Roman Reigns vs. Alberto Del Rio, WWE World Title Tournament Semi-Final Match: Reigns wins, but I can't see it being without Del Rio coming out of this with something to do.
Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens, WWE World Title Tournament Semi-Final Match: Ambrose puts Owens down in an entertaining match, perhaps leading to a feud between these two.
Undertaker & Kane vs. The Wyatt Family: I guess ultimately, it doesn't matter who the Wyatts send out there. I assume Taker and Kane win regardless. Taker is going to be needed for a bigger match at Mania than Bray.
Charlotte vs. Paige, Divas Championship Match: Charlotte retains.
EDIT: Tyler Breeze vs. Dolph Ziggler: Breeze could use a signature win early on in his run. This should be it.
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Reigns Ambrose Reigns Kane/Undertaker Charlotte Usos over New Day by DQ if it happens
Edited to add:
Ziggler d. Breeze
and uh Meltzer says there's an unannounced Survivor Series match so I pick the good guy mystery team over the bad guy mystery team unless New Day is on the bad guy team in which case I pick the bad guy team
Reigns over Del Rio Ambrose over Owens Reigns over Ambrose Kane/Taker Charlotte New Day
I think it's still in everyone's best interests that Reigns not do the traditional "Royal Rumble Winner Chases Champion" angle for the second year in a row. He's in better shape this year relative to last, but that's not saying much. They need to go unconventional here and have Reigns win the title before WM. Maybe he turns heel, maybe not.
Has to be a Reigns vs Ambrose final but Owens will look great in defeat in the semis.
In the final, Reigns wins which then leads to 1 of 2 outcomes. Option 1 is Sheamus comes down to cash in and win so Reigns gets the sympathy and chase before winning it sometime soon. Option 2 is Reigns wins and then Ambrose turns heel by beating him down and standing holding the title to end the show, possibly with Hunter next to him. Actually that leads to Option 3 of Option 2 followed by the cash in after the beat down. Maybe I should have thought this through before I started typing...
Charlotte beats Paige. Can't see Paige winning at all despite being continually interesting compared to most other Divas. Possibly my English bias there but at least she has a connection to the audience more than most.
Kane and Taker win. Something has to happen here as this is quite a boring and pointless match on paper after last weeks happenings. I really don't know the best way to go - the brothers can't lose so what can happen? Guessing Taker isn't going to be around too much, and hopefully not after the promo from this week if that is what they want him doing, but the Wyatts can't take him out even 4 on 1 despite wanting to make the jovial looking new Wyatt looking like the monster.
Usos by DQ - think they are losing popularity and if you are taking the titles away then a couple of months ago with the Dudleys was the way to go.
Will they make a SS style match on Smackdown tonight? If so the good guys win. Guessing a team of Cesaro (he is so good!), Ziggler, Neville and Ryback against Breeze, and 3 others. Not sure who though!
I'm probably talking crap - had a few glasses of wine and shots of whisky so should stop a long time ago.
Owens wins and becomes the new corporate champion. They talk about HHH bringing in indy guys and how Owens has left them all behind. He's been HHH boy all along. It lets Sheamus not have to cash in. It gets us more Owens on the mic time. Its gets us Owens wearing a suit and acting like a stuck up snob.
Originally posted by KJames199Reigns Ambrose Reigns Kane/Undertaker Charlotte Usos over New Day by DQ if it happens
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DOLPH TROOP (Ziggler/Usos/Lucha Dragons) vs. TYLER'S MODEL CITIZENS (Breeze/Kingston/E/Woods/Miz)
3D-MERGENCY C-SECTION (Cesaro/Neville/Ryback/Dudley Boyz) vs. THE COSMIC WADESLAND (Stardust/Ascension/Sheamus/Barrett)
Controversial for Stardust and Barrett to be on the same team after what's gone down between them, but let's see how things play out.
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SCENARIO 1
Some minor booking tweaks over just the past few weeks, while still keeping all the injured and already booked people in place, and we could have had:
CONTROLLED FRIENDSIES Dolph Ziggler Big E Kofi Kingston Xavier Woods Cesaro
vs.
BREEZE COMPANY Tyler Breeze The Miz Jimmy Uso Jey Uso Sheamus
Our backstory: New Day remains perplexed by the way the Authority treats them as friends one minute and enemies the next. When their captain, Seth Rollins, goes down and New Day is somehow completely left out of the World Title tournament, New Day has enough and recruits the two guys who were jerked around by the Authority last year, Dolph Ziggler and Cesaro (who, you may remember, was convinced not to join Cena's Team at Survivor Series, but then wasn't even allowed on the Authority team).
Meanwhile, The Authority decides that it doesn't just need a face of the company, it needs the face of the company: international male model Tyler Breeze, who debuts as the Authority's hand-picked choice to be the public face of the company. Miz joins him to fit his natural role as a crossover mainstream superstar. Sheamus is brought in as insurance against whoever wins the Tournament. And the Usos re-debut as heels, mad that no one cared about them while they were and now able to be heels to support Naomi and Team BAD (which would make a Team Bad vs. New Day "feud" an on-air thing).
I originally went with the Dudleys turning here, but the ideas above made this more appealing, plus Jimmy & Jey can cut a terrible "U didn't sell out...U-SOld in!" promo leading to "U!" "SOLD-OUT!" chants from the crowd to the "NEW! DAY-ROCKS!" beat and basically I just sent ratings back up a half a point right there.
Roman beats Del Rio, Ambrose beats Owens, Ambrose beats Reigns with help from the Authority (unknowingly). No turn by either at Survivor Series.
Taker and Kane.
Charlotte and we move Sasha Banks into this situation.
Is this the point they realize they only have five matches plus a mysterious elimination match announced? I'm thinking we get the elimination match mostly involving tag teams, and we get Breeze vs Ziggler which will end in a DQ or double countout somehow because this is WWE 2016.
Owens over Ambrose Reigns over Del Rio Reigns over Owens
If the plan is to keep Reigns babyface and make him champ, then Kevin Owens is the only person on the current roster actually capable of making a crowd get fully behind Reigns.
Taker & Kane over Wyatts Charlotte over Paige Breeze over Ziggler
Sad story...originally, new BFFs Ziggler and Cesaro were offered the chance to co-captain a Survivor Series team. Fights over the team name caused problems. Ziggler wanted TWISTED SWISSTER; Cesaro wanted CHARD ROCK CAFE. Cesaro's poor speaking ability makes tongue twisters impossible. Ziggler thought it was dumb to name the team after something discovered by a Swede. So, Ziggler demanded to have a one-on-one match instead. Here's what we're left with:
LOS HOMBRES HAMBRE: Ryback & Kalisto & Sin Cara & Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso (Lucha Dragons approved the poetic license) vs. UNICORN UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB (Un U for short): Sheamus & Wade Barrett & Xavier Woods & Big E & Kofi Kingston
THE SWITZKRIEG: Cesaro & R-Truth & Neville & Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley vs. THE MIZ-ALIGNED STARS: Miz & Big Show & Stardust & Viktor & Konnor
Okay, so the big hole that Seth Rollins's injury leaves on the roster isn't a matter of who's holding the belt. That's an easy fix and I think Reigns was likely to be the plan to win the belt at this show anyway - if for no reason other than who the hell was Seth going to fight next month? He's been through Orton, Ambrose, Lesnar, Cena, Sting and BY GAWD KANE. Unless they were planning on talking Undertaker into a fifth match this year, it was Reigns or nothing. And probably the right time for it - fall is a good time to experiment with a possibly controversial new champion and, even if the entire crowd doesn't take to him, by Wrestlemania WWE Champion Roman Reigns will have enough to feel like something legitimate.
Anyway, none of that matters because the big hole isn't the champion, it's the top heel. Which complicates matters and makes the tournament a bit harder to predict than it might seem.
WWE WORLD TITLE TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL Roman Reigns VS Alberto Del Rio Let's get the obvious one out of the way first. I think there's a few ways all of this can go down but none of them even entertain the notion of Del Rio in the final. Roman Reigns advances.
WWE WORLD TITLE TOURNAMENT SEMIFINAL Dean Ambrose VS Kevin Owens Now, if we're looking for a new top heel, Kevin Owens is the biggest left in the tournament, and HHH is notably big on him. That said, I think we're looking at a turn and that requires a Dean Ambrose final.
WWE WORLD TITLE TOURNAMENT FINAL Roman Reigns VS Dean Ambrose So one of these guys is turning heel and leaving with the belt. Reigns makes the most sense to me. It freshens BOTH characters - Reigns was a damn good heel in his brief time in NXT and Ambrose was at his hottest the last time a Shield brother stabbed him in the back, plus Reigns as the cherry-picked corporate champion plays entirely off the real life perception of his entire career. BUT Vince is seemingly dead-set on having Reigns as the new top babyface - and doesn't seem to remember that the likes of Steve Austin, The Rock and John Cena all ascended to top babyface status after huge heel runs - so it's probably not going to happen. So New WWE Champion Dean Ambrose it is and, honestly, I'm not going to complain about that.
(I suppose we could also have Sheamus cash in and leave as the new top heel but I refuse to dignify such awful booking with a comment.)
The Undertaker & Kane VS The Wyatt Family I'd like to go cute and say that Bray hasn't actually said he's choosing two members of the WYATT FAMILY and pull a Kane heel turn and a Bray/Kane vs Undertaker handicap match, but I'm already predicting a big turn later on, this is a night celebrating Taker and they don't really have a problem making Bray Wyatt a constant ineffective loser. The Brothers of Destruction steamroll, let's say, Luke Harper and Braun Strowman.
DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Charlotte (C) VS Paige Put me down as not offended by the Reid Flair comments. I actually like them not only adding some real heat to the feud, it's kind of awesome to see a match in the womens division based on a storyline that isn't BITCHES BE JEALOUS or BITCHES BE CRAZY for the first time on the main roster since...sometime before I started watching the product again. Charlotte retains and hopefully they remember that Sasha fucking Banks is on the roster one of these days.
Dolph Ziggler VS Tyler Breeze Tyler Breeze is new to the main roster and Dolph Ziggler is Dolph Ziggler.
SURVIVOR SERIES MATCH This is Pick The Participants just as much as it's Pick The Winner, which is fun. Let's go with Cesaro, Neville, Ryback & The Usos VS Sheamus, King Barrett & The New Day With Cesaro & Neville surviving.
(If they decide to do a preshow Survivor Series match, I could see them turning into Ryback, Lucha Dragons & The Usos vs Sheamus, Barrett & The New Day and Cesaro, Neville, Truth & The Dudleyz vs Stardust, The Miz, Bo Dallas & The Ascension with New Day and the whole Cesaro team surviving respectively.)
1. Reigns/Del Rio (WWE World Heavyweight Championship Semifinal 1) - Reigns with the spear.
2. Ambrose/Owens (WWE World Heavyweight Championship Semifinal 2) - Ambrose with a roll-up pin.
3. Ambrose/Reigns (WWE World Heavyweight Championship Final) - Reigns by inadvertant Owens interference...Sheamus comes in, cashes in, quick Brogue Kick, pin, Sheamus is new champion.
4. BOD/Wyatts - BOD with the double chokeslam.
5. Charlotte/Paige (WWE Divas Championship match) - Charlotte with the Figure 8, but will not be over after Sunday.
6. Ziegler/Rick Martel with a selfie stick...I mean, Tyler Breeze - Breeze with the Beauty Shot to get the pin.
7. Traditional Survivor Series 5-on-5 matchup - face side survives.
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