John Cena vs Dean Ambrose: Title Unification at Wrestlemania 31?

[Aeon Mathix]

As the title suggests, this is not based on a report I read and merely fantasy booking but how would you feel about John Cena defeating Rusev for the United States Championship while Dean Ambrose defeats Bad News Barrett for the Intercontinental Championship leading to a unification match at Wrestlemania 31?

I know a lot of people wouldn't be thrilled with Cena just up and breaking Rusev's undefeated streak, but if Rusev does defeat Cena there really isn't another mountain to climb after that. The WWE World Heavyweight Championship picture will likely be packed after Wrestlemania and it gives Rusev something to achieve by eventually beating Cena later on down the road. The one that got away you could say. Cena may be bigger than the United States title, but quite frankly it would be an interesting direction considering how crowded the Mania main events are and just like last year it seems that Cena in the top matches doesn't seem likely at this point.

Rusev can bounce back quickly by winning the Memorial Battle Royal if it happens again and in turn break the trophy after winning to garner even more heat and talk about how he doesn't care about the Memorial of a fallen wrestler but just wanted to show off how destructive he is. Meanwhile Ambrose beats Barrett at Fast Lane just like how everyone on earth has beaten Barrett at some point and it can lead to Ambrose saying one title isn't enough he wants another and challenges Cena to put his United States title on the line against his Intercontinental title.

I am back and forth on the mid card titles being unified as besides Rusev recently, niether of them have mattered or meant anything in years. Probably since Jericho and Mysterio fought for the IC title back in 2009. On the otherhand there are a lot of mid card wrestlers that would fight for one title. But it can also be looked at again as the title to win to get closer to the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. This is can be a great way to boost the prestige of them and if Ambrose wins it can be excellent way to boost him forward while Cena doesn't lose anything in return.

Again this is all just fantasy booking and it will more than likely be just Cena vs Rusev II at Wrestlemania and Ambrose will be thrown in the battle royal (which he shouldn't be) but what do you think about this option happening?

 

[TheICChampion]

It would certainly be interesting and if they're not planning on bringing back any value or prestige to either belt then they might as well unify them. Problem is it'll likely be Cena who comes away with both belts which is not something I really want to see.

 

[Dagger Dias]

Not a fan of this idea for one main reason.... The roster is still large enough to justify having two midcard titles. I'm completely against unifying the Intercontinental and US Championships at this time. With the other title tiers it made sense. The tag team division barely exists right now so the second set of Tag Team Championship belts would be completely useless by now. Same goes for the divas. Why have two title tiers when only two currently active divas on the main roster (Paige & Natalya) are believable as Divas Champion? The big gold World Heavyweight Championship felt like a glorified midcard belt for the last few years it was around up until Cena won it for the unification angle. The two midcard belts, are a different story. We need them to be kept seperate. The upper midcarders and former World Champions needing something to do can go for the Intercontinental Championship while the true midcarders can aim for winning the US Championship. Not to mention the fact that Night Of Champions would then be rendered useless unless the NXT belts were to start being showcased there at that point. No midcard title unification, please.

Now, assuming this DOES happen.... Cena would have just defeated Rusev at Fast Lane. He then retains against Rusev in a rematch on Raw. Ambrose wins the Intercontinental Championship and retains against Bad News Barrett on Smackdown. They then confront each other and the unification angle is set up. Ambrose would need the win and it would be huge for him. Cena wouldn't need it, he's already one of the biggest WWE stars of all time. Ambrose defeating Cena at Wrestlemania and getting to brag about being the final wrestler to hold the belt that gets retired would be a career defining moment for him. The match itself would have a lot of potential and I'm certain the promos would be amazing given both of their ability to hype an upcoming match. That being said.... I'll support it if it happens, but I don't want the midcard titles to get unified. Not unless NXT becomes its own brand, then the US Championship could become NXT exclusive while the Intercontinental Championship remains on Raw.

 

[John McCass]

This thought leads to two things.
1) Rusev's Downfall : If Rusev loses to Cena at Fast Lane he will be downgraded to jobber status. There are many ways to list to keep Rusev strong but you know that Vince is not going that way. Yes,he can win the Andre the Giant Memmorial Battle Royal. Vince never thinks how to keep an undefeated superstar strong. Vladimir Kozlov is an example. He does not know what to do after the streak is broken. This can be avoided IF AND ONLY IF Rusev is booked better. His second loss must come after another 4 to 5 months after his first loss.
2) Ambrose's SuperStardom : A win over Cena is a gold to any wrestler. Anyone who defeats Cena CLEAN becomes a supersuperstar (CM Punk, Daniel Bryan). Whenever Cena is defeated clean,a new face is established. Ambrose needs a big boost to his career which this can be.
Nice Thinking OP

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Highly unlikely. If John Cena wins the United States Championship, I think it'll be at WrestleMania. Since Rusev's attack on Raw, WWE's been playing up the aspect of Cena's "injured eye", a scratched Cornea I think is what they're saying, for the purpose of giving Cena some way out of his match against Rusev next Sunday. As long as Rusev doesn't look like a chump and actually gets a relevant victory over Cena, it'll be a strong rub for him even if he does lose to Cena in a rematch at WrestleMania.

I think it's pretty much a guarantee that Dean Ambrose will be the next Intercontinental Champion. If so, then WrestleMania would most definitely be too early for any sort of unification match. Vince has done a good deal of damage to the IC title over the course of the past 12-18 months and it's gonna take time and a lot of good, solid booking of Ambrose as champion to get the title back up to par. A unification match so soon would probably have me rooting for WWE to retired the IC title just to put the poor thing out of its misery.