Granted the draft is the Monday following Extreme Rules, I predict [an unlikely] win for Randy Orton with John Cena being drafted to SmackDown effectively trading the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship between the brands. How will Randy win? There are many possibilities for how this match will turn out. If Chris Jericho and Edge have a match of their own the same night, that virtually eliminates the possibility for outside interference from them. Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase have hardly forgotten the beating taken dished out onto them by Randy Orton at WrestleMania XXVI. If anyone interferes, it will be either of the former members of Legacy. Unless either Edge or Jericho interfere here, I don't see Randy Orton losing to Swagger. Randy is building momentum like you'd never expect. He has, in the few weeks since WrestleMania, effectively become one of the top if not the top favorite. However, I can see a Swagger victory here which can lead to a plethora of storylines. Randy's victory would simply mean the exchange of belts between the brands and eminent drafting of John Cena to SmackDown. Lets face it: John Cena may be the face of the WWE, but that doesn't mean he will stay on RAW. Specially with SmackDown's jump to SyFy.
Possible scenarios for a Swagger victory could lead well into the Fatal Four Way pay-per-view or even wrap up by Over The Limit. I guarantee, however, that come SummerSlam, Jack Swagger will NOT be a champion of anything, nor be involved in any shape or form in a match for either of the two world championships. With the recently released promotional poster for Over The Limit featuring Edge with an all too familiar grin, one can guess as to the fate of the Rated R Superstar as a world champion by the next pay-per-view event, or title bout. Based on that assumption, I can see Edge getting interfering in this match on behalf of Swagger pulling a one-over on his former tag teammate, Randy Orton, leading to a glorified rivalry between the two in a battle of the anti-heroes for either of the two world titles at Over The Limit. What this means for both Swagger and Randy Orton will depend much on the draft and its aftermath but resulting in both Edge's and Orton's presence on the same brand regardless of Swagger's status as champion. Edge, being the ultimate opportunist will capitalize on a situation brought on by Swagger's ignorance and take the title which would drag both Jericho and Swagger on as Orton and Edge take center stage at Over The Limit where the title would remain in the hands of Edge leading into a Fatal Four Way "Last Man Standing" style match at the eponymous pay-per-view.
Varying scenarios become quickly lost in a blur due to the impending draft on Monday night following Extreme Rules, so it's really hard to say. With the advertisement of the draft as one that will level the WWE Universe, specially from what was seen on NXT this past Tuesday [04/13] when CM Punk helped his rookie defeat Luke Gallows in what will most certainly have some repercussion on SmackDown in the following weeks, the Straight Edge Society maybe on the verge of a huge shake up. How does this relate to the Swagger vs. Orton match and its aftermath? Whatever happens at Extreme Rules can easily be undone by the draft, so any prediction is as good any other based on that the draft may create a blank slate scenario wherein all current rivalries, specially with Triple H's injury, may go bye-bye on us. I don't see Cena losing to Batista unless Batista postpones his break to post SummerSlam leading into a final confrontation there leaving Cena open to new rivals, but with Triple H's injury shelving hims for an undetermined amount of time, and Sheamus being an unlikely new foe, I see the draft really shaking things up by either keeping Orton and Cena on the same brand in order to have another feud, effectively spelling Orton's defeat at the hands of Swagger at Extreme Rules, or Edge's return to RAW or Cena's transfer to SmackDown where the two will once again feud. The new attitude brought on by Edge would make for a great rivalry between the two as Edge is effectively what John Cena would be if he were a good character. Much respect to John Cena the man but his current persona isn't exactly appealing to anyone over the age of thirteen. But when all is said and done, the playing field will really change with the return of The Undertaker at around SummerSlam or Hell in a Cell.
