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The Undertaker Answers Back

Bray Wyatt has been calling out The Undertaker for weeks.  And, nothing.  No response from The Deadman... who might be legit dead after what happened against Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania XXX.  Are we going to get this match, or what?

How can you resurrect Taker?  This is how I would do it...

Give that a shot.  How could he resist?

Well this is actually what did it for Wyatt on last night's episode of RAW.

Bray Wyatt Continues To Call Out The Undertaker

I'm in! Can't wait for this match up at Wrestlemania at the end of the month.

CM Punk Does NOT Return At Monday Night Raw In Chicago

The show opened on Monday with CM Punk's music, but it was his former manager Paul Heyman who made his way out to the ring in front of Punk's hometown.  Well played WWE.   Heyman did his thing.  He mentioned CM Punk, the first time the name has been uttered on a WWE broadcast since he left the company.  Heyman said Punk was NOT in the building.  He blamed the fans for why Punk wasn't there and referenced his loss last Wrestlemania to the Undertaker, which allowed him to introduce his current guy Brock Lesnar.

Solid start to the show.  I was still thinking Punk would arrive and blow the roof off the place.

First match was for the Tag belts where The Usos beat The New Age Outlaws to become the NEEWWWW WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!   Good for them.

Big E and Cesaro have a match.  Fine.

The Wyatts vs. The Shield is next.  Once again it's terrific.  Without these two factions, I'd be out on the WWE right now.  Bray Wyatt is the best on the mic (since Punk is gone, remember) and Dean Ambrose isn't bad himself.  All 6 can wrestle and put on great matches.  Crowd chanted "This Is Awesome" a few times for this one, even before it started.

First hour of the show was great.  No CM Punk, but his name was mentioned and the crowd chanted it a few times.

Then a bunch of crap matches follow including Sheamus vs. Christian.  No thanks.

Jesse (Aaron Paul) from Breaking Bad comes out with Dolph Ziggler for his match with Alberto Del Rio.   Gotta promote that movie.

John Cena comes out, says he won't be wrestling and then talks about the Wyatts.   Least the WWE realizes Bray Wyatt is legit, as he is in TWO rivalries/ storylines right now.

Main Event time:  Batista vs. Daniel Bryan.  And of course Randy Orton is out too.  He's the champ.

Looks like Bryan will win and then shockingly Orton comes in and it's a DQ.  Next thing you know Triple H, Stephanie, and Kane are all in the ring beating up Bryan.  This would be a pretty good time for CM Punk's music to hit again... but it does not.  The WWE knew it was the perfect time and once again ended the night with Triple H and Steph reigning victorious.  Weak sauce.

Remember when the WCW had too many of their wrestlers (Hogan, Nash, NWO, etc.) in charge of creative and the whole operation went in the trash?  Well Triple H is doing a hell of a job trying to recreate that mess.

Daniel Bryan not being good enough is getting tired.

Triple H and Steph as the lead villains is getting tired.

Randy Orton sucks.

Batista sucks.

Sheamus sucks.

I'll probably still watch through Wrestlemania, but they are making it tough.  If I had the feeling that they were setting us up for something awesome it would be one thing, but the storytelling/ writing is so bad there is almost no hope.   Do they write this stuff day of?  How much of a long-scope do they have?   Remember when Kane was kidnapped by the Wyatt Family?  What about Daniel Bryan?  Do they remember?

I'll end with a quick Pros vs. Cons list of the current state of the WWE.

PRO:
Daniel Bryan
The Wyatt Family
The Shield
CM Punk
Paul Heyman

CON:
Randy Orton
Batista
Triple H/ Steph as the main heels
Writing
Sheamus
Christian
Kane
Lack of CM Punk
IC Belt
Divas Division

And John Cena probably lies somewhere in the middle.

My Favorite Undertaker Match

The Undertaker was back on Monday Night Raw as he ramps up for another Wrestlemania match.  The Dead Man's streak is the greatest accomplishment in all of sports, but has it gone on too long?  Who cares.  Taker has been involved in scores of incredible matches throughout his one-day Hall of Fame career.  My favorite?  This casket-match seen below. 

Keefe21 on Twitter During Wrestlemania XXVII

Follow @Keefe21 for live updates of Wrestlemania XXVII on Sunday starting at 7:00pm.

After attending the Royal Rumble a couple months back, I am on board for my first Wrestlemania in over a decade. Old faces, new faces, Snooki, whatever. I'm in.

The Rock, HHH, The Undertaker, Stone Cold, Shawn Michaels will all be involved in one way or another, so why not me? Let's do this. Follow along and interact throughout the Super Bowl of Sports Entertainment.

-Keefe

Is this the biggest ass kicking in the history of professional wrestling?

I happen to be a huge fan of Mike "The Miz" Mizanin. It goes back to his days on The Real World, followed by all those seasons of dominating The Gauntlet, Inferno, and whatever the hell else he was on. Guy was a stud at those things. And for those of you that remember, he had tried his hand at professional wrestling prior to his stint w/ the TRW franchise of shows. Once he established some sort of celebrity, he had some legs to stand on and eventually weaseled his way into the WWE.

Well, I happened to come across this fight with The Undertaker on YouTube, and the headline says it all. In almost every wrestling match there's usually at least one moment of a momentum shift, even if for a brief second. A guy could be taking an absolute beating, but he'll land one good punch, reverse a throw into the ropes, or escape the corner before he gets punished into the turnbuckle. That wasn't the case here. I'm legitimately unsure if The Miz had one moment of success in this fight. Even his entrance sucked, he was scared shitless. It's about 10 minutes long, but the beating he takes is worth watching especially if you're not fond of him.



-Bess