by Luke » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:02 pm
Mainly, I want to comment on what's going to happen with the Undertaker because we keep on getting these reports that the Undertaker is in particularly bad shape at the moment and is hurting, which may or may not be true.
Firstly, if these rumours are untrue then we can ignore them and I don't see there is any reason why Undertaker won't be defending his World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania, retaining his title and undefeated streak.
Secondly, if it is true then I find it odd that in addition to already being in the Elimination Chamber Match, according to this week's SmackDown Spoilers, this Tuesday he faced Chris Jericho in a TV match and then Batista in a dark match. This contradicts the reports of 'Taker not really wrestling between now and WrestleMania. Also on this point is the fact that if the Undertaker is going to wrestle at WrestleMania, some people seem to be saying he will be dropping the title before then (due to injuries) and wrestling a less demanding match against Shawn Michaels. Well this doesn't make much sense either because although there is no way they could out-do last year's match (in my opinion), HBK and 'Taker are still two of WWE's top stars, both men would still want to do their best to make it a good match, plus WWE would want to benefit from its drawing power. What I'm saying is that if the Undertaker is in good enough shape to wrestle Michaels in HBK vs. Taker 2 at 'Mania, then surely he's in decent enough shape to defend his World Heavyweight title. Taking all of this in to account I say it makes sense for Edge to choose to face the Undertaker at WrestleMania, 'Taker wins and eventually drops the title to Edge, and Jericho then chases Edge for the title. Perhaps they may even make the World Heavyweight Championship match a Triple Threat Match at WrestleMania, Undertaker vs. Edge vs. Chris Jericho.
On a Raw note, they're arguably leaving things more open at the moment. I'm still unsure whether they'd feel confident that Sheamus has enough star heel drawing power to headline WrestleMania - I'm not sure I'm that convinced he does. With this said, they very well might. It's a hard one to call. If Sheamus retains the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber then I see the most obvious WrestleMania opponents being Triple H or John Cena, as WWE would obviously want a top face to go up against Sheamus. The other way it could realistically go, bearing in mind where they seem to be going with Cena and Batista, would be for John Cena to win the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber and then Batista being granted a title shot against Cena at WrestleMania by Mr. McMahon. Of course, they could still do Cena vs. Batista without there being a title involved and have Sheamus vs. Triple H for the WWE title.
That's my opinon anyhow.
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