WWE Hell in a Cell 2017: Why Shane McMahon Should Win

For the past couple of months, WWE has been building towards a big match between SmackDown Live commissioner Shane McMahon and Kevin Owens. We could easily see this feud continue past WWE Hell in a Cell 2017, though.

If you ask Kevin Owens, Shane McMahon is the reason his life is horrible.

Thanks to Shane O’Mac, Owens is stuck on SmackDown Live, and also thanks to Shane, “The Prizefighter” is no longer United States Champion.

Shane has been the thorn in Owens’s side ever since he came to to the blue brand from Raw. Because of this, Owens has taken the opportunity to attack Shane’s father, and even threaten to sue the WWE.

If you ask Owens, that’s all Shane McMahon’s fault.

Shane however, has always done what was right. The two United States Title matches Shane called were both called down the middle. He was impartial, and for the most part, kept his hands to himself – never acting unless he was provoked.

Outside of his two ventures as a referee though, Shane has been very hands-on. He attacked Owens after Owens said that Shane’s entire family would have been better off had Shane died in the helicopter accident, including Shane’s children.

This, of course, set Shane off, leading to him attacking Owens, and then being suspended for a whole week. During that time, Owens attacked Vince, after Vince announced that Shane was un-suspended, and would be facing Owens at Hell in a Cell, inside the monstrous structure.

Which of course leads us to this Sunday, and the face-off we’ve all been waiting for: Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens. Honestly, this has been some of the best storytelling WWE has done in a while. Certainly, some of the best on SmackDown since the brand split.

Thanks mainly to the talent involved, Owens has always been able to make every rivalry he’s been involved in feel real. Like, he actually detests the person he’s standing across the ring from.

Shane is no slouch either. In-ring he’s not the best, but his mic skills, and his ability to make the fans feel like he means every word he says, is paralleled only by a few in WWE – Owens being one of those few.

Plus, fans are genuinely excited for this match because the two have proven to be excellent inside Hell in a Cell. Shane has always been a daredevil, and Owens’s match last year with Seth Rollins is one of the best Hell in a Cell matches in WWE history.

This is the best feud going on SmackDown right now. It’s much better than Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and definitely better than AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin.

This feud actually legs left on it. It can continue through Survivor Series if WWE needs it too. But for it to continue, WWE needs to add a caveat to the match at Survivor Series, and Shane has to win this Sunday.

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If Owens wins, he gets what he wants. He’s beaten Shane, and he can move on. The feud ends, because there’s no need for it to continue.

If Shane wins, however, Owens has a rival to chase. He can continue to play the pissed off; everyone is against me heel. (A part he performs rather well.)

Over the next month, Owens can lay waste to members on the SmackDown roster. Attacking them with chairs, power bombing them onto the ring apron, or just beating them up and leaving them in a heap in the middle of the ring. Guys like Sami Zayn, Tye Dillinger, Chad Gable, and Shelton Benjamin.

All of this in an attempt to coax Shane into one more match.

Which leads us to Survivor Series, where Shane excepts the match, but makes it a traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match. He then announces the men listed above as his tag team partners for the match.

Owens can reply he accepts the match, with the following stipulation: If Owens wins Shane is out as SmackDown commissioner, and he gets to pick the new Commissioner. Shane agrees and leaves Owens to find his tag-team partners.

It would take Owens a little while to find his teammates, but he will eventually be able to recruit Rusev, Aiden English, and The Ascension to join his ranks.

I set the teams up this way for two reasons:

1. It keeps title holders out of the match. Even those who have a potential to be holding one at the time. Making it possible for them to have their own matches.

2. It gives some people, like The Ascension, Aiden English, and Tye Dillinger a chance to shine on a big stage.

After a good match, and showing from everyone the final three are Shane McMahon, and Sami Zayn for Team Shane, and Owens by himself on his side of things.

Zayn is in the ring when Shane tags himself in. Zayn gets mad but concedes and leaves the ring. Owens and Shane go back and forth, but Owens gets the upper hand. Zayn gets the hot-tag and runs through Owens.

He sets him up for the helluva kick, and once again as Zayn is standing in his team’s corner, Shane tags himself in. Zayn turns around as Shane enters the ring. Sami cuts Shane off and keeps him in the corner arguing with him.

Owens runs into Sami’s back, causing a collision between Shane and Sami causing Sami to fall out of the ring, and leaves Shane sitting in the corner. Owens hits the cannonball, then his pop-up-powerbomb and goes for the pin, but Shane kicks out.

Owens rolls across the ring and sits in his corner wondering what he can do, as Shane makes it his corner and stands up.

Zayn slides into the ring, and Shane orders Zayn to attack Owens while he regroups. Zayn looks at Owens and starts to walk towards him, he stops, turns and runs towards Shane hitting him with a Helluva kick. Zayn then slides out of the ring and leaves the arena. Leaving Owens to get the pinfall and win the match.

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The next Tuesday night on SmackDown the show opens Zayn coming to the ring to explain his actions, which are simply, he was tired of not getting opportunities, so he took the one that was presented to him.

Later that night Owens announces his pick for the next SmackDown Live Commissioner, the man that helped him win the Universal Title, Triple H.

This would lead to the rumored WrestleMania match between Triple H and Shane; with the added stipulation of control of SmackDown Live.