WWE TLC: John Cena and Triple H line up for Wrestlemania

Barnaby Read 18:12 25/02/2015
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    • Triple H interprets Sting's gesture and accepts his challenge to a duel at Wrestlemania.

    Here we are, five weeks away from the biggest event in wrestling’s calendar year and everything is falling nicely into place for Wrestlemania 31.

    The WWE extravaganza takes place on March 29 at the Levi’s Stadium, California and is shaping up to be a truly memorable affair.

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    This after an eventful start to the week that included the WWE’s PPV debut of Fast Lane and a Raw that continued to titillate towards ‘the big one’.

    Firstly, Fast Lane finally ended Daniel Bryan’s hopes of reaching Wrestlemania, doubts over Roman Reigns’ worth at a title shot against Brock Lesnar put to bed with a superb encounter that highlighted both wrestlers’ immense ability in the ring.

    Also at Fast Lane we saw John Cena defeated by Rusev thanks to a little help from the Russian’s confidant, Lana, and the pair will surely face off again at Wrestlemania with Cena given the chance to end his opponent’s winning streak on the biggest stage of them all.

    The Usos also lost their tag team titles to Tyson Kidd and Cesaro and those two teams could put on a stunning show at Wrestlemania.

    They may even be joined by the likes of New Day yet, if the WWE were to think outside the ring. A TLC match with these three teams would be a mouth-watering prospect.

    WWE saved its most feverish prospect for Raw, finally announcing Sting vs Triple H in California.

    Pitched as an old WCW foe vs the lord of the WWE, the pair can still sell an awesome promo and as masters of the art will surely deliver in the ring. 

    Tension has been building over the weeks and a match at Wrestlemania was inevitable. Now the WWE must give Sting the chance to air his side of the story to give the match-up even more emotion and also allow Triple H to get the upper hand at some stage. Sting has done all the running thus far and once again had the WWE COO on his backside on Raw.

    Finally, we were also teased the return of the Undertaker who was called out by Bray Wyatt.

    Wrestlemania wouldn’t be Wrestlemania without the ‘Taker, and Wyatt will make a superb opponent and should lead to some awesome storylines over the next five weeks.

    Oh, Randy Orton returned as well… outta nowhere.

    MOVE OF THE WEEK

    Scorpion Death Drop – Sting

    Sting put the mockers on Hunter once again, culminating in his signature reverse DDT that sent a real message to the Game.

    WINNER OF THE WEEK – Roman Reigns

    His Royal Rumble win should never have been doubted but the WWE Universe was hell bent on backing crowd favourite Bryan. Thanks to his display at Fast Lane, we can now look forward to Reigns’ biggest match in the spotlight against Lesnar.

    LOSERS OF THE WEEK – The WWE Universe

    No-one is exempt from this but Fast Lane once again showed the ugly side of the world in general, particularly the USA’s bitchy culture – reminiscent of Lindsay Lohan et al in Mean Girls. The Bella Twins, two stunning sisters that include WWE Diva champion Nikki, have been on a mission to humiliate rival Paige in recent weeks, largely for her pale appearance. This has culminated in various stunts that are essentially applauding bullying and the WWE Universe is lapping it up. For all their good work last year with their Be a STAR anti-bullying campaigg, the WWE are failing to make an impact within their own practice. Disappointing.

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