Well, despite the event being still about 7 months away, I think its always fun to look ahead, WAY ahead to what will be next years big event. Being in Cleveland the trip to Detroit should be a fun one, as we are already booked to head up Friday and stay the entire weekend and return on Monday. Being in Chicago last year was hardcore, and the fans the entire weekend, despite some needing to really get a job, girlfriend and life, were great. This year should be just as good, as they will do a lot to look back at the 20 year Anniversary of WrestleMania III in Ponatic. I was just a youngster at the time of that event, and remember watching it on closed-circut TV. As far as any early match predictions go, you know that they have to do something big with Hogan. It just goes without saying that WM 23 in Detroit without Hogan would be a crime. Some may disagree and say its really time to move on past the Hogan era, but after the reaction he got in Cleveland two weeks ago, he can still make the crowd react. Hogan-Austin? Doubtful. Austin hasn't been in a ring to lace up the boots in a long time, plus he would never job to Hogan. Hogan-Big Show? That would make the most sense considering it would be the closest to Andre that the WWE currently has. How about Hogan-Great Kahli? If Kahli ever got any better in the ring, that could be an Andre-Hogan like match. Other matches that I can acutally see - HHH vs Edge (HHH this time gets the belt back as a face)...Cena vs Umaga (I like the push the former 3 Minute Warning star is getting)...Batista vs Orton (Orton again flip flops to Smackdown as its second biggest star and top heel). It really is so early, but never too early to have some fun and look ahead.

Till the ref counts to three
Matt

Posted by Matt Loede on Thursday, August 03, 2006 at 10:14 AM | Permalink