My picks for Wrestlemania

Anyone who knows me IRL knows how big a wrestling fan I am. Wrestlemania is coming in 2 weeks or so, so I thought I'd share my predictions and thoughts about wrestling's "big dance". My thoughts about wrestling and the WWE will come later.

The Money In the Bank match looks interesting, but somewhat predictable. You have Mark Henry, Kane, Kofi Kingston, C.M. Punk, Finley, Christian, MVP, and Shelton Benjemin. The gimmick of MITB is that the winner gets a contract for a world title match that can be used at any time. Every wrestler who has cashed in the MITB contract has won the big belt. Of the wrestlers in this year's match, Kane, Punk, and Henry have all been ECW champ with Punk and Kane also being World Heavyweight Champ as well. Of these three, CM Punk has the greatest chance of winning. His last win and following title reign brought in descent rating for the WWE. Of the remaining participants, MVP and Christian have the greatest chance of winning. Christian was supposed to be the guy who took out Jeff Hardy some months ago, but when word got out about the storyline, the WWE changed it to Jeff's brother Matt. I still think Christian is in for a main event push, so I believe him to be the one to win the match. MVP would be good as well, but he needs to be built back up after his extended losing streak. Kofi isn't ready for the main event yet, nor is Shelton, and Finley is simply there to direct the match. Between Christian and Punk, due to potential storylines for the WWE, I think Christian will win the MITB match. From here he fueds with Edge over the World Heavyweight Title.

As mentioned above, Matt Hardy was the one revealed to be the person who has repeatedly attacked Jeff Hardy for the past few months. This as culminated in a match between the two at Wrestlemania. Given Jeff's popularity, I expect him to win the match, but I think its better if Matt wins, or at least is the one walking out afterward. With Matt winning, they can continue the fued through the summer to Summerslam. Of course, this being the WWE, they'll probably screw this up and blow everything off at some random Smackdown! taping in May.

The Diva's battle royal should be interesting, if uneventful. The winner gets crowned Ms. Wrestlemania, and "divas" from the past are being brought in to participate. I'm honestly not sure who gets the win here. I'm guessing it will be either on of the ladies from the WWE's past (Sunny most likely), or one of the girls from the current rouster who has no wrestling background. I just hope its not one of the Bella twins!

Between JBL and Rey Mysterio, I expect Rey to win and take the Intercontinental Title over to Smackdown! after the draft. Management wants Rey back on Smackdown! to build back up the hispanic audience.

Shawn will end Taker's streak. 'Nuff said! This match should also steal the show!

The Legends match between Chris Jericho and the team of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat will be another notch in Chris' loss column. Chris has been on fire with this storyline, but with the popularity of the movie The Wrestler, and both Ric Flair and Mickey Rouke at ringside, I just don't see Chris winning.

I'm of two minds about the World Heavyweight Title, and neither of them have The Big Show winning it! :) I expect either John Cena to give Show the big slam while Edge is outside the ring, or Show to take out Cena only to get speared by Edge. Given that Cena is the modern day version of Hulk Hogan, I expect him to win. I'd love to Edge win and retain though.

Then we have the match between Triple H and Randy Orton, which is rumored to be a No Disqualification match. While Hunter is known for burying the younger talent, he's also known for putting people over when its important. I see Orton winning this after Hunter controls most of the match and destroys Simply Priceless once again! The Age Of Orton is back!

There may be one more match added, a tag team match between the team of Carlito and Primo and the team of Morrison and The Miz, hopefully title for title. If so, I want John Morrison to win. :) The dude is the next Shawn Michaels!