Mr. Nerfect
03-02-2007, 08:19 AM
This is my attempt at trying to save WrestleMania, don't know if I will succeed.
On the pre-show, we get Charlie Haas and Chris Masters teaming up to take on Val Venis and Eugene. A battle of RAW heels against RAW faces. Venis plays the face-in-peril, but tags in Eugene, who cleans house, does his kiddie shit, and pins Charlie Haas with a Stone Cold Stunner.
The show opens with Ric Flair facing Kenny Dykstra in a "Nature Boy Challenge". This would be established on RAW heading into WrestleMania. Flair agrees that if Dykstra can beat him at Mania, Flair will take him on as a student, and perhaps even one day pass on the "Nature Boy" moniker to him. Dykstra gets Flair to tap out to the Figure Four, and we begin to see Dykstra's climb to stardom within the WWE.
Ashley Massaro pins Melina with a Flying Elbow to win the WWE Women's Championship. I've got a good/bad feeling this will happen. I don't know how much Ashley has improved. Probably check out her match with Jillian Hall this week on SmackDown!. Ashley definitely wouldn't be the worst Women's Champion of all-time.
Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Striker and Kevin Thorn defeat The Sandman, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer and Balls Mahoney in an Eight-Man Sudden Death Extreme Brawl when Snitsky gets involved and helps the New Breed win. This gives each member of the New Breed a successful WrestleMania debut, and it allows them to claim victory over three former World Champions each. Joey Styles can point out the significance of it all.
Chavo Guerrero loses the Cruiserweight Title in a Triple Threat Match to Jimmy Wang Yang, when Yang pins the third participant, Gregory Helms, with one of his Moonsaults. Yang is pretty over, and moving the Cruiserweight Title over to him seems only right. I don't think this is the last time we'd see Chavo Guerrero at WrestleMania 23.
Paul London & Brian Kendrick retain the WWE Tag Team Championship against MNM when London pins Johnny Nitro after a London Calling. Yeah, it's WrestleMania, let him do the move. I'd add an extra stipulation to the match to make it seem more Mania calibur...if London & Kendrick win (which they do), Melina has to pose naked for Playboy. You can either have Melina begrudgingly do it (assuming Playboy was interested), or you have her absolutely refuse, which would make for some good heel heat. Not only did she not want us to see her naked, when her team lost a match stipulating she would, she still refuses. She refuses her way right out of the door as Jonathan Coachman "fires" her, and Nitro gets over by himself for a few weeks, moping about his lost girlfriend.
I'd make some changes to the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Shelton Benjamin wins a Battle Royal against all the other guys who attempted to qualify but fell short (Rob Van Dam, Johnny Nitro, Kane, Sabu, Joey Mercury, Chris Benoit and MVP), and gets throw into the match. Randy Orton turns on Edge in a tag team match against Carlito and Ric Flair, and we see Edge subsequently defend his spot the next week against Carlito and Flair, with Carlito pinning Edge, and getting Flair's blessing for the match. The winner of the match? Now that Edge is out, it'd have to be Mr. Kennedy without a doubt. The only other guy I can see getting close, is Matt Hardy. King Booker is a possibility, but he's already been World Champion before, he doesn't need the MITB win.
Chris Benoit defends the United States Championship against Montel Vontavious Porter, and for the second year in a row, Benoit loses the US Title at a WrestleMania. Poor guy. It's the WWE's fault for limiting to his enhancement role.
Bobby Lashley pins Umaga in the Hair vs. Hair Match to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. I'd actually have Lashley moved over to RAW full-time by Vince McMahon, and simply have him forced to forfeit the ECW World Championship. Have Vince McMahon maybe cut a promo in ECW about how the ECW World Championship means nothing to him, and he wants to keep a closer eye on Lashley heading into their main event-level match. I can see Austin giving Vince a Stunner after the match, Trump a Stunner, Umaga a Stunner, but instead of giving Lashley a Stunner, he just slaps him on the chest and slides under the ropes, as if to say "I'm not going to try it with you." It'd put Lashley over some.
The Great Khali and Scotty 2 Hotty defeat Kane and Daivari when Scotty 2 Hotty pins Daivari. Yes, this is weird booking, but I love Impact!'s idea of Khali coming down to help Daivari beat up Scotty 2 Hotty with the other heel cruiserweights, and then yell "Turn it up!" and take out anything that moves, other than Scotty. The two then dance. Kane takes Daivari on as his manager, and kind of makes a heel turn. This match is the end result. Scotty being isolated by Kane and Daivari would cause some massive face heat for Khali stumbled into the ring.
Next we get Vickie Guerrero's "thing", which is a new event for WrestleMania. It's like the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring, but it takes place at WrestleMania. Kind of like the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, but in a more traditional wrestling sense. Call it the "Eddie Guerrero Memorial Cup". The cup winner can use the win to launch themselves from upper mid-card into the main event. It'd kind of be like what the WWE tried to do by bastardising his legacy, but this one is merely paying tribute to it. No "Eddie's in Hell!" bullshit. Have Vickie introduce the cup into the Edge vs. Randy Orton feud, with her choosing them to be worthy of establishing it. Edge goes over and is presented the cup by Vickie and Chavo Guerrero. The following year, I'd have Chavo actually win it.
The vacant ECW World Championship is held up in the ECW main event, when Rob Van Dam faces Mick Foley for the belt. Foley would probably be willing to work WrestleMania if the WWE sent him an offer, and what better way to try and get RVD to stay in the WWE than to have him billed as a WrestleMania "main eventer", and win his third World Championship by defeating Mick Foley in a classic hardcore match. Granted, the WWE is a little sour of Van Dam, at the moment, but I think that seems to be passing. Vince needs to get over it, realise that RVD can make him money, and that a pot-smoking ECW World Champion isn't exactly something to gasp about. I can understand why Vince would never let him near the WWE Title again, but the ECW Title, even if this is a WWE bastardised version, could keep some risque about it. With Lashley being the new big man on RAW, ECW would need a new top face (again), and RVD could fill that in and work some good matches with the New Breed on Sci-Fi heading into a One Night Stand defence against one of them (Marcus Cor Von or Elijah Burke would be my picks).
The Undertaker beats Batista with not one, but two Tombstones. This makes Batista look good, and keeps The Undertaker's streak alive. It also gives him one last run with a World Championship. Taker would hopefully lose his streak at WrestleMania 24, against a young up-and-comer like Kenny Dykstra, or something. This match will be the best it possibly can be, in my opinion, as Batista will want to work well with Undertaker, because facing him at WrestleMania is his "dream match".
The headlining match would be John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship. The match is just these guys doing what they can to make it a classic, and the finish comes when Vince McMahon struts out (bald), and helps Cena overcome HBK.
Yes, I am very, very, very bored.
On the pre-show, we get Charlie Haas and Chris Masters teaming up to take on Val Venis and Eugene. A battle of RAW heels against RAW faces. Venis plays the face-in-peril, but tags in Eugene, who cleans house, does his kiddie shit, and pins Charlie Haas with a Stone Cold Stunner.
The show opens with Ric Flair facing Kenny Dykstra in a "Nature Boy Challenge". This would be established on RAW heading into WrestleMania. Flair agrees that if Dykstra can beat him at Mania, Flair will take him on as a student, and perhaps even one day pass on the "Nature Boy" moniker to him. Dykstra gets Flair to tap out to the Figure Four, and we begin to see Dykstra's climb to stardom within the WWE.
Ashley Massaro pins Melina with a Flying Elbow to win the WWE Women's Championship. I've got a good/bad feeling this will happen. I don't know how much Ashley has improved. Probably check out her match with Jillian Hall this week on SmackDown!. Ashley definitely wouldn't be the worst Women's Champion of all-time.
Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Striker and Kevin Thorn defeat The Sandman, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer and Balls Mahoney in an Eight-Man Sudden Death Extreme Brawl when Snitsky gets involved and helps the New Breed win. This gives each member of the New Breed a successful WrestleMania debut, and it allows them to claim victory over three former World Champions each. Joey Styles can point out the significance of it all.
Chavo Guerrero loses the Cruiserweight Title in a Triple Threat Match to Jimmy Wang Yang, when Yang pins the third participant, Gregory Helms, with one of his Moonsaults. Yang is pretty over, and moving the Cruiserweight Title over to him seems only right. I don't think this is the last time we'd see Chavo Guerrero at WrestleMania 23.
Paul London & Brian Kendrick retain the WWE Tag Team Championship against MNM when London pins Johnny Nitro after a London Calling. Yeah, it's WrestleMania, let him do the move. I'd add an extra stipulation to the match to make it seem more Mania calibur...if London & Kendrick win (which they do), Melina has to pose naked for Playboy. You can either have Melina begrudgingly do it (assuming Playboy was interested), or you have her absolutely refuse, which would make for some good heel heat. Not only did she not want us to see her naked, when her team lost a match stipulating she would, she still refuses. She refuses her way right out of the door as Jonathan Coachman "fires" her, and Nitro gets over by himself for a few weeks, moping about his lost girlfriend.
I'd make some changes to the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Shelton Benjamin wins a Battle Royal against all the other guys who attempted to qualify but fell short (Rob Van Dam, Johnny Nitro, Kane, Sabu, Joey Mercury, Chris Benoit and MVP), and gets throw into the match. Randy Orton turns on Edge in a tag team match against Carlito and Ric Flair, and we see Edge subsequently defend his spot the next week against Carlito and Flair, with Carlito pinning Edge, and getting Flair's blessing for the match. The winner of the match? Now that Edge is out, it'd have to be Mr. Kennedy without a doubt. The only other guy I can see getting close, is Matt Hardy. King Booker is a possibility, but he's already been World Champion before, he doesn't need the MITB win.
Chris Benoit defends the United States Championship against Montel Vontavious Porter, and for the second year in a row, Benoit loses the US Title at a WrestleMania. Poor guy. It's the WWE's fault for limiting to his enhancement role.
Bobby Lashley pins Umaga in the Hair vs. Hair Match to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship. I'd actually have Lashley moved over to RAW full-time by Vince McMahon, and simply have him forced to forfeit the ECW World Championship. Have Vince McMahon maybe cut a promo in ECW about how the ECW World Championship means nothing to him, and he wants to keep a closer eye on Lashley heading into their main event-level match. I can see Austin giving Vince a Stunner after the match, Trump a Stunner, Umaga a Stunner, but instead of giving Lashley a Stunner, he just slaps him on the chest and slides under the ropes, as if to say "I'm not going to try it with you." It'd put Lashley over some.
The Great Khali and Scotty 2 Hotty defeat Kane and Daivari when Scotty 2 Hotty pins Daivari. Yes, this is weird booking, but I love Impact!'s idea of Khali coming down to help Daivari beat up Scotty 2 Hotty with the other heel cruiserweights, and then yell "Turn it up!" and take out anything that moves, other than Scotty. The two then dance. Kane takes Daivari on as his manager, and kind of makes a heel turn. This match is the end result. Scotty being isolated by Kane and Daivari would cause some massive face heat for Khali stumbled into the ring.
Next we get Vickie Guerrero's "thing", which is a new event for WrestleMania. It's like the Royal Rumble and King of the Ring, but it takes place at WrestleMania. Kind of like the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, but in a more traditional wrestling sense. Call it the "Eddie Guerrero Memorial Cup". The cup winner can use the win to launch themselves from upper mid-card into the main event. It'd kind of be like what the WWE tried to do by bastardising his legacy, but this one is merely paying tribute to it. No "Eddie's in Hell!" bullshit. Have Vickie introduce the cup into the Edge vs. Randy Orton feud, with her choosing them to be worthy of establishing it. Edge goes over and is presented the cup by Vickie and Chavo Guerrero. The following year, I'd have Chavo actually win it.
The vacant ECW World Championship is held up in the ECW main event, when Rob Van Dam faces Mick Foley for the belt. Foley would probably be willing to work WrestleMania if the WWE sent him an offer, and what better way to try and get RVD to stay in the WWE than to have him billed as a WrestleMania "main eventer", and win his third World Championship by defeating Mick Foley in a classic hardcore match. Granted, the WWE is a little sour of Van Dam, at the moment, but I think that seems to be passing. Vince needs to get over it, realise that RVD can make him money, and that a pot-smoking ECW World Champion isn't exactly something to gasp about. I can understand why Vince would never let him near the WWE Title again, but the ECW Title, even if this is a WWE bastardised version, could keep some risque about it. With Lashley being the new big man on RAW, ECW would need a new top face (again), and RVD could fill that in and work some good matches with the New Breed on Sci-Fi heading into a One Night Stand defence against one of them (Marcus Cor Von or Elijah Burke would be my picks).
The Undertaker beats Batista with not one, but two Tombstones. This makes Batista look good, and keeps The Undertaker's streak alive. It also gives him one last run with a World Championship. Taker would hopefully lose his streak at WrestleMania 24, against a young up-and-comer like Kenny Dykstra, or something. This match will be the best it possibly can be, in my opinion, as Batista will want to work well with Undertaker, because facing him at WrestleMania is his "dream match".
The headlining match would be John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWE Championship. The match is just these guys doing what they can to make it a classic, and the finish comes when Vince McMahon struts out (bald), and helps Cena overcome HBK.
Yes, I am very, very, very bored.