Solace Winter's Thoughts

Top 4 of Smackdown 2/22/13

Well, finally, Smackdown is off of the Elimination Chamber track and onto the Wrestlemania track. Honestly, this is a much better angle for the show because it stopped trying to bring the stars of Raw over. While Smackdown has still grown repetitive on who shows up from week to week instead of the show that starred some of the people that weren’t featured enough, this week it seemed to try to do something with plot, even if the plot was twisted within the matches, which is how it should be.

4. Cody Rhodes/Kaitlyn Awkward Flirtation

Wow, this couldn’t have been more awkward, which was part of the charm. And someone backstage remembered that Kaitlyn has a thing for mustaches, which worked perfectly into this little segment. It wasn’t much, it was short, but it helped build what could become a great storyline, at least I have faith it could. That is, if Vince doesn’t forget who Kaitlyn is next week or that Cody Rhodes is no longer Damien Sandow’s partner.

3. Miz vs. Cody Rhodes

This may have been the second shortest match of the show (the divas, of course, being that shortest) but it was a well told story in the ring. Miz still has his shoulder taped and suffered through his trials in winning. Rhodes seems to have some of the fervor back that he was missing in matches recently. Together they brought together a four minute match and made it a story worth finding out more about.

2. Alberto Del Rio vs. Wade Barrett

I am not going to discuss what happened with Swagger earlier in the week and what I think it means for his future. I want to discuss what they are doing with Swagger right now, in this episode, and why the Hell they couldn’t have done this sooner? He looks on in this match, adding a hint of malice outside of the ring without him even having to step to ringside. He stands on the ramp and has this look of boredom and calculation the entire time that Del Rio and Barrett fight that you nearly forget that there is an epic match happening in the ring. But forget you do not because luckily for us the camera pans to all of the right angles. As a main event it did everything it should have and there isn’t a dull moment between the two wrestlers.

1. Randy Orton vs. Jack Swagger

At just over 13 minutes I expected to be bored. Instead, Swagger, despite being a heel, has picked up the pace in his wrestling. Orton, to me and possibly only me, is a better wrestler as a face because he has picked up his own speed. He’s less methodical, though he of course has his own moves of doom. However Orton is also willing to lose, or at least McMahon is willing to let him lose. Which is a great part about Orton’s matches. You don’t always go in expecting, “Orton wins, LOL”. And he doesn’t win. There is a great back and forth between the two where each dominate the other for awhile, but ultimately Swagger wins to continue his rise to the top and Orton has another reason to be bitter and anger, possibly, and hopefully, leading to a great story for him instead of his just seeming to be a general menace with no direction.

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Top 4 of NXT 2/21/13

Feb 21

Posted by solacewinter

First I would like to start off the blog by saying, even though neither man made the list, thank God for Scott Stanford and Tom Phillips. Scott returns as the voice over work for NXT and introduces the match cards for later in the evening. Any chance I get to hear that honey smooth New York accent speak to me is a chance in heaven. Next is Tom Phillips taking over for commentary instead of Tony Dawson. It’s no surprise I dislike Tony Dawson’s commentary, but as everyone always assumes it’s because he replaced Scott Stanford on Superstars I’d like to take this moment to prove them wrong, because I’m a huge fan of Phillips. Sure, when Phillips first came onto the commentary table a few months ago I had my doubts, and my rage it wasn’t Scott, but every time I heard him he grew on me a little more. This week there wasn’t a flaw where I just stopped and went, “Oh God, stop.” Instead, he and Regal had great back and forth between the two of them that enhanced the experience and told a story of what was happening in ring. In the few short times I’ve heard Phillips he’s improved immensely and I want more. I still want Dawson off of commentary until he learns some basic moves if he’s going to attempt to call them.

Commentary rant/admissions over. On to the rest of the show!

What got left off that I enjoyed in this show were a couple of interviews from Renee Young (who looks more comfortable with these each week). What got left off that I didn’t enjoy: Audrey Marie’s return. It wasn’t that I was upset to see her return, in fact her character seems to have developed and she has a new attitude that works for her. It’s that what I called weeks ago came true, Audrey Marie was the secret admirer of Sasha Banks. Where’s that NXT Redemption writer when you need someone to throw in a GOOD twist to a story? The match wasn’t bad, but was just a showcase of Audrey Marie, and unfortunately Sasha Banks is the better wrestler, so watching Banks get taken down in 2 minutes is a bit lackluster.

4. Tyson Kidd Interview

Tyson Kidd, interviewed by my earlier rantee Tony Dawson, comes out and explains what happened to him that called for surgery. We pretty much are unsure of when he will return, but he’s keeping positive. He also looks incredible and I look forward to seeing him pull out of this and come back into the ring, because he will. While he’s interviewed Leo Kruger stalks out and threatens him, but Kidd is rescued by Justin Gabriel. This is great storytelling. It keeps Kidd involved, as he should be, and doesn’t forget where he came from when he was injured. It’s recognizing Gabriel and Kidd as a team, and could still tell a story of Gabriel versus Leo Kruger. Wonderful set up and inspiring to see Tyson Kidd keep his chin up and that usual passion for his ability, and for the company, come through in his every word.

3. Bray Wyatt

The match was meh at only 1:36 and wasn’t meant to showcase talent, it was meant to say, “Hey, Wyatt’s back in action!” The match was against Yoshi Tatsu, by the way. After Wyatt won he called his family into the ring to berate them for the loss. It’s interesting to see Wyatt as a proud Papa, and an insane ruler over his two members of his family. While the slap fest that came from Harper and Rowan going at each other was almost laughable the story itself was good. Sometimes you need a story in the ring and Wyatt tells it well in just the set of his shoulders.

2. El Local vs. Xavier Woods

Wait, who is this guy? I don’t know. But Xavier Woods comes out with a smile and dances himself to the ring. Since the last time Woods had a match he has definitely improved and seems to have the charisma I was promised at the beginning of the match. (Sorry, dancing didn’t constitute charisma for me, but he kept up the smiling character through the match, which is sort of impressive). The match wasn’t excellent, but it was good, and at nearly five minutes it was given a chance to show off wrestling skills of Woods and whoever-that-is.

1. Conor O’Brian vs. Big E Langston

Okay, so in this match, for the most part, it held my interest. I can deal with two large men beating one another up. And for two large men it was pretty light on the rest holds. However, at the end it kind of ached to watch the two of them throwing punches. The height wasn’t working and was making the punches look like whiffs off of their cheeks. Granted, when you are exhausted after a match not every strike is going to hit home very strongly, but WWE isn’t about realism in the ring, if that was the case there are some submission holds that would never really be broken. O’Brian and Langston needed to make those punches hold a little more impact, but otherwise I was highly entertained by the match, and not just because of O’Brian. I enjoy both men in the ring and can’t help but want to see what happens next with them. Apparently whoever is down at NXT likes both men enough to give neither a loss this round. But Graves does come in after the double count out and take the title and run.

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Elimination Chamber 2013 Winners

Feb 18

Posted by solacewinter

A rough night, and unfortunately my bad track keeping nearly gave this a tie at the end, but in the end of things only ONE PERSON was 7/7. That lucky person was @Stifmeister3000. He called it all. Since everyone else went to 6/7 it came down to tie-breakers, and then a lot of creative shenanigans, but our second place prize goes to @JayTheBrainMann. @Stifmeister please dm me your address so we can send you the autograph. Jay, please dm me your choice in T-shirt from @TTOFS, the size you need, and your address so we can get that sent out to you! Congrats to you both!

This also means my darling and sweet beautiful lady @MsSuperVillain “wins” The Shield T-shirt from @FutureEndeavors. Please DM me your size and address so I can get the information over to them for your prize! There were many who failed this round, but unfortunately, or fortunately, for her she failed the worst!

Thanks everyone for joining in and I’ll see you in April for Wrestlemania! Where our prize has still yet to be chosen!

Thanks to Derrick Bateman, Sunset Flip Photography, Try This On For Size and Future Endeavors for continually being supportive and making these predictions more than we ever thought they would be.

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Elimination Chamber Predictions and How To Win

Feb 17

Posted by solacewinter

Welcome back to another month of predictions. 138 contestants this month (with one pending because Word Press had issues).

How to Win:

1) The first part is easy, the people with the best predictions at the end are in the finals. If only one person has 7/7, they win the autograph.

2) If there is a tie at the end we hit the tie-breakers. There are 4 tie-breakers, but we don’t always need all 4. We go to tie-breaker 1, if that doesn’t settle it, we go on. We go on until it’s settled. If it’s settled after tie-breaker 2, then we throw away 3 and 4. (All that work and you might not even use them!)

3) For the Jabroni Jobber prize it is the one person who does the absolute worst, and that includes tie-breakers. If there are a few people who did really bad it’ll be up to the discretion of the judges (me and Nick Gator from Future Endeavors) on who the final “winner” will be.

Easy enough. I will update this page throughout the night to show you your scores from the PPV. You were given a number (which I’ll put again for your record) That number will coincide with your predictions. Your scores will be updated like: 1/2 meaning you’ve gotten 1 of 2 of the matches correct so far. If you see an error throughout the night, feel free to tell me. I’m one person trying to keep up, I’m not perfect.

Good luck everyone!

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1	SWAGGER	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
2	SWAGGER	4/4	RYBACK	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
3	SWAGGER	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
4	ORTON	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	PUNK	4/7
6	SWAGGER	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
7	JERICHO	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	PUNK	4/7
8	ORTON	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
9	HENRY	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
10	KANE	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
11	HENRY	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	PUNK	5/7
12	ORTON	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
13	HENRY	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	PUNK	4/7
14	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	PUNK	5/7
15	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	PUNK	4/7
16	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
17	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	NC	4/7
18	HENRY	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
19	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	TAMINA	3/6	ROCK	4/7
20	KANE	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	ROCK	2/7
21	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	TAMINA	3/6	ROCK	4/7
22	ORTON	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
23	HENRY	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
25	JERICHO	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
26	ORTON	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
28	SWAGGER	1/ 4	SHIELD	2/5	TAMINA	2/6	PUNK	2/7
29	ORTON	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
30	JERICHO	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	PUNK	4/7
32	JERICHO	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
33	SWAGGER	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
34	HENRY	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
35	HENRY	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
36	HENRY	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	TAMINA	3/6	ROCK	4/7
38	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
39	JERICHO	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
40	ORTON	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
41	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
42	ORTON	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
43	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
44	HENRY	1/ 4	SHIELD	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
45	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	PUNK	5/7
46	HENRY	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	TAMINA	3/6	PUNK	3/7
47	JERICHO	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
48	JERICHO	1/ 4	SHIELD	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
49	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
50	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
51	JERICHO	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
52	SWAGGER	4/4	SHIELD	5/5	KAITLYN	6/6	ROCK	7/7
53	JERICHO	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
54	KANE	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
55	JERICHO	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
56	ORTON	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
57	SWAGGER	1/ 4	RYBACK	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
58	JERICHO	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
59	ORTON	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
60	SWAGGER	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	TAMINA	3/6	PUNK	3/7
61	HENRY	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	TAMINA	3/6	ROCK	4/7
62	HENRY	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	TAMINA	4/6	ROCK	5/7
63	HENRY	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
64	KANE	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
65	JERICHO	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	ROCK	2/7
66	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
67	ORTON	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
68	BRYAN	1/ 4	SHIELD	2/5	TAMINA	2/6	PUNK	2/7
69	HENRY	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
70	HENRY	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
71	HENRY	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
72	ORTON	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
73	JERICHO	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
74	KANE	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	PUNK	3/7
75	JERICHO	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
76	ORTON	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	TAMINA	2/6	ROCK	3/7
77	SWAGGER	4/4	RYBACK	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
78	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	PUNK	5/7
79	HENRY	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	TAMINA	4/6	ROCK	5/7
81	SWAGGER	1/ 4	RYBACK	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
82	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
83	HENRY	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
84	HENRY	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
85	HENRY	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
86	ORTON	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
87	SWAGGER	4/4	RYBACK	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
89	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
90	ORTON	1/ 4	RYBACK	1/5	KAITLYN	2/6	ROCK	3/7
91	HENRY	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
92	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
93	HENRY	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
94	KANE	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
95	SWAGGER	1/ 4	SHIELD	2/5	TAMINA	2/6	PUNK	2/7
97	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
98	JERICHO	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
99	ORTON	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
100	ORTON	1/ 4	SHIELD	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
101	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
103	ORTON	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
104	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
105	ORTON	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
106	SWAGGER	4/4	RYBACK	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
108	BRYAN	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
109	HENRY	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
111	BRYAN	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	TAMINA	2/6	ROCK	3/7
112	ORTON	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
113	ORTON	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
114	HENRY	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
115	HENRY	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
116	HENRY	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	PUNK	3/7
117	KANE	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	TAMINA	3/6	PUNK	3/7
118	SWAGGER	4/4	RYBACK	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
120	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
122	HENRY	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
123	SWAGGER	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
125	SWAGGER	4/4	SHIELD	5/5	KAITLYN	6/6	PUNK	6/7
126	ORTON	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
127	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
129	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
130	BRYAN	0/4	SHIELD	1/5	TAMINA	1/6	PUNK	1/7
131	JERICHO	4/4	SHIELD	5/5	KAITLYN	6/6	ROCK	7/7
132	HENRY	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	TAMINA	4/6	ROCK	5/7
133	SWAGGER	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
134	ORTON	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	TAMINA	4/6	ROCK	5/7
135	ORTON	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7
136	HENRY	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	PUNK	5/7
137	SWAGGER	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	TAMINA	3/6	PUNK	3/7
138	ORTON	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
139	ORTON	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
140	SWAGGER	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
141	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
142	BRYAN	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
143	HENRY	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
144	ORTON	1/ 4	RYBACK	1/5	KAITLYN	2/6	ROCK	3/7
145	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
146	ORTON	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
147	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
148	HENRY	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
149	HENRY	2/4	RYBACK	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	PUNK	3/7
150	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	TAMINA	3/6	PUNK	3/7
151	JERICHO	3/ 4	SHIELD	4/5	KAITLYN	5/6	ROCK	6/7
152	JERICHO	3/ 4	RYBACK	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
153	ORTON	2/4	SHIELD	3/5	KAITLYN	4/6	ROCK	5/7
154	BRYAN	1/ 4	SHIELD	2/5	KAITLYN	3/6	ROCK	4/7

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Elimination Chamber 2013 Prediction Contest

Feb 13

Posted by solacewinter

If you’re returning you know how the rules have gone. This month I’m dropping Evens and Odds. You’re all against one another! Have fun with that.

First prize is from @SunsetFlipPhoto and Derrick Bateman and is an autographed photo! Who doesn’t want a Derrick Bateman photograph?

Second place prize is for the person who just narrowly missed the predictions and is a shirt from our friends over at @TTOFS (check out their site here).

And, thanks to our friends over at @FutureEndeavors, there will be a Jabroni Jobber prize this month, and it might be my favorite one yet. It’s the new Shield shirt from WWE Shop. To “win” this prize you have to do the absolute worst in predictions. You can freely throw your choices if you want (choose Punk when you think Rock will win, etc.) but if you predict ridiculously (choose Undertaker to win the Title, choose Brad Maddox to win the Chamber match) you will be disqualified from the prize. This isn’t a competition who can guess the worst, you still need to impress with your badness.

To be eligible to win the prizes you must follow @SunsetFlipPhoto @TTOFS and @FutureEndeavors. I’m going to assume you already follow @DerrickWWE because, it’s Derrick.

How to play:

Pretty simple. I will list the matches and you tell me who WINS. I do not care who retains, I don’t care how they win, I just want a name. That name I’m using as the winner of the match. You MAY say No Contest as an answer. For example, let’s say Rock retains the title, but Punk wins the match. Saying Rock retains will have me mark you down as Rock winning, and you will technically lose that prediction.

You may send your predictions to me through the comment section below, through my dms on @SolaceWinter or through my email SolaceWinter@yahoo.com. If you leave the message in the comments of in my email PLEASE PUT DOWN YOUR TWITTER HANDLE! I spend too much time searching for people each month. Sorry, I love you all, but I don’t know all of your names. Since the contest is pretty much a Twitter contest I prefer the handle so that I can announce you are entered and so that I can keep track easier.

The contest is open from now until Saturday, February 16^th, at 11:59pm EST. Once the midnight bell tolls for me I will close the predictions. You have four days to get me your predictions.

Good luck to all of you and I’ll see you back here on Sunday!

MATCHES TO PREDICT:

Brodus Clay & Tensai vs. Rhodes Scholars

Alberto Del Rio vs. The Big Show

Kaitlyn vs. Tamina

The Shield vs. Ryback, John Cena, & Sheamus

Antonio Cesaro vs. The Miz

Elimination Chamber

(Jack Swagger, Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan, Kane, Mark Henry, Randy Orton)

The Rock vs. CM Punk

Tie-Breaker 1: Who pins Who in The Shield vs. Ryback, John Cena, & Sheamus?

Tie-Breaker 2: What will be the length of the Elimination Chamber match?

Tie-Breaker 3: Order of Emergence from the Chamber (Just list their names in the proper order, first to last)

Tie-Breaker 4: Order of Elimination From the Chamber (List their names, who gets eliminated first to who gets eliminated last, your winner will not be listed)

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Top 4 of NXT 1/30/13

Jan 31

Posted by solacewinter

Scott Stanford once again does the voice overs for this episode, which is magical because without him on commentary, anywhere, right now I need these moments. Regal is still great on commentary. I’m pretending Dawson doesn’t exist. Mason Ryan makes his return in the ring to a match with Sakamoto. So, Sakamoto is going to be the next to go, is he? That’s all I get out of his recent, “Let’s squash him against other guys,” push. It’s a shame, this could have been decent, and it wasn’t in fact awful, but it still wasn’t worthy of a spot on the list.

4. Sasha Banks Secret Admirer

Renee Young interviews Sasha Banks and Banks pulls out a love note and reads it aloud to the audience. Turns out the young woman has a secret admirer. That’s all you find out, and it’s nothing ground breaking, but it is plot. Plot is a good thing, and something NXT lacks a lot of the time lately. Sasha Banks is incredible in the ring but does need to work on her delivery a bit more. There’s still something there, but for now she does need to work on it.

3. Paige

Paige was in a match with “Rest Hold” Aksana. There was nothing special about the match, at all, because Aksana refuses to learn to wrestle. She’s fine as a character, she’s hot, but damn she can’t do anything in the ring. Luckily Paige makes the save with a submission that made me cringe. After the match Summer Rae runs out and attacks Paige, furthering storyline a bit more and ending what seemed to be Aksana’s brief storyline with Paige.

2. Bo Dallas & Michael McGillicutty vs. Epico & Primo

Hi, Epico, what did you do to your hair? Can you keep it that way? That’d be great. McGillicutty, Epico, and Primo all put on a great match. Dallas is just kind of there and when he does do tandem moves with McGillicutty it just looks sad. There is no force behind it. Still, a great tag match that ends exactly as you expect it to so Dallas and McGillicutty can move on in the tag tournament.

1. Alex Riley & Derrick Bateman vs. Kassius Ohno & Leo Kruger

Hey, Mason Ryan is back, let’s put him in a 2 minute squash match. Hey, Derrick Bateman is back, let’s put him in a nearly 11 minute tag team match! Yeah, guess which was the better decision? Well, it’s obvious, because it’s #1 on my list. Bateman hasn’t missed a step and Riley brings it better than he has before. Riley seems to be in limbo on what he’s doing character wise as he was serious in his last promo but seemed to want to be a little goofy in the ring. Still, good to see both in the ring again. Kruger is always a pleasure and his ring psychology against Bateman pulls through, especially with the help of Ohno. A few slow spots, but really for 11 minutes, this was a great show of athleticism, ring psychology, and a need to dominate

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Royal Rumble Winners

Jan 28

Posted by solacewinter

This was a close one! A lot of you did really well, some of you did pretty… not well. I’m not going to take a lot of time, so here goes:

Congratulations to @TheSupremeForce who wins the autograph from Mike Dalton thanks to @lindseyhxx!

Congratulations to @TeamSethRollins who wins a portrait drawing from @stateofthelinds of the superstar/diva of her choice!

And Congratulations (sort of) to @VrySrsBsns who “wins” the prize from @FutureEndeavors for doing the worst this month. (Sorry darling! But at least you get a prize)

Everyone else, you either didn’t come close enough on your tie-breakers, or did them too well for that Jabroni prize!

Next month we’ll be giving away a Try This On For Size T-shirt and a Derrick Bateman autograph! See you all again next month!

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Royal Rumble How To Win

Jan 27

Posted by solacewinter

Welcome back to another month of predictions. This marks our largest one yet at 129. 129 people wants a picture from Lindsey, an autographed photo from Lindsey of Sunset Flip Photography and signed by Mike Dalton, or that coveted Jabroni prize from Future Endeavors.

How to win is easy. You’re split up into two separate predictions, Evens and Odds. Whoever does best from each group wins one of the prizes. The first thing we do for predictions is go through the matches. When there is a tie, and I have no doubt this month there will be a tie, we start hitting the tie-breakers. The tie-breakers are tiered. We go from Tie-breaker 1 to tie-breaker 2. If we break the tie at an earlier tie-breaker I don’t bother going all of the way to 4.

On this page I will post the updated scores in a fashion such as 2/3 next to your number and latest prediction. 2/3 would mean you’ve guessed 2 out of 3 matches correct so far. They are broken up between Odds and Evens, so make sure to scroll down if you are an Even number because the Odds will be first.

Here’s your numbers again and the predictions for Royal Rumble! GOOD LUCK!

@SolaceWinter
@TheSupremeForce
@TeamHellions

@Right2PlayGod
@StephiOC815

@JayTheBrainMann
@WWEThatsNotPG

@BizarroDoom
@VrySrsBsns
@aPsychoSoldier
@MarkBilly
@badman410
@ZackZiggler
@drustuart
@RegalSays
@JoeBewick
@Glenntertain
@ValkyrieSmudge
@Shawndecker
@Jbibbsy
@ThisIsChev
@BradWardLive
@NickRedMachine
@MasterSolace
@RayLott2
@WizardOfOddity
@WrestleDena
@WiggleZiggles
@Kristoffrable
@Melodelish4286
@RealJohanaPerez
@ZachDonegan
@bradshawireland
@TomQWood
@wvawser
@karnuj
@RuthlessRyan84
@RatedRPeep
@KingOfMadProps
@RealJasonRivera
@Tanner1495
@Rotten2tha_core
@evilkarebear
@thagr8short1
@jjmwwe89
@stateofthelinds
@Jasmine_Galan
@_Tozza_
@sXe_Edd
@shute915
@NickGator
@Stifmeister3000
@Another_Eme
@AzraelReaperX
@PhidMcAwesome
@JellyBeanSteve
@Jmskipper
@DXDONMEGA
@IamLWilliams
@Andrewthemark
@leeman7959
@bwilli27
@SunnyDewhite
@CoreySantiago
@JustConspiracys
@thechris316
@ZigglersQueen81
@jmt5887
@CestMoiLizzy
@MrGWL1
@TypicalROHFan
@JakeGronie
@sallen_87
@MakeupBySamS
@mirthegreat
@Prfct_Princezz
@JamesMurphy95
@loveablelinds
@CrabShamanRun
@Daveperrin14
@lindseyhxx
@NorhaneSamy
@ayumidah
@JoryMega
@TMIBLIVES
@Big_Thor_Dawg
@Brysynner
@RKOdMizfit
@James_Milne
@Ziggler_Nation
@TheBigBrebowski
@TheyCallHimKiD
@badwolfbay10
@MsSuperVillain
@RealDealDiPirro
@RKOdYourDreams
@_Wheaties
@SpinninToeHold
@SkeltonQ
@micahhhh
@vgamer19
@purecharger
@alindanielsmom
@Und3rAverageJoe
@TheJasonBilling
@insomnivic
@DeathProofDiva
@VoiceofWWEFans
@allnewtpir
@TruChains
@VinnyMays2424
@TrueLoveAlwaysx
@ScoglioSpeaks
@MzBiracialAngel
@AmericanDolphin
@yeahimkristin
@TheSilentSavior
@KingsOfChange
@LewisHurdus
@ItsTechTron
@phillygirlmich
@RatedR2012
@Netstryke
@TeamSethRollins
@vadersault
The Broken One
@UNCuse15
@damiensandows
@OTRR_Blogspot
@NDepoix

1	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	RYBACK	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
3	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	CENA	2/4	PUNK	3/5
5	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
7	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	ZIGGLER	1/ 4	PUNK	1/5
9	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	RYBACK	1/ 4	PUNK	1/5
11	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	UNDERTAKER	2/ 4	PUNK	2/5
13	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	RYBACK	2/ 4	PUNK	2/5
15	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	RYBACK	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
17	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	UNDERTAKER	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
19	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
21	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
23	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	RYBACK	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
25	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
27	CESARO	1/1	BIG SHOW	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	CENA	2/ 4	ROCK	3/5
29	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
31	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
33	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	CENA	2/ 4	PUNK	2/5
35	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ORTON	2/ 4	ROCK	3/5
37	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
39	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ZIGGLER	2/ 4	ROCK	3/5
41	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	PUNK	4/5
43	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	SHEAMUS	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
45	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	2/3	RYBACK	2/ 4	ROCK	3/5
47	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
49	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	NC	4/5
51	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
53	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
55	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	CENA	2/ 4	PUNK	2/5
57	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	PUNK	4/5
59	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
61	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
63	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ZIGGLER	2/ 4	PUNK	2/5
65	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	2/3	UNDERTAKER	2/ 4	ROCK	3/5
67	MIZ	0/1	BIG SHOW	0/2	HELLNO	1/3	ZIGGLER	1/ 4	PUNK	1/5
69	MIZ	0/1	BIG SHOW	0/2	HELLNO	1/3	RYBACK	1/ 4	PUNK	1/5
71	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	ROCK	5/5
73	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ZIGGLER	2/ 4	PUNK	2/5
75	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ZIGGLER	2/ 4	ROCK	3/5
77	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
79	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	ORTON	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
81	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	RYBACK	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
83	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	PUNK	4/5
85	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
87	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ORTON	2/ 4	PUNK	2/5
89	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	ORTON	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
91	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
93	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	PUNK	4/5
97	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	PUNK	4/5
99	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
101	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	CENA	2/ 4	PUNK	2/5
103	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
105	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ORTON	2/ 4	PUNK	2/5
107	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
109	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
113	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
115	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
117	CESARO	1/1	BIG SHOW	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
119	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	RYBACK	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
121	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
123	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	NC	3/5
125	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	RYBACK	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
127	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	ROCK	5/5
129	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
131	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	BARRETT	2/ 4	ROCK	3/5
133	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5

2	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	ROCK	5/5
4	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ROCK	2/4	PUNK	2/5
6	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	ROCK	5/5
8	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
10	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	RYBACK	2/4	PUNK	2/5
12	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
14	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	ZIGGLER	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
16	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	GENERICO	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
18	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	CENA	2/4	ROCK	3/5
20	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ORTON	2/4	PUNK	2/5
22	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
24	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ZIGGLER	2/4	PUNK	2/5
26	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
28	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
30	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	PUNK	2/4	ROCK	3/5
32	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	ZIGGLER	1/ 4	ROCK	2/5
34	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
36	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	BARRETT	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
38	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
40	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
42	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	PUNK	4/5
44	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	SHEAMUS	2/4	ROCK	3/5
46	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	RYBACK	1/ 4	ROCK	2/5
48	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	CHRISTIAN	1/ 4	ROCK	2/5
50	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
52	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	RYBACK	2/4	PUNK	2/5
54	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	SHEAMUS	2/4	ROCK	3/5
56	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	RYBACK	2/4	ROCK	3/5
58	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	RYBACK	2/4	ROCK	3/5
60	MIZ	0/1	BIG SHOW	0/2	HELLNO	1/3	MADDOX	1/ 4	ROCK	2/5
62	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	CENA	2/4	PUNK	2/5
64	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
66	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	ORTON	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
68	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	ORTON	1/ 4	ROCK	2/5
70	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
72	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
74	MIZ	0/1	BIG SHOW	0/2	HELLNO	1/3	CENA	2/4	PUNK	2/5
76	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
78	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	ORTON	2/4	PUNK	2/5
80	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	RYBACK	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
82	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	SHEAMUS	2/4	PUNK	2/5
84	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	PUNK	2/4	ROCK	3/5
86	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
88	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
90	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	3/3	ORTON	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
92	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	2/3	MIZ	2/4	PUNK	2/5
94	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	BRYAN	2/4	ROCK	3/5
96	CESARO	1/1	BIG SHOW	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	CENA	2/4	PUNK	2/5
98	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	UNDERTAKER	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
100	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
102	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	ROCK	5/5
106	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	ORTON	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
108	CESARO	1/1	BIG SHOW	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
110	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	RYBACK	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
114	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
116	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	ZIGGLER	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
118	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	ROCK	2/4	PUNK	2/5
120	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
122	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	BARRETT	1/ 4	PUNK	1/5
124	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	RHODES	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
126	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	CENA	4/4	ROCK	5/5
128	CESARO	1/1	DEL RIO	2/2	HELLNO	3/3	ZIGGLER	3/ 4	PUNK	3/5
130	MIZ	0/1	DEL RIO	1/ 2	HELLNO	2/3	CENA	3/ 4	ROCK	4/5
132	CESARO	1/1	BIG SHOW	1/ 2	RHODES	1/3	CENA	2/4	ROCK	3/5

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Royal Rumble 2013 Prediction Contest Guidelines

Jan 23

Posted by solacewinter

It’s that time again. The Royal Rumble marks the anniversary of the first title we gave out for a champion, and since it’s a new year I’m going to change the rules up a bit. Considering our Title Maker’s schedule you’ve noticed we haven’t had a JPEG title in awhile. Since the title seems to be out, so does the exception rule. If you won last month you’re putting as much work in as the losers because, hey, I want everyone to have a fair chance of winning.

First to the prizes for the month. This month we have prizes from @stateofthelinds, @FutureEndeavors, and a joint prize from @lindseyhxx and Mike Dalton (NXT wrestler with the coolest pants ever).

This month we see the return of the Jabroni Jobber prize from Future Endeavors. This prize goes to the person who does the worse at predicting, that includes tie-breakers. The “winner” of this prize gets this.

Next is the prize from @stateofthelinds. My dear artistic friend, who does such work like this:

has agreed that one of the winners will get an 8×10 picture PORTRAIT of the superstar or diva of their choice!

The last prize this month goes to the other winner and is an autographed photo, taken by @lindseyhxx of Sunset Flip Photography and signed by NXT’s Mike Dalton.

Remember, to be eligible for prizes you must follow @mikedaltonwwe, @stateofthelinds, @lindseyhxx, and @FutureEndeavors (unless you are not a Twitter user).

The rules:

Pretty simple. I’ll give you the matches and tie-breakers and you predict who you see WINNING. I will not accept, “CM Punk to retain,” or I will mark it down as Punk wins. So even if he’s disqualified and retains his title, you lose the match because Rock technically won. I want to know who wins the match. DQ is an acceptable answer for matches (with DQ possibilities) as is No Contest. But “retain” is not.

You’ll be given a number once you enter. I will then post on the blog the scores a few minutes after the matches end. You can keep up with your score there. If you don’t remember your number, no worries, I’ll have them posted again.

To decide the two winners the predictions are split between Odds and Evens. If your number is odd, you are competing against the other Odds, evens against Evens. Out of the two winners the person who did better gets to choose which prize they would prefer, and the other person gets the other prize. Hey, both prizes are awesome, so don’t pout or I’ll give the prize to someone else.

Predictions are open from now until Saturday at 11:59pm EST. You may post your predictions in the comments below, in my dms on @SolaceWinter or you may email me SolaceWinter@yahoo.com. I’m easy to find. Good luck!

The Predictions:

Antonio Cesaro vs. The Miz

HellNo vs. Rhodes Scholars

Alberto Del Rio vs. Big Show

CM Punk vs. The Rock

Royal Rumble

Tie-Breaker 1: Last 4 Standing in the Rumble, and in order

(example, you have Orton winning the rumble) Cena, McIntyre, Lesnar, Orton (as in Cena gets eliminated, then McIntyre, then Lesnar, then Orton wins) Just give the 4 names.

Tie-Breaker 2: Who eliminates the most people in the Rumble?

Tie-Breaker 3: Who will be #1 and #2

Tie-Breaker 4: Who are the first 4 people eliminated? (not in order)

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Top 4 Matches of the Week in WWE 1/13/13 – 1/19/13

Jan 19

Posted by solacewinter

Yeah, I know, everyone wants me to put Ziggler vs. Cena on here. Again. But no. Special shoutout to Kaitlyn and Eve for making Eve’s last match with the WWE a spectacular showing. But no matter how much I adore these women, I couldn’t put it on the top 4 this week.

4. Dolph Ziggler & Big Show vs. Sheamus & Alberto Del Rio – Smackdown

Well Big Show didn’t contribute much, but everyone else made this an entertaining match. Del Rio’s face turn has been wonderful and his moveset seems to have clicked because of it. Plus, though I made fun of it at the time, I had a good laugh at the ref rolling his arms like he was a baseball umpire and throwing AJ and Big E Langston out arena. There wasn’t a dull moment to this match, even if it wasn’t all wrestling related, but we are here to be entertained.

3. Rhodes Scholars & Wade Barrett vs. HellNo & Randy Orton – Smackdown

Smackdown had better matches this week, granted that was likely because Raw’s 20th anniversary show was lackluster for most of them and, you know, the rest of the shows this week struggled with matches. Still, this match did everything it needed to, which was showcase serious star power and talent. Four minutes was enough time to give everyone a chance to be noticed, and there was that epic group hug at the end.

2. Randy Orton vs. Antonio Cesaro – Main Event

Oh hi again, Orton. Fancy meeting you here. Cesaro and Orton put on a match that ends the only way it can, with Shield interrupting. Why? Because Orton’s willing to lose clean and already did that on Raw, and Cesaro needs to look dominant, and does manage to. Great match with great build from start to finish.

1. Wade Barrett vs. Randy Orton – Raw

Oh, Orton again. “Orton sucks.” Well clearly, that’s why in 3 of the 4 matches I chose this week he made it for wrestling ability. Orton’s a little more careful of his shoulders of late, which is probably smart, but he’s still got it when it comes to ring presence. And while we’ve seen Barrett versus Orton before, many times, they don’t fail to produce and excellent 7 minutes of entertainment while in the ring. This also did more to cement Barrett’s abilities since he’d been a little lackluster of late, and since he won cleanly over Orton (stop being so damned shock, Orton loses clean often enough you shouldn’t drop your jaws every time) it made him look even better. Barrett needs it, Orton needs the great matches, win-win for me.

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