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This Would Be An Unexpected Move for WrestleMania
by Impact on 2/21/08 3:29 PM
Now before you all start saying "Jeff Hardy sucks" just listen for a second -- he's main event, he's staying main event, and all the little subtle signs that most people completely miss and don't even realize are signs of a future major run are clearly evident to me. So if all you're going to do is continue to bash the first guy to step up that's actually DIFFERENT from all the other tired ass main eventers, then just stop reading now.
I thought of this a few days ago, and this is honestly how I'd book WrestleMania 24 just for the fact that nobody would expect this, and that's a big part of what's been lackking in the WWE -- unpredictability (I completely called it when I said weeks ago that the Elimination Chamber would come down to Triple H and Jeff Hardy with HHH barely defeating the Intercontinental Champion, and sure enough, that's how it played out, and my credibility for knowing this industry continues to build).
So we've got WrestleMania 24, with these key matches:
WWE Championship match
Triple H versus John Cena versus (c) Randy Orton
Money in the Bank
Includes Jeff Hardy (who is going to win it, whether you like it or not or believe it or not)
So here's what I would do for WrestleMania. Now Jeff Hardy clearly wants to main event Mania, and deserves it really. And he was just shy of winning the Chamber match. Triple H is practically a lock to win the WWE Championship at WrestleMania because Cena has a movie to film around Mania time... hence my confusion on his return so early... so I figure that with the triple threat, no disqualifications, the three beat each other bloody, and Triple H wins, while Cena gets "reinjured" and Orton's just beaten and unconscious. So Hardy, who's going to win the Money in the Bank anyway (he was after all the only one originally even discussed to be in the match a few weeks ago, they hadn't even considered anyone else yet so he's clearly winning), and wanted to main event Mania, and has the right to use his contract for a title match anytime within a year of winning the briefcase... cashes it in directly after Triple H becomes the champion, takes advantage of an already battered new champion, and wins the WWE Championship in the unexpected main event match of WrestleMania 24, leading to a continuation of the feud the two will likely have either way thru the summer (as I'm expecting Jeff Hardy to win the WWE Championship around SummerSlam more than anything else).
I HIGHLY doubt that the WWE would push this sort of twist, as they've become far too predictable, HOWEVER, that's how I would book it, because no one would see that coming.
Comments
(28 total)
From JamesP on 2/21/08 3:47 PM
I wouldn't want for that to happen. Jeff Hardy winning the title? Ugh...
From bpapa on 2/21/08 4:23 PM
This would only make sense if they were turning Jeff heel or something, it doesn't make sense for a face to come out and win the title this way, since it's sort of a cheap win. Also if they did this it would have happened 3 out of 4 times with the MITB winner.
I do think Jeff should win the match, and challenge for the title at a PPV, like how RVD did.
From willierko on 2/21/08 4:51 PM
Bpapa is right, doing something like that would make Jeff Hardy a heel there is no way to turn that into a face move.
From Impact on 2/21/08 5:15 PM
That's true, and if I were booking it, it might not be a bad idea to do. Really, something I'm a fan of with TNA is that they don't have clear cut faces or heels. And since WWE DOES, they wouldn't do this. I would see it as making sense not because Jeff Hardy is trying to be cheap, but because he wants it THAT DAMN BAD. That doesn't necessarily mean he'd be a heel for wanting that.
From JamesP on 2/21/08 5:36 PM
I prefer it when there aren't clear cut babyfaces and heels. I like it when people are out for themselves, and some people are flat out assholes, while some people are generally good guys but still have character flaws and won't do things simply because it's the right thing to do.
From bpapa on 2/21/08 5:42 PM
TNA doesn't have clear cut faces and heels because they have no idea of what the fuck it is that they are doing.
From JamesP on 2/21/08 5:53 PM
Do you even watch TNA? Outside of that wedding, they've been a lot better for the past couple of weeks.
From Goldberg619 on 2/21/08 6:28 PM
Yeah TNA has been doing pretty well lately.
From theminister on 2/21/08 7:02 PM
The Hardy idea sounds good after all he would have wrestled a grueling match as well that same night. Things would be pretty even. If you played it right you might be able to get away without turning him heel. Sadly it would never happen. The surprise title wins are reserved for Edge.
As for TNA being pretty good lately, you've got to be kidding me. First off you can't say beside the wedding. The wedding included three of the four top guys in the company, including the champion. The wedding is part of their primary storyline. Secondly, everything else is a mess. The Abyss-Mitchell angle has been going on for years with no end in sight and no logic to it, the Dudley's are put on a weight loss program, Bob Armstrong at like 70 years old is wrestling for the tag titles, Shark Boy is acting like Stone Cold (which did nothing but remind TNA fans to buy Stone Cold's DVD) and Dustin Rhodes is hanging with a rat. In late 2006 and early 2007, I thought TNA was going places but since about mid 2007 TNA has had the worst wrestling show on TV and that includes ECW.
From JamesP on 2/21/08 7:07 PM
Well it's definitely more fun to watch than Raw.
From willierko on 2/21/08 7:28 PM
ECW is still the best show on tv in ym opinion
From JamesP on 2/21/08 7:41 PM
No, seriously? Alright, lets get back on topic.
From theone86 on 2/21/08 8:21 PM
"it doesn't make sense for a face to come out and win the title this way, since it's sort of a cheap win."
Ummmm...Hulk Hogan, Wrestlemania 9 anyone?
From Flamingo on 2/21/08 10:23 PM
Are you guys watching the same TNA, when in the hell have they gotten better? please tell me because maybe Im watching a different one.
From bpapa on 2/21/08 11:23 PM
@theone86
That was nothing like that. Yokozuna had just beaten Bret Hart and challenged Hogan himself. In the scenario outlined above, Jeff Hardy runs out and is all "ha ha HHH you're tired!" before pinning him for the belt.
From cptcharisma1157 on 2/22/08 1:24 AM
i like this idea a lot for several reasons... i do really think Hardy will win the title this year, and that would be both an exciting and entertaining way for it to happen. hardy's definitely winning the MITB in my mind, but i don't know who's winning the title match. i would also like to see Trip win it again and lose it right away like he did at No Mercy.. Then they could build up the angle that Trip keeps getting screwed out of the title... and it would be like Jeff getting back at Trip for beating him in the Chamber
the only problem with the things i've just discussed is that it makes Hardy seem like a heel and Trip the face. I don't like Trip as a face, and Hardy's one of the most popular wrestlers ever. So for this to work, they'd either have to push Hardy as a heel hard (have him cheat very drastically to beat trip) or have Triple H go nuts with whining and complaining for a few weeks to turn him into a heel.
From 92tombstone92 on 2/22/08 11:53 AM
love this idea Hardy is the only Raw Superstar besides HBK that deserves the title win at Mania HHH and Cena haven't done anything to deserve a title shot at Mania what so ever u may disagree with me but its completly true all they did was win 1 match to get a title shot Hardy has been pulling his ass off for a title shot and hes been pulling his ass off for the company
From 92tombstone92 on 2/22/08 11:54 AM
another thing that the WWE could but won't do is have Jeff win the Money in the bank than have Vince come strutting down to the ring after the match and tell Jeff he'll be the special guest referee in tonights main event have Jeff referee have the three guys in the match bloody each other up than have Jeff do what u said impact and cash in his suitcase
From theminister on 2/22/08 1:56 PM
The more I think about it the only guy I could see pulling off what Impact suggested for Hardy is Kennedy. It would make sense. Kennedy wins the MITB like he did last year, except this time he uses it right away rather than wait. I doubt they would book him to win two years in a row.
From cptcharisma1157 on 2/22/08 4:42 PM
personally, i think this is a great story and it wouldn't really matter to me who they picked for it: Hardy, Kennedy, Shelton, CM Punk... i think that it would be cool for someone to cash it in the day they won it.
From Impact on 2/22/08 6:03 PM
I'm glad some of you seem to like this idea.
I don't entirely envision it as a "heel" move though.
See, I wouldn't want Hardy to come down so much to take advantage of the beaten down competitors like Edge has, but rather, come down and (try) to cut a promo about how he wants more than anything to main event a WrestleMania and doesn't want to wait until next year and wants it right now. That would actually get the fans MORE into Hardy (because even if his promos suck, the fans still dig him), and he can still come off as a face if this were done very VERY carefully.
From cptcharisma1157 on 2/22/08 9:57 PM
i think for this to work for a babyface, Hardy would have to win the MITB and then be interviewed backstage and give the promo u just suggested. He'd be hinting that he's gonna come out after the main event, but ur not really sure. Then when he would come out everyone would be thinking "that was his plan all along" and not "o, he's just taking advantage of triple h" (or cena or orton)
From Impact on 2/23/08 10:37 AM
exactly.
From Petedaddydolla on 2/23/08 10:57 AM
The whole idea of Hardy cashing in the Money in the Bank Briefcase right after the WWE Champion kind of sounds like what Edge did to Cena? It wouldn't necessarily be a "heel turn" but like Impact said above it would just be that he wanted it that damn bad. Yeah and that promo idea would be gold if the WWE writers didn't have their collective heads in their collective asses!
From smekal on 2/23/08 10:12 PM
This is a possiblty. I dont see it making Jeff a heal for one reason, HHH is not exactly a face. He is known for using his sledgehammer to get what he wants. But the only problem with that is what i have in my blog. Jeff is not that good on the mic. But it would make Mania that much better i think.
From hulkamanialives4eva on 2/24/08 7:25 AM
theminister's comment reminded me of something...
...remember how after last year's MITB, Kennedy said he planned on cashing it in at WM24?
...spoiler, perhaps?
cena pulls off the "unthinkable" and wins the title only to have Kennedy, the newly minted MITB winner come out and win it. thats what i think will happen
From Impact on 2/24/08 6:05 PM
Nope. They scratched the Kennedy plans when he got hurt just like they scratched the Kennedy plans when he got suspended. He's not exactly on the road to a world title at the moment. No spoiler there. Kennedy is in the MITB match, but before they even held the Rumble event, the only person the company had in mind for the match was in fact Jeff Hardy, because they already had a pretty good idea they would push Hardy to win that match.
From ROHjuggalo on 2/25/08 4:30 PM
Hardy will call out the winner (triple h) at the end of Mania for a match at Backlash and it would be cool if somehow he got it to be a ladder match