CelticCorey
Getting Noticed By Management
People always talk about how John Cena carries the company by himself and that there's nobody on the current roster who can replace him but if WWE just heavily invested, they COULD replace him. It seems like a good investment would be Alex Riley to be a huge star. How would I do it? Here is how.
It all starts this Sunday at the Money in the Bank where the Miz once again wins the Raw MITB. The very next night he cuts a promo on how his title reign was cut short and that he will further his greatness by becoming a two time WWE champion, something Alex Riley will never do.
Riley's theme hits and then he gets a nice pop. Riley becomes "The Man in Black" Alex Riley by dressing like a secret service agent with a black suit and sunglasses. Not happy with being attacked, Riley snatches the microphone away from the Miz, telling him that he will work his way up the ladder and will do everything the Miz has done and more.
Riley then requests a non-title match with Dolph Ziggler and if Riley wins, he gets to face Ziggler for the U.S. title. Riley goes over Ziggler here in what is a good matchup.
The weeks build to Summerslam with intense fighting between the two. Ziggler tries to get the upperhand backstage while Riley manages to get the crowd on his side by disrespecting Vickie Guerrero. Dolph tells Riley he will never take his United States Championship. Vickie is so sure Dolph will win that she will abandon him if he loses.
That Summerslam, an even better match than on RAW as Riley manages to score a victory for the U.S. Title.
One final match is made at Night of Champions with again Alex Riley going over. This was a balanced feud as Riley carried Ziggler on the mic and Ziggler carried Riley in the ring.
Riley keeps on cutting terrific promos as he keeps on putting over the U.S. Championship. He faced challengers Drew McIntyre and Jack Swagger at Hell in a Cell and Vengeance, respectively, as both tried to get themselves back to a prominent position like they once were.
At Survivor Series, he successfully captains Team RAW to victory. He and the Miz do not co-exist but he finishes the job once Miz is pinned by team Smackdown.
Riley faces a new challenger in David Otunga for the U.S. Title. Otunga had long since been relieved that Nexus was over and that it was time to move on to bigger and better things. Acting like the entitled celebrity, Otunga talks crap right to Riley'sface but Riley really sets off. This sets up a match for TLC, that Otunga won by cheating and then retaining the next night on RAW via the same method.
In the Royal Rumble 2012, Alex Riley makes it to the Final Two but does not win. Let's use Sheamus since he has been champion before and he is a heel. Sheamus wins the Rumble but he suffers a serious legit injury and cannot compete at Wrestlemania.
The anonymous RAW GM is upset that for the third year in a row a RAW superstar couldn't win and decides to punish Riley by sending him to Smackdown. There, he enters himself in an Elimination Chamber number one contender's match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania to face Randy Orton.
Orton plays the tweener role while Riley is more of a face. Since Cena is feuding with the Rock, Orton acts more of a heel even though he still gets cheered.
The Viper provokes the Man in Black by saying a bunch of stuff to his face. That he will punt him in the skull and RKO him to retain at Wrestlemania.
With a bunch of intensity, Riley takes off his shades and angrily looks at Orton that the voices in HIS head say he will become the new champion at Wrestlemania.
A solid match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania, Riley finds himself the new World Heavyweight Champion by cleanly pinning Randy Orton.
Meanwhile on RAW, the night after John Cena beat the Rock, the Rock got one last curtain call the next night and Cena raised his arm during the show. Later on during that night, Cena wrestled a match against Alberto Del Rio. Cena wins but Del Rio wore him out and really applied pressure on that arm as Cena tapped after the match and couldn't take anymore.
As Del Rio is smiling and laughing on the ramp at a broken down Cena, Miz's theme plays as he comes running down Del Rio with the briefcase and takes advantage of a vulnerable Cena to become a two time WWE Champion.
So Miz and Riley are now the champions on the respected brands.
Orton could not recapture the belt in a rematch at Extreme Rules as Riley once again went over clean.
Riley would find himself in much of 2012 as he would face challengers such as Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett for the next few months and was able to retain in a triple threat match at Summerslam.
A now heel Kane would challenge him at Night of Champions but fell as did Christian at Hell in a Cell and Vengeance. Both were splendid matches.
The week after Vengeance on Smackdown, Riley defeated Ezekiel Jackson in one on one action in the main event. Afterwards, A-Ri stood tall holding up his belt while Sheamus returned angrier than ever as he ambushed the champ with a pipe over and over again and rammed him through a table like he did to Mark Cuban.
"You looking for a challenge at Survivor Series, fella? You and I have unfinished business. That was MY title shot at Wrestlemania and you took advantage of what was mine. Now I will take what should've been mine all along: Your World Heavyweight Championship."
There is blood boiling tension leading up to Survivor Series as Sheamus is out for Riley's head while Riley doesn't back down from a challenge and tries fighting off Sheamus with all of his might. It's not enough as Sheamus managed to take the belt from Riley and retained at TLC.
In turn, Cena got the title back from Miz at Survivor Series after lots of trying.
The 2013 Royal Rumble saw Riley enter at #1 while he managed to hang in there the whole time. #30 (Or 40, not sure if WWE will go back or stay with it) is the Miz. As Miz is fresh and is certain to win. He decides to take his time entering the ring as Riley has eliminated the remaining guys and then a fresh Miz gets in there to try to eliminate Riley but Miz is in for a surprise as he is thrown over the top rope as A-Ri wins the 2013 Royal Rumble.
Riley announces he will challenge at Wrestlemania for the WWE Championship. He really enjoyed his run as World Heavyweight Champion but now it was time for the biggest prize of them all. This infuriated The Miz as Miz still saw him as the ungrateful pupil. He tried to do everything take the #1 contender's spot from Riley, who put it up at the Elimination Chamber PPV but the Miz could not do it. While Cena retained his belt in the Chamber match.
If Miz wasn't going to Wrestlemania, surely he was going to sabotage the main event. The night after, after Riley and Cena signed the contract for Wrestlemania 29, the Miz came out and attacked both as after the handshake between the two, the Miz out of nowhere hit the skull crushing finale on Cena and attacked Riley, raising the belt up high, ending RAW.
The next many weeks resulted in the Miz interfering in Riley's matches and Cena's. He even took the belt from John Cena and proclaimed himself to be WWE Champion but the champ managed to take the belt away from Miz the week before Wrestlemania and Vince himself banned Miz from ringside or else Miz would be fired.
Riley wins the WWE Championship and yes he does pin Cena clean. Just as how Rock passed the torch to Cena the year before, Cena did it to Riley at Wrestlemania 29.
This had to happen. Riley had to establish himself in the midcard, he needed to be kept away from Cena to make this even more special. Smackdown and the WHC was basically his test for the big one and there was tension on the Road to Wrestlemania. In order for a new star to be created, it should be done properly and Riley would be a good choice and this is how I would build him up.
Thanks for reading.
It all starts this Sunday at the Money in the Bank where the Miz once again wins the Raw MITB. The very next night he cuts a promo on how his title reign was cut short and that he will further his greatness by becoming a two time WWE champion, something Alex Riley will never do.
Riley's theme hits and then he gets a nice pop. Riley becomes "The Man in Black" Alex Riley by dressing like a secret service agent with a black suit and sunglasses. Not happy with being attacked, Riley snatches the microphone away from the Miz, telling him that he will work his way up the ladder and will do everything the Miz has done and more.
Riley then requests a non-title match with Dolph Ziggler and if Riley wins, he gets to face Ziggler for the U.S. title. Riley goes over Ziggler here in what is a good matchup.
The weeks build to Summerslam with intense fighting between the two. Ziggler tries to get the upperhand backstage while Riley manages to get the crowd on his side by disrespecting Vickie Guerrero. Dolph tells Riley he will never take his United States Championship. Vickie is so sure Dolph will win that she will abandon him if he loses.
That Summerslam, an even better match than on RAW as Riley manages to score a victory for the U.S. Title.
One final match is made at Night of Champions with again Alex Riley going over. This was a balanced feud as Riley carried Ziggler on the mic and Ziggler carried Riley in the ring.
Riley keeps on cutting terrific promos as he keeps on putting over the U.S. Championship. He faced challengers Drew McIntyre and Jack Swagger at Hell in a Cell and Vengeance, respectively, as both tried to get themselves back to a prominent position like they once were.
At Survivor Series, he successfully captains Team RAW to victory. He and the Miz do not co-exist but he finishes the job once Miz is pinned by team Smackdown.
Riley faces a new challenger in David Otunga for the U.S. Title. Otunga had long since been relieved that Nexus was over and that it was time to move on to bigger and better things. Acting like the entitled celebrity, Otunga talks crap right to Riley'sface but Riley really sets off. This sets up a match for TLC, that Otunga won by cheating and then retaining the next night on RAW via the same method.
In the Royal Rumble 2012, Alex Riley makes it to the Final Two but does not win. Let's use Sheamus since he has been champion before and he is a heel. Sheamus wins the Rumble but he suffers a serious legit injury and cannot compete at Wrestlemania.
The anonymous RAW GM is upset that for the third year in a row a RAW superstar couldn't win and decides to punish Riley by sending him to Smackdown. There, he enters himself in an Elimination Chamber number one contender's match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania to face Randy Orton.
Orton plays the tweener role while Riley is more of a face. Since Cena is feuding with the Rock, Orton acts more of a heel even though he still gets cheered.
The Viper provokes the Man in Black by saying a bunch of stuff to his face. That he will punt him in the skull and RKO him to retain at Wrestlemania.
With a bunch of intensity, Riley takes off his shades and angrily looks at Orton that the voices in HIS head say he will become the new champion at Wrestlemania.
A solid match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania, Riley finds himself the new World Heavyweight Champion by cleanly pinning Randy Orton.
Meanwhile on RAW, the night after John Cena beat the Rock, the Rock got one last curtain call the next night and Cena raised his arm during the show. Later on during that night, Cena wrestled a match against Alberto Del Rio. Cena wins but Del Rio wore him out and really applied pressure on that arm as Cena tapped after the match and couldn't take anymore.
As Del Rio is smiling and laughing on the ramp at a broken down Cena, Miz's theme plays as he comes running down Del Rio with the briefcase and takes advantage of a vulnerable Cena to become a two time WWE Champion.
So Miz and Riley are now the champions on the respected brands.
Orton could not recapture the belt in a rematch at Extreme Rules as Riley once again went over clean.
Riley would find himself in much of 2012 as he would face challengers such as Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett for the next few months and was able to retain in a triple threat match at Summerslam.
A now heel Kane would challenge him at Night of Champions but fell as did Christian at Hell in a Cell and Vengeance. Both were splendid matches.
The week after Vengeance on Smackdown, Riley defeated Ezekiel Jackson in one on one action in the main event. Afterwards, A-Ri stood tall holding up his belt while Sheamus returned angrier than ever as he ambushed the champ with a pipe over and over again and rammed him through a table like he did to Mark Cuban.
"You looking for a challenge at Survivor Series, fella? You and I have unfinished business. That was MY title shot at Wrestlemania and you took advantage of what was mine. Now I will take what should've been mine all along: Your World Heavyweight Championship."
There is blood boiling tension leading up to Survivor Series as Sheamus is out for Riley's head while Riley doesn't back down from a challenge and tries fighting off Sheamus with all of his might. It's not enough as Sheamus managed to take the belt from Riley and retained at TLC.
In turn, Cena got the title back from Miz at Survivor Series after lots of trying.
The 2013 Royal Rumble saw Riley enter at #1 while he managed to hang in there the whole time. #30 (Or 40, not sure if WWE will go back or stay with it) is the Miz. As Miz is fresh and is certain to win. He decides to take his time entering the ring as Riley has eliminated the remaining guys and then a fresh Miz gets in there to try to eliminate Riley but Miz is in for a surprise as he is thrown over the top rope as A-Ri wins the 2013 Royal Rumble.
Riley announces he will challenge at Wrestlemania for the WWE Championship. He really enjoyed his run as World Heavyweight Champion but now it was time for the biggest prize of them all. This infuriated The Miz as Miz still saw him as the ungrateful pupil. He tried to do everything take the #1 contender's spot from Riley, who put it up at the Elimination Chamber PPV but the Miz could not do it. While Cena retained his belt in the Chamber match.
If Miz wasn't going to Wrestlemania, surely he was going to sabotage the main event. The night after, after Riley and Cena signed the contract for Wrestlemania 29, the Miz came out and attacked both as after the handshake between the two, the Miz out of nowhere hit the skull crushing finale on Cena and attacked Riley, raising the belt up high, ending RAW.
The next many weeks resulted in the Miz interfering in Riley's matches and Cena's. He even took the belt from John Cena and proclaimed himself to be WWE Champion but the champ managed to take the belt away from Miz the week before Wrestlemania and Vince himself banned Miz from ringside or else Miz would be fired.
Riley wins the WWE Championship and yes he does pin Cena clean. Just as how Rock passed the torch to Cena the year before, Cena did it to Riley at Wrestlemania 29.
This had to happen. Riley had to establish himself in the midcard, he needed to be kept away from Cena to make this even more special. Smackdown and the WHC was basically his test for the big one and there was tension on the Road to Wrestlemania. In order for a new star to be created, it should be done properly and Riley would be a good choice and this is how I would build him up.
Thanks for reading.
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