HYPOTHETICAL: The champ gets injured a week before Mania

**Mr. Nerfect** · 12-14-2009, 08:53 AM

I would use the injury in storylines. Instead of saying "Cena's arm fell off," or whatever, they have him "taken out." You can reveal the attacker and give them a big push, or keep it a mystery.

If you have the attacked take the credit (let's say Sheamus), then you obviously go to Triple H vs. Sheamus at WrestleMania for the vacant title. This creates two big matches for when Cena returns. One is against Sheamus, because he took out Cena; and the other is the match we were "looking forward to" but never actually happened in Triple H vs. John Cena.

However, if the attacker is kept a mystery, then you can have someone step-up (perhaps Shawn Michaels) and say that they think Triple H did it himself so he could walk out of WrestleMania WWE Champion again. I don't know if I'd go with the full turn prior to WrestleMania, but tension is on both of the competitors, and whether one did take out Cena, or if the allegations are unfounded. You'd then either get a heel turn, or tension would continue to build until Cena returned, and then you'd probably have a situation close to Stone Cold's return in 2000, hopefully minus Rikishi.

12-14-2009, 08:53 AM	#11
Mr. Nerfect Posts: 61,544	I would use the injury in storylines. Instead of saying "Cena's arm fell off," or whatever, they have him "taken out." You can reveal the attacker and give them a big push, or keep it a mystery. If you have the attacked take the credit (let's say Sheamus), then you obviously go to Triple H vs. Sheamus at WrestleMania for the vacant title. This creates two big matches for when Cena returns. One is against Sheamus, because he took out Cena; and the other is the match we were "looking forward to" but never actually happened in Triple H vs. John Cena. However, if the attacker is kept a mystery, then you can have someone step-up (perhaps Shawn Michaels) and say that they think Triple H did it himself so he could walk out of WrestleMania WWE Champion again. I don't know if I'd go with the full turn prior to WrestleMania, but tension is on both of the competitors, and whether one did take out Cena, or if the allegations are unfounded. You'd then either get a heel turn, or tension would continue to build until Cena returned, and then you'd probably have a situation close to Stone Cold's return in 2000, hopefully minus Rikishi.