Survivor Series: Preview

So much to post about, so little time. But I've got a few minutes right now so here's a filler post about tonight's Survivor Series -- which I won't be watching. I mean, there's only six matches on the card (plus the return of the Undertaker -- ooh I'm wetting myself with excitement) which is a bit light for what is supposed to be one of the bigger PPVs. Anyway, here's my rundown of the matches:

Chris Benoit v Booker T (Best of Seven Series: Match 1) This would be far more interesting if it were the final match of the series, rather than the first. I seem to recall they made the same mistake with the Booker T/John Cena series from last year. I'm sure it'll be good, but they'll be saving themselves for the end, not this one. Prediction: It's best of seven, so it doesn't matter who wins this one. That's why it's such a bad booking mistake for a major PPV.

WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus vs Melina Melina can't wrestle, and Trish can't carry her, so even though Fit Finlay will try his best, I'm sure this'll be full of stalling and/or botched spots, and will be over fairly quickly. Prediction: Melina wins the title due to some convenient outside interference.

Eric Bischoff vs Theodore Long On a card that's thin enough as it is, they ignore half the roster to give this piece of crap some air time? Ridiculous. It's a side-show attraction at best. Prediction: I don't have one. If I was watching this on tape I'd fast-forward through it.

Last Man Standing Match: Ric Flair vs Triple H Everyone knows that Triple H is the world's biggest Flair fan, and he'll do his damnednest to make sure this is a five-star battle. But this ain't Starrcade '83. Prediction: Both of them will bleed. A lot. In fact, I think they should have a competition, for a fan to win the opportunity for his blood to be used in the inevitable post-match transfusions (blood type permitting, of course).

WWE Champion John Cena vs Kurt Angle Seriously, how many times have we seen this before? It's getting obvious that Angle is the only man the WWE has enough confidence in to bring out the best in Cena, who will only be champion as long as he can sell t-shirts. But really, the repetition grew old months ago. Prediction: Unless the ring explodes or the roof caves in, there's nothing here to interest me, so I'd be fast-forwarding through this one too.

Survivor Series Elimination Match: Team Raw vs Team SmackDown! Ah, how I long for the glory days, when the Survivor Series was something special. This match, of course, won't be. Prediction: Raw has been so uppidy lately, Creative might give SmackDown! the nod. On the other hand, Raw is clearly the favoured brand, so they might get the win just to put SmackDown! in its place. It could go either way.

So there you have it; a sub-par pay-per-view with nothing we don't get for free on TV every week. The Survivor Series should present a great opportunity for some fun, exciting matches, but instead it's completely lacking in ideas.

The Eddie Guerrero tributes last week showed how exciting and refreshing inter-brand matches can be, so why not make that the basis of the Survivor Series? An annual end-of-year showdown between the brands would be infinitely more exciting than the dross they'll be serving up tonight.

Oh well. Maybe next year. It will be the 20th one, after all...