First, the U.S. title match. If John Cena had won at Summerslam, I could picture the WWE having him relinquish the U.S. title. He would give some nice speech about giving the younger guys a shot to do what he did with U.S. title. Seth Rollins won at Summerslam. Not surprisingly, a heel is not giving up any of his titles. He can't go long with holding both titles. I wouldn't be surprised to see him lose it quickly. But back to Cena? I know he put on some great matches during his run. I also think a midcarder beating him for the title would have meant more. But I still do not like the idea of giving it back to Cena. Nevertheless, it just wouldn't be good to have Seth Rollins hold on to both titles for long, so I will say Cena regains the title. Reports are already speculating that Cena regains it, anyway.
Should Sting win the WWE Championship? I think it would be a nice gesture. I have to give him and the WWE credit for actually having him be around on Raw every week to help further the feud. Some part-timers don't do that. Judging by how Sting is willing to show up every week, a short reign would not be bad. Should be better than giving it to Lesnar last year. On paper, that looked like a great decision. But the WWE did not handle it properly and ratings were poor. Not only against football, but even in the weeks heading into Wrestlemania. All the blame does not go on the decision to make Lesnar WWE Champion, but it was still part of it. As long as the WWE does not handle Sting's title reign like they did Lesnar's, it should be fine.
Even if Seth retains the WWE Championship, he would have gone through what would likely be two grueling matches. He would be in a perfect state for Sheamus to want to cash in the briefcase. I think that is something you are likely to see, should things play out like this. How about Rollins acting like a weasel and trying to get out of his first match in a cheap way, even if that means letting Cena win? Cena would not want to win it like that. No, I think they will play on the story of Seth being pushed to the limit by the end of the night. Sheamus doesn't have anything else to do for Night of Champions.
How about Sting winning the title and Sheamus cashing in right after? Or the next night? I would be fine with that. Sting at least gets his name added to the list of men to be WWE Champion. Seeing as how putting the title on part-timers for long reigns is not a guaranteed draw, there is no need for Sting to hold it until Wrestlemania.
There are a few different ways the WWE title picture can go. I personally would go with Sting winning the title and Sheamus winning it after. What do I think is likely to happen? I do not think the WWE will sell this as the worst night in Seth's life by having him lose both titles. I feel it is more likely he drops the United States Championship than the WWE Championship. I say he retains against Sting. Does that mean Sheamus should fail when he tries to cash in? I still have trouble buying Sheamus as a main-eventer. But he will probably keep the briefcase. No need to have Seth Rollins beat Sheamus in this situation. But Sheamus cashing in will be teased. Can Super Rollins overcome the odds?
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