WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 Results

World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Jericho (c) v. Batista
Special Guest Referee
A: Randy Orton
B: Shawn Michaels
C: Steve Austin
Austin won the vote by a HUGE margin. Towards the end of the match Batista speared Austin after Jericho moved out of the way. HBK then came down and became the ref and made the slowest count in wrestling history allowing Batista to kick out of a pin. Batista eventually went for the pin, but HBK was pulled out and clobbered by JBL so HBK count do the count. Randy Orton then came down and became the ref. Austin made it to his feet, gave Orton a Stunner and then went on to do a three count when Batista pinned Y2J to become the new World Champion.
Me: 1/2
Dave: 1/2

Intercontinental Championship
Santino Marella (c) v. TBD
Marella's Opponent
A: Roddy Piper
B: Goldust
C: Honky Tonk Man
HTM won the voting and came to the ring. He cut a little promo on Santino and challenged Santino to a dancing contest of sorts. Once the match got started HTM won by DQ after Beth grabbed HTM's ankle as he was coming off of the ropes. Similar to what Dave said it eventually became a 3-on-1 after Goldust and Piper came down to the ring.
Me: 2/4
Dave: 3/4

WWE Championship
Triple H (c) v. TBD
Triple H's Opponent
A: Vladimir Kozlov
B: Jeff Hardy
C: Vladimir Kozlov & Jeff Hardy In A Triple Threat Match
Hardy won the vote and lost. Not really a huge surprise.
Me: 3/6
Dave: 4/6

ECW Championship
Matt Hardy (c) v. TBD
Matt Hardy's Opponent
A: Mark Henry
B: Evan Bourne
C: Finlay
Evan Bourne won by a big margin and the two of them put on a pretty good match - A lot of fast-paced action, but in a good way; not like that over-rehearsed WCW Lucha Libre crap. After numerous near-falls Hardy got the win.
Me: 5/8
Dave: 4/8

Undertaker v. Big Show
Match Type
A: Knockout Match
B: I Quit Match
C: Last Man Standing Match
Last Man Standing won the voting and Taker won after choking out Big Show with that Triangle Chokehold thing he does.
Me: 7/10
Dave: 5/10

Kane v. Rey Mysterios
Match Type
A: Falls Count Anywhere
B: No Holds Barred
C: 2 out of 3 Falls
I was right on both accounts. No Hold Barred won the vote and Rey Rey won the match.
Me: 9/12
Dave: 6/12

Tag Team Match
Participants
A: William Regal and Layla v. Jamie Noble and Mickie James
B: John Morrison and The Miz v. Cryme Tyme
C: Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase (c) v. CM Punk and Kofi Kingston (for the World Tag Team Championship)
The match chosen by the fans was Morrison and Miz v. Cryme Tyme. Miz & Morrison got the win.
Me: 9/14
Dave: 8/14

United States Title
Shelton Benjamin (c) v. TBD
Benjamin's Opponent
A: R-Truth/Ron Killings
B: MVP
C: Festus
This match ended up taking place on WWE.com before the show. R-Truth won, but he lost to Shelton.
Me: 10/16
Dave: 8/16

Diva Halloween Costume Contest [Some Costumes Have Already Been Announced]
Winner (Fans Vote After Match With The Winner Announced Later In The Night)
Beth Phoenix
Brie Bella
Candice Michelle (as Marilyn Monroe)
Eve Torres
Jillian Hall (as Batgirl)
Kelly Kelly (as a sailor)
Katie Lea (as a vampire)
Layla
Lena Yada
Maria
Maryse (as a french maid)
Michelle McCool
Mickie James
Natalya
Tiffany (as a nun)
Victoria (as a banana)
I'm not going to list all of the costumes, but Kelly Kelly let me down with her sailor costume. Mickie James turned out winning with her Lara Croft: Tomb Raider costume. I think that the voting for this match (and this match alone) was actually on the up-and-up.
-This match didn't count towards our totals-

I did ok with 10/16 and Dave didn't do that bad either with 8/16, but I win! Sit Down David! Sit Down!

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WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 Predictions

It's election time and that can only mean one thing in the WWE Universe (God, I hate how that phrase is so overused) - Cyber Sunday. That means that there are twice as many picks. One for the fan vote and one for the match. I will just copy and paste my intro from last year's Cyber Sunday PPV since it still applies.

"The WWE likes to say that the fans have the power for this PPV, but make no mistake about it - The whole voting thing is a load of crap. The worst enemy of wrestling and live TV in general is things not going according to plan. In other words, the WWE is not going to allow something that's not predetermined to happen at a PPV. If the fans really did have a legitimate impact on the PPV that would mean that the WWE writers would have to come up with 3 times as many ideas and match layouts. Most of the time it seems like the WWE writers can barely come up with 1. I not really going to believe the voting results. I am sure that the WWE already knows what the results are going to be."

Any opening comments Dave?

Dave Says: If there's one thing WWE fans are it's predictable so this should be an easy one.

World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Jericho (c) v. Batista
Special Guest Referee
A: Randy Orton
B: Shawn Michaels
C: Steve Austin
I Say: It's obvious that Austin is going to win the voting and will end the night giving Jericho and probably Batista a Stone Cold Stunner. I am going to say that Jericho retians the title and wins that match. Yes, Jericho will win.
Dave Says: Oh, please.. Austin will win. He will stun Jericho causing him to win by DQ.

Intercontinental Championship
Santino Marella (c) v. TBD
Marella's Opponent
A: Roddy Piper
B: Goldust
C: Honky Tonk Man
I Say: I find it odd that the Honkey Donkey Man has announced that he will be at the arena considering that he has pretty much become anti-WWE since leaving the company. I wouldn't mind seeing either Goldendust or HDM win the vote, but I'm pretty sure that Rodney the Piper will win the vote since nobody really cares about Goldendust or Honkey Donkey Man anymore. Well,to be honest the fans that will likely make up a majority of the text message voting is young and chances are they don't really know that much about the HDM except for that pathetic run he had as Rock-A-Billy's manager. They also probably only remember Goldust from his last run where he had Tourettes and not when he came to the WWE where he was sexual controversial and basically an over-the-top homosexual crossdresser. So maybe it's not that they don't care, it's just that they don't really know. I am rooting for HDM though since Santino is chasing his record. As for the match match I think that Marella will retain the belt, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a DQ loss for him. Marella loses. I hope I'm wrong.
Dave Says: I think Honky Tonk Man will win but Piper tends to be more of a fan favorite so it's a close call. A great ending would be Honky Tonk winning and then losing it quickly but HTM will probably get a beat down before Piper and Goldust come out and deliver a 3 on 1 slobber knocker.

WWE Championship
Triple H (c) v. TBD
Triple H's Opponent
A: Vladimir Kozlov
B: Jeff Hardy
C: Vladimir Kozlov & Jeff Hardy In A Triple Threat Match
I Say: This will be a Triple Threat match and I think that Trips will win...again.
Dave Says: I don't watch Smackdown but I suspect Kozlov will win and then lose to HHH.

ECW Championship
Matt Hardy (c) v. TBD
Matt Hardy's Opponent
A: Mark Henry
B: Evan Bourne
C: Finlay
I Say: The fans seem to really be behind Evan Bourne and the WWE is probably trying to buil him up more so he will win the voting. He's still a little too new to the WWE to get a World Title though even if it is the ECW Title. Hardy wins.
Dave Says: I'll go with Finley with Finley winning the title only because I don't have any other titles changing hands.

Undertaker v. Big Show
Match Type
A: Knockout Match
B: I Quit Match
C: Last Man Standing Match
I Say: This will be a Last Man Standing match and 'Taker will win. It's that simple.
Dave Says: Last man standing match with Big Show winning. May not be a good choice but Undertaker has been getting a few losses lately.

Kane v. Rey Mysterios
Match Type
A: Falls Count Anywhere
B: No Holds Barred
C: 2 out of 3 Falls
I Say: This will be a No Holds Barred Match where Rey will pull out all of the stops (and weapons) to defeat the Big Red Monster.
Dave Says: Got to be No Holds Barred and I'll give the victory to Kane even though it will undoubtedly be Mysterio.

Tag Team Match
Participants
A: William Regal and Layla v. Jamie Noble and Mickie James
B: John Morrison and The Miz v. Cryme Tyme
C: Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase (c) v. CM Punk and Kofi Kingston (for the World Tag Team Championship)
I Say: This is a dangerous pick since if I don't get the voting right I automatically get the match wrong too. After that dreadful promo from Monday I can't pick B. I will pick Rhodes/DiBiase v. Punk/Kofi and say that Punk and Kofi win the belts.
Dave Says: Morrison and Miz vs Cryme Tyme with M&M winning.

United States Title
Shelton Benjamin (c) v. TBD
Benjamin's Opponent
A: R-Truth/Ron Killings
B: MVP
C: Festus
I Say: R-Truth will win the voting. I am not an avid viewer of SD, but do the fans actually respond that well to him? I just don't see the appeal. He breakdances and....anyone? Can anyone explain what the hell else he does? Is he supposed to be some huge 'get' from TNA? From all accounts he was one of the biggest things on the indy scene in the late 90's and then when the WWE signed him he was a total letdown. Then he goes to the new upstart TNA and becomes one of TNA's first NWA Champions. Fast forward a little bit to him beginning to fizzle out when he was part of Team Pacman and what does the WWE do? The sign the guys. Mark my words. He won't last. There only a few TNA-built guys that can get over in the WWE. R-Truth isn't one of them. Neither was Monty Brown. Enough about him. Well, except for the fact that he's going to win.
Dave Says: Again, I don't watch Smackdown so I'll go with MVP because he was sorta popular awhile back and I'll give the victory to MVP even thought TBD never wins.

Diva Halloween Costume Contest [Some Costumes Have Already Been Announced]
Winner (Fans Vote After Match With The Winner Announced Later In The Night)
Beth Phoenix
Brie Bella
Candice Michelle (as Marilyn Monroe)
Eve Torres
Jillian Hall (as Batgirl)
Kelly Kelly (as a sailor)
Katie Lea (as a vampire)
Layla
Lena Yada
Maria
Maryse (as a french maid)
Michelle McCool
Mickie James
Natalya
Tiffany (as a nun)
Victoria (as a banana)
I Say: I am hoping for one of my favorite Deevers. Maria or Kelly Kelly, to win, but that's not going to happen. McCool of Candice will win. I'll pick Candice, but I'm hpong for Kelly Kelly. What the hell....This pick isn't going to count anyways so I'll pick Kelly Kelly.
Dave Says: Smelly Kelly will win.

I Picked: Austin/Jericho, Piper/Marella, Triple Threat/Triple H, Bourne/Matt Hardy, LMS/Undertaker, NHB/Rey, World Tag Team Championship/Punk & Kofi, R-Truth/R-Truth, Kelly Kelly.

Dave Picked: Austin/Jericho, Honky Tonk Man/Honkey Tonk Man, Kozlov/Triple H, Finlay/Finlay, LMS/Big Show,
NHB/Kane, M&M v. Cryme Tyme/M&M, MVP/MVP, Kelly Kelly.

It looks like we agreed on some and disagreed on others; a good mix.

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WWE No Mercy 2008 Results

WWE Women's Championship
Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Candice Michelle
No surprise here. Beth wins.
Me: 1/1
Dave: 1/2

WWE Championship
Triple H (c) vs. Jeff Hardy
It looked like Hardy was going to win. He escaped from a pedigree, hit the Twist of Fate and the Swanton Bomb. Hardy then went for the pin, but Triple H rolled Hardy over and got the pin.
Me: 2/2
Dave: 2/2

Winner becomes the #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship
Batista vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield
A bit of a quick match considering that these are supposed to be 2 top-level guys. Batista got the pin. After the match a beaten JBL asked for the mic. He admitted that his heart wasn't in the match due to the trouble on Wall Street. He then thanked the crowd (American public) for the bailout and helping him keep all of his money and stay rich and everyone else having to work for the rich people - the way that it is supposed to be. A pretty good promo if you ask me.
Me: 3/3
Dave: 3/3

World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Jericho (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
As expected the match of the night. As with most ladder matches, this one had all of the predictable spots and it was painfully obvious at times what spots were coming up next. Example - at one point Jericho was supposed to have the ladder land on top of him, but it didn't. Jericho then pulled the ladder on top of himself in time for HBK to drop an elbow on him. The ending was pretty good and wasn't like any end of a ladder match that I have seen. Jericho and HBK were having a tug-of-war with the belt at the top of the ladder. Jericho then, while still holding on to it, stopped pulling so HBK hit hismelf in the face with it fall of the ladder w/o the belt. Jericho wins.
Me: 4/4
Dave: 4/4

ECW Championship
Matt Hardy (c) vs. Mark Henry
Hardy retains.
Me: 4/5
Dave: 4/5

Big Show vs. The Undertaker
Big Show wins after knocking 'Taker out with a punch to the face and then to the back of the head.
Me: 4/6
Dave: 4/6

If Mysterio loses, he must remove his mask
Rey wins by DQ after Kane, who was outside the ring, hit Rey like a baseball with a steel chair as Rey jumped off of the turnbuckle.
Me: 5/7
Dave: 5/7

It's a tie!

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WWE No Mercy 2008 Predictions

WWE Women's Championship
Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Candice Michelle
I Say: It's been said that the WWE has begun to see Michelle as an injury risk and don't think she can go for the long-term anymore. Because of that the WWE is probably looking to get the most out of her while they can. For that another title run would seem logical, but I think that the WWE would like to see her go a little longer before they put the title back on her. Phoenix wins.
Dave Says: Phoenix

WWE Championship
Triple H (c) vs. Jeff Hardy
I Say: Triple H losing the title to Jeff Hardy? Not going to happen. The WWE Title is THE title in the industry. There is no other title in the entire world that is more prestigious as the WWE Title. I think it's pretty safe to say that Trips figure 'I'm letting this guy main event with me. Why should I drop my title to him?". Trips wins. Could there be win for Hardy w/o a title change? Sure.
Dave Says: Triple H

Winner becomes the #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship
Batista vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield
I Say: I see Batista winning.
Dave Says: Says: Batista

World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Jericho (c) vs. Shawn Michaels
I Say: This is THE match of the night. This may even be the match of the year. It's the culmination of WWE's feud of the year (Jericho himself said that this is the end) and perhaps their best feud in years. I think either guy has a decent chance of winning, but I think that Jericho is going to walk away with the title. Perhaps with Cade's help (BTW, the WWE is wasting their time trying to build up Cade to a top-level guy). Here's a longshot scenario - Kevin Nash helping Shawn win. It's no secret that Nash's contract with TNA has expired so don't be surprised to see the WWE pick him up and join Shawn in a non-wrestling role with a lighter schedule. It's a real longshot though. Also, interesting note - almost all of the Y2J/HBK feud has been scripted by Jericho and Michaels with very little if any input from the WWE creative team.
Dave Says: Jericho

ECW Championship
Matt Hardy (c) vs. Mark Henry
I Say: Henry regain the title, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Hardy retain. To be honest I don't get to see ECW very often.
Dave Says: Henry

Big Show vs. The Undertaker
I Say: Undertaker wins. Help from Edge maybe?
Dave Says: Undertaker

If Mysterio loses, he must remove his mask
Kane vs. Rey Mysterio
I Say: Rey Rey wins.
Dave Says: Mysterio

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