The booking on RAW, although making sense in an end-run, don't push Ambrose/Rollins past where they're ready kind of way.... doesn't seem to make much sense. You're taking two people, Cena and Orton, one of whom just lost to Ambrose and the other insisting on fighting "the other guy", and giving them a guaranteed title shot against Brock Lesnar. Meanwhile, Ambrose and Rollins... just fight.
In terms of setting up a Royal Rumble main event, yes, you do want to finish the Cena/Lesnar business. Isn't there a better way of doing that? Specifically, by ripping a page from the MMA book?
In MMA, when a champion will be out for an extended absence (usually due to injury, sometimes due to temporary 'retirement' a la Randy Couture but not Georges St. Pierre), the organization creates an Interim Championship, and reunifies the belts when the 'true' champion returns. Championship matches put asses in seats; I'm a big believer in titles being props, but they're props that work. In bygone days, there used to be a 30-day title defense stipulation, which was adhered to when it suited the stories.
Stripping the belt from Brock Lesnar doesn't make much sense; you don't put a build behind a guy like his B/U/V dismantling of John Cena only to drop the whole issue for when he's ready to return. However, we're looking at three pay-per-views now where the WWE goes without a champion. Creating an Interim Champion would be simple; have a 4-man tournament, have The Authority declare that a match will be for an Interim Championship, or hell- just create heel heat by handing it to Randy Orton, and John Cena can beat him in December.
In this way, you can later sell a "Champion vs. Champion" match, while having the MitB briefcase retain its meaning (how does someone cash it in if the champion is never around?) Props need to have meaning, and people do love the idea that someone could cash in that briefcase at any time.
What do you think? Would an Interim Championship be a good idea or a bad one?
In terms of setting up a Royal Rumble main event, yes, you do want to finish the Cena/Lesnar business. Isn't there a better way of doing that? Specifically, by ripping a page from the MMA book?
In MMA, when a champion will be out for an extended absence (usually due to injury, sometimes due to temporary 'retirement' a la Randy Couture but not Georges St. Pierre), the organization creates an Interim Championship, and reunifies the belts when the 'true' champion returns. Championship matches put asses in seats; I'm a big believer in titles being props, but they're props that work. In bygone days, there used to be a 30-day title defense stipulation, which was adhered to when it suited the stories.
Stripping the belt from Brock Lesnar doesn't make much sense; you don't put a build behind a guy like his B/U/V dismantling of John Cena only to drop the whole issue for when he's ready to return. However, we're looking at three pay-per-views now where the WWE goes without a champion. Creating an Interim Champion would be simple; have a 4-man tournament, have The Authority declare that a match will be for an Interim Championship, or hell- just create heel heat by handing it to Randy Orton, and John Cena can beat him in December.
In this way, you can later sell a "Champion vs. Champion" match, while having the MitB briefcase retain its meaning (how does someone cash it in if the champion is never around?) Props need to have meaning, and people do love the idea that someone could cash in that briefcase at any time.
What do you think? Would an Interim Championship be a good idea or a bad one?
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