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No Way Out Predictions
by bpapa on 2/15/08 12:57 AM
Well, it's time for the classic bridge PPV, and generally the easiest to predict, No Way Out. Why so simple? Generally come February most of the major WrestleMania matches seem clear, so it's easy to pick who will win whatever set-up matches we have here. Last year they played it smart by headlining with the HBK/Cena vs. Undertaker/Batista match, but the return of John Cena threw the wrench of predictability back into things. So here we go:
WWE Title: John Cena vs. Randy Orton. I think that one thing is perfectly clear, and that's that John Cena and Triple H will both be involved in WrestleMania's main event. Whether or not Randy Orton is in there as well seems to still be a question mark. According to reports HHH/Cena is the likely match but there is still an outside chance of a triple threat. With that said, Cena is the smart choice, but I guess you never know.
World Title: Edge vs. Rey Mysterio. With Rey's latest injury, this match might not even happen. If it does, Edge is as much of a lock for the World title match at WM 24 as Cena and HHH are for the WWE title match. He definitely wins here.
RAW Elimination Chamber featuring Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Shawn Michaels, Umaga, JBL, and Chris Jericho. Dang, that's a hell of a lineup, and this should be an awesome match, but there is no way that Triple H isn't winning. I'd say the only chance in hell of that not happening is if Jeff Hardy were to win the Chamber, and then HHH were to turn heel the next night on RAW and somehow earn the title shot. Since an eventual HHH heel turn is in the cards it's possible, but I'm thinking WWE will just keep it simple and have HHH vs. Cena as a face vs. face match, building off of their previous WrestleMania meeting.
Smackdown Elimination Chamber featuring the Undertaker, Batista, Big Daddy V, The Great Khali, MVP, and Finlay. Obviously Undertaker and Batista are the only possible choices to win, and most seem to think that Undertaker vs. Edge has been a WrestleMania lock for months. I still think there is a slim chance that we'll see Batista involved in a World title triple threat for WM 24, but that is SLIM. I'll pick the Deadman to win here.
ECW Title - Chavo Guerrero vs. CM Punk. If Rey sticks around I'm thinking he may challenge for the ECW title at WrestleMania. Plus, let's be honest here - CM Punk in the Money in the Bank match is going to be much better than him defending the ECW title in Orlando in a match that nobody cares about. I pick Chavo to retain.
Ric Flair vs. Mr. Kennedy - Flair's probably not retiring at No Way Out, so he'll beat Mr. Kennedy here. Perhaps MVP will try to prevent that from happening, setting up the long-awaited return of Matt Hardy?
I'm not sure when Santino and Carlito are going to get their tag title shots, but if it's at this PPV (with 2 Elimination Chamber matches and 2 World title matches already booked I'm thinking they may just cap the show at 6 matches), then they really should win the gold. Holly and Rhodes are doing nothing and Santino/Maria is a big angle headed into WrestleMania.


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From DaneBramage on 2/15/08 8:45 AM
I pretty much agree with all of your predictions, only match I'm not too sure about picking a winer is the ECW Title match, but the MITB idea for Punk is reasonable.
I think the Flair-Kennedy match with MVP and Matt Hardy getting involved is a good idea, in many a wrestling game over the years I've had the Hardys ally themselves with Flair, a Flair/Hardy v MVP/Kennedy match on either a Raw or SmackDown before Mania would be good.
From 92tombstone92 on 2/16/08 7:17 PM
good predictions i would like to see HHH go back to heel of course i would like to see Cena go back to heel soon but thats not happening anytime soon i don't want Rey to go after ECW Title. Rey and Punk should team up and go for the Tag Championship and have Morrison go for ECW Championship and Big Show is supposed to be returning TO SMACKDOWN which is great so Big Show my get involved in the Edge vs. Mysterio match or break through the chamber and attack one of the smackdown superstars or something like that but great predictions