Alberto Del Rio vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Cesaro vs. John Cena vs. Kane vs. Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus Money in the Bank Ladder match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Right off
the bat here, I absolutely love this ppv. We were spoilt when these matches
were on WrestleMania cards, I think it’s right that it has its own ppv but its
only right if there are two ladder matches on the card, much like the
Elimination Chamber.
Del Rio,
Sheamus, Kane and Orton aren’t winning this.
Wyatt,
Cesaro, Cena and Reigns could win this.
Cena or
Reigns probably will win this.
It’s way too
early for Roman Reigns to win the title but right now WWE is lacking star power
and cometh the hour, cometh the man. Certainly at the house shows this spring,
they had no choice but to put The Shield in the top, main event spot. And it
worked. Roman Reigns looked like a total star and was heralded by the kids as a
hero. They’re now apparently advertising Reigns v Orton post-Money in the Bank.
Make of that what you will.
Cesaro would
make sense. You could see him winning, beating Bryan in a rematch and then have
him face Brock Lesnar as SummerSlam. Would that sell buys? Does it matter in
the age of the Network? Heyman would be in the mix and would certainly make for
interesting television – who turns babyface; who keeps Heyman?
Wyatt has
gone cold. Well, cool. He was hot and now that the tag titles are going on
Harper and Rowan, I don’t see them putting the title on him just yet.
Cena is the
obvious choice. Safe. Always draws. Can do an angle with Bryan again. He and
Brock had an absolutely fantastic match last time out at Extreme Rules 2012
which is long enough ago for WWE to forget it ever happened and claim that this
is the first time it has ever happened. Its blockbuster in their eyes and is
the kind of main event that they would want at SummerSlam.
Winner: Cena
Bad News
Barrett vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler
vs. Jack Swagger
vs. Kofi Kingston
vs. Rob Van Dam
vs. Seth Rollins
Money in the Bank Ladder match
for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship
contract
Given that
they’re advertising Ambrose and Rollins for the following house shows you’d
think that neither are winning the briefcase. But think about that…
Last year
who won the brief case? Damien Sandow. Yep, I know – so much changes in 12
months. He and Cody went at it for a few months which kept the briefcase out of
focus for a while, while the figured out where to head with it all.
Ziggler won’t
win. Barrett is IC champion. RVD is way too old. Swagger is just making up the
numbers. Kofi is pretty much bottom of the pile since they made those cuts.
That really only
leaves Ambrose and Rollins. Sense would tell you, therefore, that Seth Rollins
is winning this. The bookies agree. I agree. I just hope I’m wrong.
Winner: Seth Rollins
Why would
you cut Rusev’s run short? You wouldn’t. Stranger things have happened but
surely not here. Rusev killed Big E on Raw and his stock is rising. If they’re
going to create a new monster and do it properly, he’s their guy to do it.
They’ve
failed so often in recent years with wrestlers in this role: Vladimir Koslov,
Umaga and Great Khali were all way off the mark and they gave up on them as
soon as they got to the point of potentially winning anything of any import. At
least Rusev can work and the timing for an anti-Russian storyline is
contextually right. I could see Rusev working a patriot this summer…
Winner: Rusev
Naomi’s
latest ‘crazy chic’ gimmick (now where have I heard that before?) probably saved
her from those recent cuts. No chance she’s winning here, surely.
Winner: Paige
Rybaxel
(Ryback
and Curtis Axel)
vs. Goldust and Stardust
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Goldust
and Cody get to carry on as a team after they completely booked themselves
into a corner. They tried to break them up only to thankfully put the brakes
on. They went from having the best matches on every single show, every single
night to losing the titles and becoming complete afterthoughts. I hope that
they can give them the longevity to give them a match against each other that
is high on the card at either SummerSlam or Mania.
Winners: Goldust and Stardust
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