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Why the WWE MMC Doesn't Work.

The WWE has been killing it over the pasts two years bringing in outside talent and making tournaments work. The CWC, or Cruiserweight Classic was excellent. They signed several talents from there including finalists Gran Metalik & TJ Perkins. Then they had their Women's tournament where they again signed finalists Shayna Baszler & Kairi Sane among others. Even their in house tournaments like the Dusty Rhodes Memorial Classic work. So why doesn't the WWE Mixed Match Challenge work? Several reasons. The first reason is the rule of men vs men and women vs women kills tag team wrestling. This has been a standard for many years and rarely is it broken.(Beth Phoenix, Awesome Kong, & Chyna wrestling men. Gerald Briscoe & Pat Patterson wrestling women.) For good reason too. The WWE is a PG rated product. They are a PC company for the most part. Occasionally they have story lines that go south. So men hitting women wouldn't necessarily look right in the eyes of mo...

Clash of the Champions Predictions

Welcome to day 2 of my blog. Yesterday we touched on a passion of mine with college football. Today we are checking in on some more predictions for the WWE and their Smackdown branded pay per view Clash of Champions. Going back to WCW and my early childhood the Clash of the Champions events were some of the most prestigious events in the wrestling/sports entertainment industry. We will start with the pre show match and work our way down the card. Pre Show Tie Breaker: Zack Ryder Vs Mojo Rawley Winner: Mojo Rawley Reason: WWE has never believed in Zack. Even when he became white hot with the broski of the week on his self shot youtube show they didn't believe. They gave him a midcard title and immediately jobbed him out and killed his credibility. Enter Mojo Rawley. They rarely let Mojo get beaten or pinned in NXT or Smackdown. They even let him win the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal with help from New England Patriot Rob Gronkowski. He's the younger talent. He is on...