Organized Chaos

WrestleMania 25 is fast-approaching

WrestleMania 25 is less than a month away, and while the number of matches is quite low at this point the intrigue of several are worth the money.

I’m probably not the first to say this, but the Shawn Michaels-Undertaker match would be worth the price alone. This is going to be a great match, with both great workers who know how to tell a story in the ring.

Both of them also are healthy, which should lead to an epic encounter. Odds point to Undertaker continuing the streak, but WWE missed out on a perfect opportunity to have that in doubt.

Michaels defeated the previously unbeaten Vladimir Kozlov cleanly, one week after Undertaker lost to the Russian. This should have been the end of it, with Michaels holding his victory over Undertaker, telling the Dead Man that not only has he never beaten the Showstopper, but he didn’t beat Kozlov, either.

WWE ruined this by allowing Undertaker to beat Kozlov on Smackdown. Oh well, the buildup should still be good and it will be interesting to see if Michaels reverts to his heel form like he did for a brief time against Ric Flair last year.

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The final Raw before No Mercy did the final setup for matches, though many encounters fell flat.

The main event pitted Chris Jericho and Lance Cade against Degeneration X. This was expected, as they annoucned Shawn Michaels would have a mystery partner of his choosing at the top of the show. Once he said he had to find someone “who liked him” I knew it was Triple H.

The conclusion of the main event also was predictable, with Jericho retreating while DX took apart Cade and Michaels did a spot from the ladder, which appeared to actually hurt him. He is getting too old to be the daredevil, and it’s costing him in the ring.

That said, their main event for No Mercy could be worth the price of the pay-per-view.

The biggest news of the night was the announcement that WrestleMania 24 will be shown in its entirety on national television. It will appear on MyNetwork TV Thursday night, followed by the debut of SmackDown on the network on Friday.

More thoughts after the jump:

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Monday Night Raw’s 800th episode wasn’t all too memorable and the end of the main event sealed my fears. Shawn Michaels won’t defeat Chris Jericho at No Mercy.

Lace Cade, who finally appeared on Raw after being in the background for weeks, pinned HBK in a 3 on 2 handicap match. Of course, thise may not have anything to do with the title match, but it’s not a good sign. I fully expect Michaels to get the drop on Jericho next week, further solidifying my fears since a fallen champ one week is usually standing tall at the pay-per-view.

That said, their Ladder Match is going to be sick.

I don’t have official confirmation, but it sure looked like Jericho was toting around a new belt. It was a deeper gold and was much more shiny. The larger black belt set it off even more.

More thoughts after the jump:

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Monday Night Raw kicked off with a decent World Championship match between Chris Jericho and CM Punk.

Boy, the brass must have really not been pleased with punk’s title reign. He lost the “return” match, and as I write this first part of the entry (9:22 p.m.), it doesn’t appear he’ll be in the title picture at No Mercy.

Both had a good cage match. However, I hate when there’s no blood in a cage match. It’s a cage for crying out loud.

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Mike Adamle was named the general manager of WWE’s Monday Night Raw. The Internet exploded with people saying he is the wrong choice. They were ready to jump off bridges because they think it was a bad move.

I disagree.

Adamle was hired a few months ago as “sideline” reporter. The seasoned television announcer appeared out of his league and it showed on camera as he was uneasy and appeared nervous. He was soon named the play-by-play announcer for ECW, and this is where the storyline takes off or takes a tailspin however you look at it.

Adamle was (or really is?!?) a bumbling fool. He was so bad he “walked off” the set because of the criticism. He messed up wrestling hold names, and uses words like “bam” and “boom” to describe big spots during matches.

Some began to think Adamle was just that bad. I think he was told to mess up, making his character into a train wreck, where people would tune in to see how bad he actually became.

His new role is perfect. He already has shown signs of playing a heel GM by putting Raw announcer Michael Cole, who is even worse to listen to than Adamle, into a tag team match with dire consequences. Of course Cole took a huge shot and was attended to in the back when Adamle strolled to ringside.

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