Kevin Owens Loses To John Cena, Again

Kevin Owens won the first encounter with John Cena. He won cleanly. The reaction from some fans was a bit much. They acted like this was something huge. Some felt this was a changing of the guard. Cena won the second match, but Owens still looked good after the loss. The third match, which was for the United States Championship at Battleground, was won by Cena. And Owens tapped.

There was once again a bit of an overreaction to what happened last night. Some fans are saying that Owens has been buried. Not only did he lose to Cena twice in a row, he tapped out. I have seen some fans say Kevin Owens should never tap. Well, he did. I think he'll live. I didn't think Owens still had the momentum to deserve the title. Having him lose is no big deal. How about having him tap? Did they need to do that? It should not be surprising that Cena would get a submission win over him. Many guys have tapped to John Cena. Even legends have. For the sake of not stabbing some fans in the heart, it might have been better to let a Super AA end the match.

Where does Kevin Owens go from here? One more shot at the United States Championship? If so, they should probably add Cesaro and/or Rusev into the mix. I can say no one wants to see the same match four events in a row, but this series between Kevin Owens and John Cena has connected well with fans. Regardless, add in some extra bodies that may hold a legitimate claim to a title shot and have more momentum. If they do not keep Owens against Cena, that might open the door for him to feud with other guys that need someone to work with. Dean Ambrose is a face that should not get lost in the shuffle. He should not be stuck as only a tag partner for Roman Reigns. A feud between Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens could be good.

Switch to John Cena. He is still holding the title. Is it even necessary to bring up whom he should feud with next? Does he even need a feud? He has this open challenge going on. Can they just stick with that? Of course, Summerslam is coming up. They are not likely to just do open challenges with Cena right now. The reason I bring that up is because I do not think they can balance Cena's open challenges and regular feuds properly. I never see anyone saying the WWE has "botched" things. They are loving the great matches and Kevin Owens getting this push. But you have a lot of Cena's open challenges ending by DQ when the guy he is feuding with interferes. On the other side of that, the guy he is feuding with might look like an afterthought or lose momentum when Cena is being pushed to the limit by some other guy. That is what I feel happened with Owens recently. Call it a side effect of the way they are booking John Cena as U.S. Champion. Many fans love it, but there are issues it causes. It might have been better if they had just ended the title reign last night.