Well, that didn't last long.

Well, that didn't last long.

So two weeks ago, I wrote about how the WWE have actually impressed me with their build to the HHH and Undertaker feud. Well this week I’m back to my old self. By that I obviously mean, I’m going to call the WWE on their booking decision. I’m sure there are probably a few bad decisions, but the one I’m talking about is CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho. 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the Wrestlemania match. Not only do I think it should happen, I think it needs to happen. John Cena vs. The Rock is going to be electrifying, The Undertaker vs. HHH is going to be memorable, but Jericho vs. Punk has the potential to be match of the year, if not the decade. 

However, the way the WWE have gone about booking the match annoys me. It all started back when Jericho came back; already the Internet Wrestling Community was talking about the possibility of a dream match between Jericho vs. Punk. If they started to book it then, then fair enough. But, they didn’t Jericho became the Jeric-troll and threatened to change the industry as we know it. Great.

I was excited, as I’m sure you were. However, Jericho didn’t win the 2012 Royal Rumble as many had predicted. So the industry hadn’t changed, like we were told. But instead everything stayed the same. Then the chamber was next. Jericho had turned full fledge heal and had already started a program with Punk. Brilliant. 

Surely, Jericho was going to walk into the Elimination Chamber and screw Punk for the title. I could just see it, Jericho is last to enter, but just before he does Punk is attacked. Jericho gets the cheap pin and becomes the champion. 

Alas, we didn’t get that either. Instead Jericho got kicked in the head, fell out of the chamber and became ‘concussed’. Punk won the elimination chamber and retained the belt. 

So last night on Raw there was a battle royal to see who would face Punk at Mania. Jericho, once again entered the main event as favourite. Finally, he won the battle royal. How did he win it you ask? By being very dominate? Well, no. He did eliminate The Big Show though. Did he do it impressively? Well no, Cody Rhodes helped. 

So let me get this straight. The WWE championship is your main prize. You have a hugely popular Champion and your number one challenger for the biggest show of the year taken three chances to fight the champion? Yes. 

Jericho finished second in the Rumble, got another chance, where he finished 3^rd in the chamber, then in his final chance, he managed to win. Doesn’t really make him look credible does it? Well no. 

But, let’s focus on the positives, the match is finally happening. Let’s hope that they make Jericho look credible before the two fight at ‘Mania. Even if worse comes to worse, they’ll still give us a good match. Creative can’t screw that up. Well hopefully not. 

Until next time, enjoy the show

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The Winner is...

The Winner is...

Its Rumble week and I hope you’re excited. I am. Some may say two excited as I’m pretty sure my friends are going to ban me using the words Royal and Rumble in a sentence together. So it’s only natural that my wrestling column this week is about the good ol’ RR itself. Today I’m going to outline five possible winners of the rumble and how likely I think their chance is of winning is. So hold on to your hats and LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE...

1)      Chris Jericho

Probably a lot of people’s choice to win the Rumble, Jericho looks like he’s emerged as the favourite to win on Sunday. He’s a high profile star who’s never won a Rumble before and is rumoured to be working with Punk at Mania. The WWE likes to give their top superstars at least one Rumble win so this could be Y2J’s year.

 Likelihood of Winning: Probably the most likely of the lot.

2)      Randy Orton

If Jericho is Raw’s number one pick to win. Orton has to be Smackdown’s. The Rumble is in St. Lewis, which happens to be Mr Orton’s home town. Also, if Bryan continues with the title all the way up to WM, there is going be very few babyfaces that Bryan could face. The top babyface on Smackdown is undoubtedly Orton, so the match seems perfect.  The only thing that is getting in Orton’s way is the fact that he’s already won the Rumble. Only three guys have done it in the past so it’s not really an accolade that the WWE hands out to just anybody.

Likelihood of winning: The Most likely face to win.

3)      Kane

If the inevitable doesn’t happen and Jericho doesn’t face Punk at Mania. Then it would be a conundrum to who he will face on the grandest stage of them all. Punk has already feuded with a lot of the top babyfaces in the company. All except Kane. Kane is currently keeping Cena warm for the Rock. Once he’s done with that he’ll still be on a role and a high profile match could still be on the cards. Plus, in the ‘by the numbers’ video aired on last night’s Raw, Kane was featured heavily, leaving me to think that Kane winning could be a possibility.

Likelihood of winning: It’s not probable, it could happen though.

4)      Sheamus

There has been a lot of upper mid carders, all staking their claim for the Rumble. During the match, a lot of this will fall by the waist side; however the likely of these claims probably belongs to The Great White, Sheamus. They’ve been pushing Sheamus pretty strongly of late without giving him a proper feud. Normally not having a feud could be a bad thing, but during Rumble season this means that if he does win, they’re will be no loose ends that needs to be tied up.

Likelihood of winning: It’s a long shot, but crazier things have happened.

5)      The WHC or WWE champion

Just here me out for this one, never before have they stated that the WWE or WHC could be entered into the Rumble, but this year they have. I could be reading way too much into this, but to me this hints at either the WWE champ or the World Heavyweight Champ winning on Sunday. Plus, with a lot of high profile matches already on the cards for Mania, this might be the year where they unify the two titles.

Likelihood of winning: Not likely at all, but it could happen.

Obviously, there are more people who have a chance of winning, but they’re the five scenarios I have outlined. What do you think? Do you think I’ve left out the obvious winner. If so, let me know.

Until next time, enjoy the Rumble.

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