BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
“Worst Case Scenario” is a new take on the concept of “fantasy booking”. For years professional wrestling fans would spend endless hours of thinking up the coolest things that could happen. Why waste the energy? This only leads to high expectations. “Worst Case Scenario” flips that. Instead of looking through rose colored glasses, let’s take a bi-weekly look at the worst possible scenarios in professional wrestling. I’m not going to be malicious or anything too mean, but I will not refrain from letting my brain come up with the worst possible shit I can. Sadly, it seems the writers and producers of mainstream TV wrestling and the mainstream iPPV level indies are doing the same thing but charging us for it. And now…
“The Dolph Ziggler Cash-In”
Dolph Ziggler is clearly one of the best and brightest stars the WWE has had in a long time. He’s an athletic machine and is really coming into his own. Someone important had to agree and get behind him because at Money In the Bank 2012 he won the big blue briefcase. Eventually he’s going to have to cash that shit in.
Here is what shouldn’t, but could happen. After a long reign as World Champion, Sheamus will defend his title against Randy Orton in a big “good guy vs. good guy” match. Let’s say at Survivor Series 2012. They have a long match where the Great Khali shows up and gets involved. Why? Because it would suck! Sheamus gets the win after a long grueling match. Orton snaps and gives RKOs to both guys, sending him out of the ring, and then Sheamus, leaving him lying in the ring.
Enter Dolph Ziggler. He walks right by Randy Orton with no interaction. Dolph gets inside the ring and stumbles! The brief case flies from his hands to the outside where Khali is. The ref is confused and never starts the match. Dolph gets Sheamus to his feet and hits his finishing move. He goes to cover and the ref doesn’t count the three. Dolph is freaking out! Meanwhile, The Great Khali WITH THE BRIEF CASE enters the ring and hands it over the ref. The ref starts the match as Dolph continues to lay on Sheamus wanting the three count. Khali simply steps on Dolph and the ref counts three! Dolph Ziggler celebrates. He grabs the belt and is the NEEEEW WWE World Champion!... Or not! The ref rules that Khali cashed in the briefcase and is responsible for the legal pin. Therefore, the new WWE Champion is The Great Khali!
From there, Khali would hold onto the title until WrestleMania 29 where he would defend it against Mark Henry in a “Two Out of Three Falls” Match. Khali would retain with two pins in a row after twenty minutes of chain wrestling. Meanwhile, Dolph Ziggler will be in the YouTube dark match battle royal and is quietly eliminated by Ezekiel Jackson.
Great pay off, huh?
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