Smackdown and my MITB Predictions

So this week on Smackdown, Sin Cara is going to defeat Sheamus, who is the hottest guy going into the Money in the Bank Ladder match this weekend. Way to kill his momentum WWE. I guess maybe that's there way to surprise their viewers. They probably think no one would expect a guy who's a former 2 time WWE Champion who just loss to Sin Cara as a guy who can win MITB. The most interesting thing I read from the taping was that Barrett laid out Sheamus. Could we see a Barrett/Sheamus feud soon or is this just WWE's way to hype up the MITB match? Makes you wonder. I'm sick to DEATH of Christian/Orton. It was great the first two times but it's just overkill now. Their match at Capitol Punishment was OK, but come on with the ending. Referee can't reverse the decision of a match, but Miz beat Cena twice in May for the WWE Title and what happened? Ref reversed the decision. Whatever, not the time to get into that. I don't think Sheamus should even be in MITB. The match at MITB should be a triple threat, but I digress. I like Christian and Orton, but if they wanted to keep this feud interesting, they would've had a couple specialty matches by now. I don't care what happens between these guys on Sunday, just as long as we don't get Orton/Christian V at SummerSlam.

WWE Money in the Bank is THIS SUNDAY. Like I've said in my previous post, this is my most anticipated PPV since Wrestlemania. It also has about as much hype as said PPV as well. The question is though, will it live up to the hype? Time for some Fatman predictions.

The opening contest will probably be Smackdown's MITB, probably because of the lack of star power in the match. To be honest though, I wouldn't be upset if the World Title match started the show either, but for argument's sake, I'm going with the MITB. I think this is the match to steal the show, just like last year. And just like last year, there's potential for most of the superstars in the match. Rhodes, Bryan, and Barrett all have beaten former World Champions in the past couple months and are looking for that something something to get them in the main event. The contract will do just that. Slater, Gabriel, and Cara are looking to make a name for themselves and a good performance in this match would definitely get the fans to recognize you. Kane and Sheamus are the only two former World Champions in this match and don't need MITB at all. Well, Kane does since he's slowly falling off the face of the Earth, but Sheamus really doesn't. He's going to get a title shot regardless of the outcome of this match. So, who wins Smackdown's MITB? I'm thinking a heel. Cody Rhodes is having a fantastic year, even though he was snubbed from the Rumble and the Chamber. His character change has helped him and he even beat Mysterio at Wrestlemania. A MITB win would make that year even better. Wade Barrett had a fantastic 2010, competing in 4 WWE Title matches, making John Cena join the Nexus and then firing him, and became the top heel on Raw. He hasn't had the same amount of success on Smackdown. He DID win the IC Title but he hasn't received any world title matches on the show. Barrett has the main event look and ability so a MITB win makes sense. Sheamus is the obvious pick to win, but like I said, he REALLY doesn't need it. I'm going with Rhodes or Barrett. I'd be alright if Bryan won. Just not Sheamus or Kane.

I like both Kelly Kelly and the Bellas, looks wise. Wrestling wise, I don't really care. K2 wins.

Mark Henry VS Big Show is a match that I thought they were going to hold off until SummerSlam, but I guess they couldn't wait any longer. I think there isn't going to be a clear winner, setting up for a big match at SummerSlam.

Christian/Orton IV. I'm done with the feud. It's going to be hard to top their OTL match but I'm expecting another good match between the two. I'm going with Orton to win but he better watch out for the MITB winner. History tends to repeat itself.

Raw's MITB is going to be awesome. Who wins this huge match? I'm hoping not Mysterio or Swagger. I don't even want Del Rio to win. HE'S #1 CONTENDER! Anybody else is fine. Riley and Kingston are long shots but it would be interesting to see them win. Miz won last year and he's a top guy on Raw so he doesn't need it. My two picks for the match are Evan Bourne and R-Truth. I know, Bourne will never succeed in WWE because WWE fails to use the great talent they have, but a man can dream right? I've always liked Bourne, but when he beat Jericho CLEANLY at F4W last year, I became a fan. It's a shame, he'll probably make the match for Raw, only to lose and not heard from until next year's MITB. R-Truth is slowly becoming one of my favs on Raw. He just got a WWE Title match and he did beat Cena two weeks ago, so he's got some momentum going into Sunday. Truth has more of a chance winning than Bourne, but once again, I can dream. Bourne's going to do it, mark my words. I just read that out loud to myself and laughed. That was a good one. Anyway, I'm expecting Bourne, Kingston, and Mysterio to have the most highlights in this match and I hope it's better than last year's average MITB match.

We all know what the main event of the show is. Punk/Cena for the WWE Title. Now, if the SD MITB doesn't steal the show, THIS will. Being Punk's 'last' match, he is going to go ALL out. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw the Pepsi Plunge on Sunday. I've already made several crazy predictions for this match, but, to be honest, anything could happen this Sunday. I see Cena getting Punk in the STF, having it locked in for like 5 minutes before Punk finally taps. I see Punk and Vince working together to screw Cena. I see a Cena heel turn involving Vince. There are a lot of different options for this match. It kind of makes you wonder why they didn't try to get Punk to sign an extension to SummerSlam. This will be much bigger than the Del Rio/Cena match up in my opinion. I also expect both to kick out of each others' finishers, but that's a given. So, what's the final verdict from The Modern Marvel? CM Punk defeats John Cena in Chicago, winning his first ever WWE Championship. I don't know what happens afterward, but Punk will beat Cena, BUT he won't walk out of Chicago as champion. That's all. I know I'm probably going to be wrong because WWE never shows any balls, but I can dream right?

Come back here LATE Sunday night for my reaction post. There will probably be a couple other posts before then.

OH yeah, has anyone seen The Rock's new promo? It sucks. The Rock just doesn't have it anymore and he's becoming SUCH a hypocrite. Anyway, the thing I most wanted to talk about was that he said he's going to meet Cena before Mania at the city that started it all, where they cheered for him for the very first time. Survivor Series 2011 takes places in Madison Square Garden. Could we see The Rock make another brief return there? Whatever happens, I'm still on Team Cena for Wrestlemania 28.