>>19754315This. Obviously.
I also think HHH knows that Sami’s run should be real short.
I can’t imagine the plan is to have Sami Zayn defending, fighting for, or winning a belt at Wrestlemania. God help us if so, lol.
They’ll probably let him beat Drew at the Rumble tho. No reason not to. Drew’s motivation (recently) has mostly been about beating Cody because he’s a sniveling corporate whatever. Now that Drew has accomplished that, he really doesn’t need the belt. The belt was just symbolic of “taking something Cody loves.” This stage of his career, Drew’s character works better as a bitter angry weasel who feels overlooked and whines with grievances. I’m glad they booked him to finally take the belt off Cody, but it doesn’t have legs. Plus, Drew isn’t great on the mic.
If they really wanted to do a featured run with Drew in the top spot, they would’ve had Orton win that 4-way last night and then tried to make something of a Drew/Orton feud. There’s a scenario where that could’ve been dimes for a few months, even through Wrestlemania.
Having Sami win tells me they’re gonna play hot potato with the belt for awhile.
I still think the WM main events will be something unusual and wild. WWE sometimes thinks they’re clever by telling you exactly what they’re going to do knowing you’ll just chalk it up as hype speak and not take it literally. But with all the WM Vegas promos about “this time, it’s anyone’s game,” don’t be shocked if they book something ultra gimmicky like a fucking 8-man Battle Royal for both titles or something.
