WWE No Mercy 2008 Previews

My personal review for WWE No Mercy 2008

Ladder Match for the World Heavyweight Championship:  Chris Jericho (C) v. Shawn Michaels

This will be the most brutal match of the evening.  This is the match that Shawn Michaels became infamous for as he faced Bret Hart in a non-televised Ladder Match in July 1992 for the Intercontinental Championship.  HBK has also became infamous for going to the limit in this match.  His ladder matches have been the most talked about matches to this day.  In my personal opinion, HBK became famous in the ladder match when he faced Razor Ramon aka Scott Hall at WrestleMania X and then again at SummerSlam 1995. 

This match started after WrestleMania when Jericho was a guest referee for the HBK/Batista match back in April at Backlash when HBK feigned a knee injury.  They had a match at Judgment Day which was won by HBK.  At The Great American Bash, HBK was defeated after his Jericho punched him in the face causing his eye to bleed further and cause "further damage" to his "damaged retina" after Jericho threw HBKs head through the Jerichtron on an episode of Jericho's Highlight Reel.

These two ignited the feud again when HBK was "retiring" at SummerSlam with his wife by his side.  Jericho is telling HBK that he should have done his retirement the classic way but as we all know, HBK is not that type of man.  Jericho then punched HBKs wife iin the face which ignited the feud for the Unsanctioned Match at Unforgiven which HBK brutalized Jericho.  Jericho wins the title after being placed in the World Heavyweight Championship Scramble after CM Punk could not compete in the match. 

Look for HBK to win his 5th world title and 1st since beating 5 men in the first ever Elimination Chamber match.

WWE Championship match: Triple H (C) v. Jeff Hardy

No Mercy will be the second time in less than a month that Jeff Hardy will challenge WWE Champion Triple H for his title. At Unforgiven, Hardy was part of the first-ever WWE Championship Scramble Match, where four Superstars attempted to take down The King of Kings. But with mere seconds to go in the 20-minute encounter, The Game prevailed.

Hardy earned a second chance at Triple H’s gold when he defeated United States Champion Shelton Benjamin, Montel Vontavious Porter and The Brian Kendrick in a Fatal Four Way Match on the first SmackDown following Unforgiven.

The Game has been riding a wave of success as WWE Champion. But for Hardy, he’s undergone a rough year. From losing his home and dog in a fire, to undergoing a suspension, then suffering back-to-back pay-per-view losses – to MVP at SummerSlam (and The Game at Unforgiven – the high-flyer has been hanging out at ground level.

Unlike their encounter at Unforgiven, Hardy will have to face The Cerebral Assassin one-on-one. The odds seem to overwhelmingly favor 12-time World Champion Triple H. But, success is no stranger to Hardy, who is a four-time Intercontinental and seven-time Tag Team Champion. The time is right for Hardy to pull off a major win. But first, he’ll need to get by one of WWE’s most successful Superstars.

Can Hardy pull off a major upset? Or, will The King of Kings continue to reign supreme?

Look for Jeff Hardy to win his first World Title at No Mercy

ECW Champion Matt Hardy vs. Mark Henry:

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