King of Hearts's blog: "Bethea's Byte"

Ladies and gentlemen welcome to this special Cyber Sunday edition of Bethea's Byte. Normally, I would be giving you everything from recaps, to my commentary as far as "What Bugs Me", "Killing the Legend Killer" and letting you fans know What to Watch For. The only thing that will be normal about this column will be the recaps. After that point, I will not only run down the entire Cyber Sunday card, but just to show you how much power we have for this event, I will post my analysis, my votes, my predictions and my reasoning for it. This is what I will consider an MAT EXCLUSIVE! So get ready. This edition of the Byte will really have some teeth behind it. Let's recap the week! WWE RECAP Hardcore Holly def. Cody Rhodes Santino Marella def. Val Venis Candice Michelle def. Jillian Hall Rory McAllister def. Brian Kendrick WWE Champion Randy Orton def. Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy in a Non-title Match WWE Champion Randy Orton def. Mr. Kennedy via DQ in a Non-title Match WWE Champion Randy Orton def. Shawn Michaels via DQ in a Non-title Match ECW Champion CM Punk & Kane def. The Miz, Big Daddy V and John Morrison in a 3-on-2 Handicap Match Jesse & Festus def. Elijah Burke & Nunzio The Miz vs. John Morrison was ruled a No Contest Kane def. The Great Khali via DQ Chris Masters def. Chuck Palumbo WWE Tag Team Champion Matt Hardy def. Finlay Drew McIntyre def. Brett Major Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore def. Deuce & Domino Undertaker def. Jamie Noble United States Champion & WWE Tag Team Champion MVP def. Rey Mysterio via DQ WWE CYBER SUNDAY: Analysis, Votes, Predictions, Reasons. OK. The power is in your hands. Look over this part of this special column and then go to WWE.com and cast your votes NOW! You make the matches happen. You have the power! This is what Cyber Sunday is all about! WWE CHAMPIONSHIP: Randy Orton vs. ??? (Fans Choose Orton's Challenger) Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy: Jeff Hardy is a four time Intercontinental Champion and a mulitple time World Tag Team Champion. An excellent, high-flying, high octane competitor, Jeff Hardy is looking to take the next step up--becoming WWE Champion. Like his fellow nominees, Jeff is a very resilient superstar. Ask Umaga. If he can suffer beatings to regain the Intercontinental Championship, can you imagine what he will endure to become the new WWE Champion? Mr. Kennedy: Mr. Kennedy has a point to prove. He wants to show the world that he is more than just a big mouth. The former United States Champion is looking to take the step that he feels he rightfully deserves. Quick flashback: Mr. Kennedy has defeated 7 World Champions (former or current) during his rookie year by hook or crook. He just couldn't seem to reel in the big one. Cyber Sunday could be the stage where the Big Mouth from Green Bay can silence his harshest critics. Shawn Michaels: The Kid Is Back! Shawn Michaels is back from injury suffered at the hands--or should I say foot--of Randy Orton. Two weeks ago on Monday Night RAW, HBK's return left Orton looking as if he had seen a ghost. At Cyber Sunday, HBK is looking for vengeance and what better way to do it than to take the one thing Randy Orton has been hunting for: The WWE Championship. For the Showstoppa, this is more than about the Championship...this is personal. BETHEA'S VOTE: Shawn Michaels BETHEA'S PREDICTION: Shawn Michaels wins the WWE Championship BETHEA'S REASON: One: My wife says so since she has been stuffing the ballot box with votes for HBK (lol). Two: If you combine the motivation behind the return of HBK, coupled with what put him out in the first place and HBK's ability to display his best in big match situations and you will understand why I voted and chose the Showstoppa to win at Cyber Sunday! WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Batista vs. Undertaker SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE: ??? (Fans Choose Special Referee) John Bradshaw Layfield: The self-proclaimed "wrestling god" and current SmackDown color analyst has had a history with both The Animal and The Phenom. Most of it was painful. It was Batista who gave JBL his worse beating in his career in a No-Holds Barred Match. It was Undertaker who nearly ended JBL's career sooner than it did in the first-ever Last Ride Match. How straight of an arrow can JBL be when calling this match against two men that he has been in the ring before? Mick Foley: Like JBL, Mick Foley has been in the ring with both men, but his history more linked to the Deadman. As Mankind, Foley has the best win-loss record over the Man from the Darkside. Undertaker made Foley's name legendary at the 1998 King of the Ring in a Hell in a Cell match. The only record of Mick Foley being in the ring with Batista was when The Animal teamed with Ric Flair and Randy Orton in Evolution at WrestleMania XX against the Rock 'n' Sock Connection. But Foley's track record as a guest referee is spotless. Every match he has refereed, he has called right down the middle. Will the trend continue? Stone Cold Steve Austin: Referee 3:16 says "Cross my path and you will get hurt!" Stone Cold Steve Austin proved that the last two times he was named as a guest referee. At WrestleMania XX, he called things straight up and up with Brock Lesnar and Goldberg. It happened again during the Battle of the Billionaires at WrestleMania 23. Each time the end of the match was the same. At least one Stunner was dealt by the star of The Condemned. Like Mick Foley and JBL, Austin has had an extensive history with the Undertaker. That rivalry culminated in 1999 in a Buried Alive match in which Austin was victorious. Will Austin continue to deal out 3-Counts, Beer cans and Stunned competitors at Cyber Sunday? BETHEA'S VOTE: Stone Cold Steve Austin is the Special Referee for this match. BETHEA'S PREDICTION: Undertaker regains the World Heavyweight Championship BETHEA'S REASON: I will not take anything away from Batista. I would like to see him win this match, but he's going against a veteran who is like a fine wine. Undertaker has only gotten better with age and each comeback. The only X-factor would be the guest referee. Whomever that may be, if this match is called down the middle, then Undertaker wins this match. It will be WrestleMania 23 all over again. ECW CHAMPIONSHIP: CM Punk vs. ??? (Fans Choose CM Punk's Challenger) The Miz: The self-proclaimed "chick magnet" has proven that he is willing to do two things: one, stoop low enough to get what he wants and two, anything it takes to get to the top of ECW's ladder. Proof positive: look at Extreme Expose...namely Kelly Kelly. Miz owns the contract of the trio and says he can fire her if she decides to date Balls Mahoney. If he can do that, what can and will he do to become the ECW Champion? John Morrison: John Morrison's career has been a roller coaster ride. As Johnny Nitro, he has been WWE Tag Team Champion and Intercontinental Champion before arriving in the Land of Extreme. He transforms himself into the self-proclaimed "shaman of sexy" and he has become the ECW Champion before losing it to the reigning Champion CM Punk. Morrison looks to become the ECW Champion again. He knows that the road to regaining the title is through both the fans and CM Punk. Will strange days return to ECW? Big Daddy V: This 500 lb. "Man-ster" has been destroying every thing in his path including CM Punk. In fact, at No Mercy, Big Daddy V showed the ECW Champion no mercy and cracked the champion's ribs. The behemoth is in a prime spot to capture the ECW Championship. If the WWE Fan Nation votes in Big Daddy, look for a new ECW Champion and one that will be as dominant as a former ECW Champion: The Big Show! BETHEA'S VOTE: Big Daddy V BETHEA'S PREDICTION: Big Daddy V wins the ECW Championship BETHEA'S REASON: CM Punk is vulnerable right now. He is injured and he is fighting injured. Big Daddy V is the one who injured the Champion and I feel can do what ever he wants to. My rule still sticks for some reason: If you are 7 feet or taller and/or weigh around the 500 lb. mark, you can do anything you want to! In this case, it will be Big Daddy V, the new ECW Champion! TRIPLE H vs. UMAGA (Fans Choose Match Stipulation) STREET FIGHT: This match fits both of these men perfectly. It's no-holds-barred, anything goes, smash-mouth, in-your-face. Like the other match choices, this is not for the weak at heart. This is not a "normal" wrestling match. This, as the name implies will be a fight. Don't look for a lot of "wrestling" in this. Between the Samoan Bulldozer and The Game, this match looks pretty even. FIRST BLOOD: This is a street fight with no pinfalls or submissions. Use of weapons is encouraged. Umaga demonstrated that he doesn't need a weapon to make his opponent bleed. All he needs is his Samoan Spike. On the other side, Triple H can use anything his heart desires. TV Camera, Steel Chair, Ring Bell...SLEDGEHAMMER... STEEL CAGE MATCH: You are gonna put two "animals" in a cage? Are you kidding? I mean don't get me wrong, it's a good idea, but that means you will get the other two matches in one with one difference: ONE OF THEM WILL HAVE TO ESCAPE TO WIN! This match favors Triple H more than it does Umaga because Triple H while delivering the punishment, is always thinking. Hence one of his many nicknames, "The Cerebral Assassin." BETHEA'S VOTE: Street Fight BETHEA'S PREDICTION: Triple H wins BETHEA'S REASON: The King of Kings rules this one by using the biggest muscle in his body: his brain. It will be like Muhammad Ali beating George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle." Triple H is a wizard in street fights. He knows what to do and WHEN to do it. When the Cerebral Assassin strikes, you can bet that Umaga will get his Pedigree checked, just like he did at No Mercy. REY MYSTERIO vs. FINLAY: (Fans Choose Match Stipulation) NO DISQUALIFICATION MATCH: This is too easy for Finlay. All he would have to do in my opinion is use the shillelagh all day on the Master of the 619. Too easy. One good shillelagh shot and it's over. I'd like to see something tougher than just a No DQ match for Finlay. SHILLELAGH ON A POLE MATCH: This one looks like Rey's match. His speed and agility can get him up the pole to capture the shillelagh, but it can still fall back in the hands of the Fighting Irishman or a second shillelagh would be introduced. Interesting setup if you ask me. STRETCHER MATCH: The last stretcher match that was held, Rob Van Dam defeated Randy Orton at One Night Stand...but just barely. He still wound up on a stretcher following a post match attack by an unrepentant Orton. Will Rey Mysterio suffer a similiar fate at the hands of Finlay whether Rey wins or loses? BETHEA'S VOTE: Stretcher Match BETHEA'S PREDICTION: Rey Mysterio wins BETHEA'S REASON: I like Mysterio's chances here. I feel that it will be that his heart will be the one thing that Finlay is not expect to pull Rey through this match. MATT HARDY vs. MVP (Fans Choose Match Stipulation) WRESTLING MATCH: This is their comfort zone. Comfort Zone? The marquee says "WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT." Both of these men are champions in wrestling. MVP is the reigning United States Champion and one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions. Matt Hardy is holding the other half of that Championship. It will be too bad that this is not for the United States Championship if this one is chosen. BOXING MATCH: Both men has had a taste of boxing experience via four-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield. Matt has actually been in a boxing match with Holyfield, while MVP, who is supposedly good friends with "The Real Deal" got knocked-out by Holyfield. All of this came upon the most recent edition of Saturday Night's Main Event. If this match is chosen, who's experience is going to win out in the end? MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MATCH: This contest puts both of them out of their element...sort of. Mixed Martial Arts (if there are those who have not seen UFC, Pride Fighting Championship, IFL, etc.) mixes Freestyle and Greco-Roman Wrestling with Ju-jitsu, kickboxing, muay-thai fighting and boxing. Who will have the edge in this one remains to be seen. No matter what the outcome of the voting is, the bottom line will settle the question of who's better than who. BETHEA'S VOTE: Mixed Martial Arts Match BETHEA'S PREDICTION: Matt Hardy wins BETHEA'S REASON: Matt Hardy is always looking to better himself regardless of what he's doing. MVP on the other hand is too cocky for his own good. At Cyber Sunday, I feel that Matt Hardy will knock his Tag Team Championship counterpart down one peg. That will settle the score of who's better than who...at least for now! That's it folks. There's my vote. There's my power exercise. I've shown you all how easy it is. All YOU have to do is go to WWE.com and place your votes and then watch WWE Cyber Sunday on October 28 on Pay Per View. Thanks for taking the time to read this column. I'll be back with my regular format next week! Until Next Time... BYTE THIS!!!