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Hello everyone! You may have seen some of my posts before where I fantasy book PPV's 1-2 days before they occur. I have been doing these since Night Of Champions 2015. If you want, you can click on my name and read some of my other ones. Enjoy!
PRE SHOW
We get the usual panel and they all hype up the matches and
give their predictions and we see a few video packages. A Social Media Lounge
segment with Dean Ambrose is announced for later. We go to our first Pre Show
match.
1st Kickoff Match: The Dudley Boyz vs The Lucha Dragons
Of course as I was originally writing this, WWE tweeted that
Ziggler vs Corbin and Apollo vs Sheamus were moved to the main show, so now we
have to watch this weird filler match. Just a fun fact by the way, on Smackdown
apparently the wrong graphic for the MITB ladder match was shown, and it showed
who the 7th man was going to be. Kalisto. That would've been interesting.
Anyways, The Dudleys' credibility has been crushed since they returned, by
jobbing to so many teams all the time, even though that is their job. But the
Lucha Dragons, specifically Kalisto, need a win, so Lucha Dragons win in a 7
minute match.
WINNERS: The Lucha Dragons
The panel talks some more and discusses the last match. We
go to the social media lounge with Ambrose. He answers the questions he's
given, but he also says that despite him dropping Roman Reigns on Raw, they're
still brothers. We'll see if that statement holds true later. We go to the last
kickoff match.
2nd Kickoff Match: Golden Truth vs BreezeDango
I'm still SO pissed that they aren't called FaBreeze. This
match is so disinteresting and I just hate Golden Truth so much that all I'm
saying about this match is FaBreeze win in 1 second. Don't even let this match
happen. This feud makes me cry. It's so bad. I'd love for Breeze to turn on
Fandango here and cut the traditional "I'm being held back, I'm a jobber,
I deserve better I deserve to be on top" promo. He could say that he wants
a shot a Miz's IC Title when he returns. Breeze is honestly really talented and
he could easily get over, just tweak his character a bit.
Winners: Fabreeze
The panelists give their final predictions as the
commentators come out and we go the main show.
MAIN SHOW
This honestly really does have tthe potential to be the best
MITB ppv ever, and if it's not, with this card, it's definitely second. The
undercard is honestly crap in Corbin vs Ziggler for the 849th time (at least
they made it onto the main card this time), and Crews vs Sheamus. But tonight,
if they pull this PPV off right, could be a real turning point in WWE'a
history. You all know what match is kicking off. Let's go.
1st Match: Kevin Owens vs Chris Jericho vs Alberto Del Rio
vs Cesaro vs Sami Zayn vs Dean Ambrose
The entrants come out in that order above. This could legit
beat 2013's MITB ladder match, which was my personal favorite and many others
under the MITB ppv. The 6 men in this match have so much talent, and they could
pull off some really memorable spots. The match goes 22 minutes. Here are some
insane spots in this match.
The match begins and all 6 competitors immediately run to
get ladders and they all fight and set up their own individual ladders in the
ring and try to grab the breifcase. As usual, they all knock each other's
ladders over and fall down.
Jericho has Dean Ambrose in the Walls of Jericho on top of
two ladders and Cesaro runs in and jumps and uppercuts Ambrose and he falls to
the mat and then he grabs Jericho's legs and pulls him down the massage and
swings him for like 40 rotations.
Sami Zayn does his usual insane Tornado DDT through the ring
post, but it's not through the ring post, it's through a ladder, and it's to
like 3 different people, through all separate ladders around ringside.
Obviously a bunch of high spots off the ladder like Owens
frogs pledging people, Ambrose elbow drops, etc.
And of course all the usual ladder spots, like one person
with a ladder around their head swinging around and knocking everyone down. The
match has been going for about 18 minutes so far, and everyone is down except
Cesaro. The crowd is on their feet and it looks like Cesaro is finally going to
get his big win. He's about to unhook the breifcase but suddenly the lights go
out and we get the Wyatt family graphic. The lights come back on and Bray,
Rowan and Brauny The Snowman are all surrounding Cesaro on the ladder. If
Harper has recovered from his injury by now, then he would be there too, but I
think he's out for a while. The Wyatts have returned and they're targeting The
King Of Swing first. They tip Cesaro's ladder over and they beat him down all
around ringside like they usually do. Strowman powerbombs him through the
Spanish announce desk. They carry him to the back as the crowd boos. I feel
like a Cesaro vs Bray Wyatt feud would be interesting, as they have completely
different styles and character. It would be interesting to see them clash, and
it would likely be a great match and feud, and it's fresh, and I think fans
would like it. Plus, it could get both men over, and it could be used as an
excuse so that fans don't riot that Cesaro didn't win the case. We go to
replays of what just happened, and as things settle down, Chris Jericho crawls
into the ring, and slowly climbs up a ladder. Del Rio pulls him down. Del Rio
climbs the ladder now but Ambrose pulls him off into a Dirty Deeds. Del Rio
rolls out of the ring. Now, both Cesaro and Del Rio are out. One thing leads to
another and at one point after all that Ambrose and Jericho are brawling on the
outside. Ambrose whacks Jericho with a ladder and he jumps away. Ambrose is
beaten and bartered, leaning against the barricade and he's trash talking.
Ambrose looks at the breifcase and sees that there is a ladder in the ring
already, and all he has to do is climb and win. He goes to enter the ring, but
out of nowhere, Roman Reigns comes and kills him by spearing him through the
barricade. Of course, to do this, reigns would have to be snuck under the ring
prior to the match. The crowd is going insane and Reigns yells "THATS FOR
WHAT HAPPENED MONDAY!". Reigns goes to the back. Now, the only standing
superstars left in the match are Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. When things have
calmed down a bit, Sami Zayn crawls in the ring and the crowd is chanting for
him. Sami climbs the ladder. Everyone is down. He grabs the breifcase. He's
about to unhook it. Suddenly, Kevin Owens rushes the ring and climbs the
opposite side of Zayn's ladder. The two start brawling on the top and do the
spot where they keep punching and punching each other. Owens gets the best of
Zayn. Owens picks him up, and Powerbombs Sami off the ladder through another
ladder set up between the English announce table and the apron. Sami Zayn is
dead. The crowd is chanting holy shit and Kevin Owens looks around, slowly. He
puts his hands on the case. He unhooks it. He holds up the breifcase as the
crowd goes insane and we go to replays. Kevin Owens has finally won MITB. He
won't hold it for long though. He'll trade it very soon for a much better
prize.
Winner and NEW Mr. Money In The Bank: Kevin godamn Owens.
2nd Match: Rusev (c) vs Titus O'Neil for the US Title
I feel so bad yet it'll be so funny at the same time how
Rusev is crushing Titus on Father's Day. All those promos about Titus being a
great father and then this. This buildup has honestly been better than it should've.
Rusev comes out first then Titus comes out and cuts a Father's Day promo. The
match goes about 9 minutes, and Rusev wins with the Accolade.
Winner and STILL US Champion: Rusev.
3rd Match: Apollo Crews vs Sheamus.
Apollo Crews really wasn't ready to come up to the main
roster. Did you see those awful punches on Raw? He has Shane's punches times
100. His character is legit just that he's happy to be there. And I won't lie
when I say I've been really disappointed about how he's been doing in the ring
and on the mic. But, he's big, so Vince likes him. Anyways, Crews needs to win
this, obviously. Sheamus comes out first then Crews. The match goes about 6
minutes and Sheamus dominates near the end but Crews has quick offense most of
the match. Sheamus is about to go for the brogue kick but Apollo moves and
Superkicks Sheamus, then does the standing moonsault for the win. Crews won
here, but I'm 146% sure that WWE still has no long term plan for him and he
won't be on the Battleground card.
WINNER: Apollo Crews
4th Match: New Day vs The Club vs Enzo and Cass vs The
Vaudevillans for the Tag Team Titles.
A lot of people seem to be saying this match will suck. I
think that fatal four way tag matches are always great. That one at Summerslam
last year where New Day became the WORLD FAMOUS 2 TIME CHAMPS was amazing. I
think these four teams have enough talent to be one of the show stealers. New
Day come out first and cut their usual promo making fun of all the teams. Enzo
and Cass are out next. Then Vaudevillans, and finally Gallows and Anderson. The
match goes 13 minutes, and hopefully these guys can put on a memorable match.
The match ends when the 4 teams are all brawling and Enzo and Cass hit an Air
Enzo on Gotch, New Day knock out Cass abs hit their finisher on Cass, and
Gallows Superkicks Big E and he falls down. They hit a Boot Of Doom on Kofi,
knocking him out of the ring, and Big E stumbles up into a Magic Killer and
Anderson pins Big E, the two legal men, and they win the titles. As much as I
love New Day, I feel like they have held the titles far too long. Plus, The
Club are on a huge rise in WWE, and G&A need to win the titles here as well
as AJ defeating Cena later, and something big that happens in AJ-Cena, to
cement The Club as the top force in the company.
Winners and NEW Tag Team Champions: Luke Gallows and Karl
Anderson.
5th Match: AJ Styles vs John "K-Mart Shopping Ass"
Cena.
The buildup to this match and this feud has been arguably
the best of 2016. Now, this will either sound insane or awesome, but this match
needs to go 30 minutes. If you really want this to be the best MITB ever, these
two need to brawl for half an hour, or 27 minute at the least. These two could
really put on match of the year. And it IS a dream match, as has been
overemphasized. There are tons of near falls and high spots. Styles kicks out
of 3 Attitude Adjustments, including one from the top rope. Styles gets out of
an STF. Cena kicks out of 2 Styles Clashes and a Phenomenal Forearm. And yes,
we see the return of John Cena's amazing Springboard Stunner. The long,
incredible battle finally ends when Cena is going for a 2ND AA from the top
rope, on the right side if you're facing the LED board on the front of the
ring. The crowd is booing when suddenly, the lights go out. We hear a
heartbeat. The heartbeat goes on like it does at the beginning of Balor's
theme. The riff gets higher and the lights come back on. All we are the words
"The Demon Is Here" spray painted on the canvas. Cena looks freaked
out and confused and Styles run up and pele kicks Cena and he falls and sits on
the rope. Now, we see the most dangerous move of all time, as Styles looks at
Cena and the crowd and does a gunshot symbol to Cena. He hypes it up and
positions himself and delivers a Styles Clash from the top rope, and Cena
spontaneously combusts. AJ crawls into the cover and wins the match. Clean.
Like I said, those people who are saying Cena won't put over Styles are idiots.
The Club are being established as the top of the WWE. Styles beating Cena CLEAN
in his return match and G&A winning the tag titles before would be huge.
Cena is down and we go to replays. Styles is celebrating and trash talking
Cena. Gallows and Karl come out, clapping, and Styles music is playing. Styles
puts his foot on Cena and they all Too Sweet.
WINNER: AJ Styles.
*6th Match: Dolph Ziggler vs Baron *
Most of you already know my thoughts on this feud. They've
already fought at the last 2 PPV's, both in the Pre Show, with no story, and no
they are fighting for the 3rd time on PPV, this time suddenly on the main card.
It sucks. The match goes 5 minutes and Corbin dominates. Ziggler had whipped
Corbin into the steel steps earlier in the match, and Corbin wins when he
Ziggler runs at him but Corbin gives him a huge End Of Days on the steps. He
tosses Ziggler back in the ring, and pins him. Corbin beats Ziggler down all
around ringside after. I was thinking that Corbin could maybe start a feud with
Kane after this.
WINNER: Baron Corbin.
7th Match: Charlotte and Dana Brooke vs Natalya and
Charlotte.
I honestly don't mind if either team wins here, although
Charlotte and Dana obviously have more to lose and Charlotte is champ. Bryan
Alvarez said on a WOL that WWE had a big suprise we should look out for in this
match, which I thought was interesting. Either it's Sasha returns, Bayley
debuts, or someone turns. I'm actually not even going to book this match, for
the sake of length of this post and because I trust WWE will make the right
choice, and the suprise, whatever it is, will be good.
8th Match: Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins for the WWE World
Title.
The buildup to this match has been good one week, bad the
next, in a cycle. We get the video package before the match and Rollins comes
out first followed by Reigns. A lot is going to happen here that WWE probably
would refuse to do, but they will have to if they want it to live up to the
title of the best MITB ever. The match goes 18 1/2 minutes. Hopefully these two
can put on a great match. At one point, Rollins elbow drops Reigns through the
Spanish announce table, which marks the 2nd time the Spanish announce table is
destroyed in one night. Both men have hit each other with finisher after
finisher, move after move. At one point, Rollins hits the CURB STOMP for one
night only but Reigns gets his hand on the rope, and the crowd is going wild.
Near the end of the match, Reigns is going for a spear, but Rollins moves and
Reigns spears the ref. Reigns sees the opportunity and just straight up slides
out of the ring, grabs a chair, and starts beating Rollins mercilessly with it.
He breaks two chairs over Rollins. Reigns isn't going to be "screwed"
out of his title again, and as he said, his title reign won't be solidified
until he beats Rollins. Rollins stabbed him in the back and betrayed the
shield, and finally the double turn is happening here. Reigns is beating down
Rollins and suddenly he's taken down from behind as Kevin Owens comes from
under the ring and whacks Reigns in the back of his head with the MITB
breifcase. Owens PUP's Reigns right then and there and then runs to hand his
breifcase to the ref, who has gotten up by now, and Lilian Garcia announces
that Owens is cashing in his MITB. Similar to WM31, since the match is not
over, it's turned into a triple threat match. The bell rings and Owens throws
Rollins out of the ring and goes to pin Reigns but Reigns spears KO out of
nowhere. The ref counts but Owens kicks out at 2 1/2. Reigns is getting up when
suddenly a battered and bruised Seth Rollins kicks Reigns in the package from
behind and hits a Pedigree. Reigns rolls out abs Owens immediately grabs
Rollins and flings him into the ropes for a Pop Up Powerbomb. Rollins is busted
open from earlier in the match when Reigns was hitting him with a chair and
Owens pins Seth and wins his first WWE World Title. Not only do we get a
Reigns-Rollins double turn, and an awesome match between the two, but Owens won
MITB in the opener and becomes the 2nd man ever to cash in on the same night he
wins the breifcase, with Kane obviously being the first. This would be a
perfect way to end off an already historic PPV.
Winner and NEW WWE World Champ after cashing in MITB: Kevin
Owens.
*Well, that's all I have for MITB. I think that would be a
damn awesome PPV. Tell me what you think, and what you don't like and what you
would like to see, and put your general predictions for the PPV below. As
always, be sure to catch my "How WWE Should Book Battleground 2016"
post the day before that. Thanks for reading, and enjoy the PPV tonight!
