*** Totes OFFICIAL Summerslam Thread - 8/23/15 ***

[Heyman]

Originally Posted by NormanSmiley Dude you are so hung up on rollins v reigns as your 3w main event that you are blindly booking out of your ass.

Because, outside of Cena, Reigns, and Rollins, there really isn't anyone else that is worthy of main-eventing Mania right now. Lesnar will be pre-occupied with Taker, while guys like Rusev, Bray Wyatt, Cesaro, etc., won't realistically be built up enough between now and Mania' to be worthy of such a spot. Nor will Kevin Owens, and I doubt that the WWE will re-push Sheamus or Orton to that level.


So - you either go with Reigns-Rollins, or Reigns-Cena. I personally think they'll do Reigns-Rollins at Mania.

Why sacrifice lesnar When taker could wrestle the fucking barbarian or warlord at mania and get his send off. The opponent matters not. And the least he could do is lose the beer gut.

Because, Taker and Lesnar are already in a heated rivalry. Either one of Lesnar or Taker going cleanly over the other guy at Summerslam would have been a bad decision. Lesnar going over Taker would have been bad since it would've continued to make Taker look weak, while giving him limited momentum heading into Mania' in his home state (to which, he'd either go over some random mid-carder in a lackluster match - his final match - OR, go up against John Cena......and hence - sort of ending his career on a sour note due to consecutive losses to different wrestlers).


On the flip side - Lesnar losing cleanly would have been a horrible booking decision since you need to keep Lesnar strong once he inevitably does a job to either Reigns or Rollins at Wrestlemania 2017.


Taker-Lesnar at Wrestlemania 2016 is perfect, because there's emotion behind Taker's last match in his home state, while it also further adds to Lesnar's legacy because he was the guy to end Taker's streak AND his career.

And you are thinking of having reigns go over lesnar clean at 33 in lesnars hometown and you think THAT is gonna go over well?

I didn't realize Wrestlemania 2017 was going to be in Lesnar's hometown. Regardless - I'd still have Reigns go over. Cena's been in environments just as hostile at Reigns would be in this scenario, and the 'kid' demographic still loved Cena.