WrestleMania XXVIII: The Fatal Four-Way the WWE Should Have Booked

Most WWE fans agree that, on paper anyway, WrestleMania XXVIII could be one of the best Wrestle-Manias of all time. Three matches on the card (CM Punk v. Chris Jericho, Undertaker v. HHH, and The Rock v. John Cena) have "epic" written all over them.

A couple of matches, however, are not exactly excitement-inducing. The World Heavyweight Championship tilt between Sheamus and Daniel Bryan does not interest me that much. Randy Orton v. Kane interests me even less.

But, the opening match on Raw the other night featured all four of those guys in the ring at the same time and that match had a different feel to it. It had some heat. It had an intangible quality to it, a different level of excitement even.

It then dawned on me that the WWE really dropped the ball by not making the World Heavyweight Championship battle a Fatal Four Way among Sheamus, Randy Orton, Kane and the defending champion, Daniel Bryan.

By doing this, the WWE could have taken two mediocre matches and combined them into one great match that would have been worthy of the World Heavyweight Championship.

And would anyone be disappointed by this match? Or could it be one of those matches that steal the show? After all, Randy Orton and Sheamus are no strangers to each other. They both probably still feel the effects of their confrontation at Hell In A Cell 2010.

Kane and Sheamus fought a pretty good Viewer's Choice match in 2010, until Sheamus bailed and allowed himself to be counted out. Things are different now as Sheamus is a face and Kane has returned to his very aggressive and deranged roots. Add this version of Kane to the mix and things get very interesting.

Throw in Daniel Bryan and the World Heavyweight Championship for good measure, combined with AJ's probable involvement, and you have the makings of a potential classic.

Why the WWE chose to go in a different direction is a mystery, as is much of what the Creative team does. The reality is that Sheamus v. Daniel Bryan feels like an afterthought when compared to the three big matches mentioned previously, and Randy Orton vs. Kane could almost be a dark match.

A Fatal Four-Way involving those four excellent performers would be a different story entirely. Unfortunately, it looks like all we can do is watch what unfolds on April 1 and wonder "what if"?