Match #6: John Cena & Nikki Bella vs. The Miz & Maryse
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Even though John Cena has ‘main-eventer’ written all over him, he won’t be anywhere near that spot this year. For reasons that have yet to be explained fully, Vince McMahon decided to forego the certified big money dream match in Cena vs. Undertaker and replaced it with an inter-gender tag team match centred on John Cena’s private life.
This match isn’t likely to be an instant classic by any means. As much as Miz has been doing fantastically with his realistic and generally fantastic promos, there’s no way the Miz & Maryse will be winning this match. WWE’s top brass is still obsessed with Cena, Nikki and everything related to their ‘reality programming’, which will translate into a guaranteed win for WWE’s so-called ‘power couple’.
This match will be located firmly in the middle of the card, and will in all likelihood end with Cena and Nikki winning, and then Cena proposing to Nikki.
Match #7: RAW Women’s Championship: Bayley [c] vs. Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax
WWE are trying desperately to convince the audience all four of these women are top-tier calibre. Too bad their booking has contradicted that in a major way.
Charlotte’s undefeated Streak ended abruptly and without proper justification. Bayley has been booked in a dumb way that overemphasises her childhood, causing the magic in her matches to dissipate. Sasha hasn’t done anything high-profile in months. Finally, Nia Jax has not improved much as a monster for her to be taken seriously enough on the roster.
This match won’t be the same kind of technical masterpiece we’ve seen in NXT or anything, but it still has the potential to be an exciting match filled with near-falls, double or triple-teams and alliances being created and broken throughout. Though it isn’t the singles match people wanted to see, it might still work well in the end.
