'Rasslin' Six Packs: Wrestling Longshots That Would Be AWESOME

Today, I post the first of what I hope will be many really cool six-packs. If you don't know the concept of a six-pack, well, it's easy enough to follow along. Today's six-pack - six things that have a long shot of happening but would be really freakin' sweet if they did. These things aren't likely to happen (read: Claudio Castagnoli or Davey Richards getting signed to WWE deals), nor are they really impossible (read: Brock Lesnar forsaking MMA and coming back to pro wrestling). Without further ado...

1. Chikara gets a wrestling game made in the style of WWE No Mercy

Most fans agree that No Mercy is one of, if not the best, wrestling game ever (Fire Pro, using a similar engine, gets a lot of love as well). There has been chatter that an updated version would be released on the Wii Virtual Console, but it's been just that... chatter. Honestly, it would be great if the Aki guys could break free of THQ and develop an awesome video game for the most awesome fed going today... Chikara! Imagine having fully functional Quack, Jig, the Portal, the Colony, Akuma and others to play in the most user-friendly match interface ever. It's a wrestling nerd's wet dream, but admit it... you'd buy it and play it too, if just so you can get taunts like this:



Just an aside... Koppo, can I get an "AMEN" to vouch for the awesomeness of UMB?

2. Bryan Danielson and Jack Swagger are in one of the big two title matches at WMXXVII

We all know the WWE is slow on the uptake when it comes to young stars, but there's always hope that Danielson can catch fire and become the new prototype for professional wrestling's present. Of course, it would take an act of God for that to happen, but hey, it's possible. It happened for Lesnar. Fifteen months is plenty of time for a guy to catch fire, and the best opponent for him out of the guys on the roster who would be ideal candidates for a WM main event is Jack Swagger.

Wait wait wait, I want the WWE to elevate two guys by the time two WrestleManias come to pass? Again, it's a slim chance, but it would be awesome. Imagine the matches. There'd be a lot of good amateur flavor, a lot of great submissions, a lot of swagger (no pun intended), a lot of hot tempers. It would be an Internet fan's dream.

3. PWG usurps ROH and TNA as the #2 wrestling company in America and provides a real mainstream alternative to the WWE

This is actually not all that far-fetched, even if PWG has a long way to go before getting on the radars of most wrestling fans out East. It's already got the attentions of the hardcore fans, who have deemed it the best wrestling in the USA right now. PWG has a lot of the big names of the indie world working dates for it - Chris Hero, El Generico, Colt Cabana, Kevin Steen among others - and it's has gotten some big stars to take root there, including RVD (upcoming) and the MCMGs. It's got its identity, its own vibe. It's a mash-up of lucharesu with California flair and personality. Plus, it's better booked than both ROH and TNA at this point. It's not a lock to catch on, but worse things could happen. PWG counter-weighing the WWE's East Coast juggernaut status on the Left Coast might actually be the best thing that could happen for American wrestling.

4. The Rock wrestles one more match if/when he hosts Monday Night RAW

You know that Rocky's gonna host RAW at some point. He's already hinted as much in his legendary 10th Anniversary Smackdown promo. With his movie commitments, insurance concerns may preclude him from doing what every red-blooded wrestling fan wants to see... but what if it doesn't? What if The Rock is able to wrestle one more match?

While my selfish side wants Rock to come back full-time, I can be sustained by the memories of one last match for The Great One. A tilt with CM Punk, a classic rekindling of any one of his great feuds with Triple H, Big Show or Chris Jericho, a veritable passing of the torch to MVP.... the possibilities are endless. Rock was a wrestler unappreciated in his time, but if given one more match, he'd give everyone a memory to hang onto.

5. The Miz breaks through into the main event... as a face!?!?!

The Miz is almost certain to break into the main event at least eventually. He's getting too much exposure not to. Most people think it'll be as a heel, and he is a natural heel. However, in this pointless heel/heel feud with Swagger, the crowd has been slightly getting behind Miz, and in a weird twist of fate, they're starting to complete his signature catchphrase. Rocky started out as a heel getting the fans to "sing along" with him. While I don't think it'd be wise if they turned him face, you can't fight the crowd. Well, actually... nevermind. They've fought the crowd naturally turning Randy Orton face for the last 8 months. Still, Miz as a top face is intriguing.

6. The piledriver is unbanned in the WWE

This could very well happen if the WWE realizes that the move can be performed safely if both guys learn how to do the move properly. I'm not saying it should be brought back wholesale, but as a special, big match move, it'd be awesome to see pulled off. I think that it might make a comeback. The WWE has given us the German Suplex and Regalplex back. They're slightly changing with the times. The piledriver is a quintessential wrestling move. If the WWE realizes that proper training is more important than image, it'll be back.