John Cena Going Away?

At Extreme Rules, John Cena avenged that loss he took against Brock Lesnar almost a decade ago. Many people might say it was your typical Cena match. Nevertheless, did Brock actually win the war?

Cena did a little speech after the match. It looks like he will be taking some time off. Injury? Whether real or fake, it looks like he will be gone for a while. The centerpiece of the entire company will be going away. Unless the deal between Lesnar and the WWE has changed, I don't think this means you will be seeing a lot more of Lesnar for months and months to come. Then again, it could also be that sites misinterpreted how many appearances Brock would have to make within a year.

Even if Brock is the new top guy of the company, what a way to welcome him? He lists all these ridiculous demands last week, like he is pretty much taking over Raw, then loses to the current top guy? And then the current top guy still gets injured and has to go away, so you might still have to count on Brock? If all this was planned beforehand, it is a pretty crazy plot. If Cena really did get injured by accident, this messes things up.

Assuming this isn't about Brock being featured more on Raw, who is the centerpiece while Cena is away? Obviously, it should be CM Punk. Thanks to Smackdown stars appearing on Raw so regularly, Sheamus and Orton can be used more on Raw to cover the lack of top faces on the Raw roster. How will ratings do without Cena? They were technically slipping even with Cena, but it will be interesting to see how they do when the centerpiece is not around to tower over whoever has the WWE Championship. CM Punk did not do very well last year in the ratings, but let's just see how he and the WWE can do without Cena.