WrestleMania 28 Thoughts & Predictions

WrestleMania 28, arguably the most hyped WrestleMania that WWE has produced in recent years, and for good 
reason. With the exception of a couple of matches, this year's show has been built up since last year's 
WrestleMania ended. I feel that's how it should be every year. Maybe not to the degree of naming the main event 
a year in advance, but at least create a rumbling of where you want to be the next year. When you watch football, 
from day 1 of the season, you start thinking about who's going to be in the Superbowl. With baseball, after the 
first game of the year, you start to wonder about who will be in the World Series. Why should pro wrestling be 
any different? Yes it's scripted, but it's supposed to be perceived as real. So they should do everything in their 
power to treat it that way. But enough about that, let's talk about what it is that millions of people will be paying 
$65 for this Sunday: the matches : 
  
Kelly Kelly and Maria Menounos Vs. Beth Phoenix and Eve : 

I feel like they threw this together for the sake of having a celebrity (and I use that term loosely; until last week,
I had no idea who Maria Menounos was). There are two things that bother me most about this match, the first 
being the obvious; WWE has some amazing talent in terms of the Divas (Beth, Tamina, Kharma, Natie), but 
they'd rather showcase the Divas in what will probably end up being a joke match. Why do they even have a 
Divas division if they're just going to shit on them every chance they get? Secondly, why are they even having 
this match when on the go-home RAW, Kelly beats Eve and ends up getting the better out of both of them? It's 
simple logic; You have Eve win, have the heels beat down Kelly, and at the end of it, all the commentators can 
say "Well this was tonight, but let's see what happens at WrestleMania when Kelly Kelly's partner is in her 
corner". At least then you have some kind of incentive to watch the match. I'm going to say that Kelly Kelly and 
Maria go over because for whatever reason, whenever a celebrity shows up, they end up going over the 
Superstars/Divas.
  
WWE Intercontinental Championship match : Cody Rhodes(c) Vs. The Big Show : 

This is probably the best booked Smackdown feud on the card. This is the only possible way they could've 
booked this feud - that made you honestly wonder who will win. The Big Show 'WrestleMania moment' packages 
were well thought out and well done (although I would've loved too see 
one for wrestlemania 19 with cody at the end saying "even with a partner
 you still can't win the big one"). It did exactly what it needed to do,
 and that is make you feel sympathy for the man. It makes part of you 
want to see the big show get his moment, pin cody rhodes, and take the 
IC title. This had everything a good feud should have and its depressing
 that the WWE can only seem to do this around Wrestlemania season. Heres
 the thing though, Im going to go with Cody Rhodes winning it and here's
 why. This losing streak story is a story that can honestly be rehashed 
against someone who dosen't need that last big win the way cody does. If
 he loses that belt now, it in my opinion destroys alot of Cody's 
momentum. And lets face it, right now WWE needs as many strong heels as 
they can get, so i feel it makes complete sense to have cody go over 
against big show this time. 
  
 Kane vs Randy Orton
 Everyones
 been saying one thing about this match and i agree 100%. Its so obvious
 that this match was a "hey Kanes not booked, Ortons not booked, lets 
have them fight" situations. What's worse is the fact that you can tell 
that they figured out what they were doing as they were doing it. Its 
actually pretty insulting to the fans, the preformers, and everyone 
involved how blatant it was. Honestly though on a personal standpoint i 
hope that match ends up being the surprise that steals the show, It 
probably wont, but id like to see it just in a sense of telling 
management to shove it. Id like to see Kane win this one because he 
really needs a win, but id be very surprised if Orton didn't win so 
sadly i have to go with Orton
  
 Team Laurinatis vs Team long

 There is one upside to this match, and that is that it's giving 12 guys
 a good payday, and the chance to preform at the biggest show of the 
year. the downside to this is everything else. From a logical standpoint
 the buildup to this makes zero sense to me. just 1 month or so ago, 
Johnny Ace was going to be fired by Triple H on raw. Now not even 6 
weeks later the same board of directors made a match that may allow this
 guy to take full control of Both shows? How the fuck does that make any
 sense? At least when Austin/Bishoff had this type of match at survivor 
series 2003 it made sense. Again i respect the fact that McMahon wanted 
to give as many guys possible a good payday, but how can you expect to 
expose these guys when all the attention is going to be on the GM's? I 
don't think this GM feud is over so i see Team Johnny winning. I just 
hope the match itself isn't as short and clustery as the 8 man from last
 year though
  
 World Heavyweight Championship Match
 Daniel Bryan (c) vs Sheamus

 isn't it ironic that the match that was downgraded to a dark match at 
last years Wrestlemania is one of the title matches this year? I cant 
speak much for the buildup to this because as opposed to almost every 
other match on this card this match really hasn't had that much. One 
thing i will say though, it really downgrades the prestige of winning 
the royal rumble when your overshadowed by 3 or 4 other matches. I 
believe these two will deliver a good solid 15-20 minute match with alot
 of near falls on Bryans part. But In the end i see the WHC leaving with
 Sheamus leading to a possible rematch with bryan at extreme rules. 
  
 WWE Championship Match
 CM Punk (c) vs Chris Jericho

 I am very skeptical about how i feel about the buildup for this match. 
to be honest up until 3 weeks ago when jericho did the "your father is a
 drunk" promo i thought it kinda sucked. this is a feud you knew was 
going to happen since like the fall of last year. You also knew that 
Jericho was probably going to win the royal rumble. Sadly like alot of 
things with this Wrestlemania, Social media ruined it. In the last few 
years WWE has been swerving the audience just for the sake of swerving 
them. Which honestly makes no sense to me, because if theyre talking 
about it so much then id bet most of them want it, so why not give them 
what they want?  Why screw with it and taint it? Clearly the wwe dosen't
 think like that because from the raw after royal rumble to the raw 
after the elimination chamber it felt to me as if the WWE was just 
throwing stuff together for them until after Jericho won the right to 
face punk in that battle royal. Now once that happened, Jericho did the 
"your dad is a drunk promo" and punk had the one thing that he 
desperately needed but didn't have from the audience. Sympathy. Heres 
the thing. The mass audience may have loved that cocky, nothing fazes 
me, im better then you attitude to an extent. But why would they pay to 
see him if they already know he's better then they guy he's facing? Now 
because Jericho has been messing with punks family verbally, the people 
have a reason to get behind punk. Everyones been affected by alcohol 
abusers or substance abusers to some extent. So they relate to punk, and
 they want too see punk destroy the man who exploited it. Its really 
great work. I see punk going over on Jericho, and then the next night 
Jericho can goat punk into a rematch at extreme rules and you go from 
there.
  
 Hell In A Cell
 The Undertaker vs Triple H with Shawn Michaels as the special guest ref

 This is a match that in my opinion is the best built match of the show.
 Personally I'm almost as interested in this match as i am rock/cena 
simply because of every possibility that exists with this match. This 
match has been built with no physicality and just really great 
promos/vignettes. I know alot of people don't like that its 
undertaker/hhh again but it really dosen't bother me because there's 
only 4-5 guys on the roster right now that i could see ending it 
anyways. Watching the Baldertaker in HD will be a first too. But 
probably the most compelling thing about this match is the ref. I love 
the way that they're kinda hinting that he's going to be loyal to HHH 
but every now and then his ego shows and you can see that he really does
 feel that he's better then HHH. Im going to go ahead and call it genius
 only because nobody has a freaking clue what is going to happen in that
 match. and in the end, isn't that what wrestling is supposed to be 
about? What i see happening is i see a similar match to WM 27 except i 
see shawn turning on triple h at the end of the match, costing him the 
match, but then getting a chokeslam or a tombstone from taker for not 
making the match "pure" as he put it. then i see HHH over the next year 
going around trying to force shawn out of retirement for 1 more match so
 he can get revenge for costing him the HIAC match. I just hope to god 
it dosen't end up a 3 way at wrestlemania 29. But thats Just me 
personally
  
 The Rock vs John Cena.
 They're going to come 
out, shake hands, smile, say april fools, start to leave, and then get 
murdered by the audience.... Just kidding. Seriously though where do you
 begin with this match. it definitely has the feel to what a main event 
at wrestlemania should be. the buildup has been slow but great. There's 
really only so much you can do in a yeat with limited interaction so i 
completely understand why they didnt really go full force with it for a 
good amount of time. It had alot of memorable moments but like 
jericho/punk, i think the last 3 weeks was where it really shined. Why? 
Because in the last three weeks they painted the audience a pcture that 
showed that this means more then some one liners and a dream match. To 
Cena, it is do or die, It is make or break, It will solidify him as one 
of THE top guys. he needs the match because of that. The Rock needs the 
match to solidify himself as the absolute best period. and on the go 
home show of raw they proved it. honestly that was the best go home for a
 PPV that ive seen in the last 2-3 years. just when it looked like they 
were going to break. The camera cut out and the show was over. This has 
the potential to be just as big as rock/hogan. My prediction for this 
match is simple. I see Cena going over. This will give the rock the need
 to come back because now the rock will be in Cena's shoes. The rock 
will have something to prove. And that could very well be the start to 
the build for Wrestlemania 29, or Summerslam this year
  
 This 
wrestlemania for the most part is exactly what every Wrestlemania should
 be. It is filled with main event quality matches, and  it has 
everything every type of fan can ask for. I hope the show is just as 
good as the hype. The buildup to the show was fantastic. For most of 
these matches you didn't get to see them touch eachother. They make you 
have to wait and pay your 65 dollars to see them fight. That is exactly 
how is should be. This is how Wrestlemania should be. These are my 
thoughts, but they are simply thoughts. Because at this show, anything 
can happen