WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has posted a new blog entry over at his website where he gives his thoughts on tonight’s (December 13th) TLC pay-per-view event. Here are the highlights.
On Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus:
The WWE Title is being rebuilt. It’s in a fragile state and needs continuity and stability. Does that mean Sheamus keeps it whereby he is then made to become much hotter in upcoming weeks or does WWE pull the trigger on this one and go with Reigns at TLC? It’s hard for Reigns to win, one would assume, with all of Sheamus’ cronies in the building or one could logically think.
The Authority and Reigns mutually embracing the WWE Title win on Monday’s RAW interests me and also allows Roman to get on a fresh roll leading into Wrestlemania Texas. Force feeding a ‘face to today’s fans has an obvious backlash affect of which Reigns is battling to overcome.
There are two ways to go and I’d say it’s most likely that the show ends with a modicum of heat and Sheamus retaining with some timely help.
If I were booking, I’d flip the switch to Reigns and give him the Authority rub beginning on Monday Night RAW while building him aggressively to April 3 at AT&T Stadium.
On The Wyatt Family vs. Dudley Boyz:
Table Elimination Match is a Dudley specialty which might indicate that they will go over but more established, veterans need to elevate the younger talents and I’d have the Wyatt’s prevail. I felt the crowd when heel Wyatts confronted heel Sheamus’s group on RAW and it’s obvious to me that it wouldn’t take much for Bray to be a ticket selling character ‘face. The Wyatts have zero heat but beating the Dudley’s and company would help them.
On Ryback vs. Rusev:
Ryback is in need of a win if WWE feels that the ‘Big Guy’ can get over and help them. He can if he’s booked ala The Warrior using power moves in shorter matches. However, WWE seems to also like Rusev and Lana so they could easily ‘steal one’ from Ryback but I’ll go with Ryback tonight.
You can read the entire blog here.
