The
Money in the Bank Ladder match to determine the new WWE Champion has seven
participants, but there are only really four who could potentially win it. Randy Orton, Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio all
seem to be a part of the match as the veterans who have already held the big
one, but their careers all need to be overhauled so if WWE really does what is
best for business these guys will be more of cannon fodder than actual
contenders.
That
being said, here are the individual cases for the other four.
Cesaro
is quite possibly the least likely person to win out of these four candidates,
but just imagine the rub it would give him to come out of this with his first
WWE Championship. WWE would be taking somewhat of a risk here,
but yet, they could be reassured that if anything goes wrong with the title run
they have Daniel Bryan coming back to reclaim it as a backup option. It would be interesting as well to see how
Paul Heyman interacts with The Authority, but mostly I’d want this to happen
because no one thought that Brock Lesnar would end The Streak and if no one
thinks this is possible then there is that chance to give Heyman and his
impeccable mic work that boost.
The
next intriguing idea, but still near the bottom of my mind, would be to put the
title on Roman Reigns. Not only would this be done to go against The
Authority and create a potential match at Summerslam between Daniel Bryan and
Roman Reigns, who arguably The Authority would not want to see either of them
with the championship, it would further the storyline with The Shield break
up. The first entrant announced for the
MITB match for a briefcase for a shot at this title is Seth Rollins. Whoever else is put into the match at this
point seems to be just there for the effect.
The match has become “Seth Rollins and those other guys” because,
really, it only seems likely for Seth Rollins to win. Imagine the scenario if Roman Reigns is
champion and Seth Rollins holds the briefcase. The idea of Rollins watching his back from
Ambrose and Reigns now becomes turned as Reigns would have to watch his
back. It creates a scenario I could
certainly get behind and would make for a great summer program. Also, consider Daniel Bryan defeating Roman
Reigns in a hard fought match at Summerslam (or vice versa) only for Seth
Rollins to then cash in.
The
most likely candidate to win this is John Cena, for reasons I will get into
later, but first, my pick to win this match and WWE’s best bet going into the
summer is none other than Bray Wyatt. Why Bray Wyatt you ask? Well, he’s had some high profile matches and
putting the title on him at this point won’t hurt his career any but should
only make his character that much stronger, and it is already fairly
strong. The obvious reason to put the title on Bray
Wyatt is because assuming that Daniel Bryan returns for his match to get his
title back at Summerslam, odds are having him Bray Wyatt, with whom he has much
history, well, yeah, that’d be a match to sell pay-per-views (or Network
subscriptions) and then someone like John Cena could be in more of a special
attraction match) Also, should Daniel
Bryan not make it to Summerslam for whatever reason, we have the contingency
plan known as John Cena, who has a history with Wyatt as well. Also, the other members of the Wyatt Family
are scheduled to take on the Usos for the Tag Team Titles. Imagine a scenario where all three Wyatt
Family members are holding gold by the end of the night.
Though,
of course, the most likely scenario to play out is for John Cena to win the
championship. Rumors are running wild
that Brock Lesnar could be returning to WWE and going after the very same
championship at Summerslam, so a Cena vs. Lesnar match for the title would draw
well, I think. It seems to be WWE’s
safe bet, especially if Daniel Bryan isn’t ready to come back for
Summerslam. But what if Daniel Bryan is
ready to come back? Well, lest we
forget what happened at Summerslam last year.
Lest we forget that both John Cena and Daniel Bryan are romantically
involved with one of the Bella twins. This match at Summerslam could have that Hulk
Hogan vs. Randy Savage feel to it, especially if handled properly. The last time Daniel Bryan defeated John Cena
to become WWE Champion, his reign ended quickly as HHH turned on him and Randy
Orton cashed in. Perhaps this can be
the chance to set that right and maybe instead of Seth Rollins playing the role
of Randy Orton they can come up with some stipulation to keep Bryan safe.
In any
event, I’m fine with John Cena winning the title in this match if it means they
keep it off of Randy Orton because that guy needs a serious character
overhaul. Alberto Del Rio could also
do with a change, and while this was all going on I seem to recall Sheamus
losing IC Title shots to Wade Barrett so putting the big title on him would
make no sense at all. Any of the four men I listed would be great to
see as champion, though it’s most likely going to go to Super Cena.
[Please Note: After writing this, WWE added Kane to the
match on Monday night—last night. Not
that it matters, because he’ll just go into the background with Randy Orton,
Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio]
