After seeing The Big Show and The Undertaker fight multiple times in the latter parts of 2008 and some of the finishes to their matches for example Big Show knocking out Undertaker with that knockout punch or Undertaker making Big Show tap out to the Hell's Gate which is an adaptation an actual MMA submission move i can see a future for more of this stuff in the future, now im not saying we should have shoot matches in the WWE or anything but i think maybe we should see more match finishes like this and more MMA style fighters/wrestlers introduced to the product. Anyone remember how big of a hit Ken Shamrock was in the WWF's glory days? Fans love realism when it comes to wrestling and look at Samoa Joe in TNA, his gimmick is basically an adaptation of an MMA fighter and it's that different style mixed with his badass-ism that really endears Joe to the audience. Just a thought.

With Ted Dibiase jr being taken off tv after the kick in the head from Randy Orton for interfering in Orton's match with CM Punk in what seems months back now, in reality it was only to get Dibiase off tv long enough so he could film the Marine 2, the original you might remember for starring John Cena. Well with the Royal Rumble coming up wouldn't this be the perfect way to re-introduce the second generation superstar? You could have Dibiase come down and we have Manu, Cody and Orton all in the ring and he's walking to the ring and you have no idea if he is going to exact revenge on Legacy or whether he is going to side with them and help Orton win the rumble, Orton is my favourite to win the Royal Rumble right beside my previous idea of Hardy winning it but one thing is for sure i really think the Rumble will be the time for Ted to return and continue his 'Legacy'. He along with Cody Rhodes as 'Priceless' have been one of my favourite teams in recent times and they really lit up that tag division on RAW earlier this year, both men have a great future and whilst some have called Ted, Randy jr i feel that is unfair and he has his own personality. Besides no one can even come close to the god like Orton right now. See you at the Rumble Ted.

With Jeff Hardy's title reign going swimmingly thus far and the crowd getting right behind him you might think that Hardy's reign will be a long one but i am inclined to disagree, this past year the WWE have thrown us quite a few curveballs and i for one would not be surprised if at the Royal Rumble we seen Edge regain the title once again and possibly have Hardy come out later in the night and enter the Royal Rumble and win the whole damn thing. What a night it would be for Hardy to lose the title to Edge and then come out later in the night and enter the Royal Rumble and defy the odds once again to become the winner of the Rumble and go onto Wrestlemania to fight Edge in perhaps a TLC match? A match which the two men made famous, lets not bet against it and lets not bet against Christian somehow being involved in the storyline either.......................

Is it just me or has this past year seen more of an effort put towards making the Intercontinental Title seem more important? We have seen Santino Marella hold the belts for a few months and use his hilarious honk-a-meter to bring up several past Champions including of course the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion The Honky Tonk Man and whilst they didn't drag that angle out as long as they could have in my opinion it still did a lot to bring attention to RAW's secondary belt. In the last year or so we have also seen Chris Jericho go from Intercontinental Champion to the World Heavyweight Champion on two separate occasions, this shows that the IC Title can be a segue way to the Heavyweight Division which is always a good thing.

And now we have a slow building feud for the belt with Champion William Regal and his challenger CM Punk slowly building to a match for the belt, this is sure to be stiff contest as when both men met in the finals of the King of the Ring tournament there were heavy blows all over the place and it was one of the better contests of the year from where i sit. If i was booking the match id actually have William Regal go over in the initial contest and perhaps keep it going until Wrestlemania and have Punk finally get the belt at Wrestlemania and wouldn't it seem like a big moment for Punk to win the belt at Wrestlemania, it would help him and it would help the Intercontinental Title seem very important at the same time. One thing is for sure and that is the Intercontinental Title is more important than it has been in a long time in my view.