team match

What I want to see: Every year, I used to come out and say “I think there should be more of these matches”, but after the last few years of lackluster promotion or effort put into them, maybe it’s better to stick with the one.  As far as a winner, I think the heels need this match a lot more than the faces do.

Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show
Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship

What I want to see: I can’t believe I’m going to say these words, but I want Mark Henry to keep the belt.  I’m still not his biggest fan, but I don’t like Show at all and if I have to pick between the two, I pick Henry

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. CM Punk
Singles match for the WWE ChampionshipWhat I want to see: I always want Punk to win, but in this case I REALLY want to see him win.  I’m sorry, but I am totally over ADR.  He is so bland on the mic and boring to watch in the ring that it drives me nuts.  For a mid-carder his skills are fine, but he’s not worthy of being WWE champ.What will happen: I could see WWE dragging this feud out by letting “Berto” keep it for another PPV or two with Punk eventually grabbing it.

The Miz and R-Truth vs. John Cena and The Rock
Tag team matchWhat I want to see: In a dream World Cena would turn on Rock and go full heel, but it’s most likely not happening so if I can’t get that I’ll take Rock/Cena winning with Rock giving Cena a Rock bottom and a people’s elbow to end the show.What will happen: I’m not sure.  I could see Miz/Truth winning because Rock and Cena fight or I could see Rock and Cena kicking ass and winning.  All I know is, it will be entertaining and the crowd is going to go nuts.

WWE Vengeance 2011 Predictions

The Ruthless Roundtable has returned to its full glory as we have myself, Cos, Mother Brain, Chosen 1, Justice and Smark Central all bringing our thoughts and predictions to tonight’s returning WWE Pay-Per-View (PPV): Vengeance.

The last time there was a Vengeance it was back on June 24th of 2007 and that was when the show was called: “Vengeance: Night of Champions”. The very next year it was simply called Night of Champions and now we have the third WWE PPV in less then two months. The span of September and October has been a breeding ground for too many WWE PPVs for at least the last three years and Hell in a Cell seems to be the only one to still have the same name. I feel as if they need to cut back their PPVs to only one a month. But who am I and what do I know? The build to these three PPVs have been completely lackluster.

But I’m going to get off of my soapbox for the moment and move into the card for tonight’s PPV. The final card as of yesterday afternoon is as follows:

WWE Vengeance

Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Title:
Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena

WWE World Title Match:
Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show

Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes

WWE Divas Title Match:
Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Eve Torres

CM Punk and Triple H vs. The Miz and R-Truth

WWE Tag Team Title Match:
Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne (c’s) vs. Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger

U.S. Title Match:
Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Zack Ryder

Sheamus vs. Christian

Now, with the card out of the way, here are our predictions.

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Cos’ WWE Vengeance 2011 Predictions

Sheamus vs. Christian
Singles Match

How many matches do these two need? We all know Sheamus is continuing on towards the main event, and I’m not that big of a fan of Sheamus as a face. Every time Sheamus’ music hits I can’t get his heel persona out of my head. I don’t really care much for this match. I’m sure it’ll be great, and it’ll probably open the PPV, but I doubt Christian will push forward by winning.

Winner: Sheamus

WWE Tag Team Title Match:
Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne (c’s) vs. Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger

Air Boom and their terrible tag team name will probably loose their championship to Ziggler and Swagger tonight. Probably only to win it back next month at Survivor Series (which I will be at!) or at December’s TLC but I think it is time to get some new hands on the Tag Team Championship. And Vickie Guerrero’s stable just continues to grow and I think this would be a great step towards solidifying themselves as major players in WWE.

Winners and NEW WWE Tag Team Champions: Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger

U.S. Title Match:
Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Zack Ryder

This will be Dolph Ziggler’s second match of the night, depending on where the match actually happens (either before or after his Tag Team championship match) I think will have an effect on if Ziggler retains or not. I don’t know if the WWE is ready to pull the trigger on Ryder yet. But I do know the U.S. Championship is not being done any favors stuck on Ziggler. I do feel as if it is time that the championship gets put on some fresh hands and that it would give the title some much needed attention. Kind of like how the Intercontinental Championship being on Cody Rhodes has actually helped it, in my opinion, and now seems as if it has come back from the obscurity and back into the prominence that the title actually deserves. Especially after some less then memorable reigns in recent memory.

If Ziggler wins the Tag Team Championship, then I can see them putting the title on Ryder. So despite my original thought of Ziggler retaining, I’m going with:

Winner and NEW United States Champion: Zack Ryder

CM Punk and Triple H vs. The Miz and R-Truth

Probably the worst storyline in recent memory as Miz and Truth, who were the reasons why Triple H was given a vote of no confidence get to come back to Raw and now Triple H and Punk, who just a month ago were feuding are now tagging together.

I don’t see there being too big of any sort of swerve here and I feel as if this storyline will continue on for the foreseeable future.

And quite frankly, I just don’t care.

Winners: CM Punk and Triple H

WWE Divas Title Match:
Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Eve Torres

Sadly, I don’t really care about this match, like the Punk/Triple H match, I really don’t care. Phoenix should be Diva’s champ until Karma comes back. That’s just my opinion.

Winner and still Diva’s Champion: Beth Phoenix

Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes
I feel as if Cody Rhodes is on fire and who better to give him the rub than his former mentor, Randy Orton. Who thought a year ago to two years ago that out of Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiasi, it would be Rhodes that would have broken out and created something for himself. I think it would be a mistake for Rhodes not to win. I don’t see it being a clean win for Rhodes, but I do see him winning.

Winner: Cody Rhodes

World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Mark Henry (c) vs. Big Show

Mark Henry is someone else who has been on fire recently. I for one hope that they don’t give Big Show the World Heavyweight Championship just yet. I can see them giving the title to him at the rumored Scramble Match at next months Survivor Series (a Scramble Match that would include: Mark Henry, Big Show and Kane; and including at least two other WWE Superstars). However, I do know that Big Show has to win somehow. I can see both Henry and Show getting too rough and the ref calling a disqualification (DQ) for one or both of them. I can even see Kane returning back too.

Winner: by DQ Big Show
Still World Heavyweight Champion: Mark Henry

Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Title:
Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena

John Cena has been in a lot of Last Man Standing Matches, in fact, if you are going against him in a match and he gets to pick the stipulation (and the PPV you are heading into isn’t already named after a match type: Money in the Bank, Hell in a Cell, Elimination Chamber) there is a good chance he is going to pick Last Man Standing.

If rumors are true that Cena will be moving on from the main event picture to focus more on The Rock and that Del Rio will begin to focus more on CM Punk, then I can’t see Cena winning here. I think it would be terrible for Del Rio to loose here.

I can see there being a ton of shenanigans, perhaps with any of the heels from the walk out which will cause Cena to turn his attention towards the main focus of the show, the John Larinaitis and who is in charge of the WWE.

Winner and Still World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio

Mother Brain’s WWE Vengeance 2011 Predictions

Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship: Air Boom (Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler

I think this must be the 50th time these two teams fought against one another. What happened to all that talk about revitalizing the tag team division months ago? As far as this match goes, Swagger and Ziggler seem to be on the same page lately and with Evan Bourne slightly injured, it would be a safe bet to see a title change go down.

Winners and new Tag Team Champs: Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler

Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship: Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Eve Torres

Beth loses the title after three weeks? I sincerely doubt it. But I’d love to see a Kelly Kelly heel turn should Eve win. Yet, Kelly is getting the John Cena treatment by management. So screw it.

Winner and still Divas Champ: Beth Phoenix

Singles match for the U.S. Championship: Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Zack Ryder

Winner and still U.S. Champ: Dolph Ziggler

Sheamus vs. Christian

Winner: Sheamus

Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes

Orton suffered two PPV losses in a row thus far. I don’t see a third.

Winner: Randy Orton.

Triple H and CM Punk vs. R-Truth and The Miz

This one could go either way. Obviously something controversial has to happen like Kevin Nash showing up and breaking his leg on the way to the ring! But seriously, I’d have a hard time seeing the Game and the Best in the World lose to a pair of hipsters. Gotta go with the faces on this one.

Winners: Triple H and CM Punk

Last Man Standing match for the WWE Championship: Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena

I’ve been constantly predicting SuperCena getting over on everyone for months now. This time is going to be different because he’s teaming with Rock at Survivor Series next month and Del Rio still has to prove he’s not a transitional champion. I expect some big interference (Miz and Truth?) to cost Cena the match.

Winner and still WWE Champ: Alberto Del Rio

Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Mark Henry (c) vs. The Big Show

Most people will lead you to believe Big Show will get over on the World’s Strongest Man because he’s been out for weeks and is mad as hell. On top of that, no average-sized performer has been capable of dethroning the ex-Kool Aid Man. I’ll say for now that Big Show will get another title run and I guarantee it won’t last a month.

Winner and new World Heavyweight Champ: Big Show

Chosen 1′s WWE Vengeance 2011 Predictions

Mark Henry (c) vs. The Big Show
Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Worst Singles match for heavyweight championship ever? its gotta be put on the list for discussion. This is gonna break down into a fight. Big show gets the win by DQ Henry keeps the title for one more PPV

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena
Last Man Standing match for the WWE Championship

Del Rio wins with help from somebody who knows lol

Triple H and CM Punk vs. R-Truth and The Miz
Tag Team match

HHH gets screwed by Punk New faction to form Truth, Miz and Punk???? hmmmmm

Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes
Singles match

Thought I would be big on this match when the first started the build up for it but dont like how its been booked Cody has basically owned the last couple of weeks that I have seen. Look for Orton to get some retribution by beating the hell out of Cody but Cody gets the win…

Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Eve Torres
Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship

Beth Phoenix destroys Eve thats all about that… Look for Kelly Kelly to Lose it again after the match and beat down Eve.

Air Boom (Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler
Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship

So this is the new Tag Team division push we were “promised” I like all these guys as singles wrestlers Can we get a real tag team with their own music and gimmick? Winners and new tag team champions just because thats how WWE rolls Zig-Swag…

Dolph Ziggler vs Zack Ryder
Singles match for United States Championship

The internet champ takes a step forward wins the match doesn’t win the gold look for a run in from swag.

Sheamus vs Christian

The great white sheamus annihilates Christian he is a beast and is really starting to win me over. Christian begins a long spiral back down to sub main event status smh…

PPV score 3/10 stars
Biggest pop CM punk
Biggest spot Air-Boom

Justice’s WWE Vengeance 2011 Predictions

Mark Henry vs. Big Show: I don’t see how after this bulldozer of a push they have given Henry how he possibly drops the title here especially at an even as low-rent as Vengence
Winner: Mark Henry

Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes: Could be a show stealer if booked right. If they want to build Cody into main event material then a big win is a huge step in the right direction
Winner: Cody Rhodes

Beth Phoenix vs. Eve- Beth destroys Eve. Waste of a Divas title match. Wake me up when Karma comes back!

Air Boom vs Swagger and Ziggler: well if Ziggler is double booked, you figure he wins one and loses one. This is the one he loses
Winners: Air Boom

CM Punk and Triple H vs. Miz and R-Truth: I don’t see this ending cleanly and it will be a war. Expect a lot of fist fighting during this one
Winner: somebody by dq. Its going to have to either be a lead in to Survivor Series or something that continues for a little while longer so I can’t see there being a clean finish

Sheamus vs. Christian- Sheamus has been unstoppable lately and as much as I love Christian, I don’t see him being the one to stop him. Sheamus will be Mark Henry’s next challenger and he needs to look ultra strong
Winner: Sheamus

Dolph Ziggler vs. Zack Ryder: I would love to see Long Island Iced Z get his first taste of WWE singles gold but I don’t see it here. Ziggler has a program with Mason Ryan waiting for him
Winner: Dolph Ziggler

Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena- honestly, I don’t know how Alberto wins this match, but he will. How can you keep Superman down for 10 Seconds short of killing him? It will be. Interesting to find out
Winner: Alberto Del Rio

Smark Central’s WWE Vengeance 2011 Predictions

Mark Henry (c) vs. The Big Show
Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
What I want to see: A WHC championship match w/o two immobile hosses. Seriously this match at NOC was unwatchable, why would adding a title make it any better?
What will happen: Henry won’t lose it here.

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena
Last Man Standing match for the WWE Championship
What I want to see: Sigh…here we go again. This better be the last title shot Cena gets for at least 6 months.
What will happen: Del Rio wins by some underhanded tactic thus allowing Cena to still look good.

Triple H and CM Punk vs. R-Truth and The Miz
Tag Team match
What I want to see: I’d like to see Punk/HHH’s win w/Punk getting all the glory, but most likely it’ll go to HHH.
What will happen: You do remember what happens to tag teams when they run into HHH right?

Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes
Singles match
What I want to see: These two could actually have a good match if they don’t abuse the headlocks. I don’t think Cody HAS to win here, but I’m still sick of Orton and would like to see him lose more.
What will happen: Orton will get his revenge, but will hopefully get Cody over in the process

Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Eve Torres
Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship
What I want to see: Beth continue to dominate
What will happen: Logic dictates Beth would retain but WWE threw that out the window a long time ago especially with titles so who knows.

Air Boom (Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler
Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
What I want to see: Zig-Swag have won one match two weeks ago since becoming a team. They should prob win another so they dont look like complete crap
What will happen: Air Boom loses the titles this time

WWE Hell in a Cell 2011

It feels like it was just the other day when I posted a Roundtable, about two weeks to the day actually. It is the season where WWE pumps out three Pay-Per-Views at a rapid pace trying and praying their hardest that we don’t realize that they are all the same matches with (sometimes) a slightly different stipulation.

I was at the first Hell in a Cell back in 2009, as were the other three contributors to the predictions, and if there has been anything to say about the Hell in a Cell match itself is that it should always be treated as the end to a feud and not the mid-way point to a feud. This year’s Hell in a Cell (or HIAC) seems to at least have one of those in the John Cena/CM Punk/Alberto Del Rio triple treat match seems to have the feel of the end in the line of matches. The Randy Orton/Mark Henry HIAC doesn’t, I can only imagine there being at least one more match, especially seeing that next months Vengeance PPV features Mark Henry on the poster.

Anyway, here are our predictions for WWE’s Hell in a Cell 2011, let us know what you think and what your predictions are:

Cos’ WWE Hell in a Cell 2011 Predictions

Sin Cara vs Sin Cara

Not much has been said about this match, my feeling is that this will be the eye candy for the Pay Per View with a lot of high spots and some (hopefully) great lucha libre style moments. This feud will no doubt continue after this point in time as they proceed to build up the fake Sin Cara into whatever he is going to ultimately become. My thoughts would be to let the fake Sin Cara win this one, which will help to push it into Vengeance in two weeks.

Winner: Fake Sin Cara

Kelly Kelly (c) vs. Beth Phoenix

Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship

Kelly Kelly is pretty to look at, she’s definitely improved her in ring work and they have been giving her a great run as Divas Champion, but I think it is about time they put the championship back on someone who can honestly wrestle a match. This whole feud reminds me of Trish VS Jazz and let me tell you Jazz won a lot of those matches against Trish. This one should end as such:

Winner and NEW Divas Champ: Beth Phoenix

Christian vs. Sheamus

The match of the single names! Is it just me or have they started calling Sheamus “The Great White” (I’m sure I’m missing a word in there somewhere). I feel like this is just a filler match and they are sending Christian into the jobber territory again with this match.

Winner: Sheamus

Mark Henry (c) vs. Randy Orton

Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Mark Henry is honestly a monster right now. I don’t see them taking the championship off of him and seeing that they are building Sheamus as a monster face, I can see them pitting Henry vs Sheamus very soon. Also, no reason for the championship to change hands just two weeks after it just happened.

Winner: Mark Henry

RUMORED: Air Boom (c) vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler

Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship

The slow and steady rebuilding of the Tag Team division continues, this time with Koffi Kingston and Evan Bourne (best known now as Air Boom) going against Vickie Guerrero’s stable of Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler. I doubt they’ll change hands and they are just trying to build to an actual feud between Air Boom and another real Tag Team.

Winners: Air Boom

John Cena (c) vs. CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio

Triple Threat Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship

Reportedly they gave the Championship back to Cena due to low ratings and I can’t see them giving the championship back to Del Rio or to Punk after making such a big deal over the fact that Cena is the first ever 10-time WWE Champion. Because even if they did, inevitably it would go back to him eventually and they might as well just keep it on him for the time being.

Winner: John Cena

Mother Brain’s WWE Hell in a Cell 2011 Predictions
By Mother Brain

Sin Cara vs Sin Cara

Reminds me of Undertaker vs. Undertaker from Summerslam ’94. There’s no stipulation saying that the loser has to drop the gimmick. So my thinking is have the evil Sin Cara get over and ultimately form his own identity.

Winner: Bizarro Sin Cara

Kelly Kelly (c) vs. Beth Phoenix
Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship
Kelly Kelly is the Divas version of John Cena. Has a good look but can’t work for shit. She’s not Trish Stratus or Alundra Blaze or even Fabulous Moolah. Drop the title after several lucky wins from the last few PPVs and let Beth get what’s due to her.

Winner and new Divas Champ: Beth Phoenix

Christian vs. Sheamus
As much as I love Christian, I can’t see the point of him winning. Sheamus is being built up at a time when Smackdown is lacking in the babyface department. Gotta go with the Celtic Warrior.

Winner: Sheamus

Mark Henry (c) vs. Randy Orton
Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Mark Henry is the World’s Scariest Kool-Aid Man. That will continue.

Winner: Mark Henry

RUMOR: Air Boom (c) vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler
Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship
It’s nice to see tag teams slowly becoming important in the WWE again. Air Boom is on a roll and I like the off-beat combination of Swagger and Ziggler. But with Ziggler still US champion, I doubt the titles will change too soon.

Winners: Air Boom

John Cena (c) vs. CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio
Triple Threat Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship
Here’s the bottom line. Del Rio sucks as champ and Punk works better as a babyface chasing after the title than holding it. It won’t just be the homeless power ranger prevailing. It will be the corporate suits and the Little Jimmies of the world.

Winner: John Cena

Justice’s Hell in a Cell Predictions

WWE championship: CM Punk vs John Cena vs Alberto Del Rio:

with Survivor Series coming up, I cant see why the WWE would have any other person hold the title than Cena. You don’t want Cena to be the hunter with the Rock coming back in his first wrestling role in years, you want him to be the hunted… the champ. This is where Del Rio should have dropped the belt actually.
Winner: John Cena

Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton:

Unless the WWE is stupid, you don’t build a show around a guy and make him a monster for a one month title run
Winner: Mark Henry

Sheamus vs Christian:

Sheamus is on a role and should be Mark Henry’s next challenger. Christian is on yet another losing streak. I see that trend continuing.
Winner: Sheamus

Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara:

SIN CARA WINS!

Kelly Kelly vs Beth Phoenix:

Kelly’s over as divas champ. Right? She’s really getting over well, right? God the WWE can’t book the divas.
Winner: Kelly Kelly

Smark Central’s Hell in a Cell Predictions

John Cena (c) vs. CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio

Triple Threat Hell in a Cell match for the WWE Championship

What I want to see: Change. We were basically promised a change from the norm w/the emergence of Punk’s character, but we have yet to fully get it. Until I see a healthy 4 or 5 month reign from Punk, I refuse to believe true change is coming.
What we will see: Cena just won back the belt 2 weeks ago and that thing has been passed around this year more than a $2 whore. If it changes hands again you might as well re-name the Stephanie McMahon heavyweight championship. Cena wins

Mark Henry (c) vs. Randy Orton

Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship

What I want to see: Ok. I give up. Mark Henry has actually proved to be worthy of his spot. He plays monster heel well kind of like Kane did last year so I guess a few more weeks (hell they’ll be another PPV in 3 weeks anyway. Thanks, corporate greed) with him as champ will be good.
What we will see: So many PPVs, so many chances for WWE to get bored w/Henry and put the title back on Orton. However, I think Henry keeps for now.

Christian vs. Sheamus

Singles match

What I want to see: These two guys have been doing great work recently so hopefully they give them the time to have a great match. I’d prefer to see Christian get the win here, but honestly I’d be ok w/either outcome
What we will see: Sheamus seems primed for a big push and we never really did get an end to his feud w/Henry so I see Sheamus winning and moving up to challenge Henry

Kelly Kelly (c) vs. Beth Phoenix

Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship

What I want to see: I HATE KELLY KELLY. This seriously has to be the worst year for Divas ever. Which is no surprise seeing as how the belt has been held by Eve, the bellas, and Kelly most of the year and at the same time releasing much more talented divas like Melina and Gail Kim. I’ll give her credit, she is much improved over a year ago, but she still could star in her own Botchamania. Please WWE, end the madness.
What we will see: If WWE has any soul they will put the belt on Beth and let her dominate the division like everyone knows she should.

Sin Cara vs Sin Cara

Singles match

What I want to see: I don’t care, I just don’t care. Mirror matches have always sucked and will continue to suck.
What we will see: Botching so bad it will make Sabu jealous

Air Boom Vs Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger.

Tag Team Championship

What I want to see: I’d like to see Ziggler Vs Ryder for the U.S. title, but maybe their actually going to give it a proper build up which would be nice. As for this match, Im just not digging Air Boom. Both guys are talented high flyers, but they just dont have personalities so I’d rather have the belts on two guys who can actually talk
What we will see: WWE likes to see Vickie scream so her team will probably lose.

Zack Ryder – The Next Hulk Hogan?

By 1983 Vince McMahon Jr. had purchased his father’s company the WWWF and re-named it the WWF.  However, he was still looking for his next big star.  Bruno Sammartino, while still a fan favorite was “too old” and Bob Backlund, while the top star for the last six years was “too boring”.  Vince wanted to get away from the typical “wrestlers”.  He wanted someone different from the norm, someone larger than life.  He would find that person in a young man from Tampa, FL named Terry Bollea a.k.a Hulk Hogan.

Hogan was far from conventional.  He wore bright yellow trunks, bright red knee pads, and a headband that read “Hulkamania” and ended most of his sentences with the word “brother”.  Hogan while having endless amounts of charisma was far from the mat technicians of Vince Sr.’s day, but that’s what Vince Jr. wanted.  To the surprise of many wrestling purists, it worked.   As we all know, Hogan became the biggest thing in wrestling and is one of the top money makers the business has ever seen.

Fast forward to 2011 and Vince is looking for another star to break out.  John “Super” Cena has become super stale, The Viper Randy Orton has lost his bite, and CM Punk while enjoyable now is slowly having his gimmick over exposed.  However, there may be a star in the waiting right now.  It just so happens that Vince currently employs another young man who wears bright colors (purple and orange), head bands, has odd but memorable catch phrases and also has gained some fame outside of the ring (as Hogan had done with Rocky III), Instead of” brother” he says “bro”(or Broski) and instead of “what cha gonna do”, he says “woo woo woo”.  That’s right, I’m talking about Long Island Iced Z, Zack Ryder.

Despite what his critics may think Zack may have tapped into the future of wrestling.   By using a platform like youtube to develop and market a character, he’s been able to elevate himself without the aid of bookers, writers, or marketing personnel.  The fact that Zack can market himself may be his greatest asset because despite WWE being a corporate juggernaut it doesn’t have the time or the resources to develop merchandise for every single wrestler.  When Hogan came back in 1983, he already had the bandana and the red and yellow shirt that he ripped off his body.  Now despite what we thought as kids, he didn’t do this because he liked wearing that stuff, he did it to market himself to the audience.  Before you knew it, everyone was wearing red and yellow in arenas across the nation.  Another example would be Stone Cold Steve Austin who knew that he had to just put on his black trunks and black boots, go out and just be himself (something Eric Bischoff said would never work).  Once his character became popular he came up with dozens of t-shirt and merchandise ideas to help market the Stone Cold character.  Austin just happens to be the biggest money maker in WWE history.  Ryder in a matter of two months has gone from having one generic t-shirt to having the Broski t-shirt, the Broski headband, and the Broski sunglasses.  He even had a custom made Internet Championship belt made for a cool $1,500.  That’s dedication.  To quote the great Macho Man Randy Savage, “if you want to make it in this business, you have to invest in your gimmick”.  $1,500 is a hell of an investment, but one that’s going to pay off big time in the end.

You can dismiss Ryder’s show as goofy, a fad, or a waste of time, but since he’s the first to do it, he’s at the very least an innovator.   That alone puts him ahead of the curve and ahead of the do nothing crop of “superstars” who sit there wondering why nobody’s pushing them.  If there’s anything I’ve learned in life it’s that if you want someone to give you an opportunity, you need to stand out and be noticed.  Zack has done that and not just by wearing one legged pants, but by being who he is and putting it out there for the World and most importantly for his bosses to see.  It’s worked before.  Sometimes for guys who would never even be considered stars when they started.

I know, you think I’m crazy.  How can a goofball like Zack Ryder reach Hulk Hogan type levels?  To be honest I don’t know.  What I do know is that it takes more than having things in common with a legend to become one, but I just tend to think that when people tell you your crazy, you might actually be onto something. Ryder is probably thinking the same exact thing.  He has the charisma, the wrestling skills, and the look to get it done.  It’s going to be fun watching him try to reach the level of the greats.  It might take time, it will take a lot of effort, but maybe just maybe Zack Ryder will someday be mentioned in the same breath as Hogan, Rock, and Austin.  Woo woo woo, you know it!

After a couple months without any predictions (since Wrestlemania) the Ruthless Roundtable is back, albeit a smaller at the moment, but we’re working on it!

Today, we are predicting the matches for Night of Champions 2011!  With the worst poster I’ve seen in a long time…just my opinion. And here we go!

Cos’s Night of Champions Predictions:

 Matches & Stipulations:

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena
Singles match for the WWE Championship

I was so high on Del Rio earlier in the year, he now bores me, maybe its perhaps that I’m afraid the inevitable will happen and he’ll just get fed to Cena either this month or next month. But I’m sticking with him for at least one more month or one more Pay-Per-View.

Winner and Still Champion: Alberto Del Rio

CM Punk vs. Triple H
No Disqualification match; If CM Punk wins, Triple H resigns as COO of WWE

I’m torn with this one, I have a feeling that Punk needs to win to keep his momentum going, but I doubt that they’ll get rid of Triple H as COO. Unfortunately, they’ve corned themselves with the NO Disqualifications stipulation so they can’t get DQ or anything. My gut on this one is Punk wins and Triple H comes back anyway.

Winner: CM Punk

Kelly Kelly (c) vs. Beth Phoenix
Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship

Kelly Kelly seems to be holding onto that Divas Championship, but I feel like the end is near for her.

Winner and New Divas Champion: Beth Phoenix

Air Boom (Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. The Miz & R-Truth
Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship

I might not like the name Air Boom, but I like the “resurgence” or attempted resurgence at least of the Tag Team Division. I think Miz and Truth should call themselves Awesome Truth, why not? But it is too soon for them to steal the tag team gold away from Air Boom. October brings two back to back PPV’s and I’m sure they can keep this feud going throughout the month of October.

Winners and Still Tag Team Champions: Air Boom

Randy Orton (c) vs. Mark Henry
Singles match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

Mark Henry has been looking pretty dominate but I don’t see Orton giving up the championship just yet. I feel like Orton will turn a World’s Strongest Slam into an RKO for the save this month, and the feud will just continue well into October.

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Jack Swagger vs. Alex Riley vs. John Morrison
Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE United States Championship

All four of these guys are great wrestlers and I can see all four of them doing this thing again in a few years with one of the World Championships (that is if they ever let them compete for those belts). Alex Riley still has some time, so I don’t think he’ll get it. John Morrison is just there for eye candy (either with the ladies for his looks or with his move set with the guys) I can see them switching the championship over to Swagger to further push his story with Ziggler and Vickie.

Winner and New United States Champion: Jack Swagger

Cody Rhodes (c) vs Ted Dibiasi

Singles match for the Intercontinental Championship

Cody Rhodes is on fire right now, no reason to take the Intercontinental Championship off of him and onto Dibiasi. I feel that after months of not knowing who had the IC Championship, I finally know where it is and I feel that it is back in prominent hands.

Winner and Still IC Champ: Cody Rhodes

Mother Brain’s WWE Night of Champions 2011 Predictions

By Mother Brain

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Jack Swagger vs. Alex Riley vs. John Morrison
Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE United States Championship

I find it hard to imagine either babyface winning the title. I feel that Morrison is on his way out while Riley still doesn’t do it for me as a face. The real story will be Ziggler and Swagger continuing their struggle over Vickie Gurrero’s “services”. So I could definitely see Swagger winning the belt to add more fuel to the fire.

Winner and new U.S. Champ: Jack Swagger

Air Boom (Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. The Miz & R-Truth
Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship

What a cool way to rebuild the tag team division: Air Boom against the “Conspiracy Brothers”! Should be a nice back and forth matchup with a lot of fast-paced action in the ring. Although I think it’s too early to put the belts on Miz and Truth. Hopefully, Air Boom is being prepped up for a run against the new ROH arrivals, Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli.

Winners and still Tag Team Champs: Air Boom

Kelly Kelly (c) vs. Beth Phoenix
Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship

God I hope this is the night they pull the title off the Barbie doll and put it around the luscious waist of the Glamazon.

Winner and new Divas Champ: Beth Phoenix

Randy Orton (c) vs. Mark Henry
Singles match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

One of the reasons why Smackdown sucks right now is because there’s no one helping Randy Orton step up his game like CM Punk did to John Cena this past summer. Henry’s been trashing his happy Kool-Aid man image for months now and he’s become a far more dangerous threat to the Smackdown roster in recent memory. I’ll go out on a limb and say that with the lack of heels on the b-show, time to let the black man get his due after 15 years of employment.

Winner and new World Heavyweight Champ: Mark Henry

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena
Singles match for the WWE Championship

Honestly, I don’t give a shit because it’s the same old shit. Cena wins the title by DEFAULT.

Winner and for the one millionth time WWE Champ: John Cena

CM Punk vs. Triple H
No Disqualification match; If CM Punk wins, Triple H resigns as COO of WWE

I’ve been listening to dozens of scenarios about this one for the last few weeks. So I’ll share mine. We get a brutal match much like Undertaker/HHH at Wrestlemania, Triple H gets the upper hand until Johnny Ace distracts the ref, Kevin Nash attacks the Game, and Punk gets the win. Triple H loses his COO power and either Ace takes over as an act of revenge for Mr. McMahon or Vinnie Mac himself resurfaces as the mastermind behind the conspiracy. Now the Game and Punk might have to put differences aside to battle Nash… and the CONSPIRACY BROTHERS!

Winner: CM Punk

Smark Central’s Night of Champions Predictions

Matches & Stipulations

Alberto Del Rio (c) vs. John Cena

Singles match for the WWE Championship

What I’d like to see: I’ll give you one guess…

What will happen: Every PPV I usually say Cena will win because that is what we get most of the time. However, I think this might be one of those rare occasions where the heel keeps the belt. Of course Cena will eventually win the title but for now Del Rio keeps it

CM Punk vs. Triple H

No Disqualification match; If CM Punk wins, Triple H resigns as COO of WWE

What I want to see: I want to Punk win, but the only way I see him winning is to turn heel again which is fine I’ll cheer him either way, but if he’s been in cahoots w/Laurenitis/Nash/whoever else thats gonna be hard to explain.

What will happen: Despite being the best performer in the company and carrying the show all summer, Punk will get buried by the King of killed pushes himself, HHH

Kelly Kelly (c) vs. Beth Phoenix

Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship

What I want to see: Real women’s wrestling which means Beth winning. Then again with all the other divas being factory made, it might not be so great either way.

What will happen: Beth should win this time

Air Boom (Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. The Miz & R-Truth

Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship

What I want to see: If there has one one other part of RAW besides Punk that has made it fun again, its Miz and R-truth. These two are just great together. I can’t believe I find myself laughing hysterically at Truth and the random stuff that comes out of his mouth. They’re not a true team, but they could certainly help carry a tag division that is still lacking in star power and it’d be leaps and bounds better than any of the the recent champs (Heath Slater, anyone?)

What will happen: Usually when new feuds begin the champion(s) win the first round. Plus, I don’t think their ready to yank the carpet out from Air Boom just yet despite their shitty name. Air Boom keeps it

Randy Orton (c) vs. Mark Henry

Singles match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

What I want to see: Mark Henry on the unemployment line. I know I bring this up a lot, but its only because I still can’t figure out why this guy has a job let alone a World title match. I guess its his size, but after that he’s got nothing to offer. Not to mention Smackdown is full of young talent that deserves a shot. I’ll take the lesser of two evils and take Randy.

What will happen: Cena Jr. wins again

Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Jack Swagger vs. Alex Riley vs. John Morrison

Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE United States Championship

What I want to see: I know this title has basically been rendered meaningless, but I’d like to see Swagger get it. I’m just a big fan of his and think he deserves way better than the hand he’s been dealt. This guy’s career was de-railed by hot shot booking and giving him the U.S. title would get him right back on track

What will happen: WWE has an annoying habit of giving a guy a belt either too early or too late. My guess is their going to do the latter and put it on Riley who should have been given it right after his feud with Miz ended when he was on fire. Now he’s cooled off, but that won’t stop them from doing it.

Author’s note:  This was written before the season started so my opinions are based purely on everything that happened prior to week one. 

2011 NFL Season Predictions

Ok, so this is my first time doing a column like this.  I’m usually just complaining about wrestling, but surprisingly the WWE has actually stepped up their game this summer and made the show fun again.  More on that at another date, but first Pigskin/football/futbol Americano.  Now this may shock you, but I am no expert.  I am just a huge football fan with some extra time on his hands (well technically I’m supposed to be working, but fuck that).  I will try to keep it short, simple, and fun so your not sitting there for two hours going “Enough, the Colts are in trouble, we get it”.

AFC

AFC East: The New England Patriots

Sorry Jet fans, this isn’t your year either.  As long as Tom “GQ” Brady and Bill Robochick are in New England, the odds of the Jets being anything but a wildcard are slim.  Whether Belichick is cheating (yay for four year old jokes) or just finding the right guys or the right plays, whatever he’s doing, he does it very very well and will continue to do so much to the chagrin of Gang Green and its fans (Fireman Ed is gonna be so upset).  Oh, and don’t even think about the Bills or Dolphins.  The 4x, 4x, 4x, 4x runners up and Ace Ventura’s favorite team will be lucky to break .500

What do you mean the Pats win again?

AFC North: Pittsburgh Steelers

As much as I want to give it to the Baltimore Ravens, I simply can’t dismiss Rapelisberger, James “Heavy Artillery” Harrison, and the rest of the black and gold.  The Steelers are very much at the top of their game while Baltimore is trying to get by with a still growing QB in Joe Flacco and an aging defense.  A wild card certainly isn’t out of the question, but like the Jets, they are definite underdog going up against a juggernaut.

AFC South: The Houston Texans

Here’s where it gets interesting.  I think this is the year that someone finally comes along and knocks Indianapolis Peytons of their perch.  The Texans offense is as dangerous as ever with newly anointed king of the running backs, Arian Foster leading the way, a very capable QB, and probably the best WR in the league (when healthy), Andre Johnson.  The problem with this team has always been their defense which has greatly improved with some key additions and with Wade Phillips (former Cowboy’s coach) as Defensive Coordinator.  The only question is, when it comes time will it all gel together?  My answer is yes.  I was originally going to put them as a 10 or 11 win team, but Hell with quarterbacks like Luke McCown, Kerry Collins, and Matt Hasselbeck starting in their division they might be a 13 win team after all.  Crazier shit has happened.

If there’s one man your gonna believe in, why not this guy? Oh....

AFC West: San Diego Chargers

Come on Chargers, this is getting silly now.  Last year they were the top ranked offense and defense and yet somehow managed to miss the playoffs.  The problem?  Painfully slow starts to the season and meltdowns on special teams.  San Diego needs to come out of the gate firing this year if their going to have any shot of winning the division and going deep into the playoffs.  All the pieces are there, they just need to make it all work.  If they don’t, it could mean the end of the road for coach Norv Turner who’s choke jobs have started to rival the man he succeeded, Marty Schottenheimer.  They will certainly see some stiff competition from the Chiefs and even yes, those pesky Oakland Raiders, but if they don’t end up a 2 or 3 seed, I will be very surprised.

Wild Cards

Baltimore Ravens: They have their weaknesses as I mentioned before, but this team is just too talented to be left out of the picture all together so barring any major injuries, they should at least get in the tournament and have a great chance to make it to the Super Bowl.

New York Jets: Can the Jets get to the playoffs?  Yes.  Can go they go as far as the AFC title game again?  Maybe, but its going to be a real long shot considering very few teams have been able to get there in three consecutive years.  Either way, they should at least win 10 games which should be enough to clinch the final seed.

Seeding

1. New England
2. Pittsburgh
3. San Diego
4. Houston
5. Baltimore
6. New York

Wild card weekend

San Diego def. New York

Baltimore def. Houston

Divisional Round

New England def. Baltimore

San Diego def. Pittsburgh

AFC Championship

San Diego def. New England

NFC

NFC East: Philadelphia Eagles

FUCK THE EAGLES FUCK THE EAGLES FUCK THE EAGLES.  Sorry, lost my temper a bit there didn’t I?  As a blue blooded Giants fan, it pains me to pick the Eagles, but I am left with little choice.  As over hyped as they might be and as much as I think it might take a year or two for them to truly gel as a team, that’s not going to stop them from taking the division against a recovering Cowboys team, a pathetic Redskins team with schizoid Shanahan running the show, and a Giants team that was, let’s face it, RAPED like a Nazi in prison during the off-season between injuries and losing free agents (FUCK YOU STEVE SMITH).  The Eagles will probably end up as a number one or two seed.  Whooptie damn doo.  Thanks for nothing Mr. Reese.

Rape isn’t fun

NFC North: Green Bay Packers

The Packers now how everybody healthy so they should run away with this thing, right (better/healthy players = we can has more wins)?  Well, it’s not as much a lock as you would think.  The Bears won the division last year (by some miracle of God) and shouldn’t be an afterthought (despite having one of the most interception prone QBs of all time).  Their defense is still solid and will keep them in almost every game.  Then there are the Vikings who are going to once again roll the dice on a has been QB except this year its Donovan McNabb who has come close to winning a Super Bowl once…before puking on the field and blowing the game.  McNabb’s presence will benefit RB Adrian Peterson who will either be the MVP or be burnt out by week 6.  The defense doesn’t look a lot better either.  Then there are even the Lions (yes, those Lions) who have looked very impressive in the pre-season. Yes, they’ve done this before, but with a healthy Matthew Stafford and a gaggle of talent on both sides, they should at LEAST contend for a wild card.

NFC South: New Orleans Saints

The Falcons are not going to repeat their 2010 season.  They didn’t lose to the Packers because Matt Ryan didn’t have a deep threat.  They lost because their defense shit the bed.  Speaking of defenses shitting the bed, New Orleans after being ousted by Seattle of all fucking teams went out and added huge key pieces (Aubrayo Franklin, Shaun Rogers) AND got rid of some dead weight on offense (see: Bush, Reggie and Shockey, Jeremey).  Oh yea, and Drew Brees is still a touchdown throwing machine in the prime of his career.  They won the Super Bowl two years ago and they look like they just might do it again.  However, this division will probably be closer than people think.  Whoever doesn’t win it, will definitely get a wild card spot.  As for the Tampa Bay Bucs, they are definitely a great young team, but their not ready to mix it up with the big boys yet.  The Panthers are supposed to be in re-building mode, but don’t be socked if they rattle a few cages.

NFC West: The St. Louis Rams

Welcome to the worst division in Football.  The division that couldn’t produce a team over .500 which is probably around where the Rams will end up, but hey 8-8 should be enough to bring it home to the dome.  In all seriousness, this is the team with the most talent. Sam Bradford is slowly developing into a star player, Steven Jackson (when healthy) is still a force to be reckoned with, and the defense is anchored by the son of WWE Hall of Famer Road Warrior Animal, James Laurenitis and if your thinking that’s the main reason I picked this team, your right.  You go ahead and pick a winner in this shit division without using wrestling.  Go ahead, I’ll wait.  As for the others, Seattle decided a while ago they weren’t going to contend when they let long time QB, Matt Hasselbeck walk and then proceeded to bring in Tarvaris Jackon who is one of the biggest flops of all time.  Meanwhile in San Francisco, they are starting the hopeless, Alex Smith at QB which may bring home state hero Andrew Luck in the offseason.

Wild Cards:

Dallas Cowboys: The Cowboys are the classic example of a team with too much talent to fail.  It just seems improbable that year after year, they find a way to blow their season.  Sometimes its injuries, sometimes they choke in the first round, whatever it is, it seems to happen every year since Romo became the starter.  This is what has kept Romo from being a top tier guy, he isn’t clutch.  In fact, he’s the opposite of clutch.  In the big moment, he always seems to fade or make a critical mistake.  However, that shouldn’t stop Dallas from playing at least one playoff game.

Atlanta Falcons: A lot of people are writing this team off just because they have never been a consistently good football team.  Not to mention as a one seed they got knocked off by the surging Packers in the divisional round last year.  I am going to go out on a limb and put that aside and pick them to be the 6th seed.

Seeding

Green Bay Packers

1. Philadelphia Eagles
2. New Orleans Saints
3. St. Louis Rams
4. Dallas Cowboys
5. Atlanta Falcons

Wild card weekend

New Orleans Saints def. Atlanta Falcons

Dallas Cowboys def. St. Louis Rams

Divisional Round

Green Bay Packers def. Dallas Cowboys

New Orleans Saints def. Philadelphia Eagles

NFC Championship

Green Bay Packers def. New Orleans Saints

Super Bowl XLVI

Green Bay Packers def. San Diego Chargers

I know not quite a stretch to say the Pack will win it all again, especially in a year where consistency is at a premium (thanks, four month long lockout), but I just can’t help but think this might be the beginning of another dynasty.  As long as Rodgers is there, this team will have a chance.  Some of their players are getting older, but they can still play and even if they can’t the Packers are deep enough to make it work (See: Starks, James).  San Diego will definitely make them work for it and maybe will at least be able to walk away with some respect instead of being constantly ribbed about their poor early season play.  It has to happen one of these years right?

Yep, managed to get another wrestling reference in

The Ruthless Roundtable returns with the most talk about Pay Per View not to be included within the BIG FOUR of Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series. I for one have been paying close attention to WWE television recently, especially with CM Punk on Raw who has been on fire recently with his mic work and his ruthless but very truthful rants.

Below we will give you our predictions for tonight’s 2nd annual Money in the Bank PPV.

 Money in the Bank 2011

Matches
WWE Champion John Cena vs. CM Punk
World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton vs. Christian
Raw Money in the Bank Ladder Match
SmackDown Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Big Show vs. Mark Henry
Divas Champion Kelly Kelly vs. Brie Bella

Cos’ Money in the Bank 2011 Predictions

I’m going to be quick with these:

 WWE Champion John Cena vs. CM Punk

Winner and New WWE Champion: CM Punk

But that’s not to say that someone who wins the Money in the Bank match won’t cash in.

World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton vs. Christian
Hopefully: Winner and New World Heavyweight Champion: Christian

Raw Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Winner: The Miz

SmackDown Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Winner: Daniel Bryan

Big Show vs. Mark Henry
Winner: Mark Henry

Divas Champion Kelly Kelly vs. Brie Bella

Winner and still Champion: Kelly Kelly

Mother Brain’s Money in the Bank 2011 Predictions

By Mother Brain

Justice’s Money in the Bank 2011 Predictions:

Chosen One’s Money in the Bank 2011 Predictions: