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Professor Wrestling: 'Unforgiven' Results

Cena, Khali, Punk Put Gold On Line

POSTED: 10:03 pm EDT September 13, 2007
UPDATED: 11:49 pm EDT September 16, 2007

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Class is in session.

Podcast: Episode 45

The spotlight was on WWE Sunday night for its "Unforgiven" pay-per-view. On paper, it didn't look bad. Did they deliver? Read on!

Challenge Match: Undertaker vs. Mark Henry
What Should Happen: UT makes his big return after being out a few months. Should he win? The bigger question is why should a stiff like Mark Henry win?

What Will Happen: Fly to Las Vegas. If you can find a casino that will take wrestling bets (I'm sure there are none), put all your money on Undertaker. The cinch of all cinches.

What Did Happen: Undertaker beat Mr. Henry. Collect your dough.

Challenge Match: Carlito vs. Hunter Hearst Helmsley
What Should Happen: In this handicap match, Carlito gets to break the rules -- but Triple H can't. Will it matter? What do you think? If the future owner of the promotion loses to Carlito in a pay-per-view match, we're all in a world of hurt because that means Earth has stopped spinning.

What Will Happen: While in Las Vegas, make a second bet, with someone else's money: Triple H to win.

What Did Happen: Hunter overcame "impossible odds" to beat a guy who should be cooler.

WWE Women's Championship Match: Candice Michelle (c) vs. Beth Phoenix
What Should Happen: Candice is a terrible wrestler, but has shown a bit of spunk lately. Phoenix is a bruiser who looks like she has a bit of talent. I'd put the belt on the person (Phoenix) who has some idea of what she's doing.

What Will Happen: In the end, Phoenix will rise from the mat with the women's belt.

What Did Happen: In the end, Candice fooled us again -- and won.

World Tag Team Championship Match: Trevor Murdoch and Lance Cade (c) vs. Paul London and Brian Kendrick
What Should Happen: No one should take these belts off of Murdoch and Cade, the redneck heels. I like London and Kendrick as performers, but their ring outfits are stupid-looking. That alone should put them in loser-ville.

What Will Happen: Murdoch and Cade will retain.

What Did Happen: Murdoch and Cade got the pin and the win.

WWE Tag Team Championship Match: MVP and Matt Hardy (c) vs. Deuce and Domino
What Should Happen: MVP and Matt Hardy don't get along, but they're champs together anyway. For now. I'm guessing they'll fight each other during this match, and basically hand the titles to D & D. If it were up to me, I'd throw a curve and have Deuce and Domino break up. That's called wrestling chaos, kids.

What Will Happen: Deuce and Domino will capture the titles from MVP and Hardy.

What Did Happen: I guess WWE sees more in MVP and Hardy than I do. The unlikely duo kept their belts.

ECW Championship Match: C.M. Punk (c) vs. Elijah Burke
What Should Happen: Punk spent a lot of time getting this title away from John Morrison. There's no way he should lose it in his first PPV defense.

What Will Happen: Another lock. Punk keeps his hardware.

WhatDid Happen: Punk pinned Burke to keep his ECW crown.

World Heavyweight Championship Match: The Great Khali (c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Batista
What Should Happen: Khali is horrible. Batista is predictable. Mysterio is great, and fans love him. Mysterio should win. Batista should chase him. Khali should go far, far away.

What Will Happen: Batista is getting his belt back. Khali simply doesn't deserve it. Rey gets the shaft.

What Did Happen: Batista got his belt back, pinning Khali -- who simply didn't deserve it. Rey kind of got the shaft. But at least Khali is not the champion. Thank you, Vince McMahon.

WWE Championship Match: John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton
What Should Happen: I've come to a conclusion. In terms of wrestling skills, John Cena can't shine Randy Orton's boots. In terms of microphone skills, Cena has an edge over Orton. What's more important? It's a wrestling show, isn't it? Hasn't Orton paid his dues the past few years? Doesn't he deserve another shot at the belt? Sure he does. Give him the ball for a bit. Let's see what he does with it.

What Will Happen: I'm going with Orton to take the title from Cena.

What Did Happen: Orton won, but only because Cena got disqualified. As a result, the belt stays on Cena. Note to WWE: people pay too much money for these things for a DQ ending. If you didn't want Cena to lose his belt, have him win cleanly!

That'll do it. For the record, I picked five winners and missed three (Orton won, but didn't grab the title). Not too terrible. The biggest victory? Batista. Mr. Khali, please go away now. Your act is macabre -- a complete horror.

Before the bell rings, make sure to download EPISODE 45 of "Old School, New School," the Professor Wrestling podcast. This week, my co-hosts Dr. Mike Lano and George Schire go thumbs up or thumbs down on Hornswaggle being named Vince McMahon's illegitimate son. We'll also cover TNA's big move to expand "Impact" to two hours and we'll chat about the rumored retirement of a huge WWE star. Don't even think about missing it.

That's it!

Class is dismissed!

(Professor Wrestling is a masked employee of Internet Broadcasting, hailing from Parts Unknown. Got a question, comment, complaint? E-mail him right here. )

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