Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Summerslam 2016 Predictions

Cesaro vs. Sheamus: First match in a Best of Seven Series 

What Should Happen: Cesaro cleanly wins the series and moves on to challenging for the Universal Title
What Will Happen: Sheamus wins match #1 to set up Cesaro overcoming the odds
What I’m Terrified Will Happen: Sheamus (who isn’t bad but is stale) wins the series 


Rusev © (with Lana) vs. Roman Reigns: US Championship 

What Should Happen: This feud has reignited Reigns, and as a face. But I’d keep this feud going; I’m thinking a wild out of control brawl to set up a rematch, either falls count anywhere or in a cage match
What Will Happen: Rusev wins when Reigns re-injures the arm from RAW
What I’m Terrified Will Happen: Reigns wins cleanly, Rusev gets pushed aside for a new challenger


Enzo Amore and Big Cass vs. Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens 

What Should Happen: Not only do Enzo and Cass win, but Owens attacks Jericho after the match to start their feud
What Will Happen: Enzo and Cass win the match, dissension teased by the Canadians but held off for now
What I’m Terrified Will Happen: I’m not sure there’s a bad outcome here- maybe if they keep Jericho and Owens as a team instead of letting them shine individually. On a side note, FREE SAMI ZAYN


The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) © vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: World Tag Team Titles

What Should Happen: I’d like the New Day to keep the belts until they lose to American Alpha at Survivor Series, so I’d have them retain here.
What Will Happen: Gallows and Anderson finally take the belts from the New Day
What I’m Terrified Will Happen: Gallows and Anderson win- and the New Day dissolves


John Cena vs. AJ Styles

What Should Happen: I like Cena- but Styles could be a fresh challenger for Ambrose or Ziggler. I’d have Styles win
What Will Happen: Cena wins to set up either Ambrose/Cena or Ziggler/Cena
What I’m Terrified Will Happen: Cena wins, and Styles disappears into the same place that Sami Zayn is


The Miz © (with Maryse) vs. Apollo Crews: WWE Intercontinental Title

What Should Happen: Crews looks great but Miz pulls out a win
What Will Happen: Crews looks all right but Miz pulls out a win
What I’m Terrified Will Happen: Crews wins the title and THEN the WWE realizes there are no challengers


Sasha Banks © vs. Charlotte: WWE Women’s Title

What Should Happen: Banks retains; Dana Brooke’s interference is countered by Bayley, and we start step 2 of the 100 mile journey for Banks vs. Bayley at Wrestlemania.
What Will Happen: Banks retains
What I’m Terrified Will Happen: The Women’s Title is secondary to the Charlotte-Brooks storyline


Dean Ambrose © vs. Dolph Ziggler: WWE World Championship

What Should Happen: The Smackdown side needs a mega heel. Styles is a heel, but he’s a cool heel that is cheered by half the fans (the flip side of John Cena). I see two real possibilities. One is Randy Orton, which I’ll describe below. The other is a Dolph Ziggler heel turn. They’ve done start and stop with pushes to him in the main event before- I’d give it a solid attempt this time. Don’t know if you’d give him someone in his corner (maybe Baron Corbin as a bodyguard?) But I’d have him turn heel and make Ambrose the underdog getting revenge.
What Will Happen: Ambrose retains in a very good match. His next challenger is the winner of the Cena/Styles match
What I’m Terrified Will Happen: Ambrose retains- and Ziggler is left in limbo again


Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins: WWE Universal Championship

What Should Happen: Pull the trigger- you don’t get many chances to really establish someone as a main guy that is fully over with the crowd right away. Bálor should be the first champion- run with him.
What Will Happen: the match of the night happens, and Rollins cheats to win in a close match, leading to about four rematches that ends at Survivor Series
What I’m Terrified Will Happen: the title is secondary to some Authority storyline


Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) vs. Randy Orton 

What Should Happen: see below, under “What I’m Terrified Will Happen:”
What Will Happen: Lesnar wins after ALMOST getting pinned with the RKO, but then Orton becomes a new victim of Suplex City.
What I’m Terrified Will Happen: This is a risky idea, but there are upsides- I’d have Heyman turn on Lesnar and join Orton, causing Lesnar to lose and turning Orton heel. Lesnar is a part timer, and Heyman-Orton could work as a duo. Plus, it gives Smackdown a new major heel

This idea could backfire horribly- but it could also elevate Orton and give Smackdown a new heel combination for the faces (including Styles) to shoot for.

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