Alright, WrestleMania is in six days. Hard to believe, since the build towards it hasn't felt as epic as it has in years' past. Still, I find it highly unlikely that the WWE is going to put on a stinker for its flagship. Even in the Russo years, WM was always treated with deference and respect, and the matches were always crowd pleasers, even if thirty different people did run-ins during the proceedings.
In honor of the big event, for which I will most likely be doing a running diary, I will be previewing the show by counting down the big matches taking place. Let's dive right in with the Tag Team Championship Unification match:
John Morrison and The Miz
vs.
WWE Tag Team Champions
Carlito and Primo Colon
Each team will have a Bella Twin in their corner, although for the life of me, I'll never be able to remember their individual names let alone which one has sided with which team. Anyway, the build for this feud started with the Miz and Morrison challenging the Colons in a non-title match with the Bella Twins on the line. Mizorrison won, and they ended up taking the Twins out on a date on Valentine's Day. In probably the only really bad part of the feud, the World Tag Champs took the Twins to a fancy restaurant where they acted like boors, much to the dismay of the ladies. It turns out a lot of their complaints stemmed from hijinks the Colons were pulling as the server and cook at the restaurant.
This led to two tag matches where each team's titles were on the line. Both teams retained in matches where their respective belts were on the line. Primo and Miz then had a fantastic match on ECW where Primo got the win with the Backstabber.
After that, Mizorrison held a special live edition of their Internet talk segment, the Dirt Sheet, on ECW. They were well in the process of mocking the Colons, when the targets of their beratement came out and challenged the World Tag Champs to a unification match at WrestleMania. Fast forward to last week's ECW, where Carlito took on Morrison in a somewhat disappointing match. Carlito had the upper hand, and Morrison decided he'd had enough, so he got out of dodge. Problem. Teddy Long decided that he wasn't going to let Morrison quit, so he sent out a cadre of superstars to make it a lumberjack match. He also announced the uni match at WM would be a lumberjack match. The match resumed and Carlito scored the pin with the Backstabber after an overzealous Kozlov tossed Morrison back into the ring.
We've seen this match three times before in the past couple of months, but each time, there has been a commercial break. I'm also sure that the two teams will get a substantial amount of time extra in order to do their thing. Theoretically, this should be a huge match and will probably be used as a gauge to unify the two big titles a year or two down the line. That's all well and good though, because I could see these two teams wrestle a million times and it wouldn't get old. While the WWE has sort of stagnated its tag division, to its credit, they've done well in giving both teams a lot of face time on television and good solid build.
What I expect to see out of this match is a good, solid ten-to-fifteen minute affair. I expect to see some lumberjacks get involved, specifically Cryme Tyme, as they're logically the next team in line to take on unified Tag Team Champions. I think that we'll see more than a few finishers countered. I wouldn't be surprised to see a ref bump and an all-out lumberjack brawl, with Carlito giving Miz the Backstabber and a 10 count pin while the ref is knocked out cold. In the end, I expect to see Morrison winning the match with the Moonlight Drive and Miz and Morrison walking out of Houston as the new Unified Tag Team Champions.
What I would like to see is a great match with a good, exciting finish. I'd also like to see the winners of the match to go on and feud with Priceless.
