Predicting EVERYTHING That Will Happen On This Crazy Week Of Wrestling
1. The Fiend Reigns In Blood
The Fiend needs to beat Seth Rollins on Sunday. He has to.
If he doesn't, all the time and effort WWE have put into rebuilding Bray Wyatt will have been for nought. The Firefly Fun House segments, the squashing of Finn Balor, the murdering of several beloved legends: none of it will mean anything, because WWE are rarely successful when it comes to protecting wrestlers in defeat and it's far, far too early to hand Wyatt his first loss - particularly to Rollins.
Seth is skilled, over, and a great company man, but not a needle-mover. Raw's viewership shows that his reign as Universal Champion isn't driving business forward. This makes him expendable at Hell In A Cell, and certainly not worthy of putting a sword in The Fiend.
Wyatt's victory should be decisive and dominant, because as harmful as a defeat would be, a slow, methodical, 25-minute wrestlegrind would be just as bad. The Fiend shouldn't look like a wrestler, but a force of nature. He needs to be different. That means no chinlocks, no running the ropes, and no sllllooowwwww exchanges of holds.
It doesn't need to be a squash, but it does need to be a shellacking. A little colour would go a long way to putting it over, too.