[Slimdust]

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The Road to WrestleMania continues as RAW rolls into Atlanta this week,
A tournament will be held to determine the No. 1 contender for the WWE Championship, and it will begin Monday night on RAW. The opening round of The Road to WrestleMania Tournament, which will feature four matches, will be completed by the time RAW goes off the air.
In first round action, Rob Van Dam will take on Carlito. Carlito aggravated RVD's knee injury on the Cabana back in June, which set Mr. Monday Night back another six months. Now that he's back, RVD not only has the WWE Championship on his mind, but also some revenge.
Chris Masters, along with Carlito, was responsible for eliminating Kane from the New Year's Revolution Elimination Chamber. Then, last week the Big Red Machine was unable to break the Master Lock. Will Kane have better luck this week as he takes on Chris Masters in another first round matchup?

The history between Ric Flair and Triple H is well-documented...and very personal. They have been the best of friends and the worst of enemies. And they will get to write another chapter to their rivalry in the first round of the tournament.

Also in the first round, Shawn Michaels will take on Big Show. HBK already has a lot on his mind with Mr. McMahon, and now his son Shane. The Showstopper will need to focus all of his attention on Big Show if he hopes to advance in the tournament.
Last week, Edge defeated John Cena by disqualification when Lita hit the Rated R Superstar with the WWE Championship while Cena had him set up for the F-U. While Edge won the match, the gold did not change hands, leaving the Rated R Superstar still a challenger. On top of all of this, Edge and Lita left the arena separately. How will all of this impact their relationship?
Also last week, Shane McMahon struck again, nailing Shawn Michaels with a chair as Mr. McMahon looked on. How will HBK react to this latest setback in his standoff with the WWE Chairman?
Plus, the tensions between Trish Stratus, Ashley and Mickie James continue to rise. How will Ashley and Trish react to Mickie’s actions during her celebration for the Women’s Champion last week?
Tune into RAW Monday night at 9/8 CT on the USA Network to see what happens.

[ICEMAN]

I don't know why they are bothering with this tournament when everyone knows Triple H is going to win.

[Boz]

Originally Posted by Djwlfpack

I don't know why they are bothering with this tournament when everyone knows Triple H is going to win.

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[Slimdust]

Not everyone knows that. Just mainly the smart marks.

[Blitzkrieg]

Originally Posted by Slim

Not everyone knows that. Just mainly the smart marks.

You'd have to be a retard to not see it coming.

[Mr. Kennedy]

Agreed, I think even the casual fans realize that Triple H will win it all.


I hope to be here for the thread, i've had some problems with my internet connection but it seems to be working right now.

[Slimdust]

Well, I guess my Girl is a ''retard' cause she is hoping HBK will win. Yes it is obvious for most people but not everyone watches it on a daily and knows a lot of stuff about it.

[Mr. Kennedy]

Personally I would like to see The Big Show win. I like watching him and it would be a nice surprise, I know that won't happen but I would enjoy that.

[Slimdust]

Originally Posted by Spyke

Personally I would like to see The Big Show win. I like watching him and it would be a nice surprise, I know that won't happen but I would enjoy that.

Im with you. I would love that but it wont happen.

[Blitzkrieg]

No.. your girl is just cheering on who she'd like to see win. My point is that anyone who watches RAW most weeks or has seen it in the past quite a bit should see a HHH win coming, and anything but that would be shocking. I hope we do see some swerves. That's called "good writing"