So Night of Champions is getting closer, why not play a bit of prediction game, everyone does it, why not me. I will be only using the officially announced and available matches from the Wiki page of the event and in order presented there.
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship - This one is hard, not because the outcome could be so unpredictable, but because it is so very predictable. All logic would point at Lesnar, but there is a problem with him, he is part time, doesn't do house shows and is on TV only from time to time. There is a lot of rumors surrounding this match and depending on if you believe in rumors or not, certain things could happen. First of all, if Lesnar wins, then he will hang onto the title until Royal Rumble in January, but that would mean that there would be no top champion at any house shows for the next three months and only sometimes on TV. Would WWE really risk such a move? Plus we need to remember how much money Lesnar takes for basically a legends schedule, would WWE really give him that kind of cash just to have him there? And there is the question about Rollins, who could always cash in. But getting to the point. Personally I heard only four actually believable rumors about this match:
- A) WWE secured Lesnar for more dates, so they will keep the title on him.
- B) Lesnar wins, but Rollins cashes in and gets the belt.
- C) Cena wins to keep the champion active.
- D) Cena wins, but Rollins cashes in.
In scenario "A" WWE basically is left without a champion at house shows, cause like I wrote before, he doesn't do house shows and is barely on TV. That could of course mean that midcard could get some attention, which would be good, but I don't know if that is such a great idea. WWE would need to find someone to feud with Lesnar and at this moment, besides Cena, only Reigns is big enough name for the match to even matter. And we all know WWE wants to save Reigns for later, but maybe if they won't have a choice.
Option "B" means that Rollins would need a face turn, cause winning the title from Lesnar will either turn Brock face or Seth - WWE doesn't do heel vs heel matches.and someone would need to be the bad guy in the rematch.
Variant "C" means that we could and most likely would need to see another Cena-Lesnar match, cause the champion has a rematch option. While I don't really see anything wrong with that, as long as it will be actually a good one, there might be a problem of what to do next. If Cena would win, Brock would get a rematch next month and if he would win the title back, Cena would get a rematch as well. But if Cena wins now and defends in a rematch in a month, Lesnar is out from the title picture and WWE doesn't really have anything to do with him at that point.
Situation "D" is my least favorite option, cause at that point we have an almost guaranteed three way or maybe even four way. Lesnar lost, so he gets a rematch, Cena lost, so he gets a rematch as well. I would really dislike that kind of solution, cause that would really hurt Rollins.
Winner in my opinion: Brock Lesnar (but Cena would be a better choice)
2. Sheamus vs Cesaro for the United States Championship - Well, what can you say about Cesaro? He's a great talent, has great potential... and got completely screwed by WWE and their booking. After winning the Andre the Giant over the top Battle Royale, he got all the momentum behind him, he was exciting, enjoyable, the crowd loved "the swing"... So WWE naturally decided to turn him heel and ruin everything by putting him with Paul Heyman, who got the job to promote the shit about Brock. Cesaro became less and less relevant and eventually Heyman even stopped coming out with him at all to the ring. Now Cesaro is just another guy. I have no doubt it should be a nice match, but I really don't have big hopes for title to change hands.
Winner in my opinion: Sheamus
3. Dolph Ziggler vs The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship - WWE is trying to make Miz happen over, and over, and over, and constantly fails to do so. Give up people, Miz is not happening. On the other hand we have Dolph who did happen, but WWE is too stupid to see that. I am also afraid that this could be the Kofi Kingston situation, where winning the title is not actually a good thing. Still, Dolph deserves the title much more then Miz, but seeing how WWE just can't admit defeat, they might try changing that again.
Winer in my opinion: The Miz (but I do hope it doesn't happen)
4. Paige vs Aj Lee vs Nikki Bella for the Divas Championship - Or as I like to call it "Overhyped, Overrated and Overexposed". There is no reason to put Nikki Bella in this match, absolutely no reason, but she is on Total Divas, so she has to be in the match. Nikki will not win, she was inserted into the bout without any real explanation and is there only so Total Divas can be relevant. I really don't have any strong feeling about this match and really don't care much who will win. Aj has a rematch, if she doesn't win it, she's out from the title picture and looking at the current diva roster... Let's hope Aj wins.
Winner in my opinion: Aj Lee
5. Mark Henry vs Rusev - I tried to get invested into this whole story, I really tried, but I just can't help myself and don't give a shit. This is a horrible storyline, horribly executed, it would be dated 20 years ago, not to mention now. I see no reason for Henry to win, so by default my vote goes to the Russian-Bulgarian.
Winner in my opinion: Rusev
6. The Usos vs Dust Brothers for the World Tag Team Championships - What can be said about this match? We seen it on more then one occasion, we know it will be fun to watch, but do we really care about the winner? I know, I know, someone has to win. The Usos are the better team here, but Dust Brothers only recently had a heel turn, they could use a victory to keep themselves relevant.
Winner in my opinion: Goldust and Stardust
7. Chris Jericho vs Randy Orton - This has potential to be great. We have Chris Jericho, who after this match goes away for a while, so that basically means we know who wins, but no matter. Orton is not the greatest in ring performer, but he can do fun things when he wants to and with Jericho and the fact this match is just "for fun" we could see a very decent spectacle.
Winner in my opinion: Randy Orton
8. Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins - i don't have much to say about this. The winner will be determined depending on how much does WWE actually believe in Roman. He needs as many wins against credible opponents as he can get, if they want him to be the next best thing. He needs to build his credibility as a wrestler, even though he is very limited.
Winner in my opinion: Roman Reigns
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