7 Things That Must Happen At WWE Night Of Champions
Should Sting walk out of Sunday's PPV with the WWE Title?
WWE Night of Champions is here! Well, almost - it takes place this Sunday night, and as of now (SmackDown withstanding) seven matches are booked for the big event in Houston. Sting returns to WWE special events to challenge Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, and stands a pretty good chance as his opponent also has to defend his United States Championship earlier in the night against John Cena.
As for the rest of the card, the Dudley Boyz continue their return to WWE PPV by challenging the delightful New Day for the tag titles. Rusev and Dolph Ziggler will continue whatever it is they have going on. Ryback's Intercontinental Championship is on the line against Kevin Owens, the longest reigning Divas Champion Nikki Bella defends once more against Charlotte and The Wyatt Family will take on Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and a mystery partner.
What can we expect? Well, a whole lot of things can be taken for granted. The New Day will be awesome, Rollins will produce the goods in the ring and the Rusev/Ziggler feud will continue to make my eyes roll into the back of my skull. But, as we begin the slow road towards WrestleMania, what must happen on Sunday?
Here are seven things that really, really need to happen at WWE Night of Champions 2015.
7. Dolph Ziggler Must Turn Heel
Okay, I'm going to get this one out of the way first as the entire storyline makes me feel a little sick. When Rusev and Lana's break up began after WrestleMania, there was a good degree of optimism in the air. Lana had been gaining some real steam as a character and Rusev was secretly becoming an elite-level WWE character.
Then what happened?
Well, Dolph Ziggler got involved, Lana became just another poorly portrayed WWE female character and the whole thing went south, quickly. Ziggler, the face, has been an awful sleazeball through the whole thing, and this past Monday interrupted Rusev's match with Cesaro to give Rusev's new squeeze, Summer Rae, a gift.
Well, I say give. He basically forced the box on her.
Simply put, Dolph Ziggler needs to turn heel this Sunday. He will eventually settle into a role as a top level babyface, but right now his character is so horrifically sleazy, childish and misogynistic that he needs to turn heel, and fast.
Where does this leave Rusev?
Well, he's been a secret babyface for a long, long time now. He's won most of his matches cleanly, has done so defending the honour of his country (and adopted nation for a while) and protected his female second the entire time. He even gave Summer Rae a fish. Double turns don't happen very often in WWE, but one needs to happen on Sunday.
Many have posited the story, but it is clear. Ziggler and Summer Rae are in cahoots, they defeat Rusev via dirty means, Lana comes back to resume her professional relationship with Rusev and everyone can leave this steaming turd for good.