Originally Posted by tucsonspeed6

Nice predictions. I agree with most of them, but your reasons aren't exactly the same reasons I'd pick.

Here's mine:

Eugene v. HHH: I disagreed with you here, mostly because I think that HHH needs to lose to Eugene to make himself appear like a weak leader for Evolution. Though the WWE has been careful enough not to call Eugene "retarded" they imply that being "special" is indeed a handicap and if HHH loses to an individual who has a handicap of some sort while Orton wins on his first attempt to beat Benoit, it just stacks more evidence for an Orton takeover.

Matt Hardy v. Kane: When they made it a "marry Lita on a pole" match I knew immediately that Matt was going to lose.....Though I can't say that for sure. Matt may indeed win, but whatever happens Kane will get married to Lita. I'm not sure if they want to turn her heel yet, as there aren't many face women left on Raw. Besides, we've already got the big heel turn of Trish fresh in our memories. It's unlikely that we the fans will be able to choke down another diva swerve, and I'm thinking that the bookers realize this as well. Also, as in chess, always think three moves ahead. HBK is coming back in September to take on Kane. Will Lita get in the way of this feud, or is it all part of a much larger storyline? They want to go the full 9 months with this one, so I'm thinking they're steering this towards something big.

Batista, Jericho, Edge in a "Batista's mom on a Pole match": Edge will retain, but let's keep him out of the main event for now. He doesn't really have any heat with Benoit at the moment, and whatever heat he did have a while back most of the marks have forgotten. I'm going to go ahead and say not to expect a major plot twist with this one. Batista's in there for a reason: Maybe he'll be the one to take out Jericho, maybe he's just in there because they had nowhere else to put him. Needless to say, however, I don't feel that now is the time for Evolution to pick up a new member...so Edge won't be teaming up with Batista this time.

Orton v. Benoit in a "Legend waiting to be killed on a pole" match: This match should (key word here: Should) be kept clean from any interferences, but expect somebody to show up. I'm not so sure I want to agree with everyone that HHH will "accidentally" hit orton costing him the match, but perhaps we'll find out earlier in the night that Flair promises Orton that if he needs help, Flair will be ringside...only to have Flair stay backstage for the entire match. Expect a reversal of an RKO into a crossface late in the match, but Orton will sneak in a quick clean win.

As for Smackdown, I'm not too sure. I'll make a quick pick though: JBL to job to Taker. If not @ this PPV, the next one.