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While the entire world has pretty much shut down due to the COVID-19 crisis, the biggest wrestling promotion in the world, WWE, has shown the sheer will to keep continuing with their programming and entertaining the WWE Universe with their shows even in such circumstances.
After a successful WrestleMania 36, the next PPV stop for the company is the annual Money in the Bank, set to take place on May 10, 2020.
WWE has already announced a very unique stipulation for this year's MITB matches as they will take place at the WWE Headquarters with the Superstars starting from the ground floor and the briefcase hanging on the roof of the Titan Towers.
Another massive match set to take place at Money in the Bank is the battle between a former master and his follower, as Braun Strowman will defend his Universal Championship against the ever-sadistic Bray Wyatt.
The build-up to the feud has been quite captivating so far and with these two sharing a huge history amongst themselves, the rivalry is sure to get more personal in the next few weeks.
But who will walk out of MITB with the Universal Title?
In this article, I present to you five signs that it won't be Bray Wyatt. Be sure to comment down and let me know your thoughts on this feud and who do you think will emerge as the winner?
#5 Braun Strowman has just won the Universal Championship
The Monster Among Men got the biggest victory of his career at WrestleMania 36 earlier this month, as he defeated Goldberg to win his first Universal title, something which he has waited for a long time.
Having just won the title and that too by defeating such a protected Superstar like Goldberg, it's tough to imagine Strowman losing it within a month. He has been chasing this title for a long time, challenging Superstars like Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns earlier, and after finally getting his hands on it (no pun intended), he deserves a proper reign.
#4 Strowman is facing Bray Wyatt and not The Fiend
One of the biggest reasons why Braun Strowman has a huge chance of retaining his title at Money in the Bank is because he is not facing the unstoppable dark force of The Fiend. Instead, he will be taking on the Firefly Fun House version of Bray Wyatt, who surely hasn't been portrayed to be as powerful as his sadistic alter ego.
We all saw the surprising ease with which Goldberg defeated The Fiend at WWE Super ShowDown, and fast forward to WrestleMania 36, the Monster Among Men also defeated Goldberg quite easily, within minutes.
Now I know even though wrestling is kayfabe, it still establishes the fact that Strowman is more powerful than Goldberg. If the ever-smiling Bray Wyatt ends up defeating Strowman at Money in the Bank, wouldn't it mean that he is more powerful than The Fiend? But that should not be the case right.
The only time we saw this version of Bray Wyatt wrestle was at TLC last year where he defended the Universal Championship against The Miz. Even though Bray won the match, he surely wasn't as dangerous as The Fiend is inside the ring. Let's be honest, Braun Strowman is the favorite in this match since he's taking on Bray and not The Fiend.
#3 A loss here would significantly derail Strowman's momentum
As discussed in the first slide, Braun Strowman won the Universal Championship by picking up probably the biggest victory of his career as he defeated the WWE Hall of Famer, Goldberg at WrestleMania 36 to win his first-ever Universal title.
In reality, the Monster Among Men wasn't even scheduled to be on the original WrestleMania card and we were all set to witness the Battle of the Spears between Goldberg and Roman Reigns at the Show of Shows. Unfortunately, the Big Dog pulled out of the match at the very last moment due to his health concerns during these testing times and Strowman was called upon as his last-minute replacement.
With Strowman's win not being in the original plan, there are talks of him being a transitional champion and losing the title soon to someone, probably Bray Wyatt. But if that does happen, Braun's momentum will significantly derail to a point where we might never see him back in the world title picture.
He deservingly won the title at 'Mania and needs to hold on to it for some time and have a proper run with it.
#2 The Universal Championship can't keep changing hands so frequently
The Universal Championship has pretty much become a passing-the-parcel game in the last few months as it has changed hands too frequently. While it is always exciting and buzz-worthy whenever a World Champion gets defeated by his challenger and loses his title, it happening, again and again, devalues the prestige of the Championship.
Firstly it was at WWE Super ShowDown where Goldberg unexpectedly won the Universal Championship by defeating The Fiend. And then, on his very first title defense at WrestleMania 36, he ended up losing to the Monster Among Men.
In fact, in both his reigns as the Universal Champion, Goldberg has never had a successful title defense, thus proving the point that he has always been used as a transitional champion to ultimately put the title on some other Superstar.
Now Braun Strowman doing the same and losing the Universal Title on his first defense would be a little overkill and might end up hurting the reputation of the Championship. The title needs long and memorable reigns to gain more credibility.
#1 Bray losing would continue the feud and The Fiend could then get involved
The feud between Braun Strowman and his former Wyatt Family master, Bray Wyatt is too good to be wrapped up so quickly. The two have enough history to stretch this rivalry to multiple PPVs, and with it taking place at the Money in the Bank PPV, it is too small of a stage to conclude this feud.
As discussed previously, it is Bray Wyatt and not The Fiend who will be taking on Strowman at MITB and one has to wonder why Wyatt chose not to unleash The Fiend on his former follower?
Maybe he wants to personally teach a lesson and take revenge from him for betraying him and his family. I hope we'll get to know more about this in the coming weeks.
In any case, Bray losing the match would be a great set-up for him to finally give in to The Fiend and let him take care of the unfinished business. In this way, WWE can continue the feud easily while keeping it entertaining at the same time.
Do you think Bray Wyatt will win the Universal Championship at Money in the Bank PPV?
