Before we get started with the events of this week, I thought I would take the time to formally introduce myself as the newest member of the Pro Wrestling Journal team. So, hello there, my name is Dom Richards, I am 31 years young, and I am a wrestling addict. I have been obsessed with the mad world of Pro Wrestling since I was around 5-6 years old when I was given a Macho Man Randy Savage toy by a friend of my mother. What can everyone expect from me? Debuting soon will be \u201cIn Conclusion\u201d, a wrap-up of the week’s events. There will be some Top 10s dropping, and other such opinion pieces. Without further delay, let\u2019s jump into this debut article; Just who should be winning this year\u2019s Money in the Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Men\u2019s winner: Randy Orton <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n I know, I know. Hardly an original choice? And\ndammit Dom, he was only WWE Champion two years ago!!!! Why does he deserve\nanother title run? We\u2019ve seen it all before, we need someone new, someone,\nfresh. This may well all be true, but out of the eight competitors in this\nyear’s men’s Money in the Bank, who really fits that bill? Finn Balor and Drew\nMcIntyre would be the closest, but neither really have the momentum to be a\nworthy challenger, and if the last couple years are to go by, the winner of the\nbriefcase doesn\u2019t exactly get covered in glory. The Money in the Bank is\nstarting to become what the King of the Ring had become in the last years it\nwas utilized, a bit of a curse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Giving it to Finn or Drew could be the worst\nthing for them at this time. Do they both deserve world title runs? Absolutely,\njust not quite yet, and not by winning it from the cash in. Drew needs to be\nbuilt like a monster; much like how Brock was booked in his world title win\nagainst Cena at Summerslam 2014. Finn provides a more difficult situation. What\nis best for Finn? Staying face or turning heel? We have yet to see a heel Finn\nBalor in WWE, and at this point is it even a viable option? He is one of the\nbiggest merchandise sellers in the company, and we know Vince does not like to\nturn anyone heel if they bring in that sweet, sweet merchandise dollar. Finn\nwould make a great face chasing champion. For a great chasing champion, we need\nan equally great heel champion, and there is someone who could provide this: Randy\nOrton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Orton winning provides a chance for WWE to get\nfully behind him as the top heel on Smackdown. With Daniel Bryan invested in\nthe tag division (for the time being at least), a properly supported heel Orton\ncould be a wonderous thing. He has proven, time and time again that he is\ncapable of filling that top heel spot, and he generally does his best work as a\nheel. It also won\u2019t hurt his eventual win as he is a multi-time former champ,\nso it doesn\u2019t matter if he cashes in. The lead up to said cash in could be\nincredible as well. Constantly teasing Kofi that he is about to, only to recoil\nand bide his time. If we say the perfect time to cash in would be at this year\u2019s\nSummerslam, then we have a good three months of building Orton into the top\nheel once more. So, just from this, we have a good six or so months of story;\nwith Orton and Kofi, then after Kofi has the usual rematch aftermath, we can\nthen move onto Finn chasing Orton for the title. It may not be the most\noriginal choice going for Randy Orton, but in the long-term, it could be the\nbest option in building up the next future WWE Champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s winner: Bailey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Before I sat down to start this article, I had\nthe winner for the Women\u2019s match picked straight away; Mandy Rose. I really\nlike Mandy as a heel, she naturally plays that character which will always get\na crowd to boo; she\u2019s cocky, and she thinks she is better than every single\nperson in the audience. Mandy winning would be great for her, and I think she\nwill hold the Women\u2019s title before next year\u2019s Wrestlemania, but then something\nelse got me thinking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cashing in a Money in the Bank briefcase is a\nproper heel move. Unless of course, you challenge a champion to a match as Cena\ndid, but what if the winner of the match was someone who is seen as the\nmodern-day version of the heroic 1970s\/80s face? Someone who will always do the\nright thing no matter what. If Bayley wins the Money in the Bank match, this\ncould lead to some incredible storytelling, when she battles with herself on\nwhether to do the \u201cright\u201d thing and challenge a champion to a match, or she\ntakes the path many previous winners have and cashes in when a champion is\nvulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Imagine the scene; Becky is down in the ring\nafter a hellacious beatdown at the hands of say, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville.\nBayley comes down, clears the ring, and she realizes this is the moment, she\ndoesn\u2019t want to win the title this way, but she knows she will never get a\nchance like this. In a moment of clarity, she throws the briefcase down, picks\nup Becky, they hug and BAM…Bayley to Belly. She picks the briefcase up, hands\nit to the ref and he counts; 1..2..3! The new Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion holds\nher championship up, with a tear in her eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This could really lead to some incredible\nstorytelling for Bayley, as she struggles to come to terms with what she did,\nbut then trying to justify to herself that it was the right thing as she is the\nchampion once again. Would she eventually snap and fully turn heel? Possible,\nbut watching the torment this has caused her would be incredible TV to watch.\nNot that I take any pleasure watching the suffering of others of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And those are my picks for the two winners.\nDisagree with me? Which I am sure many of you will, but hell, this is what\nmakes Professional Wrestling the greatest sport\/entertainment in the world, the\npassionate debate we, the fans will regularly have. 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