No Mercy(HBK's drive for five)

[cactusjames]

I've been meaning to touch on this yesterday but forgot, but this card is shaping up to be really good. Yeah, not too many matches have been made, but the ones that have look solid.

HHH vs Jeff Hardy is going to be real good. I got a feeling Jeff is going to have the match of his life and HHH would look the best he has in a while having somebody of Hardy's caliber to work off of. I don't think WWE should throw away Hardy's first title run like this, it should have a way bigger build up, but I think Hardy needs it so his loyal fans don't lose hope. HHH retains.

ECW title match is what is is, maybe we'll get a match this time. Hardy retains.

The Women's title match is eh. The only question mark on the card thus far. Candice is so so, and Beth almost killed her last time. Beth retains.

JBL and Batista should be a nice stiff brawl of a match. Clunky at times maybe, but a real hard hitting slugfest is always a fun watch. Batista gets the W.

Oh yeah there is one more match announced, World Heavyweight Champ Chris Jericho vs the Heartbreak Kid. And it's a ladder match. Shit, this feud just keeps getting better and better. And remember a while back I said how cool would it be to have a title invovled in this feud? This is going to be a great match, and bet your fucking ass it's a show stopper. A classic ladder match, who knows. A possibility, but I won't promise anything. Either way it's going to be a great match, and best of the night. Here's hoping Hunter can let his bud have main event status on this PPV. Yeah, Jericho retains setting up a cool Batista/Jericho feud for next Suvivor Series, but I turn into a mark every time HBK goes for the title and I revert back to 12 years old and hold out hope he get's his 5th title run, even if it's for a month. If anyone deserves it it's him.

More predictions to follow as more matches are known.

[cactusjames]

Ok so I just read this could be the end of the feud with HBK and Jericho. Jericho gave some hints in a recent interview that could mean this sundays ladder match could be the ending of the best feud in years. There was talks that HBK and Jericho wanted to stretch this out to Wrestlemania, but if anything, it seems they will revisit if they choose too and the ladder match will be the culmination.

I couldn't be happier. I've been waiting for one of their matches to be for a title for a while now and sunday is it. The interview also discussed how the two guys didn't get help with the storyline from the front office, they pretty much had their own idea and plans for how it should go, and Jericho states that's why this is one of the best ever.

Two other matches on the card, Big Show and Taker. At least it isn't Kozlov vs Khali. Does this match even matter? Taker is so rarely seen anymore his matches are just filler. He might lose and sell some injuries for a while, or he'll win get jumped afterwards and be out a few weeks. This match is going to be the snoozer of the night, and I feel bad for Show who deserves good work and the only one to get anything good out of the Dead Man this year has been Edge. And while Show is in great shape(for him), he's not Edge so this will be slow and boring. I know, that prediction's going out on a limb considering it's a Taker match.

And Rey Rey vs Kane. Maybe with more time, we could see an entertaining match, but Kane is too clunky to have a smooth match with Mysterio. So I expect more than a few botched spots. I'll put the over/under at 4 for the match, be in Kane awkwardly selling a move or totally being out of position for a Mysterio high flying move. I think Rey wins and gets revenge, the fans haven't seen him in a while on PPV, he needs a PPV win badly to get back in the mix of things.

As of now, one stinker and it's a Taker match, so not a bad looking card 6 days away. And as the event gets closer, I find myself unsure who will walk out of the ladder match champ, I can't remember the last time I was unsure of who was walking out with the title, maybe Orton and Hardy from the Rumble, the Triple Threat at Mania, around there. It'd better be the last match of the night, it's going to be an f'n classic.