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The PPV which is being referred to as second Wrestlemania of the year is about to take place this Sunday. Although most of the matches on the card are good enough to attract the viewers, it is the build-up which has hurt them.
The writers have done a lazy job again. The main event of the PPV which has the capacity to main event Wrestlemania too, has not been booked to it’s potential. Except the last segment at RAW that was the Ambrose Asylum, nothing seemed to be in order.
Anyway with some luck, the PPV will do better, one can assume.
The other match which in my opinion is going to be the match of the night is AJ Styles vs John Cena. The promos have been spot-on. If the intensity with which both guys have delivered them is any indication to go by, then we are in for a real treat.
Whether it was AJ trying to emulate CM Punk by breaking kayfabe and saying guys like john “buries” guys like himself or it was Cena mentioning New Japan and Ring of Honor along with not so subtle references to The Bullet Club. The feud is building the hype like it should be.
Now, the ladder match! It is probably my second pick for the match of the PPV. The match was initially going to be a seven-man ladder match but was later reduced to have 6 participants only.
It did make one think of the possibility of surprise entrant at the PPV itself and it might happen too as we are in the New-Era.
Will it be Kevin Owens? The best heel in the company right now.
Will it be Dean Ambrose? Is it the right time to finally put him the title picture.
Will be Chirs Jericho? Stupid Idiot! Haha.. The catch phrase is too good. Take a Bow Chris.
Will it be Sami Zayn? The ultimate underdog and perhaps the successor of Daniel Bryan.
Will it be Cesaro’s turn finally to enter into the main event?
Or is it going to be Alberto Del Rio? Nah, I don’t really have anything special for him.
Now let us look at the odds of each one of them in detail..
Honorable Mention: The seventh participant.
Although the match-up has been advertised to be a six-man ladder match. One can not really rule out the possibility of a surprise entrant. It could very well be Bray Wyatt. He has been medically cleared to compete and he may return at the PPV. Remember the one of last year. He denied Roman the Briefcase and was involved in a lengthy feud with him. It helped Roman a lot actually to work on his character a bit.
Then again, It could be a returning Randy Orton or even Neville too. A couple of RKO’s would take the PPV to the next level and we all know how great Neville can be in these ladder matches. But the chances of either of them winning are very slim. They can add that extra excitement though and make the PPV worth watching.
#6: Cesaro
Cesaro is one of the best technical wrestler in the world. He is probably the best the company has to offer when it comes to agility and strength.The only thing holding him back is the talking. Don’t get me wrong, I am a huge fan of Cesaro. He is way too over with the crowd and the guy actually speaks 17 different languages.
One may wonder what else do you need to be the top guy. Even the Cesaro Section keeps on growing exponentially with each day passing but his microphone skills are not good enough to put him in the title picture yet.
Even if WWE is brave enough to give Cesaro a run with the briefcase, it will not make any sense. He is a playing face and doing pretty good at it. To make a storyline out of his win at MITB, he must turn heel which is not required at all for now.
He has the potential to be in the same ring as Brock Lesnar and the company must book him that way. He needs to win either IC title or US title Summerslam. He has just been out of the IC title scene and Rusev is finally gaining some momentum after his horrible run in 2015.
Let’s just not get into the Authority and League of Nations stable.
So what can be done is that the Bulgarian brute can hold on to that title for a few months now. He can brag about his title run being unstoppable again and when he will be in dire need for a strong competitor, that’s when Cesaro can come in the picture.
He can push Rusev to the limit at Summerslam. Later he can be involved in a program with Heyman, given their history together it will work and can eventually result in a mtach with the Beast.
#5: Sami Zayn
Sami Zayn has been a great addition to the main roster. His never ending rivalry with Kevin Owens has been the highlight of his career. And why not? They can easily reach the level of Stone Cold and The Rock if given a chance.
When you think of it, these two have been involved with each other in some capacity in every PPV of 2016.
Be it the Royal Rumble shock for Kevin or the 7-man ladder match for the IC title. Also, who can forget the Iconic match they had at Payback?
I mean, the brawl even after their match was over, just showed how badly they wanna tear each other apart and finally the fatal four way too was an instant classic.
Sami may not win the briefcase but can seriously provide the entertainment with his real life best friend but kayfabe nemesis. So, he stands at number five on my list.
#4: Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho is the most experienced wrestler in this year’s ladder match. In fact, he was the one who created the match gimmick. But it is also true that he never won it.
So the company may decide to finally put their money on a veteran and allow him to carry the briefcase. Although he has been a part timer for the last few years, surprisingly he has worked more programs than he did the last couple of times he came back.
He may be the dark horse in this match. But he stood tall with briefcase at the end of this week’s RAW while all other participants were brawling outside the ring.The company might just let him stick around for a little longer. So, the veteran comes at fourth place.
#3: Alberto Del Rio
Most of you will not agree with me on this one. Calm Down fellas. ‘How on earth can ADR be ahead of Cesaro and Zayn?’, you might wanna ask me.
But remember who won the briefcase last year. It was Sheamus! The company has the habit of surprising us with their choices once in a while. Besides that, Alberto Del Rio was promised a main event push when he decided to re-sign with the company again.
Rumors suggest that only thing holding him off is Triple H. Hunter respects Del Rio’s in-ring work but does not trust him as a person.
Anyways, being a heel helps Del Rio’s cause and he can always bring back his personal ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez and be meaningful again. As Owens asked, Why always Spanish? I am personally sick of his ‘Perro’ thing. He needs a change and Rodriguez can be just that.
#2: Kevin Owens
It was a really tough call to make, but Kevin Owens is hands down the best heel in the company right now.
In the absence of Seth Rollins, it was Kevin who took the responsibility of being the guy actually. He is pure gold on commentary. His mic skills are superb. Ah! Those witty comebacks. Kevin always have a couple of sarcastic one liners up his sleeves.
And the way he sells the beatings from other wrestlers is unmatchable.
The company has a remarkable main-event superstar now, thanks to some good booking decisions. One day he is going to claim the WWE World heavyweight championship. Even Stone Cold recently said that KO should have already got a title run.
Although the MITB briefcase is perfect for Kevin Owens right now, he will be the second best choice only. His win may as well be great but it’s not what storyline wants. So that makes him second on my list.
#1: Dean Ambrose
It was really a close call between Kevin Owens and Dean Ambrose.
So much that it took me a whole hour to analyze what the possible scenarios could be. But Dean Ambrose winning the briefcase finally made much more sense.
Even though at Ambrose Asylum, Dean already told us what will happen if he wins the briefcase, it’s sort of tradition now that it never actually happens. But when you think about The Shield, two of the three members have already been champions and the one who was supposed to turn heel and showed all shades for the same has been left behind.
But the wait should finally be over. It would the perfect scenario for Ambrose to win the briefcase.
Roman and Seth are going to be in the main event later and Ambrose need not cash it in but can tease both of them actually. Finally, it should be Rollins to get distracted and lose the match to Roman.
This will allow Seth to demand a re-match and the match at battleground should also end with some dispute. Thereby setting up a Triple threat match-up at Summerslam. Now that’s the beauty of it. Dean could be face or even heel after cashing in.
Either way Crowd is gonna love it. WWE universe is gonna love it.
And we may finally witness what should have already happened by now
