The Great American Bash Discussion Thread - 22nd July 2007

[Guest dpddave]

Lashley/Cena will be great.

 

Tista/Khali not so much.

 

Punk/Nitro will suck because Nitro isn't a miracle worker.

Edge/Kane.. could be ok, actually.

 

your starting to sound like a blind cena hater from 2006.....

[Guest DanielFullard]

Lashley v Cena sells this PPV for me. Its a match I expected them to keep for Summerslam, Survivor Series or even Mania. The rest of the card doesnt appeal much. Edge always puts on an enjoyable match and Im sure his match with Kane will be decent and Punk v Nitro should be ok.

[TPIB 62]

I got a challenge for anyone who wants to take it:

 

Can someone tell me, without posting spoilers, how Kane got from feuding with MVP for the U.S. Title to feuding with Edge for the World Title?

[Guest bigmatt]

Kane is a good main eventer but has been handled badly for years.

 

Edge is a class act that could carry the show.

 

I also dont understand the reason for cena v lashley now but they should put on a good match.

 

nitro/punk will be entertaining, but ECW need someone else involved in the world title picture with more experience.

 

As for the kane-MVP (U.S title)- Edge (World title) more armory for the smackdown creative team doubters.

[Guest Rog]

Losing that weeks worth of PPV build has clearly affected the card. Good things its free.

[Guest bigmatt]

Does anyone have any idea where batista is going now?

 

Khali just doeesnt make sense are they going for another battle of the titans angle.

 

Do you think Edge is gonna hold the title till a feud with the Undertaker on his return.

 

If so they could run an angle where he keeps avoiding the big guns - e.g hes got rid of batista, escapes with the title against Kane Khali e.t.c

 

Edge is carrying smackdown at the minute a good competitor for the WWE.

[Guest Twig]

The Cena/Lashley match will probably be alright Lashyley hitting hard, and Cena working fine, but the build up is what's going to be abysmal. Lashley wandering around the ring with his doe-eyed stare, talking to Cena like he stole his lunch and then pushed him in the sandbox. Please don't tell me they're expecting Robert to work as a heel.

[Guest dpddave]

I got a challenge for anyone who wants to take it:

 

Can someone tell me, without posting spoilers, how Kane got from feuding with MVP for the U.S. Title to feuding with Edge for the World Title?

 

A talk show.

[Paul 584]

Should the matches announced on this week's tv shows be classed as spoilers?

 

Well....they are in the spoiler forum.........

[DC 536]

Yes, I can confidently say that a ppv featuring Kane, Lashley, The Great Khali and Batista will stink. Or maybe you are right the incredible entertainment for casual fans (who don't buy ppv's) Victoria vs Torrie Wilson might save the show, then again...

 

Oh and I don't live in the UK.

Wrestlemania 23 says hello....well it would if it could speak, so I'm saying hello on it's behalf.

 

 

"HELLO!"

 

Well....they are in the spoiler forum.........

The Great American Bash Spoiler thread, not the Smackdown!/ECW/RAW thread.

 

Maybe I want to talk about what has already been confirmed ON AIR, but if I don't want the WWE TV shows spoiled, I need to stay out of the thread until they are announced. Kinda sucks that it limits those who want to discuss the details for the Bash so far, but also don't want Smackdown!, etc spoiled too.

[Murph 93]

Khali-Batista will be good if Khali wins. I like it when Khali gets cheered by the smarks, a la SNME VS Cena.

[Naitch 207]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Cade and Murdoch vs. Batman and Robin and a US Title defence from MVP possibly in a four way with Finlay, Matt and Flair added to the card which would automatically make it very watchable indeed. Edited July 4, 2007 by Naitch

[TPIB 62]

The Cena/Lashley match will probably be alright Lashyley hitting hard, and Cena working fine, but the build up is what's going to be abysmal. Lashley wandering around the ring with his doe-eyed stare, talking to Cena like he stole his lunch and then pushed him in the sandbox. Please don't tell me they're expecting Robert to work as a heel.

 

Actually his real first name is Franklin. Which is funny to me if anyone has ever seen the Franklin cartoon (for the record, my nieces watch it).

 

As far as Khali/Batista goes, they might as well rename the PPV, The Great American Botchfest for this one. I am not really looking forward to this match and I still don't know where Batista is heading now that he's out of the main event picture.

 

I also have to question Rey Mysterio's alleged return. Now that he is apparently going to be investigated in the Dr. Astin case, will he even make his return?

 

I'm not even going to touch on the atrocity of having Victoria Vs. Torrie on the card.

[Guest Jimmy Redman]

Wrestlemania 23 says hello....well it would if it could speak, so I'm saying hello on it's behalf.

 

I was about to say the exact same thing. Royal Rumble 2007 says hello also.

 

As for the card so far...

 

WWE Championship:

John Cena © Vs. Bobby Lashley

 

I'm looking forward to it. There seems to be no line between face and heel these days, but no matter. Cena to make Lashley look better than he has since Finlay.

 

World Heavyweight Championship:

Edge © Vs. Kane

 

I'm not interested in Edge or Kane anymore. Should be decent, Edge obviously to win. Hopefully it ends at SS with an appropriate gimmick match.

 

ECW World Championship:

Johnny Nitro © Vs. CM Punk

 

I've not got high hopes for this, mainly because their Vengeance match wasnt great. Still should be a good match, and I actually have someone to root for. I hope this goes on for a while yet, ending with Punk winning. I can only hope.

 

Batista Vs. The Great Khali

 

Yuck. Should be about the same big man vs brick wall match that Kane had with him at WM. Not interested.

 

Victoria Vs. Torrie Wilson

 

Not confirmed as a match yet. If it does happen, no worries, I like Divas, and Vickie can definitely get Torrie to a decent match.

[TPIB 62]

I expect Flair Vs. Finlay to be added at some point.