Unforgiven Preview

They're pulling out all the stops for this show with two gimmick matches on the same card. On paper it's a fine little card but in practice things are pretty cold as it seems impossible to actually care about any of these matches.

Kane vs Umaga
If booked correctly then this could be good a la Goldberg and Steiner but if they try to do a technical match then things will get boring pretty quickly. If they play a game of oneupmanship with each trying to out power the other and Umaga does his usual stuff then this will be fun. I've enjoyed the build for this match and actually somewhat care about it. Expect an Umaga victory as the Samoan Bulldozer continues his winning streak.

World Tag Team Titles - Spirit Squad vs The Highlanders
The Spirit Squad are breaking up (they got blamed for the fact that ratings didn't boom when DX returned) so The Highlanders have to win. They won't get an angle though they'll just hold the tag belts until Cryme Tyme get given them.

Intercontinental Championship - Johnny Nitro vs Jeff Hardy
Nitro is one of the best characters on Raw and the initial pops for Hardy are making him seem worthy of the position. Their match on Raw a couple of weeks ago on Raw was decent and this won't be any worse. As for who wins; flip a coin.

Women's Championship - Trish Stratus vs Lita
Trish is so made up this is her last match. No more bumps, no more injuries just the bliss of married life. We're in Trish's hometown and it's her final match with her most famous rival and it could be a hell of an emotional experience. Given the video package on Monday they're making a big deal out of this which in all honesty Trish deserves. If it were me booking I'd give Trish the belt and let her keep it as women's wrestling on Raw isn't exactly great but as she's leaving it makes sense for her to put over somebody else who's leaving a month down the line.

Randy Orton vs Carlito
Cold as the artic. Orton wins and challenges Cena for the belt next month. If Carlito wins I'll kill myself.

Hell In a Cell - DX vs The McMahons & Big Show
Remeber when Hell in a Cell was the culmination of great feuds between two guys who fucking hated one another? Not the case here. Shane-O may take a crazy bump (Shawn can't, Hunter won't, Vince would break every bone in his body and Show is tall) but that will be the only highlight of this match. Shawn may do an injury angle and take some time off after this. DX will win. Again. In fact they'll probably pin the Big Show.

TLC Match for the WWE Championship - Edge vs John Cena
We're in Edge's hometown in Edge's speciality match (so he gets beat). The crowd are going to be insane for this. At Summerslam 2004 they were anti-Edge but considering Edge has been great over the last year or so they have to be behind the home-town boy. The crowd will make this match awesome. I hope. Both guys want to stay on top so I'm expecting them to do some crazy shit, but a slower paced match would be ideal letting them build to some good spots. Edge should have this match won at some point so he continues to look credible and say he's been screwed. Cena's not going to the C show to he's winning.

Writing about this show has made me gain more interest in the show which is a better job than WWE are doing (or TNA) at this moment in time.