Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, John Cena and More from the Prime Time Mailbag

Randy Orton sure has been pretty quiet since the Money in the Bank pay-per-view. He isn't announced for the upcoming Beast in the East show or Battleground. When he finally resurfaces, let's hope he has a heel beard.

Orton-Lesnar Dream Match?  

@ThisIsNasty what is the likelihood of there being an Orton and Lesnar match anytime soon?

— BIGNA$$TY (@noahhall069) June 30, 2015

Orton and Lesnar are both relatively new babyfaces, and I think a truly effective feud between the two would require that one of them turn heel, preferably Orton.

The two have never had a program together as top stars, and a potential feud could play off their background coming in together through OVW. I've always been interested in what they could do in a 20-minute main event.

Orton works well with just about anybody, and Lesnar is a rare breed. Think about all the different places an RKO could come from in a match like that.

If Lesnar fails to beat Seth Rollins for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Battleground, maybe a feud with Orton is the way to go.

Orton has been used sparingly over the past month, and with just over one week until Battleground, he has no match scheduled. Much like his previous babyface run, Orton can't seem to put together consistent momentum. 

Perhaps the next time we see him, he'll be turning heel.  

Cena Mulligan?

@ThisIsNasty Who do you think are the wrestlers John Cena shouldn't have beaten?

— Melanie Gomes (@Melitxix) June 30, 2015

No such wrestler exists. Cena has taken losses to everyone from Daniel Bryan to Kevin Federline, and as the top star of this generation, he deserves all of his victories.

Okay, maybe there's one. I'm still trying to figure out what WWE was thinking by having him beat Lesnar in his first match back at Extreme Rules 2012. Lesnar is a monster with a limited-dates schedule, and to have him lose in his first match and then go away for a few months could have been detrimental in the long term.

But fast-forward to today, and it really wasn't. Lesnar is as over as he has ever been, and with a dominant 2014 that saw him beat The Undertaker, he's every bit as unstoppable as he was before laying down for Cena.

So I guess I just have to get over it. Besides, Cena's feuds usually mix victories with a loss or two, and that's a product of a faulty creative infrastructure built around Even-Steven booking.

Cena's Pre-match Promos

@ThisIsNasty any chance @WWE spares us from the John Cena Tea Party promo by letting him do it during the commercial break?

— Jordan Smith (@JSmith_FOX6) June 30, 2015

Cena's pre-match promos are one of the best segments of Raw each week because he always knows how to win a crowd over.

Think about that. John Cena looks like a typical cookie-cutter babyface, and in front of the most cynical crowds of wrestling history, he is always able to turn them.

Cena's ability to ad-lib and improvise are second to none, and his ability to continue connecting with fans as a babyface for over a decade cannot be overlooked. 

It's easy to do what Kevin Owens is doing. Just about every wrestler wants to be a heel because heels do what they want, say what they want and have more creative freedom. There's a certain box a babyface has to work in, making it difficult to keep fans engaged over the long haul. Fans will eventually tune these characters out like a lame-duck head coach.

Cena has mastered this art brilliantly. He finds new ways to reinvent and reinterpret a simple catchphrase of "never give up," and he always knows how to grab the audience's attention even as it's fully committed to turning on him.   

If Cena never turns heel again, it will be because too many people believed in him as a babyface. There's no need to wonder why, just watch his promos.

Prime Time Players: Most Over Tag Team?

@ThisIsNasty Surprised by your article "Primetimeplayers poor choice for tag champs". Don't you recognize they are the most over tag team?

— ZAZ * I got jokes. (@zazillin) June 29, 2015

You spelled the word "overrated" wrong.

As I mentioned on the PodNasty Wrestling Podcast, I don't understand how the Prime Time Players are tag team champions on the same show where The New Day are among the top heels.

In an injury-riddled division, The Prime Time Players aren't even the best babyface tag team. That distinction belongs to the Lucha Dragons. When the tag team division was at full strength, the Prime Time Players couldn't even get on television.  

The New Day could have carried the Money in the Bank briefcase(s). They're above tag team competition at this point, but to see them chase the Prime Time Players for the titles is both awkward and backward.

Titus O'Neil has a lot of star qualities, and Darren Young is a good hand, but The New Day finally has an identity and WWE was premature to switch the titles so quickly to a fledgling duo.

Alfred Konuwa is a featured columnist and on-air host for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter and subscribe to his weekly wrestling podcast.