Hello friends! Before I start with this latest prediction blog I would like to apologize for not posting my predictions for the TNA Against All Odds PPV last Saturday night. The reason why I was unable to post them was because right as I was about to my laptop got infected with a very nasty virus! However this past Monday my older brother with the help of his longtime best friend who happens to be a major computer genius got my laptop back up and running so now my laptop is running better than ever! OK so with that out of the way let's get down to business shall we?
Elimination Chamber Match for the World Heavyweight Championship: Edge vs. Drew Mcintyre vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Wade Barrett vs. ???
Before last night's Smackdown Dolph Ziggler was scheduled to be in this match however returning Smackdown GM Teddy Long fired Ziggler thus leaving an open spot for this chamber match. Many people think that spot will be filled by Christian. Others think that The Undertaker will fill the last spot while others feel that Ziggler will somehow find a way into the match. To be quite honest I could see any of those scenarios playing out but in all honesty I really don't know who will fill this last spot. OK now for the prediction! Drew Mcintyre won't win because I see him competing in the Money In The Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania so he's out. Wade Barrett has a chance but I really don't see him winning this match either because I could honestly also see him in the MITB match at Mania. Kane just held the title a couple of months ago and while it was nice to see him get a nice run with the WHT I really don't see him winning it either and I really don't know what he'll be doing at Mania however my only guess is that he will probably be in the MITB match as well. Rey Mysterio is certainly capable of winning this match thus setting up yet another Rey/Del Rio showdown at Mania this time for the belt but I really don't see Rey Rey winning this match because I think he's going to fight 1 "Dashing" Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania. So that leaves the Rated R Superstar or the mystery man? Well no matter who the mystery man is I really don't see him winning this match either so with that I am going to go with the Rated R Superstar to retain in a very fun and entertaining chamber match thus setting up Edge vs. Royal Rumble winner Alberto Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship on the grandest stage of all WrestleMania!
Winner: Edge
Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio
Should be a very good match but to be quite honest there's only 1 way to go here and that is with the Royal Rumble winner Del Rio because in all honesty he needs the win more mainly because he is going to be in the Main Event of Mania against Edge for the title and he really needs all the momentum and heat he can get! As for Kofi well it's pretty obvious to me that he should be in the Money In The Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania!
Winner: Alberto Del Rio
Elimination Chamber Match to determine the #1 contender for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 27: John Cena vs. King Sheamus vs. Randy Orton vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth
OK let's get right to the prediction shall we? OK R-Truth and John Morrison in my opinion will be in the Money In The Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania so they're out even though I really want Morrison to win this more than anybody but anyways. King Sheamus is on a collision course with a certain King of Kings who he will face at WrestleMania so he's out. Randy Orton and CM Punk are on a collision course with each other which will culminate in a match between those 2 at Mania so that cancels them out. Which sadly leaves only 1 who will not only face the Miz at WrestleMania but ultimately bury him as well and thus getting the moment in the sun at the end of WrestleMania AGAIN! However the only way that that won't happen is if a certain great 1 agrees to a match with him at Mania which is a match that many die hard Wrestling fans are dying to see! Would I like to see that happen? Hell Yes! Will it happen? I'm afraid that's a no! Sigh. But make no mistake about it friends I think that this will be the better of the 2 chamber matches mainly because of the star power in this match and oh by the way watch out for a sick Jeff Hardy type spot from John Morrison inside the chamber! Just saying!
Winner: John Cena
WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel
Barring an impromptu diva match this match right here will be the worst match of the night I'm afraid because this match is only here for filler and I also expect this match to be like a bad TV match because in all honesty that's exactly what we're going to get here. But since I have to pick a winner here I'm going to go with Slater and Gabriel to win the titles here because I think that Santino and Kozlov have held them long enough and who knows this may be the shot in the arm that the tag team division needs because just like the Diva division the Tag Team division is not really any good if I'm being honest. God what I would give to go back to the late 1980's when the Tag Team division in the old WWF was so top heavy. But alas 1 can only dream.
Winners: Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel
WWE Championship Match: The Miz vs. Jerry "The King" Lawler
OK going into this PPV I had the RAW chamber match main eventing this PPV! However after the turn of events that we have seen over the last few weeks I am going to go out on a limb here and say that this will be the main event of this show! So who wins? Well everybody is going with Miz to retain however I have this sneaking feeling that The King is going to pull an Eddie Guerrero like moment here and shock the world and win the WWE title to not only provide the feel good moment of the night but also to send the fans home happy and nothing would send the fans home happy more than seeing that happen right? However I think that if that does happen then King will drop the belt right back to Miz either the next night or next week on RAW with help from Alex Riley and/or Michael Cole thus setting up the inevitable Miz/Cena title match and the inevitable King/Cole match at WrestleMania! But even if it's only for 1 night or 1 week what a great story this would be huh?
Winner: Jerry "The King" Lawler
The 2 chamber matches will steal the show, Kofi/Del Rio will be a very good undercard match, Miz/Lawler could be a fun match if booked correctly, and sadly the Tag Team title fight is going to be an absolute trainwreck! Overall it looks like a fairly decent show on paper but sadly this event won't be on paper and we will just have to wait and see how it all plays out tomorrow night! Please comment below with your thoughts and picks and be sure to check out my partner in crime Derek Ferreira's YouTube page (slb200809) as he will provide a video recap of tomorrow night's event and I will be back on Saturday March 12th with my predictions for the TNA Victory Road PPV! So with that you know the routine my friends thumbs up talk to ya later! YEAH!!!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Super Bowl 45 Preview
Hello friends! Tomorrow night the biggest football game in the history of Western civilization will be played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas and I ain't talking about Tiddly Winks kids no it's Super Bowl 45 and without further adu here is my complete preview of this big game! But first a little history lesson for you guys! The last time these 2 teams met which was in Week 15 of the 2009 season was in my opinion the best regular season game of 2009 and 1 of the greatest regular season games of all time it was that good! That game featured 4 lead changes in the final 8 minutes of the 4th quarter! Both teams combined for 973 total yards of offense! Neither team had a turnover and Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger went 29-46 for 503 yards and 3 TD's while Packers QB Aaron Rodgers went 26-48 for 383 yards and 3 TD's of his own in perhaps the greatest aerial display in NFL history! Now on to the biggie tomorrow night shall we?
Super Bowl 45: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packers
Overall Offense
The Steelers offense ranked 14th in yards per game averaging 345.3 yards per game while they ranked 12th in points per game averaging 23.4 points per game! The Packers offense ranked 9th in yards per game averaging 358.1 yards per game while ranking 10th in points per game averaging 24.2 points per game!
Advantage: Packers
Overall Defense
The Steelers defense ranked 2nd in total yards allowed by holding opponents to an average of 276.8 yards per game while ranking 1st in fewest points allowed by holding opponents to an average of 14.5 points per game! The Packers defense ranked 5th in total yards allowed by holding opponents to an average of 309.1 yards per game while ranking 2nd in fewest points allowed by holding opponents to an average of an even 15 points per game marking the 1st time since 1982 that the 2 top scoring defenses will be meeting in the Super Bowl!
Advantage: Steelers (Slightly)
Quarterbacks
No QB has been hotter right now than Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has ever since coming back from that concussion he suffered against the Detroit Lions back in December and although he had a rather mediocre game against the Chicago Bears in the NFC title game Rodgers has still been the hot hand and a win in Super Bowl 45 will finally get him out of Brett Favre's shadow once and for all because if he doesn't win this game he will remain in Mr. Favre's shadow until he does win 1! On the other hand Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger is a proven playoff QB with a 10-2 career postseason record with 2 Super Bowl wins! A win will put Big Ben in a very exclusive club and that very exclusive club is the QB's with 3 or more Super Bowl wins which includes the likes of Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana who have 4 Super Bowl wins along with Troy Aikman and Tom Brady who have 3 Super Bowl wins of their own! Uh yeah not bad! Anyways both QB's are great but right now I have to give the slight advantage to the hotter hand!
Advantage: Packers (Slightly)
Running Backs
At the start of the season the Packers had a very good RB in Ryan Grant who has been a Fantasy darling over the last couple of years. That is until he went down with a season ending injury. Enter Brandon Jackson who is just as good as Grant is. That is until he went down with a season ending injury of his own. So now enter James Starks and Starks put up a 123 yard performance in the Packers Wildcard win over the Philadelphia Eagles and has also been fairly decent in the Divisional win over the top seeded Atlanta Falcons and the NFC title game win over their hated rivals the Chicago Bears. Over on the other side you have a stud RB in Rashard Mendenhall who ran for over 100 yards against a very good NY Jets defense in the AFC title game!
Advantage: Steelers
Wide Receivers
Now for the position that in my mind will determine this game offensively! The Steelers have wiley veteran Hines Ward, big play threat Mike Wallace, Mr. Reliable TE Heath Miller, and Antonio Brown the hero of Pittsburgh's Divisional win over their hated rivals the Baltimore Ravens! While the Packers are led by the wiley veteran in search of his 1st Super Bowl ring Donald Driver, big play threat Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, and TE Donald Lee! To be quite honest this is the toughest matchup to call because both of these receiving cores are capable of making the big plays! In the 2009 game Mike Wallace had the big game because he made 2 spectacular plays in that game on the 1st play of the game and the final play of the game! To be honest I really can't give 1 team a clear cut advantage because both receiving cores are too good! So with that I have to consider this a toss-up!
Advantage: Toss-Up
Defense
Now to the side of the ball that both teams thrive in! The Steelers are led by Defensive Player of The Year Troy Polamalu, 2008 Defensive Player of The Year James Harrison, Ike Taylor, Lamarr Woodley, Lawrence Timmons, the bearded wonder Brett Keisel, and Ryan Clark just to name a few! While the Packers are led by Defensive Player of The Year runner-up Clay Matthews, 2009 Defensive Player of The Year Charles Woodson, AJ Hawk, INT machine Tramond Williams, Nick Collins, and of course BIG BJ Raji who sealed Green Bay's NFC title game victory over Chicago with a pick 6 late in the 4th quarter! As I mentioned earlier this marks the 1st time since 1982 that the NFL's top 2 scoring defenses are meeting in the Super Bowl! Also in this game we're going to have the last 3 winners of the Defensive Player of The Year award (Harrison, Woodson, and Polamalu) and the runner-up to this year's award (Matthews) that is how good both of these defenses really are! In fact both of these D's are so good I can't give a clear cut advantage to 1 team! So with that we have yet another toss-up!
Advantage: Toss-Up
Prediction
OK after all of those X's and O's it's now time to pick a winner and while I would love nothing more than to see another offensive explosion like the last time these 2 teams met 2 years ago I think that this will be a more defensive oriented Super Bowl and whose ever defense blinks first will lose the game in my opinion! The Steelers will be without their outstanding rookie center out of Florida Markice Pouncey due to an ankle injury that he suffered in the AFC title game against the Jets and the Steelers will also be without defensive stud Aaron Smith while the Packers will be without RB's Ryan Grant and Brandon Jackson along with stud TE Jermichael Finley! Over the last couple of years the hotter team entering the Super Bowl has gone on to win the Super Bowl and I fully expect that trend to continue as I like the Green Bay Packers to win Super Bowl 45 in a very close, hard-hitting, competitive game from start to finish 17-14!
Winners: Green Bay Packers (17-14)
Final Thought
Overall I am very much looking forward to this Super Bowl matchup and just like the last 3 Super Bowls I expect this Super Bowl to be a very fun and entertaining game from start to finish and allow me to go on the record here friends if this game should go to overtime as most people think it will then I would have to consider this Super Bowl the greatest of all time! Will it be the greatest Super Bowl of all time Maybe. Are these 2 teams capable of making it the greatest Super Bowl of all time Yes! Will it be just as good as the last 3 Super Bowls have been Yes! But make no mistake about it friends when you have 2 of the NFL's greatest franchises, 2 of the NFL's premier quarterbacks, 2 of the NFL's most dangerous receiving cores, 2 of the NFL's best defenses, and a billion dollar palace as the site then it will truly be a recipe for the greatest Super Bowl of all time!
Please leave me a comment with your thoughts and/or your prediction for this Super Bowl and don't forget to tune into FOX tomorrow night at 6PM ET as Joe Buck and Troy Aikman will have the call for Super Bowl 45 and I will be back next Saturday night with my predictions for the TNA Against All Odds PPV so with that you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to ya later! YEAH! Enjoy the Super Bowl everyone!
Super Bowl 45: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packers
Overall Offense
The Steelers offense ranked 14th in yards per game averaging 345.3 yards per game while they ranked 12th in points per game averaging 23.4 points per game! The Packers offense ranked 9th in yards per game averaging 358.1 yards per game while ranking 10th in points per game averaging 24.2 points per game!
Advantage: Packers
Overall Defense
The Steelers defense ranked 2nd in total yards allowed by holding opponents to an average of 276.8 yards per game while ranking 1st in fewest points allowed by holding opponents to an average of 14.5 points per game! The Packers defense ranked 5th in total yards allowed by holding opponents to an average of 309.1 yards per game while ranking 2nd in fewest points allowed by holding opponents to an average of an even 15 points per game marking the 1st time since 1982 that the 2 top scoring defenses will be meeting in the Super Bowl!
Advantage: Steelers (Slightly)
Quarterbacks
No QB has been hotter right now than Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has ever since coming back from that concussion he suffered against the Detroit Lions back in December and although he had a rather mediocre game against the Chicago Bears in the NFC title game Rodgers has still been the hot hand and a win in Super Bowl 45 will finally get him out of Brett Favre's shadow once and for all because if he doesn't win this game he will remain in Mr. Favre's shadow until he does win 1! On the other hand Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger is a proven playoff QB with a 10-2 career postseason record with 2 Super Bowl wins! A win will put Big Ben in a very exclusive club and that very exclusive club is the QB's with 3 or more Super Bowl wins which includes the likes of Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana who have 4 Super Bowl wins along with Troy Aikman and Tom Brady who have 3 Super Bowl wins of their own! Uh yeah not bad! Anyways both QB's are great but right now I have to give the slight advantage to the hotter hand!
Advantage: Packers (Slightly)
Running Backs
At the start of the season the Packers had a very good RB in Ryan Grant who has been a Fantasy darling over the last couple of years. That is until he went down with a season ending injury. Enter Brandon Jackson who is just as good as Grant is. That is until he went down with a season ending injury of his own. So now enter James Starks and Starks put up a 123 yard performance in the Packers Wildcard win over the Philadelphia Eagles and has also been fairly decent in the Divisional win over the top seeded Atlanta Falcons and the NFC title game win over their hated rivals the Chicago Bears. Over on the other side you have a stud RB in Rashard Mendenhall who ran for over 100 yards against a very good NY Jets defense in the AFC title game!
Advantage: Steelers
Wide Receivers
Now for the position that in my mind will determine this game offensively! The Steelers have wiley veteran Hines Ward, big play threat Mike Wallace, Mr. Reliable TE Heath Miller, and Antonio Brown the hero of Pittsburgh's Divisional win over their hated rivals the Baltimore Ravens! While the Packers are led by the wiley veteran in search of his 1st Super Bowl ring Donald Driver, big play threat Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, and TE Donald Lee! To be quite honest this is the toughest matchup to call because both of these receiving cores are capable of making the big plays! In the 2009 game Mike Wallace had the big game because he made 2 spectacular plays in that game on the 1st play of the game and the final play of the game! To be honest I really can't give 1 team a clear cut advantage because both receiving cores are too good! So with that I have to consider this a toss-up!
Advantage: Toss-Up
Defense
Now to the side of the ball that both teams thrive in! The Steelers are led by Defensive Player of The Year Troy Polamalu, 2008 Defensive Player of The Year James Harrison, Ike Taylor, Lamarr Woodley, Lawrence Timmons, the bearded wonder Brett Keisel, and Ryan Clark just to name a few! While the Packers are led by Defensive Player of The Year runner-up Clay Matthews, 2009 Defensive Player of The Year Charles Woodson, AJ Hawk, INT machine Tramond Williams, Nick Collins, and of course BIG BJ Raji who sealed Green Bay's NFC title game victory over Chicago with a pick 6 late in the 4th quarter! As I mentioned earlier this marks the 1st time since 1982 that the NFL's top 2 scoring defenses are meeting in the Super Bowl! Also in this game we're going to have the last 3 winners of the Defensive Player of The Year award (Harrison, Woodson, and Polamalu) and the runner-up to this year's award (Matthews) that is how good both of these defenses really are! In fact both of these D's are so good I can't give a clear cut advantage to 1 team! So with that we have yet another toss-up!
Advantage: Toss-Up
Prediction
OK after all of those X's and O's it's now time to pick a winner and while I would love nothing more than to see another offensive explosion like the last time these 2 teams met 2 years ago I think that this will be a more defensive oriented Super Bowl and whose ever defense blinks first will lose the game in my opinion! The Steelers will be without their outstanding rookie center out of Florida Markice Pouncey due to an ankle injury that he suffered in the AFC title game against the Jets and the Steelers will also be without defensive stud Aaron Smith while the Packers will be without RB's Ryan Grant and Brandon Jackson along with stud TE Jermichael Finley! Over the last couple of years the hotter team entering the Super Bowl has gone on to win the Super Bowl and I fully expect that trend to continue as I like the Green Bay Packers to win Super Bowl 45 in a very close, hard-hitting, competitive game from start to finish 17-14!
Winners: Green Bay Packers (17-14)
Final Thought
Overall I am very much looking forward to this Super Bowl matchup and just like the last 3 Super Bowls I expect this Super Bowl to be a very fun and entertaining game from start to finish and allow me to go on the record here friends if this game should go to overtime as most people think it will then I would have to consider this Super Bowl the greatest of all time! Will it be the greatest Super Bowl of all time Maybe. Are these 2 teams capable of making it the greatest Super Bowl of all time Yes! Will it be just as good as the last 3 Super Bowls have been Yes! But make no mistake about it friends when you have 2 of the NFL's greatest franchises, 2 of the NFL's premier quarterbacks, 2 of the NFL's most dangerous receiving cores, 2 of the NFL's best defenses, and a billion dollar palace as the site then it will truly be a recipe for the greatest Super Bowl of all time!
Please leave me a comment with your thoughts and/or your prediction for this Super Bowl and don't forget to tune into FOX tomorrow night at 6PM ET as Joe Buck and Troy Aikman will have the call for Super Bowl 45 and I will be back next Saturday night with my predictions for the TNA Against All Odds PPV so with that you know the routine everybody thumbs up talk to ya later! YEAH! Enjoy the Super Bowl everyone!
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