New Day vs PTP – Tag Team Titles

With Kidd having a serious injury, Prime Time Players and New Day are the hottest face and heel teams respectively. So, it’s only proper to have them feud for the title. The match will not be nearly as good as the New Day vs Kidd&Cesaro matches considering that Kidd, Cesaro and Kingston are easily better in-ring performers than Titus, Young and Woods. However, the match should still be a very good and competitive match. New Day are still the hottest heels on the roster, period. Therefore, keeping the titles on them is the right decision. Also, it’s better for the face team to win after more than a trial. That makes the victory look like the pay-off after all the hard work. Wait for New Day winning via crooked ways.

Prediction : New Day retains.

Ryback vs Big Show – IC Title

WWE could’ve more logical opponents for Ryback such as Sheamus or Wyatt (who is missing his second PPV in a row), but they chose to have a feud outta nowhere. Big Show was probably picked for the sole reason of showcasing The Big Guy’s strength, which makes it even more puzzling that WWE gave Ryback shell-shocking Show away on free TV. The fans are firmly behind Ryback, who will surely come out on top come Sunday.

Prediction : Ryback retains.

John Cena vs Kevin Owens

Yet again, Cena vs Owens is the most unpredictable match of the night. In fact, this is probably harder to predict than their Elimination Chamber match. John Cena victory makes a lot of sense, he is the company golden boy after all. It will make this great feud go a month longer. Owens’ victory is highly probable too. The company seems to go all the way with him. In my opinion, the perfect scenario is Owens getting an unclean win or forcing the referee to stop the match. This will result in a third PPV match allowing the rivalry to take the proper and sufficient amount of time. Despite their third match result, Owens will come out of the feud looking strong. Judging by how careful and successful WWE has been when it comes to booking the NXT champion, expect them to do the right thing again.

Prediction : Owens loses via DQ/ wins via match stoppage.

MITB Match – The Briefcase

Whether through the choice of participants or through the segments related to the match, WWE did a very bad job in hyping the match which is supposed to be the main part of the show. Orton won the briefcase just two years ago and had a feud with all the possible champion in the near past which means he isn’t winning it the time. Neville will add a great energy to the match but, it’s too soon for him to win. Ziggler is always so close yet so far. Sheamus and Kane are clearly not winning, I don’t think I need to explain why. Kingston win will lead to one of the most intriguing concepts in WWE history. However, I can’t see him as the main candidate. He is doing so well in the tag division and it doesn’t seem like WWE intends to push him to the main event. That’s right, Reigns is winning the briefcase, what happens afterward is a different story.

Prediction : Reigns wins.

Rollins vs Ambrose – WWE WHC

This is the match I’m most excited for. One reason is that I want to see what kind of magic the two will produce at yet another type of match. Ambrose and Rollins previous matches include : an outstanding No DQ match on Raw last year, arguably the best Hell in A Cell match of all time and the best lumberjack match ever. If no interference is presence, this match promises to be one of the best ladder matches in WWE history, if not the best. Another reason is that I want to see what WWE will do with Rollins directly before his feud with Brock Lesnar. Will they continue to book him as the week lucky-to-have-the-title champion ? They better not. A clean win over Ambrose will be a strong statement but a tricky interference-free win will do; It will show Rollins as the crafty and smart competitor. What I’m almost sure about is : Rollins is leaving with the title. As I said before, he has a can’t-miss match against The Beast Incarnate. The latter will probably show up at MITB since he is rumored to return to Raw the following night. He can’t return without a reason, he is suspended.

Prediction : Seth Rollins retains.

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