Thoughts on WrestleMania 25 Main Events

With WrestleMania coming up pretty soon - about 3 months away - it's time to start talking about the card.

I asked the question of everyone here about which match you'd prefer to see headline WrestleMania 25.  The top results were:  Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker (with more than double the votes of the next one), Batista vs John Cena, Edge vs Jeff Hardy, The Undertaker vs Triple H, Edge vs Randy Orton, John Cena vs The Undertaker, Jeff Hardy vs John Cena,and Chris Jericho vs Edge.  (you can see the full results on the Poll History page)

Well, Batista vs John Cena is no longer a possibility.  Edge vs Jeff Hardy appears to be taking place at the Rumble.  That's two of the three most-voted matches that at the moment don't appear to be available for the biggest show of the year.

That leaves the top two matches as Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker and Triple H vs The Undertaker.  Interesting, considering these are the three performers who have been with WWE the longest.  (at least out of the main eventers) 

And none of these men has a title belt!

Personally, I'd love to see Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker, one-on-one, at WrestleMania.  But what about tossing Triple H in the match, too?  Has Undertaker ever had to face more than one man at WrestleMania with his streak on the line?  The only way making it a three-way would make sense is if Undertaker turned heel, at least as far as I can see, but it does take care of getting Triple H into a high-profile match AND lets us get the Houston WrestleMania rematch in a way of HHH/Undertaker.

But what about the two main titles? 

We've got these men available for the two main events:

Raw: Chris Jericho, CM Punk, John Cena, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels

Smackdown: Big Show, Edge, Jeff Hardy, Triple H, and The Undertaker

(some may be upset I'm not including anyone from ECW, notably Matt Hardy - I don't see him quite ready for the WM main event, with the only exception potentially being a match against his brother.  Next year, perhaps!)

It looks like we're headed for John Cena vs Randy Orton on the Raw side.  Haven't we been through this before, and not that long ago?  Didn't Orton kick Cena's dad in the head on Raw?  That wasn't really a short feud.  They were both in last year's Raw main event, too!  Is this REALLY a WM-caliber match right now?  I get that Batista's injury is problematic, since they were likely headed to Batista vs Cena, but I really hope they don't go with Orton vs Cena. 

If we forget all the talk about HBK/HHH/Undertaker, then I'd say Cena vs Undertaker would be a much better match to headline the show.  Outside of that, I'd be more excited about Cena vs CM Punk or Cena vs Jeff Hardy.  Of course, the problem really boils down to me not being THAT excited about Cena in the main event in the first place, and I think that brings the options down so much that I'd really rather see him lose the title before WM.

So I'm kind of stuck on the Raw main event.  I hope WWE has something good in mind. 

Over on Smackdown, there's really not a match they couldn't put together I wouldn't be excited about, except for match-ups we've seen recently. 

I would be happy to see Jeff Hardy face off against just about any of the choices, except for Edge and Triple H.  So I think Smackdown should be golden for WM.  Jeff Hardy vs Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy vs Randy Orton (giving Jeff that win over Randy with the title at stake he didn't get last year), Jeff Hardy vs CM Punk..  these are all matches that I think would be exciting to see. 

And I guess one of those other big rumors is that Steve Austin will have his final match at the show.  Not sure who that would be with (don't see The Rock coming back for it). 

I'll probably check back in with some more thoughts on how WM is shaping up, once WWE starts giving a few more clues.