Summerslam 2013 - WWE Championship Match: John Cena VS Daniel Bryan

[The Eighties]

I'm not happy about Triple H being added as the ref as I don't care for special guest refs in big matches, to me they are best used in matches like Lawler vs Cole where they are a welcome distraction.

I could see Triple H Pedigreeing Cena to help Bryan win, then Pedigreeing Bryan as Vince leads Orton to the ring for the cash-in, starting a new Corporation.....OR maybe they'll fool us all and have a great match with no hinky shit and Triple H just counts the 3.

On a side note "You are a parody of a wrestler"...I don't see how Bryan says that and then beats Cena clean.

 

[The Architect of Anarchy]

I'm not happy about Triple H being added as the ref as I don't care for special guest refs in big matches, to me they are best used in matches like Lawler vs Cole where they are a welcome distraction.

I could see Triple H Pedigreeing Cena to help Bryan win, then Pedigreeing Bryan as Vince leads Orton to the ring for the cash-in, starting a new Corporation.....OR maybe they'll fool us all and have a great match with no hinky shit and Triple H just counts the 3.

On a side note "You are a parody of a wrestler"...I don't see how Bryan says that and then beats Cena clean.

WWE are infusing the corporate storyline into their second biggest PPV of the year's main event. This is totally unnecessary, as we don't get to see Bryan win with clean, with the influence of Hunter in the match. I just wanted to see a clean classic for Summerslam, but I don't get why they just don't naturally let Cena and Bryan do their thing in the ring.

It's a rehash of the 2011 clash between Cena and Punk, where McMahon got Del Rio to cash in his MITB contract. I have a feeling Vince will bring out Orton for the kill and their corporate faction will fall into place from there.

Fantasy Booking:
Have Bryan win clean at Summerslam with Hunter counting the 3. Bryan wins hit first WWE Championship title. HHH leaves. Shield comes out to beat down Cena and Bryan. Then leave. Vince comes out and tells Orton to cash in. BINGO. New corporate faction and everyone's a winner; Orton gets his gold, Bryan gets win over Cena, Shield has some exposure after having so recent lack of spotlight, Vince for getting what he wants and IWC for Cena finally being knocked off his pedestal.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

Absolute dream match. Moreso than punk/Cena. It's complete culture clash and I love that. The only time I've ever done fantasy booking, my main event of a world super show was Danielson (at the time) vs Cena. They're both so damn good at this point. It's going to be a great match and I'm probably going to shit my pants in excitement.

I love how this feud has gone. They are really playing on everyone's feelings. As someone who was one of the first to say "wait, Cena gets the loudest cheers and boos....that's good and incredible and on purpose" and also someone who has driven 6 hours to chicago, watched a 4 hour ROH show headlined by Danielson's last match in ROH in Chicago, and drove 6 hours back home....I have no idea who to root for. Just going to let it happen. One thing Cena is very good at is building the crowd up to a frenzy, what Bryan is good at is the climax and false finishes. In other words, I expect to be floored by the storytelling. Crowd will be hot. Just hope it doesn't get all attitude eraed up by Triple H and his shenanigans.

 

[Wolf Pac]

Despite HHH being the special guest referee, I still see these two having a good clean match together with a clean ending and a clear winner. A match in which both men will come out earning each others respect - Bryan earning Cena's for beating him (and maybe even submitting him) and Cena earning Bryan's for putting on a great wrestling match with him, showing him that he's not a "parody of a wrestler".

As for a HHH heel turn, I don't see him turning, at least I hope I don't see him turning. He works much better as a babyface in this storyline with Vince, and after how much he's defended Bryan to Vince, it just wouldn't make sense.

What I see happening is, Bryan beating Cena for the title clean, Orton coming out after the match to cash-in, Vince using his power to make himself the special guest referee of Bryan vs. Orton, and screw Bryan out of the title.

I'm not a fan of HHH and Vince getting involved in the match and making them special guest referees, but I'd like that scenario better than HHH turning heel and costing Bryan or Cena or both men the match.

Whatever ends up happening at Summerslam, this match will be a fuckin' classic.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

For anyone who thought this match was going to end clean before HHH because referee, you're delusional.

This match was always going to have interference. Hence the intertwining of the McMahon/HHH feud from the beginning. Either VKM and HHH were going to come out in the middle of it, or now that HHH is ref, just VKM is going to come out. Possibly even the Shield. Get over it.

Either way, it should be a good match.

 

[LoudClearVoice]

After last night, I'm now convinced, Orton WILL NOT cash in MITB at Summer Slam. They've made it too obvious. If he hadn't come out of the tunnel and on to the ramp at the end of the Bryan-Cena promo, then I think he would have cashed in but now they've taken away the "surprise" element. They've made it too obvious that Orton will cash it in, so I don't think he will.

However, McMahon will do something to make sure shenanigans take place. Even with Trips as the ref, he'll do something to screw Bryan (and possibly Cena). Maybe Trips gets knocked out or something and Vince (or Maddox) runs down to the ring and becomes the ref.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I do believe there'll be some degree of interference in this match when it gets near the end. Vince will, quite possibly, stick his nose into things. I could see Vince coming out and distracting Triple H with Orton coming out of nowhere through the crowd and delivering an RKO to Bryan or something while pulling Cena on top of him. Depending on how long it takes for Trips to turn around, Bryan could wind up kicking out. Orton could wind up nailing John Cena instead only for Bryan to wind up taking out Orton and, possibly, taking advantage of the situation to cover Cena and score the win, maybe even hightailing it out of there with the title before Orton has time to recover and cash in his MITB briefcase.

At the same time though, there could be a minimum of interference in this match like we saw during Cena vs. Punk at MITB & SummerSlam back in 2011. At MITB, Cena was distracted by Vince as Vince was about to pull a "screwjob" ending on Punk. Cena prevented it, but Punk capitalized on Cena's distraction. At SummerSlam, Triple H was the guest referee and Punk did score a technically clean win after hitting a GTS. After all, he didn't cheat. Cena's foot was on the rope so the count should have been broken but Trips simply didn't see it. It's possible that something similar could go down between Cena & Bryan. After all, this is a genuinely highly anticipated match that people want to see. This has potential match of the year written all over it and a whole shitload of interference could potentially taint the match or even flat out take away from it as a whole.

If there's going to be some degree of controversy surrounding the ending, I'd personally prefer it be something along the lines of what we saw between Cena & Punk 2 years ago. After all, the odds of either Cena or Bryan scoring a 100% clean win in this match simply aren't very good.

With Trips as the referee, you have to wonder how it might play out if Randy Orton does try to cash in his MITB contract once Cena vs. Bryan is over. As Trips is the ref, yet is someone who admires both Bryan & Cena, it makes me wonder if he'll somehow try to delay Orton cashing it in long enough so that whomever the champ is has time to recover and mount some sort of quick attack or roll up. Or, it's also possible that Triple H, although reluctant to do it, does the right thing and plays it completely straight, thus allowing Orton to cash in and ultimately win the title.

 

[Mustang Sally]

Everything is perception, isn't it? During last night's promo, I expected Cena to display some "bad guy" tendencies while Daniel pandered to the crowd. Instead, it went down the opposite way: Cena talked of respecting what Daniel has accomplished and did nothing to put down Daniel, except to imply that he figured he (Cena) would win, which Daniel chose to accept as a diss. Despite the mini-tribute, the crowd illogically booed everything Cena said.

Meanwhile, Daniel came off as a heel far more than Cena, with that whole "parody of a wrestler" schtick he threw at John.....which, of course, drew cheers from a crowd whom you figured would turn on the performer who dared say it to a face.

At this point, WWE management isn't scratching their heads and wondering why Cena is seen in a negative light by the fans; they've been courting it by matching him up with guys (Rock & Daniel Bryan) who are sure to draw the cheers. It's obviously being done as a strategy and I'm wondering why they don't just turn Cena heel and let him run with it.

I still say Cena as a bad guy would be absolutely huge.

Maybe at Summerslam.

 

[LoudClearVoice]

With Trips as the referee, you have to wonder how it might play out if Randy Orton does try to cash in his MITB contract once Cena vs. Bryan is over. As Trips is the ref, yet is someone who admires both Bryan & Cena, it makes me wonder if he'll somehow try to delay Orton cashing it in long enough so that whomever the champ is has time to recover and mount some sort of quick attack or roll up. Or, it's also possible that Triple H, although reluctant to do it, does the right thing and plays it completely straight, thus allowing Orton to cash in and ultimately win the title.

Since everyone thinks Orton will cash in, they could do an angle with Trips somehow screwing Orton out of the title or the cash in. I only see this happening if 1) Orton is going to be involved in the power struggle storyline 2) If Vince interferes in some way, setting up the Orton cash in.

I could see Orton trying to cash in and Trips pedigreeing him or something, or as you mentioned, somehow dawdling around allowing Bryan or Cena to escape from the ring.

 

[The Fabulous Rougeau's]

With the combination of Cena's injury being somewhat serious and possible time off after SummerSlam being in order and Orton flaunting the briefcase and calling himself the champ:

Fantasy booking

I see SummerSlam as the end of Cena's title reign, the beginning of Byan's title reign, as well as the beginning of a major Bryan/Orton story that sees them fueding from post SummerSlam till Royal Rumble. After Bryan wins the title at SummerSlam I think the show will end with Bryan celebrating in the ring and then cut off with Orton's entrance music and Orton come out and stand at the ramp holding the briefcase up high while Bryan braces himself for a match that will not take place at SummerSlam. The following night on Raw the show begins with Bryan and Orton in the ring cutting a promo on each other. While the two would remain linked with one another Bryan would defend his title at the next two ppv's against anyone but Orton and retain with thoes shows ending the same as SummerSlam with Orton standing at the ramp holding the briefcase. By this point Bryan's character would become increasingly parinoid over when Orton is going to cash in. This will set up the main event at Survivor Series which pits the two against each other as captins of their respective teams. It would come down to Orton and Bryan against one another as the remaining men for their teams with Orton dominating only to have Bryan pull out the win with some sort of roll up. As Bryan lays there and Orton frustated over losing he would begin his heel turn by attacking Bryan post match and cashing in the contract and winning the title. Their rematch wouldn't be till the Rumble (which Punk would win) where you could have eithr man win to set up the Punk match at Mania, or have some sort of contraversial finish that would set up a triple threat match at Mania.

 

[pepentorresHHH]

If, and thats a big IF, Daniel Bryan defeats John Cena at Summerslam.... Would you like to see the whole 18 second scenario happen all over again but this time its because Randy Cashes in.... Not saying it should happen but if the speculation is true about Randy cashing in on bryan after defeating Cena do uou think the WWE could/should go there?

It worked wonders for the Miami crowd and got bryan insanely over..... So do you want to see another 18 seconds gimmick this time with the WWE Championship?

Discuss.....

 

[The Dragon Saga]

No. He was a heel then, it was a play on the over-confident bad guy failing to even get out of the starting block, now it wouldn't make any sense. Not to mention that was an opener and this is a main event.

 

[rb286]

No. He was a heel then, it was a play on the over-confident bad guy failing to even get out of the starting block, now it wouldn't make any sense. Not to mention that was an opener and this is a main event.

I think he meant after Cena and Bryan had their match.

I'm looking forward to this match immensely. Their promo on RAW has got me incredibly hyped for this and one I'm one of the few to enjoy the fact that The Game will be the referee. I mean, he's Triple H. I'm pretty sure he wont turn heel because it wont make any sense after the way he's been clashing heads with Vince all this time, so i can actually see him call it straight down the middle and prevent any McMahon interference. What happens after the match, he may not be able to control though

I can't actually predict who is going to win this match, one minute I'm leaning towards Cena, because, well he's John Cena. The other time, I'm thinking DB is so over right now, WWE would be stupid not to give him a run with the belt right now. It would be fresh and exciting to see someone else with the WWE title and it may even solidify his main event status. A lengthy reign could finally get him in that Cena, Punk, Orton bracket which WWE really needs right now. Orton cashing in could occur but like someone else said earlier, it's too predictable and they've made too much of Orton recently for him to cash it in at SS.

Either way, this match is going to be one hell of a ride and this is the most I'm looking forward to a match since Punk Vs Taker.

 

[kadroan]

If, and thats a big IF, Daniel Bryan defeats John Cena at Summerslam.... Would you like to see the whole 18 second scenario happen all over again but this time its because Randy Cashes in.... Not saying it should happen but if the speculation is true about Randy cashing in on bryan after defeating Cena do uou think the WWE could/should go there?

It worked wonders for the Miami crowd and got bryan insanely over..... So do you want to see another 18 seconds gimmick this time with the WWE Championship?

Discuss.....

No, it wouldn't be the same like WM28 -- nobody expected it. They better off having Randy coming out and getting Bryan DQed and immediately cash in on Cena

 

[TheOutlawTornCpman]

Alright, a little "fantasy booking", as it is called:

John Cena's losing this belt at Summerslam, one way or another. Since there has been a few mentions of just how bad Cena's elbow injury is, I am thinking this plan to the extreme. John Cena needs to lose this belt AND be written off television. The only way I see this happening, unless they wanna do what they did with Punk and have Cena keep the title through his injury, but I'd assume that Cena would be gone longer then Punk was, is for John Cena to beat Daniel Bryan. I like Daniel Bryan, he is one of my favorites, but I don't want to see him get a five minute WWE Championship reign. I think that makes him look weaker then losing to John Cena. I mean, they can easily get away with John Cena beating Bryan because Cena always 'defies the odds', so to speak. You have Cena go over clean on Bryan, and retain, only for Orton to cash in. He does so, wins the WWE Championship, and boom, Cena goes down. Then, we get the money maker: Randy Orton punts John Cena off of television for a few months. We can then see a few PPVs of Orton vs. Bryan. The IWC finally gets what it wants: Orton turning heel and Cena being gone for a while. However, they must still wait for one thing: a Daniel Bryan WWE Championship run. I think this is something they need to do. They can't give Daniel Bryan that championship just to lose it to Orton minutes later. It would be an insult. He couldn't recover from that, I don't think. However, I do think he can recover from a 25 minute long match with Super Cena that he doesn't win.

 

[Ric 'The Nature Boy' Flair]

I see DB getting the win by a distraction and randy cashing in

 

[adamscott]

This is a big match, and IMO it's too obvious that Orton is JUST going to cash in. If that's where they want to go there is one way to do it. Have Bryan beat Cena (I'd love to see it by submission). Have HHH turn on Bryan by a pedigree. "WOOOOOO" Ric Flair comes out gives Bryan a figure four, Batista's music plays Batista Bomb to Bryan than Orton cashes in and we have the return of Evolution being aligned with HHH with Orton as the champ. I just hope we dont see those two face off down the road but I think this would be a HUGE shocker for Summerslam.

 

[adamscott]

On Isenbergs thread someone brought up Cena turning heel and aligning with Vince. If Cenas elbow injury is legit I don't see that BUT what if its fake? This is going to sound far fetched, BUT I could see this happening. Cenas elbow seemed fine one week and all the sudden the next week BAM. What if (granted a BIG if) that was simply a makeup effect and toward the end of the match HHH is down Cena peels off the elbow makeup waives for someone to come down (which ends up being Vince with a ref shirt) they both beat on Bryan and Vince counts the 3. Granted I was hoping Bryan would win, BUT this doesn't make Bryan look any weaker in fact makes him look stronger as Cena had to pull that to beat him and its a heel turn everyone wants. Besides my Evolution theory above if that doesn't happen Orton isn't cashing in tomorrow night as its WAY to obvious.

 

[Dagger Dias]

Words can't describe how much I look forward to this match. The build for it has been nothing short of incredible. This is Daniel Bryan's moment. As much as I like John Cena, Daniel Bryan absolutely must win here. The promos have been very intense and the odds of either competitor winning are good, within kayfabe. I fully expect it to close the show, with a new champion holding the WWE Championship. The only question is.... will it be Daniel Bryan, or Randy Orton? That's right. Randy Orton. Let's not forget about that red briefcase and Orton's title shot. I think he cashes in right as this match ends.

We cannot leave The Viper out of the equation. He is highly likely to cash in the red briefcase shortly after this match has ended. I can see Randy Orton closing Summerslam 2013 as the new WWE Champion, regardless of if it is John Cena or Daniel Bryan that he cashes in on. It would be the start of a much needed heel turn for him, ruining either Cena or Daniel Bryan's big moment. Even if Cena retains and Orton doesn't cash in, I still think it will be the match of the night and what Summerslam 2013 will ultimately be remembered for no matter who has the belt when all is said and done. Whether Bryan VS Orton is the next feud or a triple threat between Orton/Cena/Bryan is, I doubt that this is over after Summerslam and I look forward to seeing how good this match will be, let alone what happens next.

Oh yeah, and Trips is the guest ref. That will be cool too.

DAGGER'S PREDICTION
Daniel Bryan will win the WWE Championship from John Cena.
Randy Orton will cash in and win Bryan's WWE Championship.

 

[TWJC: The Beginning]

I think Orton cashing in is too obvious and I think Bryan's appeal is the underdog. Milk it some more. He gets screwed vs Cena (no fault of Cena's). Then on Raw Cena being good guy Cena wants to give Bryan a rematch, Orton cashes in during Cena's speech and beats him, injures him. Bryan feuds with Orton and eventually wins the title at maybe Survivor Series. Cena comes back and feuds with Orton to get revenge. Once that is over, it's Cena vs Daniel Bryan at Mania.

This is what I want to say and because I came up with it, it's probably not going to happen.

 

[Carlito_Orton]

This is actually the first time in a long time where I think Cena doesn't have much of a chance of winning/retaining his championship, definitely going with Bryan on this one. I made some prediction videos/simulation discussing my picks for the entire card as well as a part 2 detailing why I think Bryan's going to win.
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[Jack-Hammer]

With Triple H as the special guest referee and Bryan sort of being caught in the midst of this power struggle between himself & Vince, all signs point to this match being where that particular angle kicks into another gear. Otherwise, I'd see no reason for Triple H to be involved.

There's been talk of possibly turning Triple H heel this week and I've also read reports in which the idea of turning him & Steph heel was scrapped weeks ago. If the idea is for Triple H to feud with Vince over control of the company, then I simply don't see it working if Trips turns heel & Vince turns face. Both can't play heels, not in this sort of storyline. If Daniel Bryan is going to play a role in this angle, especially in its initial phases after it's kicked into another gear, then I don't think it'd make sense for Vince to suddenly "come around" to changing his opinion on Bryan and for Triple H to step into Vince's role after Triple H does something to screw over Bryan.

As far as Randy Orton goes, I don't see Orton successfully cashing in tonight if Daniel Bryan wins. I can see Orton trying to cash in but I honestly think that Triple H will somehow screw him before he's able to cash in or screwing him after he cashes in, allowing Bryan to retain. This could be a reason for Orton to turn heel, feeling that Triple H screwed him over, thereby aligning himself with Vince as the sort of champion that Vince feels is right for the company. Since there's talk of some type of match at WM XXX to determine who gets control, I don't know if Triple H will wrestle or if he'll have someone to represent him like Vince would. Orton & Triple H do have a long history but, personally, I'd rather see someone fight for Trips rather than Trips doing it himself with some one representing the "new guard" of Triple H's banner while Orton represents the "old guard" of Vince's banner.
When it's all said and done, however, I think the only way that a lot of people will be disappointed is if John Cena cleanly defeats Daniel Bryan. Even if Orton successfully cashes in MITB 30 seconds later, the wind will be let out of a lot of people's sails. Rumor has it that Cena is taking time off after SummerSlam in order to have surgery on his elbow, so the odds of him walking away as WWE Champion tonight are extremely slim. However, I don't see Cena going over Bryan, certainly not with a clean win. With Cena taking time off, this would be a perfect opportunity to give Bryan a major rub and to ultimately begin a fresh WWE Championship program with Randy Orton. Based on a story I read earlier this week, the rumored main event for Night of Champions is Bryan vs. Orton, though the article made no mention of which one of them would be carrying the title.

If WWE wants to really generate a ton of interest for the final segments of tomorrow's Raw, perhaps tomorrow night would be a better time to wait for Orton to attempt to cash in his MITB contract. If Cena loses, he has an automatic rematch so I could see them setting the return match up for Raw tomorrow night. Orton could interfere in the match, possibly doing further damage to Cena's arm as a means of writing him off television, and attempt to cash in there as Triple H won't be out there as the special ref.

There's several interesting ways of ending this match tonight. As long as Cena doesn't go over cleanly over Bryan, I think most everyone will be excited about the outcome. Otherwise, even if Bryan is still in the picture after having lost to Cena, I don't think the excitement to see what happens next will be nearly as high.

 

[El Rev sXe]

Can't wait for this match, it has so much momentum, the fact that Bryan is on fire, he "hates" John Cena, has HHH on his back but at the same time Mcmahon doesn't want him to be champion and last but not least, Randy Orton could rain on his parade. The stories are there, the talent also, I don't know what is going to happen but man the possibilities are amazing!

 

[cherrickb]

I think Bryan will win, but be weak. Cena is gonna congratulate him. Orton will attempt to cash in with McMahon in tow, only to be stopped by Triple H.

 

[MCMG]

Having thought about this match and, with the addition of Triple H, I actually think that John Cena walks out as champ. I don't see Bryan winning the belt, not just yet, and Orton closing Summerslam doesn't seem likely.

The way I see it is Triple H unintentionally costing Bryan the match leading to a mini-feud between the two. Cena will walk out as Champ and drop the belt to Orton tomorrow night. That is how I personally see this going.