WWE Cyber Sunday Prediction [Updated]

It looks like I'm the only one making predictions this time around. It seems that David has decided that he doesn't feel like making predictions this time. Could he be down in the dumps because I, the mysterious J, have decided to put the Raw News & Notes columns on hold for the time being? Or could it be because I got some of the records on his girlfriend's Nintendo DS game? Or maybe he 'lost his smile' after a scheduling problem at the doctor's office. The smart money says that he's feeling blue about me dominating him with my vastly superior knowledge of all things Superman. Whatever the reason is all I have is one thing to say. I WIN! All I have to do is get 1 prediction correct and I will be declared the winner. I'm a little surprised that with all of this talk of the fans voting on the matches and the upcoming elections that the WWE didn't hype up their Smackdown Your Vote Campaign.

This time each match consists of 2 predictions. One for what the 'fans' pick and one for who wins the match. I put fans in quotes because everybody knows full well that most of the voting will be rigged.

On to the matches...

Champion of Champions Match - Fans pick which title is on the line.
WWE Champion John Cena v. World Champion KIng Booker v. ECW Champion Big Show
I don't really see any champion losing his belt. Therefore, whomever's belt is on the line will win the match. Unless there is a DQ or something like that. I'm going to pick Big Show's Title to be on the line since he is the least over champion and pick him to win too.

Intercontinental Championship
Jeff Hardy v. Carlito or Nitro or Shelton
Since the fans are voting they are likely to pick Carlito since he's the only face. A face v. face match would be a little lame though. I pick him anyways, but Hady will retain.

Tag Team Titles
S. Squad v. Ric Flair & Sgt. Slaughter or Roddy Piper or Dusty Rhodes
If Flair and his partner win the titles it will only be for a week or two at the very most. I don't know why these three are his possible partners. It's never a good sign when the combined age of a team is guaranteed to be over the century mark. In fact, the combined age of Flair and whomever his partner turns out to be is pretty close to the combined age of all 5 members of the S. Squad. Of Flair and that's no joke. and his potential partners none of the men look to be in ring shape. Flair has no history with Slaughter and he has never been anything but an enemy to Dusty and Piper (storyline-wise). I really want to pick Dusty to win the vote since I want to see if he can still go 5 minutes in the ring, but I'll have to pick Piper. I'm also predicting that whomever wins the fan voting will wrestle in a shirt. I always think that the S. Squad will drop the titles and I'm always wrong. I'll pick the S. Squad to lose, but most likely by DQ so they keep the straps.

4-Way Tag Team Match - Fans pick Fatal 4-Way or Tag Team Turmoil or Texas Tornado
Cryme Tyme v. Highlanders v. Haas & Viscera v. Cade & Murdoch
I'll make this short - Texas Tornado is my pick for the match since it has the most action (assuming the fans realize what all 3 possibilities consist of) and Cryme Tyme will win (Yo, Yo, Yo. It's time to pop a shorty and check your rolly). I see a small chance of the Highlanders winning, but their stock has fallen a lot. The Redneck Wrecking Crew looked to be getting a push, but elevating a heel team wouldn't make much sense since the winner of this match will likely feud for the Tag Titles. This is all assuming that the S. Squad retains their belts.

Women's Championship Title Tourney Finals - Fans pick No DQ match or Diva Lumberjack or Submission Match
Mickie v. Lita
No matter what kind of match it is Mickie is going to win. The fans will pick a Diva Lumberjack match because the fans will want to see all of the Divas at ringside. It's that simple.

Umaga v. Kane or Benoit or Sandman
Umaga will win no matter who he faces. He just feuded with Kane so I am inclined to pick him, but I won't. Benoit just came back and is a huge fan favorite although I am not sure that the fans will want to see him put in the path of the monster Umaga. I'll pick him anyways. Look for an Umaga win by DQ when he is attcked by ECW's newest Superstar, Great Khali. I'm not too sure that an Umaga face turn would be the best route to take though.

Update: I am changing my pick on this match. I am now going to choose Kane to get voted into the match instead of Benoit. I am still picking Umaga to win though. I also still see the chance that Khali will get involved.

DX v. Edge & Randy Orton - Fans pick guest referee: Mr. McMahon or Coach or Eric Bischoff
Predicting the fans pick is difficult. DX is still over with the fans so it would make sense that the fans would pick Coach for the fact that he is the weakest of the three choices, so that's my pick. I really want DX to lose, but we all know that they never seem to lose. I'll go with the longshot though and pick Rated RKO to pick up the win. It won't be clean though. I'm sure that the two men who don't win the vote will get involved somehow. I see the possibility that if Vince doesn't win the vote he will claim that he can override the fans decision since he is the chairman and make himself the referee. If this scenario takes place after Bischoff wins the vote I think that there is a chance that he may turn face and cause DX to win. I say this because there has been a lot of brainstorming backstage for a storyline to keep Bischoff on TV. Bischoff has been talking a lot about how DX is nothing more than an extension/rip-off the nWo and this way he can re-join the nWo in a sense leading to a DX & Bischoff v. Rated RKO & Vince match @ S. Series. Yeah, it's a real longshot, but I thought that I would throw the idea out there.

My Picks:
ECW Title / Big Show
Carlito / Hardy
Piper / S. Squad
Texas Tornado / Cryme Tyme
Diva Lumberjack Match / Mickie
Kane / Umaga
Coach / Edge & Orton

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