WWE: Should There Be a Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena Rematch?

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The showdown between Brock Lesnar and John Cena at WWE Extreme Rules was epic, a brutal match that saw Lesnar presented as a physical monster who was out to destroy Vince McMahon’s No. 1 draw. It was more of a war than a wrestling match, and when it was all said and done, Cena was the man with his arm raised in victory.

Hard to believe, right?

Not that John won the match.  Let’s face it, that “top guy” moniker used to describe him is not just a cute catchphrase.  At the end of the day, Cena is still the man to beat in the company, and that is likely not going to change anytime soon.

His win was not the surprise, it was the way in which he did it.

Cena was basically run over by a truck, and then the truck backed up and rolled over him again.

This kept happening for the next 25 minutes.

Cena had as much offense in this match as The Mulkey Brothers did against The Road Warriors back in the NWA.

Scratch that, he didn’t have that much.

Lesnar hit him with everything he had, bloodying Cena, leaving him for dead in the center of the ring. The match was in the bag, "The Next Big Thing" had returned, conquered and would now have bragging rights over the man who doesn’t lose to just anyone.

Cena was the sacrificial lamb, and Lesnar was the big, bad wolf who ripped him apart.
Until Cena got in one punch with a chain, hit the Attitude Adjustment and pinned him.

Yeah, just like that.

Cena lost the match until the last possible second, and then managed to pull out the win.  Surprising, yes, but perhaps not shocking?

Cena has had the reputation, for quite some time now, as being “SuperCena.”  He’s Clark Kent, a guy who looks very human, very beatable, in the first two thirds of his matches, and then suddenly, he puts on the cape, becomes Superman, gets a quick flurry of offense and gains the pinfall.

That about sums it up.

But, for that finish to happen, this time, against Lesnar, who physically outmatched Cena in every conceivable way, is one of those moves that has caused WWE to catch so much criticism from fans for so many years.

It’s at this point that some fans like to remind those of us who choose to be vocal, that we are not all that smart, and that if we were in charge of WWE storylines, that it would fail miserably.

But, come on. Cena hitting one punch and winning a match he had no business winning? Seriously?

Therein lies the problem with a Lesnar versus Cena rematch.  The drama, the selling point of the first match, was that Cena had no chance, that he would be overwhelmed and that Lesnar would become the new face of the company.

What would be the point of a rematch?  Where is the drama when the babyface already has a check in the win column?

Revenge?  Is that what the company would use to make us care about a return match?  Are we to believe that Lesnar, who was on RAW the night following Extreme Rules, smiling and bragging about destroying Cena, is sitting back, raging for vengeance?

And, for that matter, why exactly was Lesnar presented in that way?  Shouldn’t he have been upset, demanding a rematch, claiming that he would walk out if he did not get one?

Did WWE creative believe that this would make Lesnar look weak?  As if losing in his first match back would not?

Now that Lesnar has been taken off of WWE TV, all momentum he had is gone, kept alive only by Paul Heyman speaking for him on RAW.  Any chances of a Lesnar versus Cena rematch may already be dead in the water, and truth be told, there is not really a need for it happen.

David has already slain Goliath.  End of story.

Cena versus Lesnar is one of those confrontations that will be talked about for years to come.  For fans, it delivered on many levels, and it will likely always be remembered for the epic match that it was.

But, it will not be remembered for what it could have been; the beginning of a major feud with far-reaching implications.  Cena has moved on, Lesnar has moved on and we’re right back to business as usual in WWE.

As fans, we have learned to never say never.  So when it comes to a Lesnar vs. Cena rematch, perhaps the better way to end the discussion is why bother?