Pro Wrestling Zooming Lens: Constructing an Extreme Prediction

AkD by Senior Writer Written on September 04, 2009
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I've written many pieces here on B/R, but I haven't had a hand in too many preview/predictions and decided to give it a shot.

I was never a big fan of them because a majority of time (99.9 percent) you'll come across ridiculous predictions that just won't happen even if you got the chance to run it by WWE officials themselves.

I've been away for a while and kept watch here and there so I'm sure I could easily pull out some nonsense tagged under "predictions," but any who know the great AkD or at least are familiar with him know what he's all about..those who don't, too bad.

I've been forced to regularly watch ECW as a result of my favorite star Shelton Benjamin being traded there during Donald Trump's blockbuster (desperation draft) 15-man tri-branded trade.

ECW was robbed/looted of all their talent blah blah what's new?

Ah yes William Regal and his Ruthless Roundtable. Those who don't watch ECW because it's not good enough for their eyes can fill in the missing spots and get up to date on Rountable and rise to power here.

Between Jobacy and the Hart Dynasty, the Roundtable is easily a superior stable and the best in the entire company. Regal is simply the Chris Jericho of ECW and Jackson and Kozlov are Big Shows with the exceptions that they talk less and destroy more.

Captain no Common sense has his plate filled with these terrifying terrors, who've already showed him on numerous occasions that they mean business

Relax Sunshine

Regal can relax and make all the jokes he wants standing behind the Soviet War Machine and the Wrecking Ball from Harlem, N.Y., especially when all Captain Crunch has for back up is old Jobby Dreamer.

Many are quick to dimiss the heart and soul of ECW, but he's worth a lot more and accomplished more than you think.

Regardless, Dreamer isn't going to relive his glory days and was lucky to have received one last run as ECW champion.

The number game continues to pile up on the protagonists and the only standard that can turn the tables is facing some woo-woo idiot that gets gassed and winded and is incapable of having a lengthy match.

He says woo woo-woo because he's out of breath.

With the Hurricane and the Ripper locked up for now, I decided to make a lengthy prediction from now to Wrestlemania 26 orbiting around the ECW title, and the man who would, could, and should enter the ECW title orbit: Shelton Benjamin.

Dreamer is out of picture, and Regal and Christian already have one match (shafted for eight seconds) at Summerslam under their feud file. Breaking Point will be the second ECW title encounter between the two, so we'll start there.

Breaking Point, Hell in a Cell, and Bragging Rights are the next three events. Let Christian win one last time at Breaking Point though Regal has the submission and should win just to solidify a nice three Pay-Per-View reign and have Regal capture it at Bragging Rights. Here is where it could get tricky, two options:

By this point Regal and Christian will have faced at Summerslam, Breaking Point, and Bragging Rights, this isn't RAW we don't have to use Orton/Cena/Trips forever.

Regal winning at Bragging Rights of course should result in Christian's rematch clause, which could be on ECW to finish him off or take it to Hell in a Cell for the fourth consecutive Pay-Per-View match between the two, which should be the last. Five or more is too much, especially given how often titles changes hands and especially for a one-hour show.

Looking at all angles of the square, it is possible that Regal will walk away without the ECW title. It's viewed as very unlikely as face versus face feuds aren't the toast of the town but the title could leave Christian's hands without it falling into Regal's and all it takes is a match involving more than those two men like Swagger/Dreamer/Christian at Extreme Rules 2009.

So speaking hypothetically, let's say Christian somehow overcomes the odds and retains at Breaking Point, that will be two Pay-Per-View wins over Regal and that means he'll have to win at Bragging Rights or he's out of chances.

The length of this feud is unknown, but they cannot keep their stars in limbo for too long so something has to give.

To put it all in a nutshell, I've taken a shot in attempting to cover as much angles I can and came up with the following below.

There are many random, sudden, and hidden factors that could come into play, which includes injuries, releases, backstage heat, etc, but let's just say none of those occur.

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