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Shouldn't the fact that they hinted something about him kinda starting to snap and turn back into a monster lean more towards them about to push him than not? I'm not saying he's gonna win because I'm not sure what they would do with a monster with a MITB case but I think that at least makes the possibility intriguing.
I haven't actually sat and thought about who I think will win the MITB matches so... here goes.
I think Heath Slater is the least likely MITB winner in the matches history. Gabriel isn't too far behind but if WWE did wanna go with the "WTF?!" shock win, it would be him. Cara and Bryan would be interesting to see with the case and are both good dark horses but I wouldn't bet on it. Kane, like I said, seems to be going somewhere character-wise that isn't revolving around the title yet while Sheamus is too obvious and could get by just being the angry guy who has been screwed over. That leaves Cody and Wade Barrett. Cody Rhodes isn't a main eventer yet in my mind. WWE could wanna do the mentor teasing the teacher thing with Cody taunting Orton with the MITB case but I think Wade Barrett has just been groomed for this moment since going to SD. It's just too fitting. So much so that I can't even go with "It fits so perfectly, it CAN'T happen" theory that WWE likes to fuck with.
Smackdown MITB prediction: Wade Barrett
The Raw one is MUCH tougher to decide.
Del Rio doesn't need it. He's got his #1 contender win to lay claim to and he's likely already got his "non spur of the moment MITB" match at SummerSlam. Unless they wanna have him come out to win the title after Punk and Cena's match (Which is very possible actually), I can't see him winning. Truth could be the "way too anxious to win it and thus, loses and goes even more crazy" choice so that's possible. Miz seems like he's on more of a path to the upper-midcard than another MITB. It's too soon for Riley. Swagger could be a good surprise pick just because the other guys mentioned will have something to do without it. Bourne just can't see with the MITB case unless they wanna just go for the huge shocker and then have him lose it to someone tomorrow night on Raw or something. So I guess my pick here would be Rey Mysterio. With Del Rio already having his #1 contender gripe, I can see him being angry as his long time rival Mysterio has a MITB case and both of them fighting for the SummerSlam match as Mysterio wants to cash in fairly at the next PPV.
Raw MITB prediction: Rey Mysterio
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