Fantasy WrestleMania 26 Card

I got to catch the Royal Rumble last night.  I won't go into details about the match or event as a whole, but here's a few quick observations.

-I don't buy the Rey Mysterio character.  Never have, never will.  The underdog thing doesn't do it for me.  But, despite that, I loved seeing Rey hit two 619s on Taker to show that Taker probably wouldn't go down with just one.

-Why was the Royal Rumble match all about a guy coming in, hitting a trademark move on everybody in the ring, and then getting attacked by the next guy's move 90 seconds later?  And how come the ring never really filled up?  Some of those guys should have been in longer (Matt Hardy, Kane, Big Show, Mark Henry, even Beth Phoenix).  I know the main story was Shawn Michaels trying to find a way to the Undertaker at WrestleMania, but I wanted to see more from Jack Swagger and CM Punk especially.

That being said, I'm going to ignore whatever plans are in store for Elimination Chamber in 3 weeks, and sketch out my fantasy WrestleMania from bottom to top.  I will try to provide a logical portrait of the events that transpired to get us there.

Since I haven't bought Snow Leopard to run Windows on my Mac, I'll just have to do this without booking EWR.  Plus I don't even think some of these guys (Ted, Yoshi, Ryder, etc.) would be in that game unless I downloaded a special roster.

Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Drew McIntyre vs. John Morrison vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Matt Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Zack Ryder vs. Yoshi Tatsu vs. Evan Bourne vs. Rey Mysterio


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WWE Unified Tag Team Championship Match
The Hart Dynasty vs. CM Punk & Luke Gallows (c)

I would hope, with the recent return of Bret Hart, that this is where he'd come into play.  I think all of these guys could have a good tag title match since there seems to be (just slightly) more emphasis on tag teams. 

ECW Championship
Vance Archer vs. Christian (c)

I think after Vance Archer (the former Lance Hoyt) finishes up with Benjamin, he may be the next in line for the ECW title. 

Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase

I'd like to see them tease where Cody would go between these guys.  Cody would finally align himself with somebody during this match, effectively ending Legacy as a unit. 

WWE United States Championship
Jack Swagger vs. The Miz (c)

My guess is that even though they are technically heels, more fans would cheer for the Miz at this point.  I like the two of these guys, but I'm not sure of the backstory here. 

WWE Championship
Edge vs. Big Show vs. Chris Jericho (c)

Edge is mad at his partner for bailing on him.  When Edge went down so early in their reign as Tag champs, Jericho heeled him and brought out the Big Show as a replacement.  A dominant tag team bringing some meaning back to the belts, JeriShow's reign was stopped by DX.  Jericho heels Show for not being a good enough partner, and Edge is pissed at the two of them. 

That's how the tag situation worked and that's why they're mad.  But how does Jericho get the WWE Championship?  After having to leave RAW as a result of the tag titles, some guest host says that the only way he can come back is if he can win the Elimination Chamber in February.  Thus ends Sheamus's streak as champion.

Clearly, this match was the inspiration for this post since most of my thought went into it.

Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H

As much as I hate to see this feud rehashed, they generally produce good matches.    And with the inevitable breakup of the Nth reincarnation of D-Generation X, a program between these two makes sense.  My ideal twist for this involves Triple H turning heel on Michaels in his chase to get to the Undertaker for the World Championship. 

I don't know where Hornswoggle lies in this, and I don't care.

World Heavyweight Championship
John Cena vs. The Undertaker (c)

I don't know how this would take place.  But it's been around 7 years since their last program, so I'd be okay to see another one.  I think Cena would have to play the heel in this one due to his mixed reactions.  Honestly, John Cena was the only major WWE name I didn't have on this card, but thought he should be on here.  But these two are arguably the two most popular stars on the card, and I think this match would be fun for the big-time match feel, if nothing else.