Cheers for rep VSG but that cuntbag 'the genius' keeps neg repping all my posts for no reason so it dont really matter. Well actually there is a reason - hes jealous as fuck. or he's sitting spazzed in a wheelchair whith his knob lodged in his throat

Wade Barrett would have beaten Luke on Tough Enough.

Well Andy did so Wade definately would. We didnt get tough enough when i was living in ireland (we got NXT tho THANK FUCK!!) but Andy looks like such a mix of Kevin Nash and Edge that i feel i already know what he's gonna do and say and his wrestling ability wont even come close to either. Luke seems like a real twunt so i think he shoulda won it

I believe you.

You mean like this?

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:?::?::?:

I've got this shirt:

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Anytime I see this, I think casting call shot for a remake of Princess Bride, with Barrett as Fezzik.

http://bestuff.com/images/images_of_...jpg?1173317209

He has the booming voice, but those are still pretty big shoes to fill, pun or no.

Also, WCW era Eddie would have made a perfect Inigo.

http://www.wwe.com/f/reign/image/200...jpg?1298296875
http://www.alicia-logic.com/capsimag...ntBotherMe.jpg

Wrestling ability wouldn't even come into the equation if he was a mix of those 2 guys. He'd be out injured 95% of the time!

Other wrestlers have had massively hot runs in their first year(s), then burned out to nothing, then come back and been a success. Orton is the poster-boy for that group.

But when you look at the top-stars of recent generations, generally they accelerate (maybe after a long start-up period like HHH) and never look back.

So based on that, not sure about WB... or Sheamus for that matter.

And to answer the question in the thread title, probably something to do with crumpets...

Since Brock Lesnar, the WWE has freaked the shit out about pushing anyone to the moon as quick. The WWE want to make sure Barrett handles being on mid-card duty when he has to and (perhaps even more importantly) the travel schedule of being a WWE Superstar.

As Barrett approaches a year with the company without incident, still doing fantastic work even though his latest job has been to look second to Ezekiel Jackson -- it seems prime time for a MITB win, doesn't it? Don't expect a quick cash-in, though.

Espicially since he (like Miz) could hold onto the briefcase for a while and just talk about it and still be relevant. Someone like Kofi wouldn't be able to do that...

That's exactly it. Barrett can talk about biding his time, waiting until the time is right, etc. Kofi can talk, but a babyface can't do things like that as effectively. They could do a "journey to the top" for Kofi, but Barrett, essentially, has been tested more, and he's got the marketability of a top star. Like previous years, the briefcase on him would be a "Hey guys, we're sure about this guy, so start using him right" mark against his name.

Shaemus winnin' MITB,

and Del Rio for Raw's.

Sheamus is already in the main event picture. He really doesn't need it. The same goes for Del Rio. Those guys have enough claims to future title shots right now. Although, it wouldn't surprise me if one won, both winning would not only be the same on the face/heel spectrum, but it would also be two more established stars taking it.

In Tipsters, I went with Alberto Del Rio and Daniel Bryan, although I want to see SmackDown! and see how Bryan is portrayed.

I'm going with this, because Del Rio could cash in on CM Punk to close MITB, could claim he saved Cena's job for heat to build towards their rumoured SummerSlam match, and with the crowd probably on Punk's side, a heel cashing in loses them no heat.

I'm going with Bryan because he's the babyface I'd most trust with the briefcase on SmackDown! (which is low on faces), and could easily be built up as a title contender by the time a year is up. Plus, he could feud with a heel like Wade Barrett or Sheamus over the briefcase, giving both something to do at SummerSlam, while I expect we'll get a Fatal 4-Way featuing Orton, Christian, Henry and Kane for the World Title. I can just imagine new champion Christian claiming Teddy was trying to screw him out of the WHC. Also, haven't they trademarked the line "Sooner or later, everybody taps" for merchandising purposes?

This is also shaping up to be a pretty big PPV for the WWE, with CM Punk garnering it so much attention. Now is the time to make some new stars with MITB. The world (well, more so than would be watching, say, Capitol Punishment) already know that Sheamus, Barrett, etc. are stars. Giving the win to a guy on the rise is a great way to carry them forward.

Also, I'm predicting a lot of heel victories at the event. Christian should win the World Title; Henry should chew through Big Show (or it derails his current push entirely); the MITB gimmick is tailor-made for heel victories, so a heel will likely win at least one of them. That leaves Kelly Kelly vs. Brie Bella and possibly Cena vs. Punk (if they choose to just treat this like any other match, and not the huge moment it could be) for babyface victories. Way to make people feel crappy about buying your PPV, huh? So a face MITB winner in one of the matches seems like a good pick. They could go with the face cash-in on Punk, or a face victory with Punk taking them out as a factor; but I'm not even sure Barrett needs the briefcase (although I think he would gain a good boost from it).

Is that seriously what he looks like now?

He doesn't look like there's much going on in his head.