From: JStylesOMG@wwe.com
To: mckinley.torch@gmail.com
Subject: WWE wants to hear from you!

Hello, Shane!

WWE Bragging Rights comes to you live this Sunday! It's the epic climax to one of the greatest rivalries in sports-entertainment when John Cena faces Randy Orton in an Anything Goes Iron Man Match for the WWE Title. Will Randy Orton lose the championship? Or will John Cena be gone from Raw forever? A fatal-four way for the World Heavyweight Championship featuring Undertaker, Batista, C.M. Punk, and Rey Mysterio! Plus, which brand will have bragging rights when Team Raw co-captained by legendary DX squares off against Team Smackdown co-captained by Chris Jericho and Kane? Call your local cable or satellite provider to order WWE Bragging Rights!

WWE wants to hear from the WWE Universe! Let your voice be heard! Which of the following factors contribute to you not purchasing WWE Bragging Rights? Please check all that apply.

The cost of the PPV
√ The matches of the PPV
The quality of the storylines
√ The format of the PPV itself
√ The short amount of time between WWE's PPVs
Lack of new stars
MMA's PPVs
TNA's PPVs

To further help us, please write underneath each match on the card your general feelings and thoughts about the match itself.

Raw vs. Smackdown Divas: Diva Champion Melina, Kelly Kelly and Gail Kim vs. Woman's Champion Michelle McCool, Beth Phoenix and Natayla. The strong, sexy and smart divas of WWE will square off to see which brand has the superior divas: Raw or Smackdown.

Rate your excitement level for this match (0-10): 2

Comments: I'm expecting Team Raw to win in this one, since Kelly was featured in that SvR commercial. I'm impressed that this year's game has a create-a-wrestler mode. It's like WWF Warzone, but better. I wish for next year for THQ to implement 16-bit graphics and a password system.

Champion vs. Champion: United States Champion John Morrison vs. The Intercontinental Champion The Miz. Former tag team partners face each other to find out who is the better of the two.

Rate your excitement level for this match (0-10): 6

Comments: Poor Marty. Out of the entire card lineup, this looks to be the "safest" choice, barring stupidity like Santino dressing up like Cleveland's head coach Eric Mangini to interfere. I'm hoping that you give these guys at least ten minutes and continue this feud for Survivor Series.

Bragging Rights Match: Team Raw (Triple H, Shawn Micheals, Big Show, Mark Henry, Cody Rhodes, Jack Swagger and Kofi Kingston) vs. Team Smackdown (Chris Jericho, Kane, Tyson Kidd, David Hart Smith, Matt Hardy, Finlay, and R-Truth). Which side will win? Raw or Smackdown?

Rate your excitement level for this match (0-10): 3

Comments: I don't know what the previous Smackdown team did to piss you guys off. Perhaps lack of star power. Many people said that they were insulted that WWE newbie Eric Escobar seemingly walked in off the bus and got a PPV match. As for the match itself, this match is fine for a three-hour Raw special, but that's about how far it goes. Here are the following reasons why I'm not high on this match: (a) the lack of time preparing this match, (b) the lack of specific feuds between the wrestlers on different teams, and (c) after having HBK and Triple H bury the original Smackdown team, they were scrapped for the new Smackdown team.

The new Smackdown team is fine (other than Matt Hardy, who lost to Escobar). Another problem with the match is the seven on seven format. Fans don't know if it is an elimination or just straight-up first pinfall wins the match. What we have is a potential clusterf---. I don't know why I shouldn't just wait for a Survivor Series style match up next month. For fans to care about this match, there has to be something on the line, other than the hollow "don't let the B-Show win." Meanwhile, the C-Show, ECW, doesn't get a spot on the card. Christian vs. William Regal vs. Zack Ryder would be dandy (side note: Out of all the trades you guys had, Christian remained on ECW. Tsk) Maybe I'm weary of the potential fake jousting of announcers wanting their show to win a meaningless victory. I'll go with Team Smackdown winning, since Jericho only wins his PPV victories nowadays to retain his cred.

World Title match: World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker vs. C.M. Punk vs. Batista vs. Rey Mysterio in a fatal four-way match. It's the Undertaker's yard and three men might become his next victims. Will Undertaker retain? Or will Smackdown have a new champion?

Rate your excitement level for this match (0-10): 4

Comments: This is a stepping stone match for hopefully better things. Undertaker's got a bad wheel and many people are urging for C.M. Punk to regain the gold before he loses more cred. WWE's "Montreal Screwjob" fascination is a blight on C.M. Punk's championship reign. A Batista-Mysterio feud could be intriguing. Concerning who will win, I'm going with Punk winning (Batista as my second choice, followed by Undertaker, followed lastly by Mysterio). As for the match itself, this hoedown definitely could have used more time to flesh things out. Newly returning Mysterio and Batista as top contenders is jarring.

Iron Man MatchL WWE Champion Randy Orton vs. John Cena in a No-DQ Iron Man Match. If Cena loses, he is off Raw. The epic conclusion to the Orton-Cena saga.

Rate your excitement level for this match: ?

Comments: It's hard to know what I feel for this match. Orton vs. Cena can be counted for goodness, but the feud has become so stale and overdone that I have zero idea what motivates either man to win. It's hard to connect emotionally with their feud when the feud itself doesn't feel "real." Their feud has gone cold and I'm not going to pay them to see them face each other ugh-gain.

The 60-minute is intimidating for fans as well. I figure WWE will expertly plan this out with bits of "Cena's got to pick up two victories in five minutes or he won't win the championship and he'll be off of Raw!" In a sense, this match-up looks to be one of WWE's movies and what South Park was harping about: Wrestling nowadays is a whole lot of acting and performing. The No DQ clause shaves off some time, but will that be enough? Will there be a possible Ted DiBiase sighting to set up the DiBiase-Orton feud? Will Cena lose the match and be traded to Smackdown? Will fans be able to find MyNetwork TV on their TVs? Is it logical to trade your top babyface superstar from your flagship show to the Blue B-show? Sorry for the rant there.

Strong wrestling PPVs are selling a sure thing, a can't miss, a certain good buy. At this point, trusting WWE Bragging Rights is like trusting a shady used car salesman with a bad haircut.

Thanks for the survey, Mr. Styles. Your old pal Stevie Richards talked to me recently. He wants to know if you have any fake tasers that aren't defective. Now I'm off to go look for more Vickie Guerrero pics to add to my collection.

Thanks for your input! Visit www.wwe.com to find out who will be guest hosting Raw next week!

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