I know, I know. You are gonna say “where have you been”? I have been sitting back waiting for something big to happen in wrestling. There have been a few things that have happened but nothing really significant, except for one thing.
I did miss out on a blog that I wanted to write. A bit after WrestleMania this year, I was watching an episode of SmackDown. This is around the time that Daniel Bryan just finished a lengthy WWE Tag Team Title reign, but on this night he was in a singles match, I believe with a member of the Shield. Bryan won a fantastic match, and for the 1st time in a singles match when they were not mocking him, the WWE fans were cheering “YES” “YES” “YES”! At that time, I thought “I should write a blog, and title it ‘A Star is born’”. And of course after that he has gone on to win 2 WWE Championships and a Sammy for Superstar of the year.
So with that being said, I wanted to write this blog because we have such a “historic event”, the unification of both the WWE and the World championships, tonight at the TLC Pay Per View. Now I guess this could be historic, but we have already seen this. Does anyone remember when Chris Jericho beat the Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin in the same night to become the Undisputed Champion? How is this different? Also, we are not unifying the championships of two different companies; we are just putting an end to the brand extension.
Personally I don’t understand how they can end the brand extension. The reason why there was a brand extension to begin with was because the company was too big. They just bought WCW and had all of the talent from that company that they wanted. With a whole roster of wrestlers WWE had to come up with a separate company. And with that, the brand extension was born. So with them not losing any wrestlers I don’t know why the brand extension is over, but I guess that is what’s best for business.
So now it is time for my prediction for the main event of tonight. WWE Champion, Randy Orton, vs. World Heavyweight Champion John Cena, in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match (which is what the ppv TLC is named for). The title will be suspended from a harness above the ring, and you have to climb the ladder and retrieve the title, or in this case titles. I know that we are guarteed a winner tonight, but I do not see that happening tonight. The TLC ppv is not a big one. This is supposed to be a big event, the unification, so why wouldn’t it happen at Mania. So I predict each man will pull down the other man’s title, and we will have a controversial ending leading us into the New Year. Or for some reason, after Triple H saying the best man will win, I see him coming in to the match, climbing the ladder, and taking the titles himself. Or another outcome I see, is the authority (Triple H and Stephanie McMahon) helping John Cena become champion, and Cena turning heel. Now that last one is the most unlikely of things to happen, but I do think that is an option.
I do feel that if we are not going to have separation of the shows/brands then it is time for us to have one WWE champion. I will be happy to see one. I am not all the way on board with calling this a historic event, but I am ready to have one champion. With 2 champions (especially with them being on both shows) it diminishes the importance of the titles. So let’s get back to the days when everyone wanted to be the WWE champion, and it was the biggest prize in the wrestling world.
AND THAT’S THE BOTTOM LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
