Jack-Hammer
YOU WILL RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!!
The only thing that's been announced for this Monday's Raw, the final Raw before SummerSlam, is that CM Punk will challenge Paul Heyman in a "match". Now whether or not an official match will take place in which Heyman takes something of a beating before Lesnar & Axel make their presence known is anybody's guess. However, it's pretty obvious that it's going to end in another wild brawl between Punk & Lesnar.
As I was working out this morning, an random thought & idea popped into my head, as does happen sometimes. I wasn't even thinking about wrestling when, for some strange reason, the WWE Championship picture came about. Something that's been quite common over the past several months has been both the go home & post ppv Raws being really strong and generating a lot of buzz. I think it's fair to say that a significant majority of fans want to see Cena vs. Bryan end with Bryan claiming not only victory, but a clean victory in which he wins the WWE Championship. Given the sort of streak Bryan has been on and the amazing level that his already huge popularity has reached the past several months, I think it's fair to say that people are cautiously optimistic. At the same time, however, Bryan's opponent is John Cena, the man who has been the face & resident superman of WWE for the better part of a decade; a man who very much fits the kind of mold Vince McMahon prefers to carry the banner of his company. As a result, I don't think most of us are quite as firm on what we think could happen as much as we usually would be for most Cena matches.
I'm not saying that this will happen or even that it should happen, it's just a thought is all, but I wonder if WWE MIGHT do something to generate a huge amount of buzz post Raw heading into SummerSlam. That something would be to have Randy Orton cash in his contract and either win the WWE Championship from Cena or cash in his contract only to have Daniel Bryan do something to prevent Orton from beating Cena for the championship. If it's the latter, then I think it would telegraph the ending of the Cena vs. Bryan match at SummerSlam with Randy Orton returning the favor to Bryan. If Orton cashed in successfully, then I could see Vince coming out and essentially try to screw Bryan out of his title shot at SummerSlam, as Cena has an automatic rematch, only for Triple H to step in to flex his own muscle and declare it a threeway match for the title by suggesting that Orton winning doesn't somehow magically nullify the fact that Bryan is still the #1 contender for the WWE Championship. Since Vince has been part of this story, creative could work in something revolving around the "corporate" side of things in which Triple H prepared for Vince trying to pull a stung like this. Trips could say that he used Skype or something to initiate an emergency meeting of the WWE Board of Directors. As Chairman, Vince was notified of the meeting but ignored the call or text, maybe due to getting a massage or something along those lines. As a result, the various executives had to vote without him and made a provision that if Orton successfully cashed in his contract before SummerSlam that it didn't nullify Bryan's claim as #1 contender. I like the idea of Cena vs. Bryan being 1 on 1and I think that's what a majority of people would prefer. It's highly anticipated but, at the same time, people are always saying how they want to see more surprises come about, something generally unexpected pop up to change the dynamics of storylines & matches. Cena dropping the title less than a week before he's scheduled to have what's probably his most anticipated title match since his rematch with CM Punk in 2011 would generate a ton of buzz and it would be a twist that I don't think a ton of people, some probably have I'm sure, have anticipated.
Now this is just my opinion, but I think this sort of scenario would generate a strong level of last minute buzz for this match and would make the outcome a bit murkier. As of right now, I think just about everyone is expecting Orton to cash in at SummerSlam after Bryan & Cena have a hard fought, physical match; with the most popular theory being that Bryan wins the title only to be screwed out of it by Orton seconds later as a means of initiating his long awaited heel turn.
Based on what I last read, there's no rematch between Bryan & Cena penciled in for Night of Champions. That's one strong reason that's lead to the belief that Orton will cash in at SummerSlam. Again, just my opinion, but I think that Cena retaining the WWE Championship cleanly over Bryan, only to then drop it to Orton immediately afterward or at another time altogether, would be panned by many fans and I'm sure more than a fair share of dirtsheet writers.
As I was working out this morning, an random thought & idea popped into my head, as does happen sometimes. I wasn't even thinking about wrestling when, for some strange reason, the WWE Championship picture came about. Something that's been quite common over the past several months has been both the go home & post ppv Raws being really strong and generating a lot of buzz. I think it's fair to say that a significant majority of fans want to see Cena vs. Bryan end with Bryan claiming not only victory, but a clean victory in which he wins the WWE Championship. Given the sort of streak Bryan has been on and the amazing level that his already huge popularity has reached the past several months, I think it's fair to say that people are cautiously optimistic. At the same time, however, Bryan's opponent is John Cena, the man who has been the face & resident superman of WWE for the better part of a decade; a man who very much fits the kind of mold Vince McMahon prefers to carry the banner of his company. As a result, I don't think most of us are quite as firm on what we think could happen as much as we usually would be for most Cena matches.
I'm not saying that this will happen or even that it should happen, it's just a thought is all, but I wonder if WWE MIGHT do something to generate a huge amount of buzz post Raw heading into SummerSlam. That something would be to have Randy Orton cash in his contract and either win the WWE Championship from Cena or cash in his contract only to have Daniel Bryan do something to prevent Orton from beating Cena for the championship. If it's the latter, then I think it would telegraph the ending of the Cena vs. Bryan match at SummerSlam with Randy Orton returning the favor to Bryan. If Orton cashed in successfully, then I could see Vince coming out and essentially try to screw Bryan out of his title shot at SummerSlam, as Cena has an automatic rematch, only for Triple H to step in to flex his own muscle and declare it a threeway match for the title by suggesting that Orton winning doesn't somehow magically nullify the fact that Bryan is still the #1 contender for the WWE Championship. Since Vince has been part of this story, creative could work in something revolving around the "corporate" side of things in which Triple H prepared for Vince trying to pull a stung like this. Trips could say that he used Skype or something to initiate an emergency meeting of the WWE Board of Directors. As Chairman, Vince was notified of the meeting but ignored the call or text, maybe due to getting a massage or something along those lines. As a result, the various executives had to vote without him and made a provision that if Orton successfully cashed in his contract before SummerSlam that it didn't nullify Bryan's claim as #1 contender. I like the idea of Cena vs. Bryan being 1 on 1and I think that's what a majority of people would prefer. It's highly anticipated but, at the same time, people are always saying how they want to see more surprises come about, something generally unexpected pop up to change the dynamics of storylines & matches. Cena dropping the title less than a week before he's scheduled to have what's probably his most anticipated title match since his rematch with CM Punk in 2011 would generate a ton of buzz and it would be a twist that I don't think a ton of people, some probably have I'm sure, have anticipated.
Now this is just my opinion, but I think this sort of scenario would generate a strong level of last minute buzz for this match and would make the outcome a bit murkier. As of right now, I think just about everyone is expecting Orton to cash in at SummerSlam after Bryan & Cena have a hard fought, physical match; with the most popular theory being that Bryan wins the title only to be screwed out of it by Orton seconds later as a means of initiating his long awaited heel turn.
Based on what I last read, there's no rematch between Bryan & Cena penciled in for Night of Champions. That's one strong reason that's lead to the belief that Orton will cash in at SummerSlam. Again, just my opinion, but I think that Cena retaining the WWE Championship cleanly over Bryan, only to then drop it to Orton immediately afterward or at another time altogether, would be panned by many fans and I'm sure more than a fair share of dirtsheet writers.