Goosebumps cannot be controlled as I sit and watch Sting completely destroy The Authority with Orton by his side. Sting looked like a supreme badass to the point where I wished Reigns had this effect on me. As 8 long weeks of build has been going on we are finally reaching the end of our ‘Mania season. One more week left with one last segment for the Reigns vs Lesnar Main Event and they have to absolutely nail it or the match is going to flop. It may flop either way seeing as the comments I’ve seen have all been negative towards the match. There has however been a lot of great speculation on what will happen at the event. Will it happen is a different question.
A lot of fans like Roman Reigns but they don’t feel he is ready. More importantly they think he is terrible on the mic. I think he has improved over the past 8 weeks but they don’t think it is enough. A lot of people want Reigns to be like Lesnar.. A silent badass. The kind that stands in the middle of the ring looking completely dominant while someone else talks for him, someone like Heyman. You get where this is going? The general opinion is that if Lesnar leaves Heyman will be high and dry and if they want Reigns to win why don’t they turn him heel and give him Heyman as his mouthpiece? It is perfect really, especially with all the back and forth “I respect you Roman” “I respect you Paul”, maybe this was where it was heading all along? It would be great, it’d be better if Heyman could be face but he can’t. Heyman is born to play a heel and whoever he is managing will have to adapt to that. Heyman couldn’t be with Punk while he was Face, he can’t do it now. If Reigns and Heyman were face it would still allow Rollins to be the best Heel in the business and cash in the MitB on Reigns. We’ll see if this actually happens or not as the odds of having Reigns plus Heyman seems impossible in a world like WWE.
The IC Title Match as usual being the highlight of every week finally saw Barrett steal is own title back and completely dominate the rest of the competition. Again another big discussion point right now is if Bryan and Cena both win the mid card titles, will this signal a start of WWE raising the profile of these titles? That is really what they should’ve been doing during the gaps where Lesnar was away from the company and WWEWH title story lines were months away, but I digress. It’d be really great to see the two top guys carry the mid card belts and elevate it with great story lines and big segments on Raw. I really don’t know who will win the IC Ladder match and that’s what makes it the most exciting to me, I can’t wait to see the crazy shit they pull off and the amazing show they will put on.
Although many seem to believe that Rusev will lose at ‘Mania to Cena I hope he doesn’t. Like I said previously it’d be nice to see Cena elevate the US Title and show that more of a heelish side to him, but I want Rusev to continue to be the monster that WWE have managed to create him as. A win over Cena would elevate Rusev to new heights and be unstoppable, he would have the Lesnar quality of being the powerhouse who cannot be stopped. I’m sure you can go somewhere with that, it would probably elevate the US Title just as much as Cena would and if he never drops it but continues to aim for the main title it would really show how much of a monster he is. That would probably see the title get lost in the shuffle though and just be an accessory to Rusev by that point.
Orton vs Rollins and Triple H vs Sting are linked as we saw this week on Raw, sure they are their own entities but at the core it was all to do with The Authority. There has still been no word on if the Triple H vs Sting match will include the added stip of The Authority being out of power, but if Sting continues to be at least Semi regular like Jericho and RVD after ‘Mania it wouldn’t be surprising to see that story line continue over the coming months to Extreme Rules or maybe all the way to SummerSlam. I’d love to see Sting on a regular basis and face some younger dudes, putting them over, maybe, winning, maybe, whatever they feel like doing. As long as Sting looks great and wrestles great why the hell not?
That’s all I’ve really got to say this week, I’m getting excited when I think about ‘Mania being such a short distance away but it doesn’t crowd my mind like it usually does. I’m aiming to do a couple of articles over the next week or so, similar to last yeah I want to do WrestleMania Matches Breakdown articles as well as the ‘Mania article and the WWE 2014-15 Season Awards, like last year. Keep an eye out for those, but as always tell me your opinions!
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