Fantasy Booking: The World Heavyweight Title to Money in the Bank

My view of the WHC. The title should be utilized to get new guys into the scene. I enjoy the dynamic that WWE has created with the two separate brands. I don't mean Smackdown and Raw, but rather the hardcore wrestling fan scene with Punk and Bryan headlining many of these matches and the other scene being heavy story matches that Cena is involved in. Thus, I think that the WHC should be viewed as an “upper mid-card” title for the core wrestling brand. The WWE title should stand as the main title in this core division. It can also stand as a bridge into the more storyline heavy matches. 

I will be booking this up to Wrestlemania. It will focus on the WHC, but will sometimes include other feuds and shows. 

Money in the Bank PPV:

Big Show is challenging for the title vs Sheamus. Sheamus' draw is being a big guy who kicks ass. So pitting him against Big Show will be an impressive way to get him even more over. This match will obviously not be the best, but is the starting point for the title going into Wrestlemania, which is my end-goal for the WHC fantasy booking posts. WWE views Sheamus as an asset and the next Cena. So I want to give him some personality. Instead of having him be the guy who kicks everyone's ass, lets have him be at risk of getting his ass kicked. This match will be a plain brawl match. Have them go hard. It will make the match better. This won't be a technical marvel.

The week before Money in the Bank 2012, the new general managers are announced. It is none other than William Regal. Regal is welcomed by the new Smackdown manager Teddy Long, who has been in power for a few weeks. This is due to Teddy having a long track record of Smackdown managing and Raw being significantly harder to find a good GM for due to the track record of past GM's (Most recently Big Johnny) As a gift from Teddy, he allows Regal to run MiTB. Regal is happy and thanks Teddy, displaying his good intentions.

The opening match is the WWE Title contract Money in the Bank match with a newly turned and Vickie-less Dolph Ziggler winning. Ziggler has been not using heel tactics for the weeks leading into the PPV. In fact, he even sends Vickie away from his matches to ensure clean wins. Thus, he gets a good reaction for winning the briefcase. He even befriends Kofi Kingston, who he admits his respect for.

The next match will be the WWE championship match. Money in the Bank will mark the end of the Bryan/Punk feud (for now.) During the match, AJ proves to have been with Bryan all along and turns on Punk allowing Bryan to get the submission win. He celebrates (as he does with the Yes chants) and embraces AJ. He holds her up, along with the WWE championship as Punk lies in the corner looking up at him. Punk then proceeds to attack Bryan, but then is interrupted by Regal who demands order. Bryan/Punk continue to battle as Regal then slides in the ring to break them up himself. The locker room empties (with jobbers and some of the participants from the first MiTB match) to pull them apart. It is complete chaos. Regal convinces Punk to leave and walks him up the ramp. This shows Regal's new outlook on being a good GM who is ready to get his hands dirty.

Suddenly, Ziggler (who came out to help pull apart Bryan/Punk and is now in the ring with Bryan) hits the Zig-Zag on Bryan from behind. The other wrestlers who held back Bryan stand in disbelief as Ziggler's new friend Kofi runs down the ramp with the Raw briefcase. He hands it to Ziggler and helps Bryan up. Bryan looks at Kofi confused, only to get Zig-Zagged once again. Ziggler cashes in as the other wrestlers empty the ring to stop AJ from interfering. The bell rings and Ziggler wins the WWE championship. The crowd goes nuts.

After a few matches, there is a backstage segment where a prominent heel who is in the Smackdown MiTB (perhaps the Miz) is bullying Regal backstage. Regal explodes and knocks out Miz cold. The announcers now assume there are only 5 participants for this year's Smackdown MiTB. (6 MiTB members is the best option as 8 often seems too chaotic.)

Next is the MiTB match for World Heavyweight title contract. The 5 members enter and begin to have a grueling match. Kofi Kingston is about to win, only for Bryan to run down the ramp and knock him from the top of the ladder to the floor. Suddenly, Bryan is alone in the ring. He looks up at the briefcase as Regal's music hits. He comes out to a loud cheer and announces that Bryan is the 6^th participant. Bryan climbs up the ladder and wins, unopposed. Bryan quickly runs up the ramp and shakes hands with Regal. The crowd boos like crazy.

Next is the World Heavyweight championship match: Sheamus vs Big Show. Sheamus manages to beat Show with a double brogue kick (or something impressive.) Expectedly, Show then gets up and knocks Sheamus out. Everyone stands, expecting Bryan. His music hits and out he comes with the briefcase and AJ. He slides in the ring and the ref holds Bryan back as Sheamus is laying flat. Sheamus then stirs and Bryan smiles. The ref comes over to get the briefcase from Bryan. Bryan proceeds to knock out the ref with the briefcase. Then Sheamus. AJ then grabs a mic for Bryan. He says how he lost in 18 seconds at Wrestlemania and how it was the most embarrassing night of his life. He then says that he will avenge that loss by making Sheamus tap out on his terms. He kicks Sheamus in the head and leaves. The next match is the Cena match and closes out the PPV.

Next up will be the fallout of MiTB and Summerslam.