Random Wrestling Vibes...

The speaking in perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but love”
Francis Bacon

So those who do not love which they hyperbolise...

- Damn straight - if I was Dave Meltzer, every Battle Royal in history would be five stars, even the one Bobby Heenan won. What makes a "five star" match or not is so subjective as to make any argument over it pointless.

- Lance Storm named our gerbils. True story.* They're called Shenannigans and Mayhem. *Ok, so we took the names out of one of his "Serious" promos. But still...

It would work far better long term if they took someone on the roster and had them go up against Jericho, defending the legends.

Take CM Punk for example. He'll be getting pushed this year, but currently he's just treading water, since the Regal fued seems to have pattered out. So, you could easily have him be Jericho's opponent.Its RAW and Jericho is berating another legend (Hacksaw would be ideal for this bit). Flair comes out and gets right in Jericho's face, proper pyscho Flair promo face and all. Jericho believes this proved his point about Flair whoring out his retirement and sneak attacks him, and beats the hell out of Flair.Then Punk makes the save and helps up Flair. Insta-fued.

You could build it on many levels. Jericho and Punk have clashed heads many times in the last year but never on a major stage and nothing has ever been settled. This tone of this WrestleMania suggests it's about settling old scores. There's one just crying out for a PPV match of some sort.
Also, you've got the dynamic of Straight Edge face who doesn't judge his friends (from what we've seen thus far) vs The Honest Man who believes himself to be just like Punk, only much more hypocritical.Punk's on the verge of being something special, and a Mania programme with Jericho - with all the glitz and stuff that goes with that - and with, say Flair in his corner, could really work well.But someone like Punk or failing him, MVP, would be my pick for Jericho.

- Jericho beating Hogan would not be the #1 WrestleMania moment ever. Not even close.The biggest WrestleMania moment is of course when Mr Perfect saved us all from a Lex Luger world title run at Mania 10.
- Who cares about the streak at this moment? It'd be SHawn Michaels vs The Undertaker! Complete unbridled ungodliness unseen at WrestleMania since two brothers from Calgary curtainjerked at Madison Square Garden.
- Eddie is dead. Bringing his name back for cheap heat would be as low as Vince McMahon opening WrestleMania with a live seance where he tried to communicate with the ghost of Bruiser Brody.
Kendrick would be great at Mania. Look at Morrison last year - he got his shot at Mania and was probably the MITB MVP. Sadly, like Regal, I expect them both to miss out AGAIN. Someone ought to invent the Fatal Thirty-Way Elimination match or something like that, then these problems are sorted out fairly easily.
The context of HBK/Cena was that Shawn had to prove to everyone he could actually beat Cena, since he was still smarting from Mania. The whole "to be the man" thing. That's all it needed, backstorywise.

- The real ECW died in 2001. Fair enough. Mr. McMahon may have put Christian on the show to get people to watch it, but guess what? That's what they do: put people on shows so audiences will watch. And Christian replaces Matt Hardy. Easily. I wouldn't watch if you put every member of ECW inside a Hell in a Cell - because that would gimmicky overkill of the worst kind.

Christian got a good reaction on ECW, and people remember him. Having him come during the Rumble and attack Jeff and people going "Who the hell is that guy?" because they'd forgotten him in the over three years since they last saw him would be a far worse thing to have done. Just because the IWC didn't forget Christian was no guarantee the general fandom did.

And Christian is not a bonafide main eventer. Sorry. And indeed, on your second post, let's compare Tuesday nights to the original ECW. God, I'm so angry we're forced to match 10+ minute Finlay, Matt Hardy, Christian, Punk, Burke, et all matches during the last three years as opposed to the greatness of the likes of Chilly Willy v Scotty Anton, and Danny Doring vs Chris Chetti and the other matches that took up most of the ECW weekly TV output back in 2000.

I'm also annoyed that we have a competent announce team, instead of Joey Styles rambling to himself and getting overexcited. And lest we forget, the original ECW was left with the likes of Jerry Lynn and Justin Credible as its main event, and main events with the likes of Willy and Anton in its last year, so let's not compare the main event talent to today. Because really, that Christian has nothing on Aldo Montoya.

- See this is what should happen with Dreamer.

He loses. A lot. He keeps losing, right up to, say late April. So about five weeks from One Night Stand (you know the PPV I mean, even if its name changed). Then A HEEL, Morrison or Miz would be ideal but whoever there is, can mock Dreamer, saying his contract runs out in June and he's retiring with a whimper. They really beat down Dreamer, and Teddy Long signs the match. Then, that night, Dreamer beats that wrestler.

Next week, said heel's associate comes out and challenges Dreamer. But Dreamer is determined not to let his career petter out into nothingness. He wins for the 2nd straight week.

During this time, Grisham and Striker will be working the magic on the commentary, going into detail how Dreamer is a 16 year vet, and how he more than anyone would not want to see his career just whittle down to a stop. Make it all mean something. Grish and Striker can do that well.

Into Judgment Day, and there's a Four Way "Extreme Rules" match to determine the man Jack Swagger (the whole scenario works best if he's still Champ by this point, and I see no reason why he can't be) will face at ONS. Dreamer sucks out a win here, and it's Swagger v Dreamer at ONS for the ECW title.

Here upon Swagger starts bragging about how this is like some kind of dream: the great "ECW Original" Tommy Dreamer's career will come to an end, and it will be solely down to him. Swagger overtalks the whole thing, he is more than overtly confident.

Come the match. Tony Chimmel announces "This next match is for the ECW Championship, and, if Tommy Dreamer does not win the Championship, he will be forced to retire." That'll get the live crowd on Dreamer's side if they were any doubts priorly (those words always do!), and the people hate Swagger so they'll be rooting for Dreamer to pull it off.

He gets massacred for the first few minutes. Swagger hits a few sig moves, heels up, Dreamer looks down. But Swagger is overconfident, and this allows Dreamer back into it. Make it a weapons match, and Dreamer gets in some innovative violence stuff and he's in control. Swagger is nearly floored, and Dreamer hits his DDT. Grish goes nuts on commentary.

The pin. 1....2....kickout at the last possible second. The crowd are deflated. Dreamer goes for some violent shebang, but Swagger floors him with a lowblow. Swagger then puts Dreamer himself through the violent shebang Dreamer had planned out. (Table in the corner or something) Swagger pins Dreamer, but Dreamer reverses into a cradle, and gets another near fall.

Now Swagger is pissed, and throws Dreamer into the cornerpost (he's been exposing it earlier, his trademark). Dreamer hits it with a thump and crumpes to the mat. Swagger taunts the crowd, and puts one foot on Dreamer's chest. 1...2......Dreamer kicks out at the last second, and everyone goes nuts. Does he have another miracle left in him? Swagger lifts him up and slams him down for the Gutwrench Powerbomb.

Swagger has it won, but he picks up Dreamer again and does the move once more. Then, a third time. Just three Gutwrench Powerbombs in a row. As Striker could point out, it's like Swagger realises his arrogance has nearly cost him the title and he's taking it out on dreamer.

Now, Swagger makes the cover, and it's an easy three. Swagger keeps the title, the boos rain down, and Dreamer's career is over. Then, once Dreamer gets to his feet, he can get some form of crowd support as he makes his final bow.

That's how I'd book it, at least.


I've already started my Punk v Orton for Mania 26 bandwagon, myself. Under the "it'll take a year to build him to that level from here" philosophy.