Jacks lost his Swagger

Written By RY2J

Swaggers Career: After Every Rise Comes A Fall

As a former ECW Champion, World Heavyweight Champion and Money in the Bank Winner; Jack Swagger has had plenty of highlights in his four-year stint in the WWE.

However, since forming an alliance with Vickie Guerrero and Dolph Ziggler in August of last year, the All-American-American’s rise up the WWE ladder seems to have run down a blind alley.

With only a six week United State Title reign to show for his years’ work, Swagger’s accomplishments within the past 12 months have to go down as disappointing.

So the question must be asked: What went wrong? To find the answer, we must go way back to the build-up to WrestleMania 27.

Christians and his cutting Edge

Where have all the Peeps gone?

By Headbanger Ash

After being announced physically unable to compete at Wrestlemania following CM Punks attack on Raw, we take a look back on how Captain Charisma has dealt with life after Edge.

Back in the days when the tag team division used to really matter, in the times of the Dudley's, the Hardy’s, APA, hell even Kai En Tai, there was one tag team who would always be headlining; the con-chairto masters, Edge and Christian.

From TLC’s at Mania to unforgettable Steel Cage matches at Unforgiven and Survivor Series, the duo were able to captivate audiences like few others, past or present, have had the ability to do.

Match Preview: Daniel Bryan (c) v Sheamus

Sheamus v D-Bry: Dark Horse of the Night?

Written by RY2J

For over three months now, Daniel Bryan has held the World Heavyweight Championship, and for three months, he’s made sure every knows about it.

D-Bry’s transition in the WWE from NXT Reject to Top of the Roster Superstar coincided with his heel turn on SmackDown, and with the adorable AJ on his arm, Bryan has been able to squirm his way to a three month reign as World Champion.

However, this reign looks like it may come under serious threat this Sunday at WrestleMania, as a certain Celtic Warrior looks to regain his spot at the top of the mountain.

D-Bry the Perfect Heel Guy?

The Bearded Man's Heel Turn Plan

Written by RY2J

Throughout recent weeks and months in the WWE, Daniel Bryan has been unveiling his new persona to the WWE Universe – a jackass. And boy does he play the part well!

Obviously a very talented wrestler, Bryan was able to capture the World Heavyweight Championship in December by cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase for a shot at the gold. However, even at this earliest stage of D-Bry’s title reign, the seeds were being sown for a heel turn in the not so distant future.

By winning the title against a defenceless Big Show, questions were immediately asked about Bryan’s integrity and whether he was actually a deserved World Heavyweight Champion. 

These views were quickly backed up in the following weeks on SmackDown where the champion would defend his title against the World’s Largest Athlete, and keep winning in somewhat dubious circumstances.

Bryan’s arrogance continued to grow, and with it the fans continued to turn on a man they used to cheer; with The Champ’s crowning moment in his heel turn coming when The Big Show inadvertently knocked down D-Bry’s girlfriend AJ.

With a constant verbal barrage on Big Show thereafter, labelling him a ‘Bastard’ (cheeky loosening of the PG format) who should leave the WWE, the face-to-heel transformation was more or less completed.

After retaining his title at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view (albeit in questionable fashion), Daniel Bryan has been able to continue his pompous reign in the WWE into February.

His match a couple of weeks ago on Monday Night Raw against CM Punk stole the show, showing D-Bry can still go toe-to-toe with the (self-proclaimed) best in the world, and it is this ability, mixed in with the overzealous, egotistical persona, that has led Bryan to undergo one of the most interesting and well delivered heel turns in the WWE for some time.

RY2J’s Royal Rumble Preview (Part 1 of 4): World Heavyweight Championship Match

Written By RY2J

Can D-Bry defy the Odds?

With only four matches confirmed for this year’s Royal Rumble, a lot will be expected from these potentially awesome bouts. Over the next few days, I will analyse the big winners and the potentially big losers at the 25^th annual event, from a World Heavyweight Triple-Threat Cage match, to the 30-man Rumble itself, it promises to be a high-flying, fast-paced pay-per-view you don’t want to miss!

World Heavyweight Championship Steel Cage Triple-Threat Match:

Mark Henry v Big Show v Daniel Bryan

With the SmackDown program re-growing in popularity week after week, the Friday-night shows main event at the Rumble is likely to be an excellent, extreme competition and a great start to the night’s proceedings (presuming this is the first match on the card).

Daniel Bryan goes into the match as the current Champion, but his recent weaselling antics and lack of integrity has seen the former NXT star begin the first stages of his heel turn. He will undoubtedly be named as ‘the underdog’ in the competition (and this will probably be mentioned a ridiculous amount of times throughout the match), but as has been seen in recent weeks on SmackDown, D-Bry will do whatever it takes to retain his title.

Joining Bryan in the ring will be the owner of the Hall of Pain, former one-time World Heavyweight Champion Mark Henry. The wrestler formerly known as ‘Sexual Chocolate’ will be looking to regain a title it took him fifteen years to win; and inside a steel cage the World’s Strongest Man could be right at home inside the structure.

The third and final contender in the match is the man who Bryan beat for the title, the World’s Largest Athlete, The Big Show. If Show is to win the championship, he will be hoping to hold onto it for a little while longer than his previous two-minute reign. The man with the devastating knockout punch will be looking forward to finally getting his hands on the champion who has done everything he can do to avoid Show in recent weeks, but inside a cage, there’s nowhere to hide.

With the two giants who gave us the ‘Holy $#!+ Move of the Year’ being put inside a steel cage with the heel-turning Bryan, a hell of a contest can be expected. Will the smallest man in the match defy the odds and retain his title, or will we be crowning a new champion in the first match of the night. Whatever the outcome, the winner will then have to watch on and wait to see who wins the Rumble match; as these two superstars could potentially be headlining WrestleMania in the near future!

RY2J Verdict: Bryan wins by escaping the cage
Hollywood Hinchcliffe Verdict: Bryan wins by escaping the cage
Headbanger Ash Verdict: Big Show wins by Pinfall over Bryan