QUESTION - What will the MAIN-EVENT of Wrestlemania 27 be?
 

QUESTION - What will the MAIN-EVENT of Wrestlemania 27 be?

What do you guys think the main-event of Wrestlemania 27 will be? It will be interesting to see the responses in this thread.....when/if this thread gets bumped in one year's time.

My prediction: John Cena vs. Undertaker.

What is yours? And why? On a semi-related note, I was entertained by last night's PPV (I saw it on the big screen). It wasn't the best Wrestlemania of all-time, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. For $29.95, I felt like I got my money's worth. I really enjoyed the last two matches....and judging by the crowd reaction in my theater, so did most others.

No idea yet.

I'm not exactly sure what the main even will be but I'm fairly ceritan Randy Orton will be in it. I'm guessing either:

Randy Orton v. Edge
Randy Orton v. Drew McIntyre
Randy Orton v. CM Punk

Reckon HHH could get a main event spot next year after being so low down on the card this year, was a good laugh seeing him that far down it though.:D

Hulk hogan v ultimate warrior.

*cue "that'll be Bound for Glory's main-event"/other TNA jokes*

John Cena vs The Undertaker seems like a solid bet

I could see a heel World Champion Edge vs a babyface Randy Orton be the main-event.

None of us do.....just try and make a well educated guess.

The reason why I think we'll see Cena vs. Taker, is because Taker's streak now has more significance than ever. The WWE now knows that there's big $$$$ involved in giving the impression that Taker's streak could be broken. Kayfabe wise, the only guy that might be able to "believably" end Taker's streak is Cena.

It might just be me, but the thought of Cena vs. Taker at mania just doesn't excite me one bit. :-\

It will most likely happen though.

It seems that Taker will go until 20-0 and then retire, at least that would be the most logical thing to do.

This means he has two more opponents at WrestleMania. John Cena has to be one of them from a business standpoint alone. It would be a big-time match and if Cena was heelish than it could be a hell of a feud. This leaves one other guy. Who should it be? CM Punk? Triple H? Vince McMahon maybe?

I can see why they need to do Cena, it's never been done at mania. Punk is also another good choice. :y:

Perhaps, but 12 years old will be excreting semen from their penises at the thought of this. You and I might not care for Cena/Taker, but the WWE's target demographic probably will.

I was talking about this in the Taker streak appreciation thread -- John Cena is 6-1 at WrestleMania. If he had won at WM 24 he would 7-0. They could have had literally the biggest match ever if they did something like Undertaker vs John Cena, streak vs streak, hell, throw in the WWE Title and a retirement angle in that match. :lol:

I can see the appeal of cena/taker for sure, i'lld be just hoping cena isn't the one to end the streak, as will half of the crowd, could be a pretty huge match if done right.

I think Cena/Taker would be a really good match. Their match at Vengeance 2003 was pretty good and Cena has come a long way since then.

My top 3 matches would be....

Undertaker vs. Cena

Triple H vs. Edge

CM Punk vs. Randy Orton (Would be awesome, especially for the psychological part of it, they both play mind games)

Maybe Taker vs. Batista? (loser must retire match).

Batista is another guy who has been thinking about 'hanging it up' in the not-so-distant future. My only problem with Taker/Batista, is that it would be too obvious of a result....even for the markiest of marks.

I get that, hence my next post. Just saying it doesn't excite me personally.

NOT A FLAME, JUST AN OBSERVATION.


Wait, does that work there?



:D :love: :kiss:

Yeh batista/taker doesn't have the same feel as cena/taker would.

Taker vs Goldberg :D

oh dear....:D

If they ever beat Undertaker at Mania, its gotta be with a guy who is young, long career ahead of him and just gettin in to the main event picture. Point is, he has to make someone's career. I would hate to see someone established like Cena beat him, or an older star like HHH

Swagger v Taker? :shifty:

I don't see why an established star beating him is that bad. I mean think of the names that couldn't defeat him. HBK, Flair, HHH, Edge, Big Show, Batista, Orton, Kane, Nash, Albert etc, but Jimmy Jones who is on his way up in the company deserves the honour more than these guys? Sure I can see how it could help somebody, but knowing WWE they'd fuck the booking up and nobody would care 6 months later.

Rising star beating him won't happen. What happens if he pulls a Lesnar?

Thing is with someone younger breaking the streak is it wouldn't have been as believable as someone like HBK ending it.

Taker's streak will never and should never be broken.

Taker/Cena is my prediction for WM27, face v face feud. Taker wins, shows respect to Cena and they both pose for a bit until Cena makes his long-awaited heel turn, laying into the Undertaker.

Uh huh, they're going to let one guy quitting while on top stop them from creating any new stars.

Which would carry a fuckton more 'meaning' and venom if he ended the streak. I'd mark.

There are others way to create stars than breaking Taker's streak. Also Cena doesn't need to break it to cement himself as a major heel. That can be done through a well booked heel turn. That one "epic moment" of the streak breaking isn't worth throwing away 18 years IMO.

Just imagine the hatred from the crowd towards cena on raw the next night if he did break the streak though....:D(still i agree it shouldn't be broken, just imagining what would happen)

If Taker loses the streak it will be to someone who is already over and has some longevity, but not fully established as a super duper mega star. I could see it being someone like an Orton or Edge, or maybe even a guy like MVP or DiBiase in a couple of years. Cena would be a waste, but being the 'franchise' is just believable enough to add some doubt, which is vital when booking an Undertaker opponent for wrestleMania. Hence I called an Undi'/Cena match for Mania XXVII a year ago.

Well, in honesty, I thought they were gonna with it this year, but alas no. So I think next year is a shoo-in. (I predicted Taker/Edge and the first Taker/HBK match a year in advance too so I don't have a bad 'guessing-Undertaker's-next-WrestleMania-opponent-a-year-in-advance' average thus far...)

Exactly.

If someone is beating Taker at Mania', it's not going to be a Drew Mcintyre or a Sheamus. It's going to be someone like John Cena or Randy Orton (i.e. someone that has proven their loyalty, and still has a lot of mileage left).

Another possible angle which nobody has really touched on yet is having The Undertaker 'pass the torch' at WrestleMania to a completely new supernatural type character to fill the void he will be leaving when he hangs them up.

WWE has had its mind-games shit-scary box ticked for twenty years with Taker, and Bearer, and Kane et al. Will they feel it is an element they want to retain even when Taker retires?

And if so, they could bring someone new in, build them up during the next couple of years, keep him completely apart from Taker yet always interlinked (like Taz/Sabu in ECW in the mid 90s) and finally have them clash for the first time at WrestleMania.

Cena is pretty close to being supernatural. :D

Rest in pieces Deadmans!

For that last scenario to work, they would need to be absolutely certain that the new guy had the ability to pull the character off and was over in his own right before ever putting him over the 'Taker.

I'd be hesistant to name any names because it would have to be someone we haven't even seen yet, or somebody with a radical repackaging job. But bringing him in at least a year ahead of time and having him constantly call out Taker, or even be mentored by him for a while, but never wrestle him... have the guy be totally dominant like early Taker/Kane... and they've got at least a year to see if he's got what it takes to end the streak.

I definitely see Taker hitting 20-0 before they even consider ending it though.

i respect him for taking one for the team with that.