Kalisto retains the US Championship
Ryback desperately needed that win. He was dominating Kalisto in all the house shows and he was most importantly tossing him around like a rag doll. But, Ryback couldn’t get the job done when it mostly matters. It was making Ryback as sort of invalid and incompetent. Ryback was in desperate need of a win at that moment, period.
But, there were other factors to be considered. John Cena is returning. Ryback’s contract is nearing its end. And Kalisto is the fan favorite. Ryback’s contract is the most major contributor to this decision. If Ryback is not willing to extend his stay in WWE whatever may be the reason, then Ryback winning the match would make no sense.
In case if Ryback had won and refused to extend his contract (he did the second one, alright), then there is a new champion and soon he should lose his title to someone before John Cena returns that makes two new champions in a row and John Cena capturing it will be lame. John Cena needs a strong opponent, not some inexperienced one-shot winner.
Kalisto’s win over Ryback just does that. Kalisto retains the championship to lose it to another big guy (preferably a heel), who will then feud with the franchise player for the championship. Kalisto is just an intermediary title holder to pass it on to the next guy who could feud with John Cena. So, making a new intermediary title holder doesn’t make sense.
Hence the decision was perfectly logical and WWE have moved Rusev to be the next big guy who could win the championship to have a feud with John Cena over the title. The duo has a certain chemistry and heedless of what happens it might be a good feud.
Verdict: 3/5
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