Road to Wrestlemania XXX, Part One

Wrestlemania XXX is rapidly approaching and we smarks generally think we know what WWE creative is going to give us to watch on the PPV. Everybody is guessing and prognosticating and predicting what Wrestlemania will look like, so I might as well throw my hat in the ring as well. In this weekly blog series, I attempt to predict the final card for Wrestlemania XXX based on the events portrayed on WWE television over the past few weeks.

Knee-Jerk Reaction (Royal Rumble 2014)

It sucks that my favorite PPV has to come at the start of the year. I absolutely love the Royal Rumble match. No matter who wins, it's always so much fun to watch. Unfortunately, it's usually all downhill from there. If the past two Wrestlemanias are any indication, I better enjoy the start of the journey because the destination is going to be disappointing. I am psyched for tonight, though. Let's get it on!

The KJR's TLC Preview

You know me. I'm no fan of unification. And not just the title unification in WWE. I don't like unification anywhere. There needs to be dispersion. Could you imagine how the government would be if the liberals and conservatives all agreed with each other? Boring. If there were no feuding amongst religious factions? Tedious. If the XBox One and the Playstation 4 combined to make one combination video console capable of playing all the games from their respective systems? That would be - that'd be awesome actually. Let's all just get along as I preview each matchup on the PPV card and predict who should and will win each match.

Knee-Jerk Reaction (Survivor Series 2013)

I've always liked Survivor Series. I'm a big fan of multi-opponent matches like the Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, etc. That most definitely includes the Traditional Survivor Series Elimination match. It irks me the wrong way that every year, I have to hold my breath in anticipation of if the Survivor Series PPV will be on the schedule and will there be a Traditional Elimination Tag match. Neither is a given and both should be. WWE has removed iconic PPVs from their schedule before (hello, King of the Ring). Given, Survivor Series does lose buys for WWE annually, but only because they don't make it as big of a deal as it should be.

The KJR's Survivor Series Preview

It's the one historic PPV that WWE desperately loves to flaunt the history of, but also desperately wants to get rid of. Obligations be damned as I preview each matchup on the PPV card and predict who should and will win each match.

Knee-Jerk Reaction (Hell in A Cell 2013)

Writing the preview for this PPV yesterday made me really fired up (no pun intended) to see this PPV. I kept calling it a super-stacked and over-hyped card as if it were negative, but it turns out that's exactly what it should have been. That's exactly what we've been needing. The previous few PPVs have been the opposite. Let's hope that WWE doesn't squander such a strong lineup.

The KJR's Hell in A Cell Preview

From the desperation of much needed PPV buys comes the super-stacked and over-hyped Hell in A Cell PPV. This is a preview of the matches on the PPV card, my thoughts on the matches themselves as well as my predictions as to who should and will win.

Knee-Jerk Reaction (Battleground 2013)

I LOVE the name Battleground as a PPV. There's so much that WWE could do with a name like that. I initially thought it'd be similar to WarGames of wCw past or Lockdown in current TNA programming. Turns out, however, it's just a name and not a gimmick PPV as I'd hoped. Based on the card, it sure seems like another generic PPV that WWE hopes to gain money from based only on their own reputation. Due only to Daniel Bryan and CM Punk in main-event matches will this PPV be a success. It wouldn't hurt WWE to try something new, though.