Since
Wrestlemania XXX is so big, I’m going to be breaking my preview of it up into
four different parts. The first part
will be covering the WWE Title match, and thus will also include the HHH vs.
Daniel Bryan match that comes before it but will then add a third man to the
main event.
At first,
the HHH vs. Daniel Bryan match had the stipulation that if Daniel Bryan won he’d
be added to the WWE Title match later on in the night. I don’t like when they do things like that
because it pretty much guarantees that Bryan will win and be added to the match
because why else make the stipulation to begin with? Adding the fact that if HHH wins he gets put
in the title match now can cast some shadow of doubt, but the original theory
still remains that Daniel Bryan will be added to the title match.
In
order to please fans, WWE is likely to give Daniel Bryan his Wrestlemania
moment, as he ends the night WWE Champion, with a fallen HHH, Randy Orton and
Batista left in his path. More
important that why Daniel Bryan will become WWE Champion though is perhaps the
fact of where do we go from here? Who
is on the level that can be pushed such as Daniel Bryan to make for interesting
matches and feuds?
One
thing I would certainly do, though I’d wait for Summerslam, is to bring in John
Cena vs. Daniel Bryan. Last year was the
Summerslam when Bryan beat Cena then was quickly beaten/screwed by Orton and
HHH. So building that match up to one
year later would be quite remarkable on the part of WWE, though I don’t know if
they have that kind of long term planning in mind.
Someone
who connects John Cena and Daniel Bryan right now as well is Bray Wyatt, and he
could have some good matches with Daniel Bryan should WWE want to elevate him
to that level after Wrestlemania. Aside
from those two guys though (Both of whom are competing against each other at
WMXXX), there aren’t that many interesting matches left for Bryan as champion.
I
certainly don’t want to see the typical gauntlet of champion match fodder being
run. No Mark Henry, Big Show, Christian
or Sheamus matches please. Let’s say
that for right now, they are beneath the WWE Championship no matter who holds
it. However, should WWE want to push
Cesaro as a singles star and have him against Daniel Bryan for the title, then
I’m all for that.
Which
brings me to my next theory, which revolves around the Money in the Bank match
which will be inevitable to happen before Summerslam. So you put
Daniel Bryan in a rematch with Randy Orton, have HHH stack the deck
against him again only this time it’s different because Bryan has the title and
isn’t going for it. Batista goes back
to Hollywood and sadly, Ric Flair does not return to go one on one with Daniel
Bryan.
If we’re
going to put six men into the MITB match and they are six men who a) have never
held the WWE Title before and b) also stand some chance of winning the match
and cashing in successfully (Sorry Kofi Kingston, Damien Sandow and even Cody
Rhodes), then I see no reason why we wouldn’t have these six men in it: Cesaro, Big E, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Seth
Rollins and Roman Reigns. Yes, all
three members of The Shield should be in this match because each one would add
to it and the “Every man for himself” factor would also come into play nicely. I could see any of the three grabbing the
brief case and having a great match with Daniel Bryan for the title.
I’ve
already made my case for Cesaro winning the MITB match, and I think WWE should
put Big E into the mix as what I like to call the “Kane of MITB matches”, so
they can have a big power guy who, well, isn’t Kane because there is no way
Kane should be in this thing. On top of
that we have Bray Wyatt, who could earn his way in there by defeating someone
else (Kofi?) after looking impressive at WMXXX.
The idea of Daniel Bryan as Champion vs. John Cena at Summerslam with
Bray Wyatt holding the MITB brief case is a very engaging scenario WWE should
explore. Though, I’d be happy with any
of those six men holding the brief case and challenging Daniel Bryan.
Let’s
just hope WWE sees things as promisingly as I do for the months following
Wrestlemania and leading up to Summerslam.
We could be victim to any number of lousy title defenses for Daniel
Bryan, but if WWE plays their cards right we could also have some of the best
wrestling yet in the coming months.
