Jack Brickman
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So is there any way for the WWE to salvage a John Cena vs. Seth Rollins title match at Summerslam? I'm assuming it's going to be a champion versus champion match, and I just really can't think of a way they win with this match. If Cena wins, he's going to get booed out of the fucking building, and those boos could spill over and ruin the main event (Lesnar vs. Undertaker, probably). If Rollins wins, what the fuck was the point of having Cena retain the US Title only to lose it a month later to a guy who already has the top title in the business? Rollins doesn't need the US Title. Owens, Cesaro, or Rusev, though? Any of those three could have seen a career boon by taking that strap from Cena, especially Owens and Cesaro (as Rusev already had a recent dominant run with the strap).
It just seems like terrible booking either way. How easy would it have been to have Cena drop the title to Owens, then come out on Raw and challenge Rollins? Cena could have admitted he lost the US Title, but said that, unlike Rollins, he was a fighting champion and didn't run from challengers like Rollins has. I don't think Cena should be in the main title picture at all right now, but if they're going to force him on us, that would have been the way to do it, as it wouldn't have buried a mid-carder at the expense of giving Cena a title shot like the current booking is doing.
It just seems like terrible booking either way. How easy would it have been to have Cena drop the title to Owens, then come out on Raw and challenge Rollins? Cena could have admitted he lost the US Title, but said that, unlike Rollins, he was a fighting champion and didn't run from challengers like Rollins has. I don't think Cena should be in the main title picture at all right now, but if they're going to force him on us, that would have been the way to do it, as it wouldn't have buried a mid-carder at the expense of giving Cena a title shot like the current booking is doing.