I must say that I am a fan of Survivor series and of its traditional elimination matches. Maybe its because Undertaker made his debut at this second-longest running PPV, or maybe its because he single-handedly eliminated all competition in 1995 (Mabel’s team, which included HHH). Over the years, my PPV predictions have got worse ;-) perhaps because I’m not watching WWE regularly, but usually they have a track record of being right as far as the Undertaker is concerned (except for Hell in a Cell 2009 :-P ).

Undertaker vs Chris Jericho vs Big SLow: Undertaker starts the 20th year of his WWE career, so it is impossible that he will lose this in my opinion ;-) I’m going with it that Undertaker retains his title simply because he was given the title while he was not 100% fit. The WWE has luckily not deferred his title reign (which was cut short last year after he was “stripped” off the belt and “banished”), and they have been giving him tag-team matches, fatal four-ways and now a triple-threat so that he doesn’t have to work hard throughout the whole match. They are allowing him to take it easy and yet retain the belt, which gives me signs of a longer title reign. So, I’m assuming that this will cause the break-up between Jericho and Big SLow (which was anyway predictable looking at the way they have been having short arguments or disagreements on Raw/ Smackdown, and the way Big SLow turned off the lights to scare Jericho). MVP/ Mark Henry or Legacy are most likely to win the tag-team championship from SLow and Jericho due to their break-up, and at the next PPV we could have a match to determine who will be the # 1 contender. Jericho will win it by hook or by crook to become the # 1 contender and go on to have a good match with Undertaker at Mania. It will have all the ingredients of a “good” wrestling match. I’d prefer if they work on Jericho’s character in the mean time to make it look stronger by then. Big SLow can then have a feud with Kane if he wants. Will the real Kane please stand up and show his might, when that happens? Winner: Undertaker.

John Cena vs HHH vs Shawn Michaels: I think its important to discuss this match also because a lot of people have been predicting Undertaker vs John Cena at Wrestlemania 26. In my estimation, this is how the story will go (this prediction of mine is a little unconventional, but somehow it makes sense to me when its all put together): Shawn Michaels wins this match! It is almost certain that he would be retiring soon, and before that happens, the last man whom he would have a match with has got to be HHH at Wrestlemania. Assuming that is going to happen at Mania 26, why not give Shawn a 4-5 month title reign before it? It would be even better for the build-up if he pins HHH for the title at this match instead of Cena. One of them could turn heel (most probably HHH). HHH could later win the elimination chamber at No Way Out to get his title shot against Michaels at Mania. He will then win the belt from Shawn at Mania after what would be a “match of the year” candidate next year, and then Shawn will call it quits. They will hug after the match, and there you have HHH turning face again. His reign will be short, though. He will soon drop the belt to Orton or Cena. Meanwhile, since John Cena would be out of the title scene after the elimination chamber at No Way Out, there wouldn’t be a focus point for him until Wrestlemania. I don’t see him winning the Rumble again and challenging Undertaker/ moving to Smackdown only to lose the match at Mania. He will then put himself in the Raw vs Smackdown brand supremacy match at Mania against Batista, who will easily get selected as the representative of Smackdown since he won the match for Smackdown in 2008 against You-Mangah. This will also allow for culmination of their rivalry which started in Summerslam 2008 but then was left unfinished. This time, the heel Batista will lose it and they will leave it at 1-1 for the time being. Winner: Shawn Michaels.

Now for some non-Undertaker related talk. I’ll keep it short, just for the sake of completion of the topic.

Batista vs Mysterio: The only singles’ match on the card? You’ve got to be kidding me. Batista already lost a singles’ match against Mysterio in a PPV due to the referee’s mistake. There is no way he is losing again to that midget. If WWE want to keep pushing one of these 2, I would assume it has to be Batista (like 2005) due to his physique, ability to stay in the ring with stronger guys and everything else. It would look unbelievably way out of proportion if he loses this. Winner: Batista.

Team Michelle vs Team Mickie: Ok, I love Michelle’s team due to Michelle and Beth Phoenix. However, since they won their match in the last PPV, I’m going with it that Mickie and Melina put together will be very heavy for the opponent team. Winner: Team Mickie James.

Team Orton vs Team Kingston: I hate Kingston since the day he got a clean victory over Kane. Orton’s been on a low the last few weeks. William Regal is one weak-point in his team. But assuming that Punk, Orton and Legacy have a plan, this win should pump Orton up because he is obviously the better performer and character. Winner: Team Orton.

Team Morrison vs Team Miz: Is the Miz’s team strong or what? Swagger, Sheamus, McIntyre. But well, since they have their own internal issues (Swagger wanted to lead the team and then Miz insulted him after he lost to Bourne), I’m predicting that Morrison’s team will do something to come out on top. Winner: Team Morrison.

The Undertaker vs. John Cena is one of the planned main-event’s for WrestleMania 26, according to F4WOnline.com. The groundwork for potential matchup was set on this past Monday’s RAW when Cena received a tombstone after the main-event match had ended.

So first we had talk of Vince vs. ‘Taker, then it switched to Jericho vs. ‘Taker and now the dirt sheets ‘report’ it will be Cena vs. ‘Taker. So basically anyone ‘Taker has interaction with between now and Mania is a potential WrestleMania opponent. My personal feeling is that it will either be Vince or Cena, but I’m swaying towards Cena after Raw this week (I really think the Tombstone segment was done for a reason!). But this is just an opinion I’m not passing it off as fact as some websites are **cough** F4WOnline **cough**.

Who remembers Vince’s ill fated football promotion, the XFL? Anybody? No? Well I’m willing to put money on The Undertaker not remembering it either and perhaps if he did, hanging his head in shame at this cheeseball promo he cut for it. Oh, dear. Still, it’s worth the giggle.

Full spoilers now added.

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November 14th: (No Move) Position 1: Jericho may have nailed The Undertaker with the Codebreaker, but he didn’t think to guard himself from the Hell’s Gate and once The Deadman locked that in, it was all over for the Unified Tag Team Champion.

The Undertaker sticks in the top spot after a massive tour and impressive showing on Smackdown. Where can he possibly go from here?!