Great American Bash
By babostwick
@babostwick (2036)
United States
July 18, 2008 3:34pm CST
Is anybody going to be getting this event? With it being $40, it may be hard to find people who will buy it because money can be getting tight. Consider this for the card and let's take a look at this moment. These have been announced on WWE.com I believe.
WWE Title
HHH (c) vs. Edge
World Title
CM Punk (c) vs. Batista
ECW Title
Mark Henry (c) vs. Tommy Dreamer
WWE Tag Titles
Miz & Morrison (c) vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. Hawkins & Ryder vs. Jesse & Festus
Divas Title
Natalya Neidhart (c) vs. Michelle McCool
New York Backlot Brawl
John Cena vs. JBL
Singles Match
HBK vs. Y2J
I believe I got them all and am not missing any. This is your card right here and the question is are you looking forward to it? Are there any bouts that you are most interested in? The only ones that I think I have the most interest in would be CM Punk vs. Batista & Triple H vs. Edge. That's about it. How about you guys on that?
3 responses
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
19 Jul 08
well, i can get to see the event but i'll be at work so i'll get to see the replay at a later time.
i think hhh retains and gives a beating to edge and vickie. i hope punk retains and batista turns heel. i know henry will retain but i do hope wwe makes thsi match more interesting. i hope dreamer goes psycho on mark henry and gets to rough him up by hancuffing him to the ropes/ringpost and beating him silly with a couple of singapore canes.
i'm interested in the wwe tag titles and hope that jesse and festus get teh gold. miz and morrison are boring champs anyway. i'd love to see festus cruch the life out of hornswoggle. not interested in the divas title unless i get to see mccool in a bikini. lol!!! i really want to see jbl win the match and i hope a cena loss will turn him into a heel. y2j should win this one. make hbk tap in a wals of jericho.
essentially, the bash is the prekude to summer slam so i really hope that wwe pulls all stops to make the bash a real good ppv. otherwise, fans might turn away and tune into tna. lol!!!
@babostwick (2036)
• United States
19 Jul 08
I doubt they'll turn Cena heel at this moment in time. Perhaps down the road and it was indirect that he was kind of a heel but not quite considering the crowd kept booing him whenever he was holding the belt. I do see Batista turning heel because I think he's due for a heel run and has been hinting at it for a while now. HHH will probably retain and I do think Jesse & Festus could get a run as tag champs.
@babostwick (2036)
• United States
20 Jul 08
They should improve the tag team division. It's almost as if the WWE doesn't really care too much about it and would rather it just collect dust. I have noticed that they don't seem to care about it that much. At least have those belts along with the IC and US Titles defended on TV more. If they're not going to be defended on PPVs a lot, then make them seem important on TV.
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
20 Jul 08
yeah but i think a heel cena going up against punk for the title will be good. a heel batista can do nasty things so its also something i'm looking forward to as well. jesse and festus as champions is good but now that i think of it, i hope to see the tag team titles change hands every month or so just to keep us vieweres on our toes. wwe creative should really improve on the tag team division of the company.
@Marcola (2774)
• United States
18 Jul 08
I read on an insider site that the Edgeheads (Hawkins and Ryder) are supposed to be in the tag title match. Unless, they've changed it since then. Well, I won't be getting it. I'll just get the results online come Monday. I guess I'd say I'm most interested in the World title matches. If Punk retains, (and he should) it'll show me that WWE is turning the corner and more serious about pushing younger talent. I think Batista as World Champ is boring and I find him somewhat overrated. HHH vs. Edge. It'll be interesting to see where they go with this to see how it shapes Summerslam. (I'm still predicting Triple H to win, though.)
The tag title match-I'm kind of interested in this. I think it's time for them to end Miz and Morrison's reign and give the titles to Jesse and Festus.
The women's title match-Kind of interested in and I think Natalya should be the first Smackdown women's champion, because I think she deserves it more than Michelle McCool.
Jericho vs. HBK-Well, I'm sure they'll put on a great match. I just wish they'd let Jericho win this feud, but it doesn't seem that it'll happen. It seems to me that HBK still has a bit of that ego that he did back in the '90s.
I'd say the ECW title match and the Cena-JBL Backlot Brawl are pretty easy to predict who the winners will be.
@babostwick (2036)
• United States
19 Jul 08
I've noticed based upon results Miz & Morrison lose a lot when it doesn't have the tag titles involved. I tell you that's about as bad as the time they had Rey as World Champion losing in non-title matches. Jericho I don't think will win the feud at all. Based upon the booking of it, it looks like it going to be HBK's mainly because of that.
I don't know if it's just me but I don't like the idea of 2 Woman's Titles. I'd rahter the Woman's Title be tri-branded and have it defended everywhere and show who is #1. Adding another makes it seem a little too easy to get on top.
I could say the same for the tag belts. Personally, I think there should be one set of tag titles. I hope they give Jesse & Festus the belts though but I'm not sure.
@Marcola (2774)
• United States
20 Jul 08
I agree with you on there only being one set of tag titles and one women's champion. I guess with them having female workers on both Raw and Smackdown that are more than just eye candy and can wrestle, they feel the need to have a women's title on Smackdown.
@babostwick (2036)
• United States
20 Jul 08
I suppose so but I've never really thought about it working. It would have been like if they added the Light Heavyweight Title back when there were few Cruiserweights on the Raw side and now there is none on either end. Most of them are now competing in tag teams or could be used as jobbers right or wrong. I think they need 1 set of tag titles and I'm not sure why that hasn't been fully explored? You got 2 weak divisions and if combined could become a stronger one.
@CardboardWaves (346)
• United States
19 Jul 08
I wont be getting this PPV. Not really interested in these matches.
Here are my predictions. (:
Triple H is going to win. I think they are going to have a big fued, so they going to keep HHH as champion.
CM Punk better win, and thats all I have to say about that.
I wish Dreamer will win, but he wont.
I would like to see Hawkins and Ryder actually. They are a pretty good tag team.
I hope Natalya wins. She is a great wrestler and she deserves it more.
Eh Cena going to win, whatever.
Y2J really needs to win this fued, but I doubt they will let him. Which sucks. Booo..