Hell in a Cell Match: Shane McMahon vs. The Undertaker
(If Shane wins, he gains control of RAW; if Undertaker loses, he can’t compete at WrestleMania again)
Even though Reigns and Hunter is a world title match, which would generally make it the main event on most occasions, it’s a good bet that Shane McMahon and Undertaker will be the last match on the card. As you probably know, the prevailing stipulation for this match is that, if he loses, Shane will cease to be involved anymore in the WWE. If he wins, however, he’ll supposedly gain control of RAW.
While I’ve already expressed my skepticism about Taker and Shane going against each other, given that they’re both faces and have no prevailing issues with each other, I, nonetheless, think this still has the potential to be a pretty good match – as long as they keep it pretty simple, logical and work within their means.
All things considered, I’d like to see some kind of scenario where Shane, the obvious underdog, is selling his ass off and barely hanging on and, at some point, one of the members of the Authority, perhaps Hunter, Vince or, even, Stephanie, comes to the ring to occur the referee and something backfires, which enables Shane O’Mac to pull off a miraculous, surprise win. If it were done right, not only would it get a huge pop, but it should also set the stage for all kinds of hot returns.
Ultimately though, if Shane was to go over and ostensibly gain control over RAW, it should provide the WWE with a great opportunity to not only regain public confidence, by scrapping the whole Authority charade, which has become increasingly contrived and counterproductive lately, but it might enable them to revive the RAW and SmackDown conflict, which was a pretty hot ticket a decade or so – with Shane now representing the RAW brand and perhaps Hunter and Stephanie or Vince, himself, running SmackDown.
In any case, I need not point out to those calling the shots here that this is a critical, make or break juncture for the WWE, and they really need to hit a home run, not strike out. For their sake and for the sake of wrestling fans the world over, I hope they get it right and hit a bases clearing grand slam!
On that guardedly optimistic note, I’ll call this a wrap, but shall be looking forward to re-connecting with you next week, for WrestleMania post-mortems. Until then, take care and enjoy the show!
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