Wow is there a lot going on in the world of professional wrestling right now, mainly within WWE and their title picture. I’m rather interested to see how this story plays out between now and, well, Wrestlemania—if WWE is indeed booking that far in advance.
This is my idea for how to keep everything interesting, though it will probably not happen. Still, I feel it’s worth mentioning.
First off, I think we can all expect right now a ladder match at Summerslam ala Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon to crown the one true WWE Champion. While many people expect to see CM Punk vs. John Cena straight up, why not throw Rey Mysterio into the mix? For one thing, Mysterio has nothing else going on. For another, Alberto Del Rio is always lingering in the background with the briefcase to cash in and Rey seems a likely opponent for him in that regard. So for Summerslam, I would book a three way ladder match and have CM Punk win it simply because Rey Mysterio and John Cena would sort of cancel each other out. This could even lead to a pay-per-view match between Rey and Cena down the line. Then we still have time (and much needed build up to further the intensity) of another singles match between CM Punk and John Cena. How does that come about you ask? I’d say something like this…
Distract John Cena with Rey Mysterio and whoever else, while also having CM Punk retaining his title over babyfaces that are deemed number one contender to establish his cred as a champion. Now at the Royal Rumble, we will finally have John Cena face CM Punk one on one. Can WWE wait that long to pull the trigger on this feud? I certainly hope so because the outcome could be amazing. It isn’t that many PPVs away if WWE could just… wait.
At the Royal Rumble, everyone will expect Cena to win the belt back then go on to face The Rock for the title in the main event of Wrestlemania. However, I think that the Cena-Rock match is big enough without the title on the line. In fact, The Rock can use the very fact that Cena said he’d go into the match as champion and isn’t against him. It’d be brilliant.
Having John Cena face CM Punk at the Royal Rumble for the WWE Title would also keep John Cena out of the Royal Rumble match itself. I think that if by January 1st, John Cena is not WWE Champion he shouldn’t be granted any opportunities (Unless this scenario plays out) simply because then instead of combining two matches at Wrestlemania, we could have two (or even three) main events.
While we all know that John Cena vs. The Rock will happen, what else can WWE do to make Wrestlemania seem huge? My take? A surprise Royal Rumble entrant who not only wins the Rumble match, but goes on to challenge CM Punk at Wrestlemania. Who should that man be? Stone Cold Steve Austin would be a dream, but HHH is more likely seeming.
On top of all of this, Daniel Bryan has vowed to cash in his Money In The Bank briefcase at Wrestlemania so he can be in the main event. Sorry, Mr. Former American Dragon, but I don’t think anyone is going to be in the last spot except for Cena and Rock. In any event, how should this feud play out? One way is to simply have Chris Jericho return at the Royal Rumble and win the match. Jericho, a fellow Canadian and friend, announces he will face Christian at Wrestlemania… until Bryan reveals it will be a triple threat. I fully realize that two men cannot win the Royal Rumble match (again), so if this were to occur, we could just have HHH name CM Punk’s opponent as Stone Cold to a huge pop on RAW. Who knows. Let the WWE writers handle that. But if done carefully enough, we could be looking at a Wrestlemania that features John Cena vs. The Rock, CM Punk vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin and Christian vs. Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson. It’s a modest start for a venture WWE probably hasn’t planned that far into yet. Now let them also work some sort of ROH stable in with CM Punk, featuring the likes of Colt Cabana, Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli. Hmm…
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