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I'm still hoping for John Cena vs. Samoa Joe at SummerSlam this year. Man, think about how epic that could be. I know people will want the Joe "undefeated path of destruction" thing, but I'd be tempted to just bring him up and treat him like a big deal already.
Cena can be talking in the ring about how he's back and he wants a challenge and Joe can show up. The commentators can simply say "Joe is here!" and Cena could sell some form of trepidation in his face. The match is signed and in the coming weeks Cena actually says that he got the credo "Hustle, Loyalty & Respect" from Joe when they were training together at the start of their careers. This match becomes an important one for Cena, because if he loses then it means that maybe Joe was meant to be here all along, and his entire run was based simply on Joe not getting a look.
At SummerSlam those two friends would tear it the fuck up. The Brooklyn crowd will be rabid for Joe. And you actually do something ballsy and put him the fuck over. I'd be tempted to have Cena tap -- out of respect for Joe, of course. The next night on RAW Cena cuts an emotional promo about how he needs to prove that he's still got it. Joe made him face himself at SummerSlam, and if he's ever going to be the John Cena he needs to be, he needs one thing -- the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Cena can then take some time off to "train." Maybe he'll have a movie to film, or some Total Bellas shit, or season two of American Grit if it gets that far, and then he returns around Rumble time and wins it, eliminating Samoa Joe last, and goes on to face Brock Lesnar, the WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
They re-show the history of those two men -- yes, even bringing up their SmackDown program -- and Cena does the "I need to beat you, Brock" speech. As extra motivation, Cena says that if he can't win at WrestleMania 33, then he will retire. Hell, he'll already be in Florida. Heyman tells Cena that the stipulation doesn't matter, because Brock was planning on ending John Cena for good at WrestleMania anyway.
Elsewhere on the card you have Samoa Joe vs. Randy Orton. Two completely different prototypical killers. I think the dynamic between those two men would be quite interesting. At one point, Joe gets Orton in the Coquina Clutch, but Orton drops him out of it with an RKO, but Joe kicks out. At another, Joe hits his own RK-Joe for a near fall. Orton sets up a punt, but Joe blocks it and hits him with a striking combination, and then puts Orton in the Clutch for another big fight tap-out.
Cena wins the WWE Title in the main event, and Brock is pissed and acts like he is done (whether or not he is). Also on the Mania card, Roman Reigns beats Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose in a Triple Threat with the Money in the Bank briefcase -- won by Dean Ambrose in June -- on the line. At the Payback PPV, Joe and Cena fight again, with Joe having submission wins over Cena and Orton in his pocket. Cena manages to Attitude Adjust a Clutch and pins Joe to retain. Then Roman Reigns hits the ring, winks at a disapproving Joe, Spears Cena and wins the WWE Title for a fourth time as a heel.
Reigns now has beef with Cena, Joe, Ambrose and Rollins moving forward. Brock also looms over if he is still under contract. Styles and Balor can hopefully have a blood-feud which culminates at WrestleMania with AJ Styles getting the big win and moving into the main event title picture too. Events permitting, Cesaro will lose the IC Title to Sami Zayn and invest his stocks in that scene too. It'll hopefully be time for Owens too. And there's always Orton. A 10 or 11 man scene if you count Balor in there, as I think he'll be over enough to slip in and out of main event title matches.
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