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WWE Hell In A Cell 2014: If Dean Ambrose Wins

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By @nickmarsico

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We are a week away from WWE’s next pay-per-view offering, Hell in a Cell — a show many people criticize each year because of the forced Hell in a Cell matches that have not actually raised enough interest to make the show any more of a success than one called Fatal Four Way. Yes, they actually did that. I can’t imagine who thought that was a good idea. This year, though, WWE actually has a match inside the Devil’s Playground that is actually a worthy addition to the far-too-quickly lengthening list of Hell in a Cell matches.

Seth Rollins turned on Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns four months ago to officially put an end to one of the greatest stables of the modern era, The Shield. Since then, Ambrose has been on an absolute tear and has been hell bent on getting revenge on the man who destroyed the group, and then tried to destroy his head with cinderblocks. Outside of a pair of cartoonish displays of aggression from Ambrose (green slime coming from the briefcase and gunslinging with ketchup and mustard) the entire tone of the Rollins/Ambrose rivalry logically leads toward being settled in a match that has historically been home to heated rivalries that have spilled out of the realm of humanity.

With that in mind, the match features two men who are young, hungry and have fantastic futures in World Wrestling Entertainment. Only one man, however, can come out as the winner. One would think that based on the principle of a Hell in a Cell match being the ultimate match to determine the true best (or least sane), it would feature Seth Rollins finally getting his comeuppance from Dean Ambrose, who leaves Mr. Money in the Bank for dead and finally gets his revenge.

Say that happens — Dean Ambrose wins the match, outwits Kane’s attempts to interfere on Rollins’ behalf and walks out of Dallas as the victor. What is his next move? The placement of the Hell in a Cell PPV could not be worse, as it leads right into Survivor Series, which is followed up by TLC. Logically (I don’t know why I bother with that word), TLC and HIAC would be switched, allowing some crazy fall-from-the-sky brutality in October, multi-man team warfare in November and finally all out man-to-man combat in December inside the cell. If Ambrose wins on Sunday, then he captains a team against a crew led by Rollins? That would certainly be anticlimactic. Maybe he captains a team against John Cena and his group? At least that would be progression, but would they do it? And would Cena be willing to drop his issue with Rollins?

Well, here’s your answer. If Dean Ambrose defeats Seth Rollins inside Hell in a Cell in a week, he will move on to feud with John Cena (who will defeat Randy Orton). This will allow Seth Rollins to continue to run and hide from Cena, who still wants him but is intrigued by the prospect of getting another shot at the young gun who bested him on Monday Night RAW.

Of course, the answer leads to a more important question: does Ambrose actually get to beat John Cena? He “beat” him in the loosest sense of the word to get his shot at Rollins. Losing to Cena after laying waste to Rollins demeans both former Shield members and just helps WWE stay the course of mediocrity, where every spark gets just close enough to the end of the rope that people think one will finally make the bomb go off, only to be snuffed out just before reaching the end. It’s going to be very interesting to see what WWE does with Dean Ambrose once Hell in a Cell is over.

Nicholas A. Marsico is a pro wrestling writer for Rant Sports. Follow him on Twitter and Like him on Facebook!

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