Three ways to resolve No Mercy’s main event
Ever since Cena’s injury on last week’s Monday Night RAW took him out of action for the next 6-8 months, e-mailboxes everywhere have been filling up with “what will WWE do now” suggestions.
I tend not to read these as I have my own ideas of what might work and what might sell.And as we’re a mere three hours away from the PPV, we only have limited time left to guess at what way the company will go. Guessing games such as this are always more fun than the reality, but let’s indulge while we still can.
1) A Realistic Scenario: Move MVP over to RAW. Immediately set up a triple-threat Last Man Standing Match between Montel Vontavious Porter, Randy Orton and Mr. Kennedy for the WWE title at No Mercy. This would immediately elevate Kennedy and MVP to a status they’ve been working hard to achieve for the past year or so. Turn MVP babyface in the switch, but an edgy ‘face so as to keep some continuity to his character. Have MVP and Kennedy work together to take Orton out, then have a go against each other, either putting the title on MVP or on Orton in a last-second sneak-attack finish.
Personally, I’d love to see this be the direction the company goes. Although MVP and Kennedy are not top draws yet, both have huge potential and for months when SmackDown was the suckiest broadcast in WWE’s arsenal, it was Mr. Kennedy and MVP’s feud against Kane and Undertaker that kept me tuning in — not because of Kane and ‘Taker, but because of Mr. Kennedy and MVP.
2) A Popular Option: Bring back Chris Jericho and insert him into the feud with Orton in a “Legend vs. Legend Killer” match. This has been suggested elsewhere and seems to be the favorite of Internet smarts. I could see it working, since Jericho may be coming back soon anyway. Jericho has the honor of being the WWE’s only “undisputed” champion who held both the WWE and former WCW belts at the same time. He’d make a tasty target for Orton, and Jericho can still deliver great promos.
To sell the feud, Jericho would have to play the face and do a run-in, rather than be introduced by Mr. McMahon. And to legitimize Jericho’s sudden reappearance, he’d have to win the title clean over Orton to kick things off.
3) A Likely Cop-Out: Instead of further diluting the SmackDown brand or bringing in an outside solution like Jericho, WWE will likely have a typical, “Vince walks out, gets interrupted by four or five stars who all they they deserve their title shot, and Vince puts them all in a cluster-fudge match with the last man standing claiming the WWE title… and someone “reliable” like Triple-H taking home the championship gold.
Translation: BOOOO-RIIIIING!