Money in the Bank 2016 Predictions

Money in the Bank 2016 is being dubbed as the greatest Money in the Bank PPV of all time and it hasn't even happened yet. It's a very daunting tagline but with what's on the card, it's hard to argue their high expectations. The three matches the show is built around all look amazing and the tag team match features some of the best teams in the division. The remainder of the card might not fit in with that tagline but only time will tell. Let's talk!



So, two of the NXT call ups that came after Wrestlemania are on the pre-show, Baron Corbin will face Ziggler for the 3rd time on a PPV pre show while Apollo Crews has the daunting task of facing Sheamus, a former 4 time World Champion. I don't really care about the Corbin/Ziggler match but the Crews/Sheamus match is very interesting. It's a mix of styles and it's Apollo's first big time match up on the main roster on a big stage. I'm going with both NXT guys to win here. I don't understand why they didn't have either Corbin or Crews in the MITB match to begin with.



The New Day will try to keep their historic, 300 day reign as champions running as they face The Vaudevillians, Enzo and Cass and The Club's Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson in a Fatal Four Way match. This will be chaotic and very entertaining. The New Day are very close to breaking the record that London and Kendrick set back in 2005-06, just about a month away when they defend the titles on Sunday. I don't see them coming all this way just to lose them now. Granted, there are some major teams in this match. The Vaudevillians were former NXT Tag Champions but I don't think their gimmick is getting over on the main roster. The Club is with Styles so they're big time players and Enzo and Cass are super over. It all makes for such an interesting clash come Sunday. I'm obviously behind Gallows and Anderson becoming tag team champions but where does that leave Enzo and Cass? I'm always bias towards New Day and especially now that they're very close to breaking the record. The New Day actually won their titles in a Fatal Four Way back at SummerSlam so could they lose the titles in the same match type they won them in? I REALLY want The Club to win but my pick is New Day for now.



I think this will be Titus O'Neal's first singles title shot ever. I could be wrong but this a big deal. Titus has all the major points of being a star and definitely deserves better after that bogus suspension earlier this year. The only problem is that Rusev just won the US Title and I don't think WWE would do a quick title change again. Would they? This is the company that traded the US Title between Del Rio and Kalisto in the month of January. Anything is possible but this may be too much so quick. Titus deserves it but it doesn't mean he'll get it. Don't know if it will be a good match or not but Rusev will retain the championship.



Charlotte gets a break and will team with Dana Brooke to face Becky Lynch and Natalya. If this is WWE's way of preserving Sasha and Charlotte for SummerSlam, good job WWE and I applaud you. If not, I hate you. This match should set up a Fatal Four at Battleground as there is obviously tension between Dana and Charlotte now. Dana could cost Charlotte the match and a Fatal Four could come out of it. Charlotte would obviously retain, says she beat everyone in the division, out comes Sasha to set up for the match I've been waiting for. WWE is obviously smart, only doing Sasha/Charlotte once since they came up. It's a money match for the division and one that could finally turn this division around. Becky and Nattie win.



The Money in the Bank Ladder match features two former World Champions in Alberto Del Rio and Chris Jericho, two former NXT Champions in Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens and two former United States Champions, Dean Ambrose and Cesaro. This is an All Stars MITB. I really would like all but one guy win this match, that one guy being Del Rio because he has already won the match. Jericho hasn't been World Champion in 6 years guys. 6 years! The man deserves another run with the title. The other four have never held World Title gold. Ambrose has come the closest, main eventing this same event last year against Seth Rollins so he's not a stranger when it comes to the big stage. Cesaro had a couple chances in 2014 in multi man matches but he's never got a one on one shot. Owens, despite his great first year, only got as close as the semi-finals of the WWE Title tournament back at Survivor Series. Since then, it's just been about the IC Title. Zayn hasn't been on the main roster for that long so obviously he hasn't had a shot yet. This is truly anyone's match.



After Raw and looking at the main event, just like last year, it's obvious that a Shield member will win the MITB. Last year, it was Reigns in the MITB while Rollins and Ambrose battled for the title. Funny how things just shifted around isn't it? Anyway, the thought there was that Reigns was going to win the MITB and eventually cash in and set up some type of Triple Threat Shield main event. That didn't happen as Sheamus won last year. I think Ambrose winning is TOO obvious and he's already proven on his own that he can get to the main event. A Shield Triple Threat should happen naturally, like Ambrose beats Reigns or something like that and get added to the match. That should be the main event for SummerSlam actually. Ambrose/Reigns/Rollins is the best SummerSlam main event on paper since Bryan/Cena. It will happen without the MITB contract. Zayn won't win, I think he'll be feuding with Miz for the IC Title. Cesaro might get into a feud with Jericho. I think the choice should be Kevin Owens. Great heel, great on the mic and in the ring and no clear direction. Give him the briefcase. They could build him up as a major heel and eventual WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Kevin Owens wins the Money in the Bank briefcase.



So, this is actually going to happen. A match that's only been talked about and simulated in WWE video games for the past decade will finally happen on Sunday. In a match that you wouldn't think was possible when the year started, international superstar AJ Styles will finally battle the face that runs the place John Cena in a dream match of epic proportions. THIS is a true dream match. For years, AJ Styles was one of the top guys in TNA and one of the top names to never have signed with WWE. During the same time, John Cena rose to super stardom, winning 15 World Titles in 10 years. The two never crossed paths as Styles stayed with TNA, the company WWE never talks about even though they're running circles around them. Styles would leave TNA in 2014, going back to Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he became IWGP Champion in his first match. With the acquisition of Prince Devitt in 2014, many started to talk if Styles could one day come to WWE. 2016 came around and the report came in that AJ Styles was coming to WWE. We all hoped, we all dreamed and finally, at the Royal Rumble, Styles made his debut and the WWE Universe exploded.



Five months later, Styles is now going up against John Cena, Big Match John. This is will the match of the night and is definitely a Wrestlemania worthy encounter. We always wondered what if John Cena and AJ Styles would step in the ring together. After Sunday, that will no longer be a fantasy. Obviously, this feud will go the way everyone expects right? Styles wins here, only to drop the next two to Cena and Styles will go away somewhere. That has been the sad reality of guys like Wade Barrett, Bray Wyatt, Rusev and Kevin Owens in the past decade but there are some guys like CM Punk, Daniel Bryan and Seth Rollins who escaped this trend, especially Bryan as he would go on to super stardom after his SummerSlam victory over Cena. You don't bring in this worldwide talent only to have him be 'buried' by John Cena. WWE won't let it happen....right? After a fantastic 20-25 minute affair, AJ Styles will defeat John Cena. Will it be thanks to The Club? Maybe someone debuting with The Club? Finn Balor perhaps? Time will tell but don't miss this dream match 15 years in the making.



This is one of the best WWE main events of this generation. The two biggest stars of this generation clash for the top prize as Seth Rollins makes his in ring return to challenge the Roman Empire, Roman Reigns, in a mega title match that is two years in the making. Rollins and Reigns have wrestled each other before. Remember the Raw before Night of Champions 2014? They were scheduled to have a match at Night of Champions but it was canceled when Reigns had to have emergency surgery. They did the match on that Raw though, for whatever reason. They were also suppose to have a match at Survivor Series 2014, where Reigns would have finally won the World Title from him arch-nemesis. THAT didn't happen due to the ACL/MCL injury to Rollins. Since then, Reigns has won the WWE Title three different times and is currently seen as The Guy, AKA the top guy in the company. Rollins doesn't agree with that, especially since he never lost the title in the first place. It all comes together for a great main event that has a lot of history and makes so much sense.


I'm all for a Rollins victory but once again, Reigns has won the title THREE times already within six months. That's a lot. He needs to have a long reign as champion and I think #3 will be it for him. Rollins isn't going anywhere though and I definitely think there's a lot of money in a Triple Threat between the former members of The Shield. They can do that at either Battleground or hold if off for their big PPV SummerSlam. Regardless, they have to keep building Reigns as this unstoppable bad ass who beats all the Internet's heroes. He's never going to get cheered in his current state and if he keeps beating everyone we like, he'll slowly but surely have no choice BUT to turn heel. I just want the Reigns that destroyed Triple H at TLC. THAT Reigns is what WWE needs, but time will tell if they can do it. Roman Reigns will defeat Seth Rollins in their huge match-up.


This is one of the last events before the brand extension, draft, Smackdown going live thing so it's going to be interesting to see how everything falls into place afterwards. Anyway, this Money in the Bank has four matches that could be really something. Rollins/Reigns already made the event must see but then they added a great MITB with four stars of the New Era and of course, the biggest WWE match of the year, AJ Styles VS John Cena. I'm Wrestlemania excited to see this event. Don't miss what could be the best Money in the Bank PPV of all time!