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Originally Posted by XL
As for the Lesnar issue; it'd be much more palatable if they actually acknowledged why he wasn't there. He decimated Cena to win the title, survived the rematch and got stomped by Rollins. That was the last thing he did.
He didn't say why he was going away for months. He hasn't got retribution on Rollins. He's just gone and they barely even talk about it.
If he'd come out and said that he's going away until there's someone worth defending against I could tolerate it. He says he wiped the floor with Cena, and Cena couldn't get the job done in the rematch. He's through with Cena and he's through with WWE until someone can step to the plate.
You then have X amount of time to build someone to challenge him. Have a company wide tournament to crown a new No. 1 Contender. Have Heyman come out and say that while you survived everybody else, you won't survive Brock Lesnar.
Get a PPV date out of Brock. Have him face this new challenger, narrowly beating him. That guy gets a rub from being close to toppling The Beast, whilst Lesnar stays strong as the champ.
Lesnar & Heyman come out on Raw triumphant. They boast that the "One in Twenty One and One beat The One that survived all the other ones", that even the best that WWE had to offer wasn't good enough. So, Brock's going again. He'll be back when WWE can find his next victim, and this time they'd better make it more of a challenge than the last time.
You can either have someone come out and confront Lesnar there and then, stating that they'll win the Royal Rumble and they'll have their shot at Lesnar in the Main Event of WrestleMania (no way Sting/HHH goes on last) and have Heyman sneer and say "I guess we'll see you in January" or you just have him walk out without planting the seed for the Rumble.
You could even have Lesnar appear in a Sky Box at the Rumble. And if you don't want to pay him to do that, film it at the previous PPV.
I'm not so bothered about him not defending the belt, or not being there for months at a time but there HAS to be a reason.
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As a rule of thumb I would say the main event should always be the title match given the tagline of winning the RR was always to "main event WM".
But given the magnitude of Sting making his debut and what could essentially be his one and only match I would hate to see him anywhere else on the card except in the main event.
That would also very much depend on the storyline with Triple and what's at stake i.e. total control, Triple H retires if he loses, if somehow Triple H is holding the title (stranger things could happen), if it's in a cage or hiac (both unlikely given Sting's age and both of his and Triple H's physical limitations).
We shall see. I recall JR saying recently how he and other bookers regret in hindsight not putting Rock and Hogan last on WM 18. Not quite sure this is at that level (yet).
But as a unashamedly biased Sting fan I would love to see the man who represented everything that was great about McMahon's one-time rival organization, headline WWE's flagship show.