V2 WWC 2012 The Knockout Stages Last 8- Match 4

In one of the closest matches from the whole competition Dolph Ziggler progressed into the semi finals after defeating Bobby Roode by just 4 votes can dolph now go all the way

Next up is the last match up of the round

Pease vote for the wrestler you believe has generated the best work in the last 12 months

As always leave a comment as to why you voted

The winner will progress to the semi finals

This should be a whitewash

Stonee21 wrote:This should be a whitewash

It looks that way already, however Kane has had a lot of support in the previous rounds and made it this far with relative ease.

Me like kane

I've gone for DBry. Easy choice for me.

So we're looking at a last four of Bully Ray, CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler and Daniel Bryan. Basically the best three guys in the business right now and some dude from TNA (only joking)
That is a very strong last four. Depending on how the semi finals are drawn I think realistically a Punk v Bryan final would be epic.

Hopefully Punk vs Bryan semi final to allow Bully Ray through to the final. He deserves it after the year he has had.

Bryan vs Bully Ray final

The fact that these two are facing each other suggests how over Team Hell No have got, they have helped to revitalize the tag team division.

Bryan wins this as it was a breakthrough year for him to become a upper midcarder- main eventer and have the most over catchphrase since "what?"

Punk and Bryan are on separate sides of the draw!

MtotheC wrote:Punk and Bryan are on separate sides of the draw!

So we know the final then?

I think a lot of people would have called that (draw dependant) from round 1, their the two most popular wrestlers on this board and have had arguably the best year of their careers.

Ziggler and Bully however have both had a lot of support in all their previous match ups so I wouldn't rule anything out.

I really like Kane, and I'm glad to see him get this far, but Bryan wins it for me. Not by the landslide it will be in the figures, I think Kane has really had a very good year and the fact no one even considers him retiring soon even though he's been around for so long (and has had the most matches in Raw history?) means he's still doing an amazing job.

But my boy D Bry has been on fire, many match of the year contenders and brilliant character work.

barry black wrote:Me like kane

Why explain your reason

The Battle of Hell No. These 2 together has been a master stroke by the WWE, they've worked superb together.

Fact is, while Kane started the year quite strong he didnt really do much after his fued with Cena until D-Bry came along, whereas D-Bry was World Champ, his fueds with Sheamus and Punk brought out 2, possibly 3 MOTY candidates, and has been unbelievably over with the crowd, both as a heel and face.

Could Daniel Bryan win this whole thing? YES! YES! YES!

I think Daniel Bryan is probably the most surprising success story in WWE in the past decade.

I think some would say that CM Punk is a bigger one, but I always felt that WWE rated Punk, whether that was because of the likes of Heyman bigging him up, Punk has never been at the bottom of the card, from about 2008 onwards WWE did back Punk quite a lot.

For me, Bryan was a more reluctant push from WWE, and it's not surprising as many did think he'd be ruined by WWE when he joined. While Punk is well-known for his charisma which is the thing WWE favours and gets people up the card quickly, Bryan was known for technical wrestling, not exactly a major selling point from WWE's perspective. He's been a revelation though. I think he dodged a bullet by getting fired when Nexus first debuted because he didn't get buried with the rest of them or have to act a lackey under Barrett and the fans got behind him.

WWC will be back on Monday which see's the beginning of the final week of the tournament:

Monday: semi final 1
Tuesday: semi final 2
Wednesday: 3rd/4th play off
Friday: the final

WWC 13 Dean Ambrose to reach the semis at least, I call it first.

Get making those multiple accounts now hero!

I think by then no-one will be able to play anykind of Finlay card and justify it.

I don't really watch it much anymore but I've had a look at the shield bits and I can see why Ambrose has so much hype. Even when you strip away the wrestling ability or promoing he just has a certain look about him. He looks like a loose canon who's on the edge of snapping. A little crazy look. Can't wait to see him in a really intense one on one rivalry where he can use psychology. Who would you like to see him go one on one with Hero?

Personally Id have liked it if they had built up a guy like Regal or Foley again just to put him over as they used in FCW and alluded to with Foley. Both of those have the mic skills.

Orton's meant to be turning heel soon but I'd have liked to have seen Ambrose use the psychology to crank up the 'voices' Orton, reckon Ambrose could bring out the best in him.

The obvious ones would be the others that also came through the Indys like Punk, DB, Cessaro and all three of those would make excellent feuds (especially Punk).

The one that Ill end with though is the one I liked to see be used as the guy to properly get him over and that's a guy who is meant a huge fan of him backstage and that's HHH, known over the years as the Cerebral Assassin and during the Attitude Era was one of the best heels about, for him to return as defender of the WWE and challenge the leader of the Shield I reckon would be a decent Mania match.

I like the Orton idea. I think Orton needs freshening up as well so it would benefit both of them. It'll be interesting to see how long the Sheild lasts before they go their separate ways. Assuming they all make a big enough impact to stay on as single wrestlers. Or maybe Ambrose could split leaving the others as a tag team.

I think they should really try and establish the shield as top stable I'd be keeping them together for while at least a year or so, if anyone was to spilt I could see being Rollins in a face turn

Of any of them it'd be Rollins to leave first in a face turn, he plays a face better with his move set.