| BasilZero said: Closest to the Big Gold Belt we'll get. |
I like it overall. I agree that the logo kind of clashes with the more old school aesthetic. I think using an older style logo would have worked better.
Kind of hoping this leads to a clean separation between Raw and Smackdown. The bloodline stuff has been great, but it's made it hard for anyone outside to have big career moments. I think separating the brands is a good thing in general, and with the subscription based model, it's not as important to have your biggest star on every show (which wasn't really happening anyway).
Feel like Mcintyre is the guy who will win this. I think he's been a pretty good sport about fading into the background while Reigns was the sole champion. Word is he has questions about resigning, and he's a guy I think they want to keep around, and probably a guy they don't want in AEW.
I'm still concerned that this means they're going to keep the Reigns thing going for a lot longer and I really hope that's not the case. Wrestling has a tendency to drag out stories so long that when the payoff eventually happens, nobody cares anymore.
MITB should be Roman's former victims all fighting for a shot (Cody, Drew, Jey, maybe Brock, KO, Sami, Balor, Edge) at the briefcase. Heyman finagles Solo into the match. Cody wins. Next Smackdown Reigns starts chewing Solo out. Solo hits Roman with the spike and then proceeds to lose his shit and decimates Reigns. Like, really fucks him up. Cody's music hits and he comes to the ring, briefcase in hand. Heyman tries to stand between Reigns and Cody.
Cody, being the noble baby face he is, says that he doesn't want to win the title, he wants to earn it. So, he offers Heyman a deal. He won't cash in right then, if Heyman agrees, on Roman's behalf, to have the cash in match at Summerslam. Heyman initially refuses, and Cody says that in that case they needed a referee. Ref starts running out, and Heyman agrees. Cody extends his hand so he and Heyman could shake on it. But before he does, Cody says that he has one more condition. Cody gets to choose the stipulation. Heyman shakes his head and starts yelling no. Cody holds the briefcase out to the ref, and then Heyman agrees. Cody and Heyman shake. Cody kneels over Reigns, still down from Solo's beating, and tells him that he'll see him at Summerslam, in Hell in a Cell. Where obviously Cody wins.
So that's my fantasy booking on how this should end. Probably won't be anything like that, but we'll see.
