BREAKING: Brock Lesnar's opponent post John Cena

[Bad News Gertner]

Originally Posted by Wishbone That works, but it doesn't really help ratings in the meantime. I'll admit it's the only option at this point, but even you have to admit that it's not an ideal situation at all. Network will probably suffer from this whole ordeal until we hit 'Mania season and the new face pops up.

It does though. Lesnar still has this mystique about him. People will tune into ppv's to see Lesnar kill people because he can do it in so many ways that you want to see how he does it.. We knew Ryback was going to destroy those jobbers when he debuted but people ate it up. We knew Goldberg was going to beat Jerry Flynn 100 times but his segments were the higheest drawing on Nitro. We knew Hogan was going to win every match but he was still selling arenas with the likes of Kamala.

On the other end you build a face to go up against Lesnar down the road by beating established heels like Kane, Orton, people like that. That's when you have him confront Lesnar at the end of a ppv with a face to face confrontation. Lesnar fucking kills him and leaves him nearly dead.

During this whole thing I'd have Rollins tease some cash ins or make some appearences with the briefcase just to add some unpredictability. There's really a wide variety of ways. Rollins could turn face down the line and catch fire with the added stipulations that he has the briefcase.

[Wishbone]

Originally Posted by Bad News Gertner It does though. Lesnar still has this mystique about him. People will tune into ppv's to see Lesnar kill people because he can do it in so many ways that you want to see how he does it.. We knew Ryback was going to destroy those jobbers when he debuted but people ate it up. We knew Goldberg was going to beat Jerry Flynn 100 times but his segments were the higheest drawing on Nitro. We knew Hogan was going to win every match but he was still selling arenas with the likes of Kamala. On the other end you build a face to go up against Lesnar down the road by beating established heels like Kane, Orton, people like that. That's when you have him confront Lesnar at the end of a ppv with a face to face confrontation. Lesnar fucking kills him and leaves him nearly dead. During this whole thing I'd have Rollins tease some cash ins or make some appearences with the briefcase just to add some unpredictability. There's really a wide variety of ways. Rollins could turn face down the line and catch fire with the added stipulations that he has the briefcase.

Eh, I'm less willing to believe today's audience will want to tune in just to see Lesnar destroy the same guys week-in-week-out, but I guess only time will tell. I just feel like in an age of iPhones and Flappy Birds it takes a lot more to hold people's attention, especially when those people are 10-12 year old boys.

As for your idea with Rollins, yeah, I could see that adding a bit of depth, but I really REALLY don't think Rollins should be the one to beat Lesnar. Of the three Shield boys he's the least interesting by far.

At this point I think the only realistic options are Reigns (god forbid), Ambrose, or possibly a returning Bryan. Ryback would have been perfect back during his initial face run, but honestly I don't see him being redeemable at this point at all. Not unless they repackage him or something. Doesn't even need to be a name change, just do something along the lines of HHH's transition into the Game.