QUOTE: Two of them so far: 2 out of the 3 falls vs. the Fantastics and Wrestlemania IV vs. Strike Force.

Thanks, David. I'll have to try and pick this DVD up soon.

Ugh, Cena with the briefcase.

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Think he might be the first MITB failure at Summerslam. I think Lesnar will be the one to end Punk's reign.

My prediction is that Cena defeats Punk at SummerSlam and Lesnar defeats Triple H at SummerSlam. This will set up a rematch between the two at Royal Rumble. Lesnar will defeat Cena for the title. He will then not defend the belt until Wrestlemania. Where he will face the Rock. The Rock will win the title at Mania and drop it to Cena a month later. Triple H rematches against Lesnar in a loser must leave WWE match after Mania.

Punk has never drew the ratings and that is why is often defending the belt in the middle of PPVs and Raws.

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I don't think he was given the chance since they, in the majority of cases, put Cena on last.

My prediction is that Cena defeats Punk at SummerSlam and Lesnar defeats Triple H at SummerSlam. This will set up a rematch between the two at Royal Rumble. Lesnar will defeat Cena for the title. He will then not defend the belt until Wrestlemania. Where he will face the Rock. The Rock will win the title at Mania and drop it to Cena a month later. Triple H rematches against Lesnar in a loser must leave WWE match after Mania.

I'm with you up until Royal Rumble. I think Cena will hold onto the title against Brock there and go on for Rock vs Cena II at Wrestlemania...with the title being at stake this time. I predict they'll go with Lesnar/Undertaker at WM with Undertaker extending the streak.

And where exactly is that rumor from?  I seriously doubt it.

They're not going to put the title on the line between two special attractions. And Cena I have a hard time believing Cena will lose his third high profile Wrestlemania match in a row.

Punk and Austin has been speculated about since Punk was tweeting about him last year, so that could happen if Austin's up for it.

The Rock has made the claim he will be WWE champ again. Having him win it from Lesnar makes the most money for WWE. Works since Rock put him over early in his career to win the Unified title. Rock defends the title the next month in a Cena rematch will also make big money. A rematch of Cena/Lesnar (which didn't draw as much money as they hoped) won't do as much business at Mania.

Cena against Taker also makes sense as a farewell to the Taker as he is a guy who won't hurt Taker in the match.

Austin has said if he would come out of retirement he would face Punk.

If this is Undertaker's last WM, then I can see them doing the Cena match. If not, then Cena//Rock II is a bigger match than Rock/Brock (Brock hasn't done anything for ratings and his return PPV drew disappointing numbers). I think that's been the agreement between Vince and Rock and Cena all along and that's why Cena took the loss to a "part timer" (at best) at WM last year.

Brock and Taker have some history from their "scuffle" at UFC awhile back. I still think Brock/Taker, and Cena/Rock II for the title are the two most likely matches.

Tag Teams are a great way to elevate midcarders who might be lacking something individually into a greater whole. And also a good way to put perennial upper carders to different use (ie. wouldn't it freshen Randy Orton up a bit to put him in an interesting tag team program for 3 months) before cycling them back into the title mix. Too bad WWE has totally devalued tag teams. If there is anything to be hopeful for in the new 3 hour run time for Raw (and there's not much!) it's maybe they will re-emphasize tag teams so that they can use that to fill more time. I'm not holding out hope though.

To your point David, I think you could definitely put Swagger and McIntyre together for an interesting team!

His turn wasn't overt (yet)...it will be interesting to see where they go with this. I think the plan is for him to go up against Rock at Royal Rumble as a straight up heel. But they could take their time getting there, with Punk being a "tweener" for a couple of months first.