This Thursday, World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed that current WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins suffered a debilitating knee injury during a match in Dublin and will be forced to miss between six and nine months of action. As a result, Rollins has been stripped of his title and his highly-anticipated Survivor Series match with Roman Reigns has been cancelled. While fans around the world are wishing Rollins the best in his recovery, the news of the tournament has raised more questions than it's answered. How many men will be participating in it? Will WWE be able to get any big names to return for the Survivor Series? Will the company reuse the old "Deadly Game" music from Survivor Series 1998? Everything's still very much up in the air, and in all likelihood, not even WWE's creative team knows how things are going to pan out right now. Nevertheless, there's one particular outcome that works from a creative standpoint, and could potentially lead to some exciting TV between the Survivor Series and WrestleMania, when the company truly needs it. What follows is a list of full tournament predictions - who will qualify, who will advance, and who will ultimately become the new WWE Champion.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
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