Last Sunday was the Biggest Party of the Summer and it was
met with mixed feelings. For some,
Summerslam was great PPV with a good amount of quality wrestling. For others, Summerslam did not feel that
special to really get excited about. It
really depends how you liked the big matches and angles of the show. After watching some highlights from Summerslam,
I would not mind watching this show when it is released on DVD. With the Biggest Party of the Summer behind
us, the WWE is moving for their annual Night of Champions PPV coming to us from
Boston this year.
The Brock Lesnar
Dilemma
The main event of Summerslam saw Brock Lesnar and Triple H
beat the holy hell out of one another.
It was a hard hitting brawl that might have not lived up to the hype, but
served its purpose. The match put over
Brock Lesnar as the monster he should have been built as from the
beginning. Brock Lesnar left Triple H a
broken man both physically and mentally.
As the WWE Universe will have to wait until this coming Raw to hear
Triple H’s future as a competitor, Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman opened last
week’s Raw. The opening segment of Raw
had Paul Heyman recapping the events of Summerslam before anointing Brock
Lesnar as the new King of Kings and the Ruler of the WWE. All this gloating was fine and dandy as long
as it led to Lesnar being used a little more often in these coming months. Well that will not happen. A little while after that segment, Brock
Lesnar put out a Tout (the newest social media app that WWE is trying to push
down our throats) that said he has quit the WWE. What?!
When I first saw this Tout on Raw, I thought nothing about it. Now after taking some time to really think
about it, what the hell is WWE thinking?!
I know Brock Lesnar can only be used a certain amount of times throughout
his one year contract, but does he have to quit the WWE every single time you
want to keep Lesnar off of TV? This
means that we will have to go through another roundabout way to explain why he
is back on TV when time eventually comes to bring Brock Lesnar back. Usually I like to see storylines through
before I pass judgment, but this use of Brock Lesnar has become mind-numbingly
stupid and incredibly annoying. The more
that I watch, the more I am convinced that the WWE does not know how to use
Lesnar at all. I would love to give WWE
the benefit of the doubt and see if they can salvage this whole situation with
Brock Lesnar, but at the moment with the way things are going I believe it
would have been better if the WWE did not even sign Lesnar for this year
contract.
Here We Go Again
Summerslam continued a trend that I have personally become
very annoyed with. For the umpteenth PPV
in a row, the WWE Championship was not defended in the main event. Personally, it is getting a little
frustrating to seeing the WWE shaft CM Punk and the WWE Championship like that,
but finally that trend looks to be ending.
With Night of Champions set to be in Boston this year, WWE is avidly
looking to have CM Punk vs. John Cena for the WWE Championship as the main
event of that show. It is obvious that WWE
Creative worked this shafting into the storyline, but it is nice to finally see
the WWE Champion and his title getting the spotlight they so rightfully
deserve. With CM Punk turning into
full-on heel mode by kicking Jerry Lawler in the back of the head last week,
this clash between Punk and Cena should definitely get people excited and the
crowds divided. As long as CM Punk walks
in and out of Boston as the WWE Champion, this wrestling fan will be
happy. Yes, it would be nice for John
Cena to win the WWE Title in his hometown, but if the WWE wants to build Punk
up as a huge heel for his eventual match with Rock at the Royal Rumble, he
cannot drop the WWE Title just willy-nilly to the Face of the Company every
other month. I do not want to go through
another game of WWE Championship Hot Potato that we went through last fall. Another CM Punk vs. John Cena singles match
may seem like déjà vu all over again, but if booked right and in front of a
lively Boston crowd, this CM Punk vs. John Cena match could easily be one of
the best matches of the year.
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