In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Money In The Banks 2019 by
AverageMansReviews
The Usos vs. the
SmackDown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan &
Rowan: my pick is Daniel Bryan & Rowan, I would
prefer The Usos to win here, but I can see what this company are doing in this
situation, at this precise moment this new tag team/these new SmackDown Tag
Team Champions, haven't gotten credibility as a tag team yet, so having beaten
an established and one of the best tag teams that this company have at the
moment [including future WWE Hall of Fame] in The Usos, beating them twice
should give Daniel Bryan & Rowan credibility in the long run, but I should
point out these two teams are on two different brands, this feels like déjà vu
didn't we see this match already and didn't this company say something to the
effect of "No more automatic rematches." [After this event I have
come to realize, which I should have been paying attention the blue brand tag
team championships were not on the line.]
Ariya Daivari vs.
the WWE Cruiserweight Champion Tony Nese: my pick is Tony Nese, I don't have access to this brand. But if I had
to have a guess it would seem too early to the champion.
Rey Mysterio vs. the United States Champion Samoa Joe: my pick is Rey Mysterio, with Joe accidentally getting distracted by
Mysterio's son Dominic to set up a feud between Joe and Dominic with Mysterio
playing the protective father role. [I basically said something similar in;
In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE WrestleMania 2019, I will leave the
link down the bottom of this blog] and once again I am getting the feeling of
déjà vu here again and on top of that didn't this company say something to the
effect of "No more automatic rematches" as it relates to their
championships or you know I could be wrong here.
Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: my pick is Drew McIntyre, in these situations I would give you two,
one for the red and one for the blue brand but because of the Brand-Split being
a complete joke and now because of the Wild Card Rule being a complete joke
also I am losing more interest in what this company are doing generally
speaking, I mean I think we both know even before these two points my interest
was getting less and less or more and more critical, but let's try to be
positive there are five competitors in this match I would be happy if they were
to receive this opportunity [my message is simple; "Don't waste this opportunity
WWE to give someone a push or make a new star overnight."] But briefly my
reasoning for Drew McIntyre is because they really did stifle his original push
for [I may as well say it as it is] a stupid short-sighted reason it being
making Lesnar the Universal Champion again.
You see the
more I think about this; the more time it gives me to think about things, which
you will soon find out in this next section, so to begin this next section I
will begin with a rhetorical question; "Okay you have now taken Stroman
out of this match and replaced him with Zayn which I don't have a problem with,
but here's my question what are you going to do with Stroman now?
Stroman
couldn't afford this loss/setback at this moment in time anyway, because he
didn't have or hasn't had any forward momentum in his career for a long time
now so I say again "What are you going to do with this character/performer
now? Other than taking more and more or little by little away his character's
credibility which let's be honest is running on empty at this point.
So they have
taken Stroman out of this match so my next rhetorical question is quite simply
this; if Stroman is out of this match what is Corbin doing being booked in this
match?" Seriously this is a wasted opportunity for someone else or better
yet this is what I would have done.
Now to give
the intention or the illusion that this was always the plan [yes even though
everyone knows it wasn't the plan,] but you try to kind of pull it off anyway I
would take Corbin out of this match and leave this space open for a Wild Card
Rule opportunity, I mean yes I don't like the Wild Card Rule, but let's use it
properly and it kind of makes this company look like they know what they are
doing instead of a panic idea which hasn't been thought out on any level.
Basically it would work like this; whomever was able to get in and to the
center of the ring first from the back would receive this opportunity, so no
music and no entrance, obviously the hierarchy and the people at the back would
know who is coming out. But to keep the illusion of no one knows who is coming
out nothing is staged, so if this company do things like this eventually it
would give the Wild Card Rule some credibility, I mean once in a while you
could have two or more wrestlers having a fight backstage in a rush to get to
the center of the ring, if they wanted to get really creative they could have
Triple H. now and again coming on camera saying to the Referees and other staff
members "let them go at it, the best thing we can do is gradually point
them towards the ring, so protect yourselves and each other but let them get
down to the ring" or they could have another character/performer coming
through the crowd as the original two characters were fighting. You see on a
random occasion it would be a stroke of genius if they had to change the
stipulation of a match in the future to a Triple-Threat Match or something
else, because the race to the ring/entered and to the center of it was too
close to call or something like this or an on-screen character could change the
stipulations of this match, because this character/performer has irritated this
individual so another character/performer is needed in this match or something
else, as long as it isn't overused or anything like this; without being
arrogant my idea or ideas for this thing called the Wild Card Rule, if this was
once again used properly would create many possible outcomes.
Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match: my pick is Ember Moon; please do something constructive with this
character/performer. There are four participants in this match that I would be
happy to see them get this opportunity just for the interest of fairness and
balance yes I would leave a space wide open for a Wild Card Rule opportunity, I
would take Natalya out of this match just on a quick side note but who knows a
man might win it again this year.
Lacey Evans vs. the Raw & SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch
Raw Women’s Title Match: my pick is Becky
Lynch, now I'm just going to say it as it is again, with another rhetorical
question "What precisely has Lacey Evans done to get even this
opportunity?" I mean I would have preferred to see Naomi have this
opportunity [potentially this would have been a good match] and then Lacey
Evans win's the Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match, yes I don't like this
character but at least my way it would give her character some forward momentum
and explain why she has the opportunity she has.
On a side
note as this match is it would have been much more interesting and engaging to
add the stipulation of the loser has to go and do a scene with the puppets from
inside Bray Wyatt’s "Firefly Fun House" something like they do on
Sesame Street, because as this match is I have not been watching the build-up
but I can tell you this; I have no interest in this match whatsoever. In fact
if we are being honest I have just been watching a little bit here and maybe a
little bit there of both the red and the blue brands.
The Miz vs. Shane McMahon Steel Cage Match: my pick is Shane McMahon, I am getting the feeling of déjà vu again
here, well this is going to make me feel and sound very old, set your time
machines back to 14 February 1999 where we had "Stone Cold" Steve
Austin vs. Vince McMahon in a Steel Cage Match at the pay-per-view called
"St. Valentine's Day Massacre" where we have a certain Paul Donald
Wight II a.k.a. Big Show making an impact on his debut. I mean if The Miz was
going to win here all they have to do is copy and paste this scenario here or
something to this effect and maybe get Sullivan to play the role of the Big
Show from the perspective of throwing The Miz against the Steel Cage
consequently it breaks or have Sullivan break the Steel Cage. [I have just
realized I have said something similar to this in the previous predictions
pay-per-view WWE WrestleMania 2019, like I have previously said I will leave
the link down below.]
But in
fairness and balance if they were going to do something like this, it is a good
idea, I mean it makes sense and with everything they are doing minus Bray
Wyatt’s "Firefly Fun House"and Becky Lynch as a double champion at
the moment [in short she needs new feuds which makes sense, this is a hierarchy
problem I have nothing against her] and I think I would be more interested in
the red and blue brand championships pictures if we didn't have the WWE
Superstar Shake-Up 2019 [still ongoing] and then we have this terrible
absolutely terrible idea the wild Card Rule [to be honest who knows what is
going on with this thing.] The more time I think about it, the more time I am
leaning towards yes if we didn't have these two ongoing things I would be much
more interested in the red and blue main championship pictures, like I have
just said the more time I am thinking about it, the more time I am of the mind
set. Because of these two ongoing situations I am finding it somewhat difficult
to be invested in this company.
So if you
wanted in basic English I will go searching for/watch bits of this company that
I know generally speaking would be good to watch [I know the storyline for the
women's championships pictures were long and insufferable heading into this
year's WrestleMania, but at least Lynch and Charlotte made the best of what was
given to them and yes I have been told that the sequence involving these three
competitors and the police backstage was excellent or higher praise was given,]
but here and now this company is struggling to keep me interested, like for an
example give me three grounded and well-developed tag team divisions for a
start and then I may become more interested, I mean I know not too long ago on
the blue side of things their division was dominated by three different teams
and at this point I would even take that, at least these matches were
universally acknowledged to be of high-quality and entertaining, okay I think I
will stop there on this subject, because creatively I find it very irritating
that this company have so much potential at their disposal and yet they cannot
be creatively motivated to make three tag team divisions of a very high
standard and depth.
Roman Reigns vs. Elias: my pick is Roman
Reigns, but let's be honest with ourselves Elias could do with picking up the
win here as well; they have done very little to nothing with this
character/performer in a wrestling sense.
Kevin Owens vs. the WWE Champion Kofi Kingston: my pick is Kofi Kingston, but after this I'm not so sure, what I mean
by this; would be this at the next US pay-per-view you may see a new WWE
Champion, the more I think about it the more it seems more possible or more
likely that this hierarchy would do it then or they could do it now but it
feels a little bit early, but whatever option this company takes they need to
get behind either option and give them a good foundation to work from [in short
no incredibly short reigns with this championship like for an example, one
pay-per-view a new champion, next pay-per-view a new champion and so on,] but
whatever the outcome my message is simple WWE don't mess this up
AJ Styles versus the Universal Champion Seth Rollins: my pick is Seth Rollins in short it just feels too soon to change the
champion here, basically it is a very similar situation to the previous
paragraph, I don't know if this company are aware at the moment they are very
lucky to have these four participants which either way they decide to take
things their fan base would be happy. [Warning even though I have just said
this there may be some people out there that maybe would be unhappy if Kingston
wasn't Champion,] but once again my message is simple to this company WWE don't
screw up this opportunity have some medium-range plans in place, the only
reason that there shouldn't be any medium-range plans for the next couple of
months is because of unforeseen situations. I would have liked to say long-term
plans, but if they could work on some medium-range plans for the next couple of
months it would be a start.
Charlotte Flair vs. the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch
SmackDown Women’s Title Match: my pick is Becky
Lynch, now speaking of déjà vu again haven't we been here before in one way or
another. I mean yes this is going to be a top-quality match, but we could do
with some new match ups and leave this alone for a while and again I have
realized didn't this company/it's hierarchy say something to the effect of
"No more automatic rematches" in fact this match up undermines the
Winner Takes All stipulation, so smart move here, they cannot have a
character/performer saying something to the effect of I didn't loose the
match" and then having a rematch, it makes this character/performer look
immature.
Now I'm
aware that I'm going to say something controversial and irritate some people
out there in Internet land, but sometime soon I would like to see Lynch drop
the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
Because
looking at the bigger picture she is more than capable of holding these two
championships, but however she is a big asset to this company and any future
company she works for, so currently she is doing double the work load which
basically means she is having plenty of opportunities to wrestle and other
things on top of that or looking on the other side to get injured and this
company may really, really dislike what I am about to say next, but as we have
already discussed I just say it as it is; this company as it stands right here
and right now this company need her to put butts in seats and for the TV
ratings so they cannot afford for her to get injured long-term and to make this
crystal clear it isn't because she is a woman I am saying this.
For an
example; if I had Daniel Bryan as a double champion, I would need a guarantee
or as best as it gets that he is physically up for it short-term from himself
and the medical staff [maybe have him going in to one of the big pay-per-views
of the year as a double champion,] but dropping both to create new storylines
and so on and so forth, but then giving Daniel Bryan some time off, because I
would understand he has a medical history so regardless if he is fit or not he
is having the time off and secondly he puts butts in seats and for the TV
ratings.
So as it
relates to Becky Lynch, after this pay-per-view I would prefer it, if the
Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match winner cashed in the contract sooner
rather than later at some point for the SmackDown Women’s Championship, but if
you still want to have a dig you are free to do so, but you know I am talking
sense and like I have previously stated this company cannot afford her to have
a long-term injury.
Now my last
section is going to be this; beginning with another rhetorical question
"Why did this company take the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships off
Banks and Bailey, then just have The IIconics do nothing with them?"
The reason
why I am bringing this up here, it is because they don't have a match on this
card and it is now Friday 17/05/2019, so this championship change seems to have
been a waste of time and a pointless exercise, I should just point out I don't
have a problem with The IIconics, I am specifically talking about the hierarchy
of this company.
I mean let's
look at the bigger picture shall we; firstly how are these championships going
to get credibility if they are not defended more specifically defended on a
pay-per-view, but moving on how are The IIconics going to get credibility as
champions if they are not in matches once again specifically it would help the
situation if individually or together they won some [on a side note I should
just point out again I haven't watched much wrestling from this company may be
a little bit here and a little bit there.]
This company
are going to really dislike what I have to say next, because it is based on
fact; now just maybe, just maybe if they didn't do this championship change
they would still have Banks willing to work for them and this current situation
between this company and this character/performer wouldn't have happened.
Here is a
good idea; maybe someone from the hierarchy needs a new pair of glasses to fix
their short-sightedness, but maybe this wouldn't be a good idea because if they
did get a new pair of glasses they would be able to see that just over the
horizon in a convoy of lorries and other vehicles travelling towards them are
their new noisy neighbours All Elite Wrestling [this seems a good point to
remind you if you haven't already don't forget to purchase All Elite
Wrestling's first official pay-per-view AEW Double or Nothing Saturday
25/05/2019.]
I would like
to do a predictions blog for that pay-per-view, but I may as well give you a
heads up here, it is going to be guessing here because I know little bits and
pieces and that is it [I know by definition a prediction is a guess anyway, but
I like to have some knowledge] and yes I have purchased it [in fact I did it on
the day it was announced to be available to watch in my country.]
My final
little point should be this: the WWE need to be careful on what they say to
their audiences, because as I have pointed out quite a few times in this blog,
they have gone against what they have said or here is a better idea have a
medium-range plan in place before saying things.
Updated: Saturday 18/05/2019: I know there has been a change in the Women’s
Money in the Bank Ladder Match, but I am standing by my pick, but to be fair it
would be about time they did something with Cross as well
Updated: Monday 20/05/2019: I have to
issue an apology I was thinking that The Usos vs. the SmackDown Tag Team
Champions Daniel Bryan & Rowan, the championships were on the line I was
wrong, apologies for that but in my defence it was a PPV they should be on the line,
I have gotten rid of some of this blog but my predictions have stayed the same.
Last updated Wednesday 22/05/2019: I have decided to put back in where I had made a
mistake or the equivalent of it or the rough version of it as it relates to The Usos vs. the SmackDown Tag Team Champions
Daniel Bryan & Rowan, because it highlights that I do make mistakes and
this match was the very last to be announced for this pay-per-view.
