Rock vs Brock
Cena vs HHH (Power on the line)
Ambrose vs Reigns
Sting vs Taker
Throw in a couple NXT up comers (Balor, Joe), Wyatt, Owens, Jericho, Cesaro and decent tag teams, Mania might survive.
I think Triple H is going to get his Rock match now that Rollins is out.
Reigns/Brock II
Rock/HHH
Cena/Taker
With Taker's streak gone, I see no point in a Cena vs Taker match unless Takers career is on the line and Cena wins it dirty then turns heel.
When he comes back, he better be face.
The pop will be huge depending on how they have him return...
revisit The Wyatts vs. Ambrose/Reigns storyline in the summer and have Seth make a surprise return to reform The Shield.
He will. He'll come back and talk about how the injury humbled him etc...
I don't see how the PPV doesn't end with... Reigns wins and Sheamus cashes in. It creates the feud for the WHC and creates the title chase of a babyface.
I'll guess Reigns wins and SHeamus cashes in. New face of The Authority. New main event = Sheamus vs. Reigns. YIKES.
edit: I hope we get some long qualifying matches on Raw. That'd be cool.
Its gonna be Cena
House shows aren't even acknowledged for 99% of their programming unless something like this happens.
I wonder if they'll do Deadly Games style tournament even though that was a real cluster that year. I also wonder what Reigns' and Sheamus' involvement will be due to their status as #1 contender and Briefcase holder. I would assume Reigns is in and Sheamus is out just because you would make it obvious that Sheamus is going to lose at some point so why bother?
There's only two ways they can make this work to their advantage. DB returns (whether he wins or not is irrelevant here) or the finals is Reigns-Ambrose and you either do a heel turn or you start a slow burn. A slow burn will be tough here because there aren't any heels for a new title winner to go against for the next little while but the best option is still Reigns to go heel on Ambrose and win the title with Authority help.
That didn't stop them from putting Seth Rollins in the title match at Royal Rumble when he had the briefcase.
No it didn't but Rollins in that match made more sense than Sheamus in this tournament. There's no story purpose for Sheamus to be in this. There was a good reason for Seth to be there. He was given a shot for bringing the Authority back.