ambrose and reigns final round
they shake hands before the match
have a grueling match
reigns hits superman punch but ambrose reverses into GAF's favorite move: the rebound off the middle rope clothesline
both men are out
IT'S A SHAMEFUL THING
sheamus bro kicks ambrose for the 1 2 3
sheamus is your new champion
next night on raw ambrose and reigns team against sheamus and barrett, reigns pins sheamus clean
the road to royal rumble begins
/sigh
I think the danger of a heel Ambrose is that Ambrose is going to get cheered over Roman in certain places no matter what.
Although since they are literally making Roman Cena 2.0 minus the ability to talk, that would be okay by their estimation.
Yeah - I think Reigns going heel is the better option, and I say this as a Reigns fan.
That said - they have a really simple way to make the tournament far more interesting and unpredictable. Because Reigns won a #1 Contendership match to face Rollins 1 v 1 for the title ...he's DQ'd from the tournament, and instead gets a shot at the winner at TLC. Sheamus declines to enter the tournament because he has MitB. Since normally the titles would be defended at Survivor Series - the Authority rules that the first round matches for Owens and ADR also double as title defenses.
You then have the following 8 people in the bracket
Faces: Ambrose, Ryback, Cesaro, Ziggler
Heels: Owens (new face of the Authority), ADR, Big E, King Barrett
Because Owens is the new "chosen one" - he's given the easier path, while Ambrose is openly seen as a threat and given the hardest path.
Round 1:
Ambrose vs Big E - Ambrose wins
Ryback vs ADR -- ADR wins
Cesaro vs King Barrett - Cesaro wins
Owens vs Ziggler - Owens wins w/ help from Authority (ties into last year's SS with Ziggler)
Round 2:
Ambrose vs ADR - Ambrose wins
Owens vs Cesaro - Owens wins w/ Help from Authority (HHH and Steph make comments about Cesaro not being good enough to reach the brass ring)
Round 3:
Ambrose vs Owens, with the winner facing Reigns at TLC. You could go either Owens (but note that Reigns will get booed out of the building facing Owens), or Ambrose (and have friendly tension build about Reigns and Ambrose facing each other for the strap at TLC). Alternatively - have your Sheamus interference here.
Personally - I'd have Owens vs Ambrose happen, both men are down, Sheamus runs down and cashes in MitB to make it a three way (and ergo no-DQ) - proceeds to beat the holy hell out of Ambrose with a chair or what not. Goes to pin Ambrose, Reigns comes flying out of the back and lays out Sheamus. Owens pops up and tries to hit Reigns with the Pop Up Powerbomb, eats a Superman Punch into a Dirty Deeds, new champ Ambrose. Turns into Reigns & Ambrose (and the Usos when needed) vs the Authority (Owens, Sheamus, New Day when needed). You can even bring in bigger guns on the Authority side until Summerslam, at which point Rollins can return to reform the Shield / get revenge on HHH.
If you are going Cena vs Taker at WM 32; and you assume no Bryan, Orton, Rock, Batista, or Rollins for WM - I wonder if a three way with Ambrose, Reigns, and Lesnar might be a good WHC match. Tease the possibility that the only way to take down Lesnar might be the combination of Ambrose and Reigns. That, or go Ambrose vs Lesnar and Reigns vs HHH (or vice versa).