The "next Cena" if they really want it is Bayley. Not joking. No one on the roster can appeal to kids the way she can.

Well that's definitely outside the box.

On the other hand, if somebody could completely **** up a character based on hug giving, it would be whomever is in charge of creative for the Divas.

Nikki Bella is the next Cena. Can't believe nobody sees they're building the entire company around her. She's going to thwart an entire revolution.

Kayfabe tier list. Didn't know about Ambrose facing Rollins so often on house shows. I know that Cesaro and Owens have been on TV against Rollins (and this past weekend) so it seems that is what they are building to. (Rollins vs Ambrose is completely over saturated on TV).

BTW, Meltzer seems to think they are building to Rollins/Cena Hell in a Cell after two inconclusive finishes

Having her tap out on Raw against her PPV opponent seems a bad start to that. OTOH, they did that to Rollins too.

That seems like the logical storyline to go with. It's what I would do if I were in charge of WWE.

Four straight unclean finishes to the title match seems unlikely to me but we may get a second at summerslam.

Rollins isn't going to get a statue or win the U.S. Title so him winning is out.

Cena could win but he has no logical feud lined up afterwards where they've been building Rollins vs Cesaro and Owens for some time now.

I wouldn't be shocked if we see Sheamus get involved and either winning or causing some sort of non finish.

Yeah, the only logical place to go if Cena wins is Sheamus immediately cashing in, leading to Cena/Sheamus Hell in a Cell and freeing up Rollins to work with Cesaro. But Rollins/Cesaro will be much more meaningful if the title is on the line. If it's not for the title, the smarks will assume that Rollins/Cesaro/Owens are stuck in mid-card hell. And I can't imagine that the anyone is looking forward to Cena/Sheamus.

I'm not saying I would necessarily take the same path, but building to Rollins-Cena at HiaC with previous matches ending in ways that justify the need for a cage is what I would do.

I would consider having Rollins win by shenanigans and try to rub it in Cena's face by doing a US title open challenge, only for a distraction by Cena to cost him the belt, followed by a cash-in from Sheamus so he loses two titles in a span of minutes. Then the belt gets back on Rollins via some sort of multi-man match and he ducks Cena until forced to face him at Hell in a Cell.

If Cena wins both titles, he keeps doing open challenges and you have someone beat him for the US title, leading to a challenge for the main title.

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Rollins wins Sheamus cashes and wins which leads to Cena vs Sheamus and Rollins/Owens/Cesaro US title feud.

There's no real explanation why that would lead to Cena vs Sheamus for the WWE title.

But I guess when the WWE title is involved, "because Cena" is really all the explanation that's needed.

Sheamus. The definition of bland.

Sheamus cost Cena his 16th title reign, which Cena wants to catch Flair.

You're right that it's not the most logical way to go. But what are the alternatives for Cena?

The logical scenarios are:

1) Cena/Rollins continue feud until Hell in a Cell with Cesaro/Owens feuding with each other until Rollins is free. This leaves Sheamus with nothing except an Orton feud. Presumably, Sheamus would cash sometime between HiaC and WM.

2) Rollins wins, Sheamus cashes, leading to Sheamus/Cena and Rollins/Cesaro/Owens for the US title.

3) Cena wins, Sheamus cashes, leading to Sheamus/Cena and Rollins/Cesaro/Owens, but with no title on the line.

Lesnar could obviously go back to the title picture after beating Taker. But I was under the impression that he's going back to a light schedule after this PPV.

You're right but they could do it this way

Sheamus cashes in ala rollins making it a triple threat and brogue kicks cena a few times pins cena for World title and brogue kicks him again rollins recovers and pins cena for US. Chaos to explain to lol audience tho and the whole rollins has to pretend he's cool with just the lol us title. (or just have the authority laugh and ignore him when he wants the main title shot again)

None of these scenarios sound intriguing to me, but I really don't have anything better.

Maybe they can pull a rabbit out of their hat like they did for the WM 31 main event, but I don't see it happening. Maybe I just don't care enough anymore.

I just know that it warms my heart to know that we have a gimmick PPV coming up to awkwardly shoehorn the booking into.

In my mind, the bad part of the scenarios is that most involve a Cena/Sheamus feud, which is just unappealing. Cena/Rollins or Rollins/Cesaro, or even Rollins/Sheamus feud wouldn't be bad. I just don't want a Cena/Sheamus feud. Maybe they'll wait a while for him to cash in like they did with Rollins.

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What about Sheamus cashing in to make it a three way, only to end up losing when he gets pinned simultaneously by both Cena and Rollins, leading to a dispute over who really won the match?

An angry Sheamus later answers a Cena open challenge and wins due to interference by Rollins. Rollins has a very unclean win in a rematch vs Cena and does his best to duck fighting for a third time, but is eventually forced to defend at Hell in a Cell.

What about we all just forget about Sheamus til he cashes in with advanced notice on a house show some time in November and loses.

Ignoring a tumor doesn't make it go away.

So, pretty much a 100% guaranteed John Stewart heel turn at the PPV right?

Isn't this just a one-off? I know they had Raw guest hosts turn heel at times, but I don't know how that would be a guarantee.