WWE Money In The Bank 2011 Predictions

Hello friends! Tomorrow night WWE will present their 2nd annual Money In The Bank PPV live from the Allstate Arena (formally the Rosemont Horizon) in Chicago, Illinois! 6 matches are on the card so without any further adu let's get to my predictions shall we?

Raw Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Rey Mysterio vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Alex Riley vs. R-Truth vs. The Miz vs. Evan Bourne vs. Jack Swagger

For me I think this will be the better of the 2 MITB matches on this card mainly because the field for this match is a lot more stronger than the Smackdown match. So let's break this 1 down. I can already rule out Jack Swagger, Evan Bourne, and Alex Riley mainly because they are not quite on that doorstep yet. Which means that any of the other 5 guys in this match could win. I mean Miz could win simply because he is the defending winner and WWE has pushed CM Punk to back-to-back MITB wins before right? R-Truth could win because he is more over since he turned heel back in April and his mic work continues to get better and funnier week in and week out! Personally I would like to see Kofi Kingston win this match because he is the most underrated and underutilized worker in this match and no one other than John Morrison is more deserving of a main event push than Kofi! However my 2 favorites to win this match are Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio. Mysterio because he has been World Heavyweight Champion twice and is most certainly capable of a WWE title run in the future! But as great as these 7 guys are they are not as great as Alberto Del Rio who I am picking to win this match and either cash in on the winner of the WWE Title match or maybe he could pull an RVD from 2006 and cash in for an actual match against John Cena or CM Punk at SummerSlam. Let's not kid ourselves here friends Del Rio is 1 of the most over heels in WWE today and even though he hasn't done much since being drafted to Raw I think this will be the restart of his megapush and hopefully this will lead to him winning the belt either at this PPV or at SummerSlam next month!

Winner: Alberto Del Rio

The Big Show vs. Mark Henry

Normally big man matches make me cringe but lately the big man matches on TV have actually been pretty good which gives me hope for this big man match! I mean the build for this match has been actually very good and it actually makes me look forward to this fight! Because of how stacked this card is this will be probably be the 2nd worst fight of the night but I think this has potential to be another fairly decent big man match! As for who wins well I am going to take a chance here and go with Mark Henry to win it mainly because I think he needs the win more and I think Show will be OK even with the loss.

Winner: Mark Henry

Smackdown Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Kane vs. Sin Cara vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Wade Barrett vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Justin Gabriel vs. Heath Slater vs. Sheamus

Even though the Raw match has the better field doesn't necessarily mean that this fight won't be any good because I think that this MITB match and the Raw MITB match will both be fun and entertaining to watch! OK now let's break this 1 down! I can already rule out Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Cody Rhodes, Daniel Bryan, and Sin Cara because Slater and Gabriel are going to be feuding with each other and Rhodes, Bryan, and Sin Cara will more than likely be in the Intercontinental title picture with Big Zeke and Ted Dibiase. Which only leaves Kane, Wade Barrett, and Sheamus as my favorites to win this match. Kane could win because like Miz on the Raw side he is the defending winner and oh by the way cashed in the briefcase later on in the night and won the World Heavyweight Championship! Wade Barrett could win because lately WWE has been starting to build him up again as a legitimate main event talent and is most certainly capable of a World title run in the future. But I am not going with any of those guys because I am going with Sheamus to win this fight because right now he is the only 1 who is currently involved in the World title picture and I would not be surprised if we see Sheamus cash in on the winner of the World Heavyweight title match thus making him the new World Heavyweight Champion and most likely setting up either another program with Randy Orton or maybe a Triple Threat with Christian at SummerSlam next month!

Winner: Sheamus

World Heavyweight Championship Match: Randy Orton vs. Christian

Before I preview this fight let me just remind you guys the stipulations for this fight and that is if Randy Orton gets disqualified or if the referee makes a "bad call" then Christian automatically wins the World Heavyweight Championship! OK now every match these 2 have had since this epic program started 2 months ago have all been good to great and I expect this match to be no different! Just the other day my partner in crime Mike Flecha informed me that Orton has garnered some major backstage heat over comments Orton made on a Radio show 2 weeks ago and that could cost Orton the belt here! While Christian has been doing an outstanding job in his new heel character and maybe the best heel work in his career! So who wins? Well even with all the backstage heat on him I am still going to go with Randy Orton to barely retain in what will be another great match from these 2 but watch out for Sheamus or whoever wins the Smackdown MITB match for that matter to cash in on Orton and steal the World Heavyweight Championship setting up a program with Orton at SummerSlam next month!

Winner: Randy Orton (but soon after Sheamus or other MITB winner)

WWE Divas Championship Match: Kelly Kelly vs. Brie Bella

No big surprise here as I think this will most likely be the worst fight of the night because not only are both of these Divas green as grass but also WWE does not give the Divas enough time for their matches. OK now that I got that off my chest, based on the events of last Monday's Raw I honestly thought that this was now going to become a Fatal 4 Way Match with Eve Torres and Nikki Bella as well but for now it remains a 1-on-1 fight but I wouldn't be surprised if we were to get a 4 Way here! But whether it's a 1-on-1 or a 4 Way I am still picking Kelly to retain here mainly because I think it's still too soon for her to drop the belt.

Winner: Kelly Kelly

WWE Championship Match: John Cena vs. CM Punk

Before I give you my preview for this fight let me give you the stipulations for this fight. If CM Punk wins the belt John Cena will be fired! OK now to the most anticipated WWE Title fight in quite some time! With all the drama and intrigue this match has more of a WrestleMania or big 4 PPV feel! But for WWE to have a match with such drama and intrigue headlining a non major PPV wow that is huge and could be a big time shot in the arm for WWE! Of course we all know that Punk's contract expires at Midnight and WWE is making a last ditch effort to resign him which I hope they do because if Punk really does leave then that is another huge blow for WWE as they have already lost Edge to retirement this year and for them to lose another money talent in CM Punk would be devastating because I am a HUGE Punk mark! Of course we have been down this road before in the case of John Cena back at last year's Survivor Series as part of the Nexus angle! So the big question is would WWE be crazy enough to pull the trigger on this again? Personally I am not sure but I will say this - this has been 1 of the hottest builds and angles we have seen in a long time and I will be very upset and disappointed if we do not get a big time payoff here! So in order for that to happen then Punk will have to win the belt and then have Alberto Del Rio or whoever wins the MITB match cash in on Punk and take the belt off of him! But as long as John Cena is still around and as long as John Cena is the champ I really cannot see WWE taking the belt off of him right now! But make no mistake about it friends no matter the outcome of this fight I am fully expecting this fight to be the clear choice for fight of the night!

Winner: John Cena

Overall this PPV has the potential to be the best WWE PPV since Extreme Rules back in May because the last 2 WWE PPV's really bombed if I'm being honest! The Cena/Punk main event will most likely be the show stealer and I also expect the Orton/Christian World title fight and both MITB matches to really deliver as well! Show and Henry has potential to be a very good big man match while sadly the Diva title fight will most likely stink up the joint as the worst fight of the night sorry to say!

OK friends those are my predictions for Money In The Bank thanks so much for reading and be sure to join me on my Tony Rants blogsite tomorrow night as I will have a complete recap of MITB and also be sure to join my other partner in crime Derek Ferreira on his YouTube channel (slb200809) tomorrow night as well as he will have a complete video recap of MITB and also be sure to join me back here on this blogsite on Saturday August 6th as I will have my predicitons for the TNA Hardcore Justice PPV so until then you know the routine everybody! Thumbs up talk to you all later! YEAH!!! Bye bye for now!