2015 Pro Wrestling Thread

I mean if Lesnar isn't the champ.

 

I'd use him like they've used the Undertaker the last several years. Or like Andre the Giant used to be. Or like Sting will probably be used.

A special attraction, who shows up for the four major PPVs and a few Raws in between.

If you have him as the champ, you really have no focal point for everyone else at all the shows he skips.

 

Now that Lesnar has re-upped and likely will remain champion, this gives the E all the more reason to elevate the Intercontinental and U.S. titles (which they appear to be set on with Cena and Bryan likely walking out of Mania with those belts). House shows need title matches with main eventers.

As much as I didn't like it at the start, I've turned 180 on Lesnar being a part-time attraction. I tune in and make it appointment viewing to see him on. Seeing a champion get watered down in multiple segments during 5 hours of programming a week gets boring. Hopefully (yea, right) E will use this as a opportunity to develop meaningful feuds over these "mid-card" belts by using main event attractions, thus elevating the mid-card talent when they do beat the main eventer for the belt.

Dare to dream.

 

Before last night, Reigns was like a -170 favorite at WM. I assume they took that off the board when Lesnar made his announcement. Anyway, after he beats Reigns, who are the top 5 most logical matchups for Lesnar going forward?

 

Lesnar should be helping make guys into main eventers. In my opinion, if he's going to retain, he should stay heel and, in the next year, definitely have programs with Reigns and Ambrose.

I'd also turn Cesaro and try to make him legit again. I'd also sign Samoa Joe and have him stalk Lesnar, too, with a payoff coming at next year's Wrestlemania.

What I fear will happen is Lesnar will retain, beat Reigns a few more times, and then feud with Orton, Sheamus, and probably Cena again.

 

So, you believe Wyatt should defeat Undertaker at WrestleMania 31?

 

Absolutely. Without question.

 

If I'm booking Sunday, I'm having Reigns and Lesnar get in a knock down, drag out war eerily reminiscent to the pre-PG days (And maybe even add color.)
Then I'm having Reigns on the verge of a win. He does all of his signature wins, is about to get a three-count and, bam, Rollins annihilates him with a chair. DQ. Rollins curbstomps Lesnar at least four times, cashes in. New champ.
Rollins and Reigns feud for a few months. Rollins keeps the strap. Rollins feuds with Orton, then Cena, maybe Bryan. Rollins beats them all. At the RAW following the PPV before Summerslam, Rollins brags about beating everyone who has been put in front of him. Out comes Lesnar. Instant main event feud.

 

How often does Lesnar actually wrestle? Like four times a year?

Orton is a believable opponent for Lesnar. Anyone else?

 

TNA used to have a "Legends" belt, and in a weird way, WWE has kind of had that rung of competition for a couple years now too. Between Taker and Triple H working a super reduced schedule, Sting this year, HBK and Flair before them... Even the past few months, I've gotten the feeling that Cena is more Champion Emeritus or "break glass in case of emergency" as opposed to a serious contender for the belt. These sort of "attraction" or legacy guys have always been around, but the problem with the current WWE is that they have so much god damn programming that you REALLY notice their week to week absence.

 

Undertaker is -350. Wyatt is +225.

 

That's the point - they have to make some believable opponents. And they can't do that effectively if the champion only shows up a handful of times a year.