Cena/Lesnar Brawl
By Scott Keith on April 12, 2012
Hi Scott,
Pleased to rediscover your familiar name and postings online after returning to pro wrestling after 10 years or so. I was not surprised to find similar irksome booking to what I remember all those years back. I was wondering if you'd comment on the absurdity of the John Cena/Brock Lesnar brawl from RAW. While the brawl itself was captivating, the involvement of solid heels like Alberto Del Rio and Daniel Bryan in breaking it up was ridiculous. Why in the world would someone like Alberto Del Rio care if Cena & Lesnar are trying to to rip each other apart?
DO you think this booking further 'legitimizes' Lesnar and adds to his feud of Cena? If so, do you think it did so at the expense of heels like Del Rio and Bryan?
The idea is supposed to be that Lesnar TRANSCENDS the WWE because he's a real UFC fighter, so when he's beating on Cena the entire locker room is going to come out and Stand Up For WWE. Obviously you don't want to do that with, like, anyone else on the roster having a brawl, but absolutely for Lesnar you make an exception because you want to position him as a top guy above the other top guys. That being said, ratings did not bear that philosophy out, so this might get interesting very quickly if Extreme Rematches doesn't pop a big number.
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