Let's do some armchair booking. What could Lesnar be doing now? Obviously, his match against Cena last month ended in a manner that could lead to Cena vs. Lesnar at Hell in a Cell. Put them inside the Cell. They had Seth attack both guys at Night of Champions. Put him in the match, if they want to make things a little more interesting. Speaking for myself, I am tired of Cena vs. Brock. I would have moved on to different challengers. Lesnar was destroying Mark Henry earlier in the year. That went nowhere. How about giving Mark Henry a title shot against Lesnar? You can even add in Big Show. Big Show has history with Brock Lesnar. Where would that leave Rusev? I am sure they can come up with something to keep him busy. Developing title feuds for Brock would be a bigger priority.
The absence of Brock Lesnar does not only mean that there is no title feud going on and no title match at Hell in a Cell. It means even less things going on and one less possible match at Hell in a Cell. You can say the WWE is covering for that by having Cena/Ambrose pull double-duty at the PPV. Okay, but what about the rest of the card? Aside from Big Show vs. Rusev and the diva feuds, I don't feel any real development for any of the other feuds. They are not building up to matches at Hell in a Cell that I am looking forward to.
How is the time being spent on the weekly shows? As I said, none of that time is being used to develop a title feud involving Brock Lesnar. You have to combine that with a lack of other stars, like Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns. I think it is obvious that the WWE is featuring a lot of filler. Instead of just regular filler, however, they do seem to be trying to make it look like there is some kind of story or rivalry to what they are doing. It is flavored filler, but it is still filler. It is obvious some of these guys are not being pushed because the WWE is developing them to be stars or featuring them as stars. They will be depushed very easily. And I see this as a sign that the WWE is really not in a great place right now. You know they are in trouble when they have to push Tyson Kidd on the main roster.
Brock Lesnar getting a feud right now would not fix everything. Nevertheless, I think it can make things more interesting. Give fans more to be interested in than just whatever Cena is involved with and whatever Rusev is doing these days. Brock Lesnar winning the title was supposed to inject some hype and momentum into the product. It does not feel like it. I do not blame Lesnar. How can the guy deliver for you when he isn't doing anything for so so many weeks? They should have worked out a better deal with him.
I'm over Lesnar, I see no point in him. I fail to see why they gave him the title at all since he's never there. Why not give it to some one else and give them a go. Rollins has his case - he could of cashed it in on some one like John Cena and gone from there. They've essentially made it so Lesnar is unbeatable, when he does eventually get defeated (and he will), is it going to be by another part timer like the Rock? As of right now, they've got no one on the roster that could believably beat him after the way they've built Lesnar up to be a 'Beast', so what will they do to make it so he can get beaten?
ReplyDeleteI think there are a few ways to work around Lesnar being so dominant. They can have him lose the title in a multi-challenger match where he is not the one pinned. They can have someone attack him with a chair or something to create an injury angle and his opponent can just exploit the injury during the match to win. Hopefully, the WWE would not do anything cheap like that and just build someone like Roman Reigns to look credible and strong to beat Lesnar, but there are options.
DeleteI think the real problem is that Lesnar is holding the title and doing nothing with it. If they were going to give him the title, they should have planned things differently to use him better.