5 Reasons Why Dean Ambrose Will Win The Intercontinental Championship At TLC

Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins are set to lock horns at WWE TLC this Sunday and the IWC is abuzz with a lot of speculations and predictions over this match. The two former SHIELD brothers have shared the ring a lot of times in the past and promise to deliver an exciting match to the WWE Universe.

The Lunatic Fringe returned on the RAW episode before SummerSlam to help Seth Rollins level the odds against Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. The duo had then joined with the Big Dog, Roman Reigns, and had quite a rivalry with the Dogs of War. However, the night when Reigns relinquished the Universal championship due to Leukemia, Ambrose snapped on the Architect after they won the RAW tag team championships.

They have had a heated rivalry and will collide at the Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view with Rollins' IC title on the line.

Here are 5 reasons why the Lunatic Fringe will become a 3-time IC Champion this Sunday.

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#5 This is Ambrose's first singles PPV match after return from injury and a defeat would kill his momentum

Dean Ambrose was not a part of the Survivor Series PPV

Dean Ambrose returned to WWE nearly four months ago but hasn't yet competed in a singles PPV match ever since his return. He was standing in Seth's corner at SummerSlam, battled for the RAW tag team championships along with Rollins at Hell in a Cell, was a part of a six-man tag team match representing the SHIELD at Super Show Down and was left off the match cards of Crown Jewel and Survivor Series.

This will be Ambrose's first singles match and so the Lunatic Fringe should undoubtedly emerge victorious from this match otherwise he would just get lost in the mix on RAW.

#4 Seth Rollins' reign needs to end

Seth Rollins' first reign as Intercontinental Champion was way better than the 2nd reign

Seth Rollins had first won the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 34 and the Kingslayer had a stellar run with the gold. He held the title for the next three months before losing to the ShowOff Dolph Ziggler on a random match at RAW. However, Seth soon won his title back and the fans expected Rollins to burn it down once again but the same did not transpire.

Rollins became a part of the SHIELD vs Dogs of War storyline and the IC title was all of a sudden sidelined. Since Reigns' exit, Seth has defended the IC championship against multiple opponents and to be frank, has run out of opponents now. This is the Creative team's best opportunity to get the belt off Rollins and have him bring some change in his character.

#3 A title change can help in increasing RAW's ratings

Even Rollins pointed out RAW's ratings this past week

Watching Seth Rollins cut a near pipebomb promo on RAW clarified that the WWE Creative and Vince McMahon have realized that the quality of RAW has been below par and this could signal some big changes in the future. The ratings have reached record lows and it is high time that the Creative team works on them.

It is being rumoured that a lot of titles which change hands at TLC and with the IC title being the premier title of RAW (which is being defended), Ambrose can certainly win the title. Dean Ambrose has changed his on-screen character a lot and has also received a new modified theme song from the Creative team.

And, we have seen in the past as well a major title change on a PPV, brings a slight increase in the ratings of the fallout episode. So, this could well be the backstage strategy.

#2 Not winning cleanly will certainly establish Dean Ambrose as the most hated heel in the WWE

Of course, he is not winning the title clean!

Dean Ambrose has received a lot of hatred from the WWE Universe over his recent character change and the WWE Creative could cash in on this opportunity to establish Ambrose as their most hated heel. There's certainly a reason why this match has not got a stipulation and that reason is that Dean Ambrose is going to win by hitting Seth with a low blow or with a weapon.

Also, Dean Ambrose is not on social media and thus, he would not break his character off-screen as well. Social media has often caused a break in a superstar's character and this fact has always angered the backstage crew. However, with Ambrose not active on any of his social media handles, he can surely become one of the truest heels of the company.

#1 To move Rollins to the Universal Championship Picture

Look at the bigger picture

Seth Rollins has been a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion and he had never lost his title clean yet he was demoted to the mid-card of RAW due to the presence of the likes of Goldberg, Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar.

Losing the IC championship to Ambrose would not be a step back for Rollins but it would be a step up as he could move on to feud with the Universal Champion Brock Lesnar. Seth Rollins is a brilliant mic worker and can carry this Universal Championship feud along with Paul Heyman. He is definitely a better bet than McIntyre to dethrone the Beast.

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