last 4 rumble winners have lost their wm title matches, so it's losing a bit of its impact

del rio chose whc and lost to edge
edge chose whc and lost to jericho
orton chose wwe and lost to hhh
cena chose wwe and lost to orton

oops

The IC build is clearly better.

Id consider the WHC match like the 8th best built match on the card of 8. Bryan telling tales of eating vegan and banging AJ while Sheamus reminds us that he wants to hold the title cos its big and shiny and he is Irish is a completely terrible build. Edit, for the match, its been an awesome build of Bryan and AJ.

The next worse is probably Beth and Eve invading the E! channel to tell Maria Mawhatever that she sucks cos she is on E! where at least they did some kind of external promotion. Then there is Orton and Kane which had some psychology where Kane attacked Orton who then attacked him back a few times and they cut promos on each other. I think both are better, but not by much.

There has been close to 0 build for the WHC match. It's been all D Bryan and no Sheamus.

That's what would make it truly ridiculous for Sheamus to win. Still, very solid chance that such a thing happens.

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Im curious what direction people chose and how highly they rated that match in the confidence pool.

Isn't he dead?

I'll keep my pick under wraps until the reveal, but it was one of my lowest confidence picks. Might have been my very lowest.

I took a couple of gambles in my picks, but imo this was not one of them.

is there a for fun confidence pool or are they all for roses (i think is the phrase)

There is just one pool but only people playing for cash can win cash. We have prizes like name colours and undertitles to play for if you dont want to pay to play though. Get your picks in asap.

Hmmmm, really? We can get a undertitle or name colours if the best results came? Now I want to be in this one.

Everything Phill said is 100% spot on.

Team Teddy vs Team Johnny is the only good build for Wm. I'm probably in the minority but I didn't like the Jericho vs Punk build before Jericho did the promos about Punks family. It lacked intensity and came off as a debate of who is the best in the world. And on a card with 2 bigger matches that's a weird angle for the feud.

It would have been better if they put more emphasis on Bryan provoking Sheamus on the Smackdown before Elimination Chamber.

its punk/jericho or rhodes/show

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>

hhh/taker > teddy/johnny > everything else

sheamus and d bryan have both been individually great, as you would expect, and both are building towards wm individually well; but their 'feud' is non-existant.

For the record i think the Cody and Big Slow build has been better than A Team vs Holonaminitplaya.

(id say B Team but it just seems racist, lol)

Just called Comcast to order the PPV. First PPV I have paid for in a long time. Don't let me down, WWE.

My bad, I was thinking of Umaga.

does anyone else think a Shawn screw job special is coming the Undertakers way?

Well, it would not be the first time HBK was the special guest referee and screwed the Undertaker over something.

I just still can't imagine the streak being ended, this year, by HHH out of all people. HBK maybe, Cena (if it was a possibility maybe), HHH at WM 17 was a good possibility as well.

Ending Taker's streak is just an attempt to generate heat by literally shovelling money onto a huge bonfire. And you are generating it for a guy who has retired and a guy who is close to retiring.

Anything but Taker over clean is full blueboy.

HHH ending the streak accomplishes absolutely nothing. Undertaker should either retire undefeated or put a guy like Barrett or Rhodes over.

While I think Taker should 100% win, I would be okay with a dirty finish if it involved Lesnar returning.