Monday, March 23, 2015

Wrestlemania Rewrite Part 2: Shield Mania

Now that I’ve set it up, let’s get into the mechanics of writing an amazing Wrestlemania, mine at least (and yours). Even as the last RAW before Wrestlemania its airwaves. It’s OK. There’s really not much WWE has to do tonight. Bookers and writers fishing for ideas need only do 1 thing tonight and if that’s not enough notice, do it within the next few days:

Somehow the match between Sting and Triple H gets an added stipulation that if Sting wins, the Authority cannot exercise any direct influence on wrestlers on the show, with no way of reversing the decision. Nobody can bring back The Authority. Not Cena, not Randy Orton, Not Sting himself. The counter stipulation is that Sting be banished from the WWE with no chance of returning.

NOW, let’s fast forward to Wrestlemania:

During the intercontinental championship multi-person match, which would presumably be first on the card, the match boils down to a confrontation between Wade Barrett and one other opponent: It could be Daniel Bryan or Dean Ambrose, or even Dolph Ziggler. In some ways, Ambrose would be ideal, but considering his fall from prominence, one of the other two would also be ok. Whichever WWE would want to go with, he is ready to take out Barret when suddenly, Sheamus makes a surprise entrance. He teases attacking Barrett, but then turns and hits Ambrose or Bryan or Ziggler with the Brogue Kick. Wade Barrett makes the pin and leaves with the IC title retained as Sheamus inscrutably makes his own way to the back.

Now, throughout the show, there would be several vignettes with Triple H freaking out about the need to eliminate Sting from the match. He is going ballistic sending Authority members to scour the building for Sting. They can be shown finding decoy Sting’s, laying them out and then realizing they’ve been mislead as the real Sting lurks in the shadows.

Meanwhile, Seth Rollins is losing his cool over his own upcoming match with Randy Orton, which should occur some time in the middle of the show. He is counting on The Authority’s support and wants to get on the same page but they are busy chasing Sting.

The match comes and Rollins shows up to face Orton on his own. Orton and Rollins have a very competitive match that ends with Orton getting the victory. Rollins leaves, beaten up pretty bad, but visibly expressing disgust with the lack of support from J & J Security and the like.

Fast forward: Sting defeats Triple H, signaling an apparent end to Hunter and Stephanie’s reign of influence by way of The Shield.

At some point before the main event, Rollins is shown storming around backstage, stopping a few people and demanding to know where Dean Ambrose. And a bit later, he finds Ambrose, follows him shouting after him to wait. Ambrose stops and turns to yell at Rollins. The two begin brawling and shouting at each other in a confrontation that spills off behind a closed door. The audience is left to wonder what is happening.

Although not necessary, it would help make some of the ideas I have about the aftermath go down if Cena beats Rusev in their confrontation and Cena leaves Wrestlemania as the US Champion.

And now for the main event: Reigns and Lesnar begin their match with Reigns mostly dominant throughout.  As the match goes on, Reigns seems to be badly hurt and having trouble getting to his feet. Suddenly Rollins appears at ringside with the Money In the Bank briefcase. Brock jumps up on the ropes threatening Rollins and telling him to leave. Rollins teases a cash in, then prowls around ringside giving Reigns a chance to regain some momentum. After a bit, Ambrose appears and at first engages Rollins in an argument. Lesnar is distracted and heads over to rid both of them from the ring. Essentially, chaos ensues, Heyman has a fit as the match unravels and Lesnar ends up on the receiving end of offense from all three Shield members. In the ring, Reigns hits a spear and captures the Heavyweight Championship belt. All three members of the Shield face off in the middle of the ring, then slowly raise their fists toward one another in the center of the ring. The Shield stands united as Wrestlemania draws to a close…to cheers? Boos? A mix of both? No matter, the title belongs to Reigns and there is a HUGE buzz of intrigue as Wrestlemania goes off the air.

In part 3, the aftermath…

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