WWE Extreme Rules: WWE United States Championship - Kingston (c) VS Dean Ambrose

[Jack-Hammer]

This match was announced during Raw last night.

I know that there's a general lack of build for the match and it came about on short notice. However, I'm excited about this match. I had a feeling that it was going to happen since Ambrose pinned Kofi last week on Raw in a six man tag match. After the match, Ambrose could be seen clearly eyeing the US title as the ref was bringing it in to give to a fallen Kofi. Kofi also came to Team Hell No's aid this past Friday on SmackDown! and attacked Ambrose. As they didn't do anything to really build the match last night, hopefully, they'll do a little something for SmackDown!.

The reason I'm primarily interested in this match is that, much like with Rollins & Reigns in the tag title picture, Ambrose as US champ has tons of potential. Since WrestleMania season, WWE has effectively buried, for the most part, both the mid-card titles. The Shield have consistently been booked strong and have been a real force in WWE since their debut. Outside of Cena & CM Punk, they've probably had the longest & most consistent push WWE has given anyone in quite a while. Because of that, I simply don't see WWE saddling The Shield with gold if they're title runs are going to be meaningless.

I think there's little to no chance of Kofi walking out of ER with the title. If he does, however, then it MIGHT POSSIBLY be interpreted as something of a turnaround for Kofi. If Kofi was to become only the 2nd man to beat a Shield member in a singles match, that could lead to some bigger things for Kofi. However, I simply don't see that happening right now. Even though Ambrose has only been on the main roster for about 7 months now, he's much further up the ladder than Kofi. While I do think it'll be a highly entertaining match, I don't see Kofi leaving with the title.

 

[Johnny Scumm]

This has the potential to be Match of The Night. Daniel Bryan and Dean Ambrose put on one hell of a match last week and well, while Kingston isn't as good as Bryan, they still have the potential to put on a great match, providing it doesn't go into the beatdown route.

When it comes to the result, there isn't really even 1% of chance that Kingston retains. The only man that's beaten Dean Ambrose is The Undertaker, why should we believe that Kingston could? He's certainly no Deadman. Ambrose will take the first belt for The Shield and come off looking great at the end of it.

Dean Ambrose to win the United States Championship

 

[Mustang Sally]

The only man that's beaten Dean Ambrose is The Undertaker, why should we believe that Kingston could?

Agreed. If anyone in the company is on a fast track to stardom, it would be Dean Ambrose. Personally, I'm not as knocked out by the guy as his employer seems to be, but when the company starts a group with three seemingly equally partners and so thoroughly pushes one to the forefront in a relatively short amount of time, you know some big things are coming for the fortunate son.

It's interesting that some folks on this forum have been predicting C.M. Punk will come back as leader of the Shield. I thought this unlikely since Ambrose has been clearly established as the main guy. Still, when we watch Dean get all the singles matches while the other two stand by, waiting for a chance to interfere on his behalf, I'm beginning to believe that Ambrose might be on a different path by the time Punk returns.....leaving the door open for Punk to assume his mantle. Of course, it's way too early to turn Ambrose face, but there are plenty of evil things he can do as a singles competitor.

As for Kofi.... well, this might be the end of your latest mini-push. Hopefully, there will be others.

 

[DX Mols]

The Shield will all be wearing gold next Monday. And at least there's something to root for on Sunday as Cena will retain, Hunter is going to lose, and Ziggler isn't competing.

Big Slow/RKO = Boring, Shameless/WSM = Lame match/boring, and Jericho/Fandango = No heat.

 

[Fire Marshall Bill]

Agreed. If anyone in the company is on a fast track to stardom, it would be Dean Ambrose. Personally, I'm not as knocked out by the guy as his employer seems to be, but when the company starts a group with three seemingly equally partners and so thoroughly pushes one to the forefront in a relatively short amount of time, you know some big things are coming for the fortunate son.

It's interesting that some folks on this forum have been predicting C.M. Punk will come back as leader of the Shield. I thought this unlikely since Ambrose has been clearly established as the main guy. Still, when we watch Dean get all the singles matches while the other two stand by, waiting for a chance to interfere on his behalf, I'm beginning to believe that Ambrose might be on a different path by the time Punk returns.....leaving the door open for Punk to assume his mantle. Of course, it's way too early to turn Ambrose face, but there are plenty of evil things he can do as a singles competitor.

As for Kofi.... well, this might be the end of your latest mini-push. Hopefully, there will be others.

Yeah well some folks on this forum are morons. They don't understand the concept of convoluted storylines that don't make sense. Not to mention the glaring aspect that Punk doesn't need it and it would only hurt The Shield.

As for Ambrose, I haven't seen enough to say he's great by any means. But that's simply because he's stuck inside a group that's booked very well in terms of equality. He's only recently gotten a chance to stick out, and that's only been a couple of matches.

For this match, while it's a shame they're (likely) taking the belt off Kofi so soon after switching, it's nothing he can't get over. He seems to get annual mid card title pushes anyways. Plus he's over well enough that it'll put heat directly on Ambrose and Kofi's not so high up the food chain that it's too far too fast.

I think it's likely Shield walks out of ER with all 3 belts in hand.

 

[MCMG]

This will be a good match, no doubt. Kofi was shamefully left of the Mania card and Ambrose will be a good fit. It is strange to think that Kofi will loose the belt just months after winning it which means I don't think Ambrose wins. I think they will simply have Rollins and Reigns win the Tag-titles and then interfere in Ambrose's match - getting him disqualified. It will let the storyline evolve over another month and Ambrose will have to win the title at a later point.

 

[James]

Put the belt on Kofi, then make him lose it?

Nah, he will win a hard fought match by DQ. It's too early right now and I'd rather see The Shield use the free bird rules with the tag titles.

Faking a injury to get one of the others to defend the title for them.
Hell this is the same thing I had regarding Punk holding the title for two years.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I don't actually get all the Ambrose hype. Don't get me wrong, from what I've seen in WWE he's decent. But people seem to be heailing him as the future of WWE. I don't see that based purely on his look and poor physique. No doubt I'll be proven wrong.

Should be a decent match. Kofi is, ultimately, pointless, but he does have entertaining and energetic matches.

 

[MINISTRYrising]

Really looking forward to this one for a couple of reasons. The first being that no matter if the match is going being contested under extremde rules or not, Both men are capable of putting on a quality match and i'm sure this will be one of the best matches of the night, The other reason is the fact that the us divison has been a shambles for a long time now and putting the belt on somebody like Ambrose can only help improve the division and while know that it is quite possible that Kofi might retain the title at Extreme Rulez, WWE would be stupied not to have him drop the title.

 

[NightwingZen]

I can see this going either 2 ways, Kofi retaining and holding on to the belt for a couple of weeks longer or Ambrose winning the title with interference. Either way Ambrose will be US Champion along with Rollins and Reigns as tag champs. It just absolutely fits together with their character and where it's going. If their was a reason for Cesaro losing to Kofi, it's obviously for what's to come for The Shield.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

Ambrose wins, and hopefully he'll end another boring and counterproductive Kofi Kingston mid-card title reign. The Shield is still riding a huge wave of momentum, and Ambrose doesn't need to suffer a one on one loss on pay per view in a title match.

 

[MWRedskins]

this could be a great match. i personally thought it would be a 6 man where all the belts were on the line, but i like this idea just as much. the United States Championship needs someone to hold it who will add prestige to it. The Shield is getting major tv time and exposure so Ambrose holding the title will add a boatload of prestige to the championship. i hope he wins as he will have nice feuds over the title. and maybe (when the shield breaks up) he can defend his title to Seth Rollins.

 

[Pedigree1]

If Theres any match on the card that is predictable it is this one.. I really don't see a scenario in which Kofi retains his title. This is going to be the Shield's night. Much like the 2003 Armageddon where evolution ran rough shot on that PPV. Dean Ambrose is being fast tracked to main event stardom and well he should be. He has got talent the charisma and when he talks you listen..

Kofi is an amazing technical wrestler very athletic but very jolly IMO. Really you cant take Kofi as a serious champion thats why he has short reigns. But Dean looks mean and can hang with the best of em. Hell he hung in there with the undertaker no way Kofi wins this one! New US CHAMP Shield Member Dean Ambrose

 

[Nate DaMac]

If Theres any match on the card that is predictable it is this one.. I really don't see a scenario in which Kofi retains his title.

Well you certainly lack an imagination because I see a very simple way for Kofi to retain his title. In fact, we kind of just saw it happen on Raw when Cena was about to get the win but then a melee ensued and The Shield got disqualified. The same thing could happen here. Kofi has the match won, Shield interferes, Kofi retains via DQ.

I hope that's not the route they go. I like the idea of Shield being decked out in gold, even if it's meaningless gold. Maybe they can make them matter again.

 

[HBsam31]

Honestly I am not as hyped up about The Shield as everyone else is, but I do like Ambrose. I never really saw this latest Kofi push going anywhere, and I think Ambrose is going to take the title in what should be a great match. Like others have said, Ambrose gave Undertaker all he could handle, and there is nothing that makes me think Kofi Kingston is going to knock Ambrose off. Best case scenerio for Kofi is he retains by dq, but I think Ambrose is going to be the new US champ.

 

[MWRedskins]

i dont think this match is as predictable as someone said above. WWE could easily have Kofi retain via DQ as he just won the title, now i hope that doesnt happen as i think Ambrose would do wonders for the title, but it could happen.

 

[El Rev sXe]

It was really weird from the beggining to see Kofi win the U.S. title from Cesaro basically out of nowhere. However after seeing this scenario, it makes completely sense, Ambrose needed to win a championship from a face, plus since WWE hates Cesaro, it was the perfect excuse.

That being said, I didn't saw coming this match, but I'm not complaining at all, it seems it could be a good match. I would like it more if they had a gimmick match, a street fight, falls count anywhere or somthing, it would make even more sense for Ambrose to win the match with Shield's interference and this way gaining even more heat.

Either way, like basically everyone else said, it doesn't seem that Kofi stands a chance against Dean Ambrose, he will be the new U.S. cham and like Jack-Hammer said, probably this way this midcard title is going to get some relevance.

 

[Dagger Dias]

This will probably open the show. It's the most excited I have been for a US Championship match in quite some time. All signs point to a Dean Ambrose win. He's been on such an amazing roll with The Shield that it would be a bad decision for him to not pick up the win here. Then again, this is the same creative team that decided to give Kofi another midcard title reign that accomplished nothing. I feel bad for Kofi honestly. Ambrose for the win, and The Shield holding the US title as well as the giant pennies by the end of the night. It has potential to be a highly entertaining match. Ambrose moves on to his next challenger if Kofi doesn't get a rematch and Kofi moves on to.... I suppose fighting for the Intercontinental Championship or maybe he enters into some filler feud following this. Whether he gets a rematch or not, I predict that Ambrose will defeat him and they will both move on soon.

DAGGER'S PREDICTION
Deam Ambrose will win the United States Championship.

 

[JBK2008]

Ambrose all the way in this match. He's been on a roll with the rest of the Shield and has the most potential out of the 3 of them. Being from Cincinnati, I can't help but root for Ambrose here, but Kofi's just had another pointless mid card reign. Maybe Kofi snaps and turns on the fans, but he's not leaving Extreme Rules with the United States Championship.

 

[LSN80]

What a test for Dean Ambrose.

He's been given the main event, or single's matches, on Smackdown multiple times. And even in losses, he's acquitted himself well. But that's the thing: They've been in losses.

Most of The Shield's wins, if not all, have come in tag competition, where they can function as a team. I don't know if a stipulation has been added to this match such as as a Falls Count Anywhere, which in that case, would favor Ambrose. But in a one-on-one match, it favors Kofi.

I've really gone back and forth on this one. For one, Kofi just won the title, after WrestleMania. On the other hand, it would push the Shield even further and perhaps even restore some legitimacy to the belts if the Shield held three titles. But Kofi has developed a personality and an edge since winning the title, and I'd hate to see him fall off the radar with another loss. Perhaps they just put the title on Kofi so a heel, specifically Ambrose, could take it off of him, but it could create some interesting storylines if Rollins and Reigns held the tag titles with Ambrose coming up short.

Still, it's too early to bring friction to the Shield. I see all three holding titles by the end of the PPV. Kofi is almost teflon due to his relative longevity and multiple title wins, and he'll bounce back from this as well. It should be a very good match, and I could see Rollins and Reigns, stipulation or not, causing a distraction which allows Ambrose to take advantage.

Ambrose wins this, and the Shield leave the PPV with all three members holding titles.

 

[It's...Baylariat!]

This has to be a Dean Ambrose win doesn't it? I mean, unless the WWE wants to push Kofi as a dominant champi... I can't even get out that last part. Ambrose should win this in decisive fashion and if you want to make Kofi look good, have a member of the Shield interfere and distract - causing Ambrose to get the pinfall.

Ambrose with a win - possibly thanks to a spear from Reigns.

 

[The Eighties]

Good mid card bout, I love Ambrose's unorthodox style and I think him and Kofi worked pretty well together, I imagine they will run this match on the house show circuit for a bit. The right guy won.

 

[akathelaw]

Ambrose is getting the Daniel Bryan/The Miz push. Expect him to be a contender for MITB.