Hell In A Cell 2016 featured a triple main event. We saw new champions being crowned and history being made. Here are three lingering questions after the PPV.
WWE Hell in a Cell 2016 made history as two women stepped into the structure. The match also one of the triple main events of the PPV.
The show had its ups and downs throughout and some moments were more memorable than others. Rollins powerbombing Owens through two tables has to one of the most hardcore things we have seen all year.
On the other end, despite its stellar buildup and reception, the history-making match between Banks and Charlotte featured a number of botched spots. Regardless, that bout alone is a reason to remember the 2016 Hell in a Cell in the years to come. Somewhere else on the card, Brian Kendrick won the cruiserweight title from T.J. Perkins too.
Roman Reigns and Rusev battled inside the Hell in a Cell structure in an underwhelming effort. Sheamus and Cesaro came so close to doing something that no other tag team has been able to do so far.
When all was said and done, the PPV offered a wealth of questions that need to be addressed at the earliest to ensure storyline continuity and character progression.
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3. How Much Longer Until Jeri-KO Implode?
Heading into Hell in a Cell, a lot of fans expected Jeri-KO to implode. Some fans expected either Owens or Jericho to turn on their best friend and end one of the most entertaining duos in recent times. However, that did not happen and moreover, Jericho helped Owens retain the title last night.
The question has to be asked that how long will this friendship last? Jericho continues to get good reactions from the crowd week after week. The veteran deserves one last shot at the title as well and possibly one last run with it. Now would be a good time to turn him face and take on Owens as his newest challenger.
We also don’t know whether Rollins will continue to challenge Owens for the title. If he doesn’t, then we need a new challenger for Owens and his Universal title. Who else would make a better challenger than his best friend? We all know team Y2J and KO will implode at some point. It’s just a question of when.
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2. What’s Next for Cesaro and Sheamus?
WWE’s newest tag team pairing won the match but failed to capture the gold. Controversy surrounds the match as it ended in a disqualification just as Woods tapped to the Sharpshooter behind the official’s back. Regardless, New Day owes them a rematch for the title. However, that did not stop Cesaro and Sheamus from arguing with each other, though.
Earlier in the night, WWE aired backstage segments of the duo seeming to get on the same page. However, midway through the match, Sheamus accidentally Brogue kicked his tag team partner, which was a turning point in the match. However, the Swiss Superman did not treat this as a cue to turn on his partner.
WWE has left the door open for this duo at this point. Creative can either use the Brogue kick as a catalyst for further conflict between them. Or, they can have Cesaro and Sheamus fight their way back up the tag team division. We tried to come up with our own booking scenarios for the talented duo as well.
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1. What’s Next for Rusev?
The opening bout of the PPV saw Rusev battling Roman Reigns in a Hell in a Cell match. The match was far from being great. This rivalry and this storyline did not need the savagery of the structure. However, an interesting thing that happened during the match was a portion of the crowd chanting “Let’s go Rusev”. Keep in mind that the crowd was still booing Reigns. The response for the pro-Rusev chant was “Rusev sucks” and not “Let’s go Roman”.
This tells you how far back Roman Reigns as a face has fallen. Judging by the crowd response, it would make more sense to have Rusev as a face at the moment than Reigns. As farfetched as the idea seems, Rusev might be at the verge of his next character progression. Bleacher Reporter pointed this out:
Strangely enough, his new facial hair helps his character development; now that we can see his upper lip and chin, he’s much more expressive and relatable. And that’s a good thing, because these one-dimensional, Lana storylines are only going to take him so far.
Now we are not telling that Rusev must turn face. However, the Bulgarian Brute has constantly delivered in the ring. With Lana by his side, he is a great character. That is something Roman Reigns has failed to become. Rusev deserves to go past the glass ceiling now. However, the most obvious question must be asked now. What is next for Rusev?
Would he continue his attempts at winning the US title back? That move will restrict the Bulgarian Brute to the mid-card yet again. Or would he try to aim a little higher and try to challenge Kevin Owens? Would creative do the seemingly impossible and turn him face? Rusev is the biggest question mark heading out of Hell in a Cell 2016.
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