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"Where's the latest Mr. Tito Strikes Back at LordsofPain.net / WrestlingHeadlines.com??", many have asked... Am I depressed about the 2016 Elections? Noooo... Before I get into my column this week, let me say this... No matter WHO is President, nobody but YOU controls your life. OK? I've heard enough stupid debate anywhere I went. I'd go to a birthday party and the so-called "adults in the room" would squabble over who was better between Trump and Clinton. Family get togethers... Work... I could go to any random store or restaurant and actually hear employees argue with customers over who would be a better President. It's stupid. To quote the Terminator films, "there is no fate but what we make for ourselves". If you believe that ANY politician will take care of you like Santa Clause, you are a complete moron. YOU earn what you work for... Sure, the starting line is rough in certain areas of the world, but I've seen many, many people rise from the ashes to achieve great things. How? From their hard work, determination, and drive. If you rely on the backs of others for stuff, you'll get exactly what you deserve... Empty promises and nothing to show for your own efforts. I honestly didn't care who became President... With 4 year terms, Checks & Balances in place, and mid-term elections, you can't change much anyway. Plus, both political parties care more about remaining in power than the people who elect them into power. So get over yourselves on getting played each election cycle. Now... BACK TO WRESTLING because that's what I do and you, the audience, don't come here to read about Political commentary. Where have I been? Just working like a dog lately... No time for love, Dr. Jones. I honestly tried to write a column last week, but I was getting a bit too negative. It went along the lines of bashing the Smackdown roster for pushing 2 goofballs in the Main Event spotlight to help that brand reduce its seriousness. History is repeating itself as Shane McMahon, NON-WRESTLER, has inserted himself in the RAW vs. Smackdown match at Survivor Series 2016. *Facepalm* If you want to win a match against a team of 5 Full-Time wrestlers, why would you let yourself become the weak spot? And don't give me that he lasted about 30 minutes with the Undertaker at Wrestlemania 32. Let me repeat myself on that event... Undertaker should murder him in less than 1 minute. How can he compete with Brock Lesnar during 2015 and then have to sell for a NON-WRESTLER during 2016? Completely stupid. Back to the "history repeating itself" part... Go watch Survivor Series 2001 when it was Team WWE vs. Team Alliance (WCW/ECW) with "winner take all" implications. In other words, the team that last would cause its entire group to be FIRED from the WWE. And what moron inserted himself into that 5 on 5 Survivor Series match-up? Oh, it was Shane McMahon. Yeah, he'll have a chance in hell against a STACKED team in that 2001 match-up against The Rock, Chris Jericho, Big Show, Undertaker, and Kane, all in their PRIMES. The other "goofball" that I was bashing was James Ellsworth. He's a nice story, don't get me wrong... I would have ZERO problems with him if he was a funny midcard act... While I do like his odd chemistry with Dean Ambrose, I just cannot take the Smackdown show seriously when he's in the main event. Worse yet, he was able to defeat WWE Champion, AJ Styles. This has Vince McMahon's fingerprints all over it as someone like Ellsworth makes Vince laugh even at the expense of the credibility of his WWE Champion. And the Smackdown ratings speak for themselves with the recent Ellsworth spotlight. Might be fun for the live audiences at the events, but it's not translating to television audience or houseshow attendance growth. That's where it counts. And the sad thing about the Smackdown roster is the POSITIVES that I have repeatedly discussed in the past... They FIXED the Miz! All it took was a little edge placed on his character, thanks to the Talking Smack "shoot" promo on Daniel Bryan, and then improving the role of Maryse as a legitimate manager causing antics on the outside instead of just being eye candy as a valet. I LOVE the Women's Divison on Smackdown... Great chemistry amoung the 6 ladies... I'm liking the weird alliance of Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt... It oddly workse... Of course, I'm happy to have AJ Styles as WWE Champion although seeing him wrestle Dean Ambrose non-stop is getting tiresome. I HATE to have to badmouth Shane McMahon and James Ellsworth... But it's how the WWE (a) tries to get a short-term gain in favor of losing the long-term and (b) does horrible attempts at comedy that keeps the shows down. I cannot stand watching Monday Night RAW... Not even 1.5 hours of it. I'm tired of the non-stop hype train of the "Big Dog" Roman Reigns. Seriously, Michael Cole has to HATE himself at night for how much he has to hype Reigns as a legitimate superstar. The character of Seth Rollins isn't doing much for me... Don't like the Tag Division, bored with the pro-Charlotte Women's Division, and the Cruiserweight Division has been a complete and utter disaster. I'm legitimately getting to the point where I just want to cover Pay Per Views ONLY and just ignore the garbage television shows. Being Mr. Tito is possibly the only thing requiring me to watch these awful shows (well, Smackdown is mostly OK). I HATE to be negative, folks... It gets old after a while... Trying to be positive these days... But you're with me. Smackdown cannot get above 2.5 million viewers and RAW is now permanently below 3.0 million viewers. Houseshow numbers are in the tank this year. BUT then I look on the horizon.... Survivor Series 2016 doesn't look half bad. I really liked the end of RAW this week, besides Shane McMahon NON-WRESTLER's involvement, where the RAW vs. Smackdown superstars were looking eye to eye in the ring and then brawled. That was cool. It felt BIG for once... Goldberg vs. Lesnar feels like a really big match. I'm excited for the Women's 5 on 5 match. I really am... WWE has a nice collection of female talent and I figure that the Smackdown women will wrestle with a chip on their shoulders to prove themselves. And then during January, we have Royal Rumble 2017... In good years and during bad years, I LOVE that Rumble match. In my humble opinion, that's the BEST thing going in wrestling. The "sense of urgency" to win that match, the countdowns and anticipations of each entrance, the surprise entrants, and then the suspense of who the WWE will actually push to Wrestlemania. I just may need to purge the negativity the RAW and Smackdown television shows from my life. WWE is proving to be an abusive relationship... --------------------------------------- Mr. Tito's PHAT Survivor Series 2016 Predictions Let it be known that for my predictions, I shall predict the MATCH ORDER too... It's very important because of the sequential nature of what may happen at this show. RAW vs. Smackdown TAG TEAM Elimination Match HOT Opener of the night. Lots of bodies that will fly everywhere. Good match to get the crowd hot for the rest of the night. Side-by-side, the RAW roster has stronger wrestlers on its team compared to Smackdown. Difference of RAW having more upper midcarders than Smackdown with their newer wrestlers or lower midcarders. I expect pure dominance by the RAW roster unless the WWE starts an angle between New Day and Enzo/Big Cass that would cost them the match. WHO SHOULD WIN / WHO WILL WIN: RAW has too much talent within their Tag Teams. RAW wins unless they internally rip each other apart. -------------- Intercontinental Title: Miz (c) vs. Sami Zayn I'm so confused over what happened on 900th Smackdown this past week... Miz won his belt back on FREE television without much hype and thereby rewrote the Intercontinental Match for Survivor Series. I'm baffled by this... Without the United States Title being defended, I don't believe that the IC Title moves to RAW. Plus, it's Sami Zayn and its 2016. Winning big matches for him is just not allowed. WHO SHOULD WIN / WHO WILL WIN: The Miz. The IC Title should NOT move to RAW. Period. -------------- RAW vs. Smackdown Women's Elimination Match Another case where it APPEARS that the RAW roster is stronger than Smackdown... Sasha, Bayley, Nia Jax, and Charlotte are wrestlers who could pretty much defeat any of the Smackdown ladies. Additionally, there are backstage reports of the production meetings souring on Becky Lynch as champion and/or as a personality... Seems like Smackdown is set to re-push Nikki Bella as the #1 Smackdown lady. That said, the Smackdown 6 (well, 5 on this night) have better chemistry as a team BUT Carmella & Alexa Bliss absolutely hate the rest of their team... Carmella is still feuding with Nikki and Alexa is chasing Becky (loved their finish last week, keeps the feud alive!). Charlotte imploding on the RAW roster is the only chance Smackdown has to win. WHO SHOULD WIN: Smackdown just to legitimize them compared to the hype of the RAW Women's Roster. WHO WILL WIN: RAW wins because Alexa/Carmella will disrupt things for their teams. -------------- Bill Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar Here's the deal, folks... I don't believe that Bill Goldberg would sign with the WWE just to lose. It's not an ego thing but it's a "I don't need wrestling"... WWE needs star power like Bill Goldberg more than Goldberg needs wrestling. Furthermore, Goldberg is a dad now and for the first time ever, his son can watch him wrestle. I don't think that Goldberg is returning to a WWE ring just to payback the job from Wrestlemania 20 (2004). What most have to remember is that Shane McMahon was attacked by Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2016. I believe that Shane McMahon will run-in and cause Brock Lesnar to LOSE this match. I could imagine the referee being out cold and Goldberg is up in the F5... Then, Shane arrives and hits Lesnar in the nuts. Goldberg then Jackhammers Lesnar for the win. This will create the necessary HEAT for the reported Brock Lesnar vs. Shane McMahon match-up at Wrestlemania 33 (yeah I know, whatever). Lesnar will get his revenge later in the night... WHO SHOULD WIN: Brock Lesnar. He's the most dangerous human being on the planet. Goldberg hasn't wrestled since 2004. WHO WILL WIN: Bill Goldberg thanks to Shane McMahon interference. --------------- Cruiserweight Title: Kalisto vs. Brian Kendrick (c) Move this damn division to Smackdown. Seriously. I will be cheering HARD for Kalisto to win so that the NXT writers who also write for Smackdown can have a hand at character development on the Cruiserweights. They are the same writers behind the Cruiserweight Classic. What the RAW Creative Team and Vince McMahon did to the Cruiserweight Division after that fine tournament is embarrassing. Kalisto wins and he'll get pushed as champion to be the "next Rey Mysterio Jr." that the WWE always seeks. While he's champion, Smackdown will begin to build up the other Cruiserweight contenders. WHO SHOULD WIN / WHO WILL WIN: Kalisto, for the love of God, get this division OFF of RAW. --------------- RAW vs. Smackdown Survivor Series Match - Main Eventers Two things lurking around for this match... As you saw with my early prediction, I believe that Shane McMahon is "rattling the cages" with Brock Lesnar and payback could happen in this match. However, we still have Triple H due to appear sometime... I'm guessing that maybe we'll see something at Royal Rumble to set up Rollins vs. Triple H at Wrestlemania 33, but you never know... The RAW team has some odd divisions between Jericho/Owens and Rollins/Reigns, but I actually think this match will push Braun Strowman hard. I believe with RAW's struggles, this could be a trigger match for him. WHO SHOULD WIN: Shane is a NON-WRESTLER and therefore, he should be a weak link to the team. RAW should win, especially if Brock Lesnar invades to get revenge from earlier. WHO SHOULD WIN: Smackdown. The Shield duo and Jericho/Owens will squabble too much and cost them the match. I like the toughness of the non-Shane wrestlers of Smackdown to match-up against the RAW team. SO JUST CHILL... 'TIL THE NEXT EPISODE! Comments and feedback are welcome. Follow and Tweet me @titowrestling or login in below to post comments. © Mr. Tito and LordsofPain.net/WrestlingHeadlines.com - 1998-2016
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