Outside of Sting (who would've beaten Rollins with one hand in his prime, as a guy who had no problem beating Hogan and Flair), all those guys have beaten Rollins clean. The fact that it was a WWE Championship match was completely irrelevant to what that says about his standing. And Ambrose has failed to beat Rollins clean for TWO STRAIGHT YEARS. This is his first clean win over Rollins in TWO STRAIGHT YEARS. He has lost to Rollins over and over and over and over and over again. Reigns beat Rollins on his first try.
Ambrose lost to Rollins three times in 2014 with Authority cheating twice and Bray Wyatt costing Ambrose the Hell in the Cell match. Rollins never beat Ambrose clean in 2014. But in 2015 Ambrose was booked very strong with Rollins
Smackdown April 30th-Rollins beats Ambrose after Authority cheats
Ray May 4th-Ambrose beats Rollins, despite JJ Security trying to cheat.
Elimination Chamber-Ambrose beats Rollins- then a few minutes after the match the Ref reversed the decision to DQ.
Money in the Bank-Rollins beat Ambrose, as both fell to the ground with the title. This was Rollins one and only clean win over Ambrose.
Smackdown late June-Rollins beats Ambrose after cheating from Authority.
Smackdown September 24th-Ambrose beats Rollins after Kane music hits and Ambrose rolls him up for the win.
I will get them out of my head, IF this booking lasts for the rest of the year, and he holds the SmackDown title and regularly beats everybody clean, including Cena and Orton. I'm not gonna be brainwashed into thinking he's now in the same booking class as Rollins and Reigns just
When did Rollins ever pin either of those guys clean lol. Or when has Reigns beat Cena? While I understand what your saying, but he doesn't need to beat both of them clean all at once to be one of the top guys. Lets say he beats Cena clean on a PPV. Then loses the title to Orton two months later. Does the mean Ambrose isn't a top guy?
He wasn't high on Punk and Bryan, but he wrestled them. Triple H wrestles anyone who's really hot with the crowd, because he wants to leech their heat onto himself. He certainly wasn't valued at WrestleMania where Brock Lesnar grabbed Dean by the neck and used Dean's tongue to wipe his ass, was he?
Being in the match with Brock is what counted, not the outcome. Nobody would have beaten Lesnar at Mania last year. Remember it was Bray Wyatt who was supposed to be the one jobbing to Lesnar at Mania. But Ambrose became popular and his stuff with Lesnar at Fastlane sold a Mania match between the two. Rollins got destroyed the same way as Ambrose at Battleground last year. Brock also even made Reigns look weak at Fastlane. He or Ambrose couldn't get in any offense on Brock, unless they doubled teamed on him. Who knows how pissed WWE is at Lesnar after the PED stuff. But I still expect Orton to be destroyed by Lesnar at Summerslam as well.
Something can easily change by tomorrow. In fact I don't put it past them to be fake odds. The odds of Ambrose winning clean against Rollins and then retaining at the PPV are very low, especially since they always have a guy do a job before they give him a title. That's how they always do it. Not to mention, the amount of times they've mentioned that SmackDown is inferior to Raw, it just doesn't make sense for SmackDown to win that main event. WWE are in the Raw business.
It's possible something could change tomorrow, but it's unlikely this late in the game. Yes we saw a shocking last minute change to Rollins favorite over Reigns last month. But we all know why that happen. Also there's no fake odds nonsense, this is real betting for real money. WWE insiders, writers, wrestlers and such are likely betting on this stuff. I've been paying attention to the odds and outcome all year.
So far no favorite in a big match at PPV has not won. The odds called Ambrose winning MITB two days before it happen and like I mentioned above picked up on Rollins beating Reigns last month. While B ppvs like Battleground, in Payback and Extreme Rules at this point never changed a thing. So we will see what happens over the next 15 hours or so. But at least right now the plan is for Ambrose to win the match. That if anything should tell you the company is a little more high on him then you might want to believe.
I'm not convinced he's going to be any higher than #3. History is against him.
Maybe five years ago. It's not like WWE has been putting Cena or Orton in the main event picture much the last two years. Remember Cena was defending US title last year and after Orton jobbed to Rollins at two straight PPVs. He went on to feud with Sheamus for a few months before he got hurt. So if WWE is willing for Ambrose to beat Owens 4 times, Jericho 3 times, win the title , beat AJ, Rollins and potentially Reigns at the PPV. Well I like his chances of being pushed on that show just fine. Ambrose has youth and good health on his side. That's something you can't say about Cena, Orton or AJ(youth wise). Remember they put Ambrose on this show and away from Rollins/Reigns for a reason. I think it's to shine in the main event scene.