Fresh off the heels of Armageddon with what I felt was a really weak showing, and no push from three hours and tons of special guests, RAW was back to normal this week as the show did a 3.5 cable rating. The show did hours of 3.5 and 3.5 and there was only a 0.03 difference between the two. Monday will be the special "Tribute to the Troops" show that was shot last week. It will air in the normal time slot on Christmas Eve on USA.

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Posted by Matt Loede at 6:33 AM | Permalink | Comments

Armageddon is just one day away, and as the show approaches, we here at Let's Wrestle are ready to give away another great prize - an official copy of the new RAW 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits CD! That's right, all you have to do to get on board with the contest is send us your match predictions, along with your email address and mailing address to the following email - letswrestlewwe@gmail.com. We will pick our winner on tomorrow night's Let's Wrestle Armageddon Post Match Show, which will be up on the site about 30-40 minutes after the conclusion of the PPV. Here below are the match listings that we want to hear your winners on:

WWE Championship Match

Randy Orton (c) vs. Chris Jericho

Triple Threat Match For The World Heavyweight Championship

Batista (c) vs. The Undertaker vs. Edge

Number One Contenders Match

Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy

WWE Women's Championship Match

Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Mickie James

United States Championship Match

MVP (c) vs. Rey Mysterio

CM Punk (c) & Kane vs. Big Daddy V & Mark Henry

Shawn Michaels vs. Mr. Kennedy

Finlay vs. The Great Khali

Send in your predictions to letswrestlewwe@gmail.com and you could be the winner of a new RAW 15th Anniversary Greatest Hits CD!

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Posted by Matt Loede at 8:30 AM | Permalink | Comments

It's a big WWE weekend with our final 2007 PPV - Armageddon, coming live from the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh on Sunday at 8pm. The card, as we've talked about a few times, will be highlighted by the two title matches with Randy Orton vs the returning Chris Jericho for the WWE Title and for the World Heavyweight Title it will be Edge vs Undertaker vs the champion Batista. There is another match on the card though that has garnered a ton of attention and thought, that being Triple H vs Jeff Hardy.

It'll be the first singles match on a PPV between the two, and the stip involved is the winner will get a title shot at the WWE Champion (likely to be Orton from the reports we're hearing) at the Royal Rumble. With WrestleMania 24 just three plus months away, the rumor mill continues to put Triple H in one of the main event matches, meaning it looks as if they will let him go over on Hardy in this match to set up a match with Orton at the Rumble.

Right away when this match was announced the early thought was they would allow Hardy to go over and change things up in the company, along the lines that Hardy has everything to gain with a win and HHH has nothing to lose. That's fine in theory, and there's no doubt that in the long run Hardy is a player if he can stay on the straight and narrow. But right now I can't see, nor in my mind do I think I want to see Jeff Hardy in some sort of main event match at Mania, or even at the Rumble for that matter. Let's be real here - Triple H is still a main event guy, in and out of the ring, while Hardy's time in that area is yet to come.

This isn't to say that the match should just be given to HHH Sunday. I can and think we'll see an excellent match, one that could lift Jeff to another level to the point where by the time Mania rolls around, his match with whoever will be a top second-tier match. Can you imagine a Shawn Michaels vs Jeff Hardy match at Mania? That would be something to see for sure. The Matt and Jeff Hardy bandwagon has grown a great deal in the last year, year and a half, and while Jeff has been better than ever since before SummerSlam (even though he screwed himself with a suspension), I think the push for a win over HHH will have to wait and they will put HHH over to get the Mania ball rolling.

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Posted by Matt Loede at 7:14 AM | Permalink | Comments

Well, Armageddon is now just three days away, and the two big matches a lot of focus is being paid to are the two title matches. For the WWE Title you have Chris Jericho vs Randy Orton, and on the SmackDown side you have Batista vs Edge vs Undertaker in a triple threat.

While you never see two big title changes in the same night anymore, I am fairly certain you will see one, and that one title change will be on the SmackDown side. Yes, the second title reign of Batista will come to a close, and Edge, the man who very well may still have had the title if it were not for his injury, will get the strap back. From reports we hear, this will set up the match for Mania with Taker and Edge, and then we'll have Taker's second reign when he wins it back in Orlando.

On the RAW side, I can't see them hot shotting the strap on to Jericho just a month after he gets back. I know that some are talking about doing it, but I can't see it. I am not all in favor of the Randy Orton title run going on, but at the same time, I think he'll keep it here and then at the Rumble lose it to HHH. It will be interesting to see the Y2J and Orton match in terms of seeing how good or bad the match is since it's really Y2J's first really big match back with the company.

Don't forget we will be doing our Let's Wrestle Pre and Post match Armageddon audio podcast shows on Saturday and Sunday. Tune into the site to hear John Sefcik and I break down the card, go over the matches, and give our predictions for the show!

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Posted by Matt Loede at 4:18 PM | Permalink | Comments

- World Champion Batista vs. Edge vs. The Undertaker.
- WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho.
- Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy vs. Triple H - The winner will receive a WWE Title match at the Royal Rumble.
- Women's Champion Beth Phoenix vs. Mickie James.
- Shawn Michaels vs. Mr. Kennedy.
- Fit Finlay vs. The Great Khali.
- More matches to be announced.

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Posted by Matt Loede at 4:27 PM | Permalink | Comments

Now that we know the stip for Jeff Hardy vs HHH match for Armageddon, there is a lot of talk about if Hardy will win, and if so if he'll be able to take the win and make something of it. First of all, let me say that the WWE has a great vibe on the crowd support for Hardy right now. They realize that Hardy is gaining the same type of momentum much like Batista started to have around early 2005 before he won the title from Triple H at WrestleMania 21. The crowd's reaction right now for Hardy is about as high as anyone, which is why they made this match in the first place.

My feeling is that Hardy will indeed beat Triple H, and will go on to face Randy Orton at the Royal Rumble. I don't think he'll win the belt, but the bottom line is that right now he is getting that type of momentum and push that at some point in 2008 may lead him to a title run bigger than the IC belt. The fact they allowed him to get over on Snitsky (a guy they claimed had not been pinned on RAW) means something.

They will keep putting Hardy in a position to succeed, and I think that overall this is a rising star in the company. I like what they have done with him to this point, and they need to push like this more often.

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Posted by Matt Loede at 3:03 PM | Permalink | Comments

-- Following the result of last night's RAW, the following matches have been confirmed for the December 16th WWE Armageddon PPV:

WWE Championship Match: Randy Orton (c) vs. Chris Jericho

Singles Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Triple H

Singles Match: Shawn Michaels vs. Ken Kennedy

Singles Match: Finlay vs. The Great Khali

WWE Women's Championship Match: Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Mickie James

(WWE.com)

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Posted by Matt Loede at 8:08 PM | Permalink | Comments