Last week, I shared my Top 5 WWE Championship matches in
honour of the WWE Championship’s 50th anniversary. This week, it is back to the regularly
scheduled blogging after that little tangent.
It has been surprisingly refreshing to see WWE give more than three
weeks to build a PPV. We have had about
a month of build so far for Extreme Rules with two more weeks to go. Personally, I have not been keeping up with
Smackdown for a while now, other than a match here or there, so I cannot talk
about WWE programming as a whole. Although
I will say that Raw has been considerably watchable this last month and I
believe it has to do with not having to cram close to six weeks of build into a
mere three weeks. Now WWE just needs to
start confirming matches for Extreme Rules so they have a card to promote
outside of the three matches that have already been set in stone.
A Chink in Super
Cena’s Armour
After being on tour in Europe the week prior, WWE returned
to North America to get on with normally scheduled television tapings and live
events. Upon returning, news broke that
John Cena had injured his Achilles tendon while on tour in Europe. Fans and critics alike feared the worse for
the current WWE Champion because this type of injury can be especially
dangerous, just ask Edge. It left the
plans for Raw up in the air as many speculated if John Cena would be on the
show and whether the injury was severe enough to vacant the WWE Title. Good news for Cena fans and bad news for Cena
haters, John was on Raw and scheduled to team with Ryback to face off with the
Shield. Ryback would back out of the
handicap match due to Cena’s injury so the match was changed to Team Hell No
and John Cena vs. the Shield. The match
was great as everybody played up John Cena’s injury. From Daniel Bryan and Kane intentionally
avoiding tagging Cena in to Seth Rollins taunts towards Cena, the idea that
John Cena is not even close to 100 percent was performed perfectly by everybody
in the match. Also Cena did an admirable
job in selling his ankle injury, which led right into the finish with Cena’s
ankle giving out to set up Roman Reigns to hit the Spear and get the pin. While it might be difficult to let another
big name take some time off, this injury serves as a perfect way to have John
Cena drop the title to Ryback at Extreme Rules.
Having Ryback possibly targeting the ankle during their match or even
doing an angle with Ryback “breaking” John Cena’s ankle would provide excellent
set-up for Cena’s eventual return match while making Ryback looking like a
bigger heel. With John Cena out to heal
for a few months, WWE could have Ryback feud with Chris Jericho, Daniel Bryan
or even Kane in order to give Ryback some momentum heading into an eventual
rematch with Cena. There is a crack in
the seemingly impervious armour of Super Cena and WWE has an excellent
opportunity to use this rare occurrence to create a new unstoppable heel and a
potential main event caliber rematch.
Three Men, Three
Ladders, One Title
In the right hands, a ladder can make the highest objects reachable. In the wrong hands, it can be one of the most
inventive weapons out there. In the
hands of wrestlers, a ladder is used both the right way and the wrong way, but
nevertheless it is always enjoyable. Ladder
matches are an easy way of providing tension as competitors scale ladders in
order to reach a title, briefcase or any other object hanging above the ring
before their opposition. How does WWE
make a Triple Threat Match between the three men fighting for the World
Heavyweight Championship better; they add ladders to the mix. Alberto Del Rio, Dolph Ziggler and Jack
Swagger have all competed in a Ladder match or two during their time in the
WWE. Due to their experience in Ladder
matches, there is no doubt that these three can put on a Ladder match that
could easily steal the show at Extreme Rules.
Making this Triple Threat match a Triple Threat Ladder match was a great
decision on WWE Creative’s part as it has surely raised the interest in the
World Heavyweight Championship match at Extreme Rules. Now we just need a few more gimmick matches
like this one that are worthy of being on Extreme Rules and we could have a
great PPV on our hands.
