Genesis PPV discussion

Well it's shaping up to be another decent PPV... a few dud matches, but you can't have great PPVs every time around...

World Heavyweight Title match
Bobby Roode (c) vs Jeff Hardy

World Tag Team Titles match
Matt Morgan and Crimson (c) vs Samoa Joe and Magnus

World X-division title match
Austin Aries (c) vs Kid Kash vs Jesse Sorenson vs Zema Ion

Knockouts title match
Gail Kim (c) vs Mickie James

Monsters Ball Match
Bully Ray vs Abyss

Grudge match
Storm vs Angle

Grudge Match
RVD vs Gunner

Grudge Match
Pope vs Devon




Personally I think Bully Ray vs Abyss will be the show stealer... With RVD vs Gunner being a dark horse to do the same... Storm vs Angle will go off again, and the Tag and X-division title matches should be killer as well...

World Heavyweight Title match
Bobby Roode (c) vs Jeff Hardy

I see Jeffery Nero Hardy taking the title. Looks like he has cleaned up and he is still very over with the crowd. Looks to be a good match. Prediction: 3 Stars

World Tag Team Titles match
Matt Morgan and Crimson (c) vs Samoa Joe and Magnus

Two Generic Big-Men vs a thrown together tag team... I don't care who wins. Prediction: 2 Stars. Morgan and Crimson Retain

World X-division title match
Austin Aries (c) vs Kid Kash vs Jesse Sorenson vs Zema Ion

Looks to be a great match. I hope TNA booking gives this match plenty of time. Prediction 4 Stars. Aries Retains

Knockouts title match
Gail Kim (c) vs Mickie James

I would says this will be a bathroom break match. But, I still feel Kim will retain most likely to interference. Prediction 2 Stars

Monsters Ball Match
Bully Ray vs Abyss

I agree with Pumbaa, this could be a dark horse match for the PPV. It could be a 4 star match or a complete dud. Both these guys can put on a great hardcore match, so I am leaning towards a good match. Prediction: 3 Stars Abyss Wins

Grudge match
Storm vs Angle

Pretty good build to this match. I like the James Storm character because that is the real person (similar to CM Punk) I see Angle taking this match and continuing the feud. Prediction: 4 Stars

Grudge Match
RVD vs Gunner

Seems to be a thrown together match just to fill time. OK match, I see Gunner going over RVD and of course Ric Flair will take a bump and then blade like crazy... Prediction 2 Stars


Grudge Match
Pope vs Devon

Could be this years candidate for "I could give a shit-less about this match" award. Some build to this match, but the storyline seems stupid. Is Pope now a a father-figure to Devon's kids? I don't care, hopefully this match will only be 5 minutes. Prediction 1 Star


As always, I will be watching the PPV on the RingsideNews Stream.

PREDICTIONS

World Heavyweight Title match
Bobby Roode (c) vs Jeff Hardy

This one is 60-40 Hardy, which for me sucks balls... The guy should be forced to work a lot and give back to the company he's screwed over with his past actions... Everything JJ said about Hardy during their feud made complete sense, and for the first time ever had me cheering for JJ... But I suppose in some peoples eyes bringing that stuff up on camera and having the founder blast Hardy was enough, for me he needs to work a lot more for it by jobbing for up and coming talent and other stars for a good few years, and putting in some stellar performances while doing so...

Roode win 3 stars, Hardy win 1 star because of Roode's excellence...

My pick: Roode (I'm hoping more then thinking here)

World Tag Team Titles match
Matt Morgan and Crimson (c) vs Samoa Joe and Magnus

The best tag team in wrestling in my opinion, Crimson is one of the best new guys in the business, certainly the best to break out in the past year... And Joe and Magnus have really put on brilliant matches as a tag team so far, and work really well together so this should be a cracker...

4 stars... I'd be happy with either team winning...

My pick Morgan and Crimson

World X-division title match
Austin Aries (c) vs Kid Kash vs Jesse Sorenson vs Zema Ion

Depending on booking this should be killer, I'm hoping for a Kash win, and after their excellent heel vs heel match I can't wait for Aries and Kash square off for a bit, Sorenson and Ion are just fillers to me as Sorenson is a better Orton, but not by enough for me to like him...

4 stars for a Kash or Aries win, 2 stars for a Sorenson or Ion win

My pick Kid Kash

Knockouts title match
Gail Kim (c) vs Mickie James

The meh match of the night as I don't care for either wrestler...

2 stars,

My pick Mickie James

Monsters Ball Match
Bully Ray vs Abyss

This match should be sick, hardcore rules with 2 of the best in the hardcore business...

5 stars

My pick Abyss

Grudge match
Storm vs Angle

The build up to this has been Kurt's best promo work in ages, and Storm has really stepped it up to show he's one of the best out there...

4 Stars

My pick James Storm

Grudge Match
RVD vs Gunner

The build up for this was a little quick, but RVD will be after revenge, and I wouldn't be surprised to see Garrett Bischoff take Flair out of it... Gunner is still a little green, but this could be his proving point....

2-4 stars

My pick RVD

Grudge Match
Pope vs Devon

The other meh match on the card... I don't like the Pope, and I know Devon will make him look good... The only interest I have in this storyline is what is going to happen with Devon's boys, they've been trained at the Dudley academy, so they will be wrestlers at some point... They are by no stretch of the imagination ready yet, but given 5 years they could be the next big tag team...

2 stars

My pick Pope with the aid of Devon's sons....

Well it's come and gone, and results wise I'm happy... Some of the matches didn't go off like I thought they would be even so it was still a decent PPV...

World Heavyweight Title match
Bobby Roode (c) vs Jeff Hardy

Could of been much worse with Hardy winning... But a DQ win keeps the belt off him and was a great surprise at the end of the show...

Grudge match
Storm vs Angle

Was a decent match, a traditional Angle match with a twist at the end... It's a pity Angle isn't flexible enough to pull off the kick, that was the only flatterer on this 2-1 result putting Angle on the board in this feud..

World Tag Team Titles match
Matt Morgan and Crimson (c) vs Samoa Joe and Magnus

There was some sloppy wrestling in this one, Magnus is still very green and dropped way too early a lot of the time and Crimson screwed up foiling a pin... But overall it was still a very decent tag match and they are making Morgan look like a beast which is good for the coming months....

Monsters Ball Match
Bully Ray vs Abyss

Definitely the match of the PPV... Started out slow but turned into a real exhibition of how a match with 2 big men should flow when weapons are involved...

Knockouts title match
Gail Kim (c) vs Mickie James

Having Velvet come out made this match watchable, and the ending was crap while unexpected... I hope this is the end of their feud as I'd rather see Tara go for the belt and neither Gail or Mickie interest me in the ring...

Grudge Match
Pope vs Devon

Wasn't keen on the match to begin with but it was a real sleeper match... Very surprising to see the boys turn on Pope and the match itself was well sold and performed by both men... Definitely the best showing from the Pope I've seen...

Grudge Match
RVD vs Gunner

Gunner was very sloppy during the match... The ending puts no water on the fires claiming RVD will be heading to the WWE as soon as his contract is up... If we don't see him within the next 2 months we know it's true... Garrett came back after 3 weeks, so hopefully RVD will be back before the next PPV and this injury was just to write him out of the UK tour...

World X-division title match
Austin Aries (c) vs Kid Kash vs Jesse Sorenson vs Zema Ion

A decent way to start with this match as the opener, but I lost interest after Kid Kash was eliminated, as it was far too obvious A double was going to get the win...