WWE's Best and Worst Booking Decisions for the Week of July 19

It was a wild week of action in WWE.

The biggest news of the week was the return of The Undertaker, who made sure that Brock Lesnar would not leave Battleground with the WWE World title.

The Undertaker and Lesnar will face off in one of the feature bouts at SummerSlam in a rematch from WrestleMania 30. At that event, Lesnar became the first man to ever defeat the Deadman at WrestleMania.

But for the best and worst booking decisions of the week, we revisit the Battleground event. Though the return of The Undertaker provided a curious finish to the main event between Lesnar and Rollins that likely left many fans feeling empty, both the best and worst decisions from the week came from other portions of the show.

Best Booking Decision: Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt Join Forces Again

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Though Bray Wyatt is one of the most interesting Superstars on the WWE roster, the company doesn't seem worried about his win-loss record. It seems that nearly every time Wyatt goes into a big match, he comes out on the losing end. 

This has been the case with guys like John Cena and The Undertaker, so when it was revealed that Wyatt would battle Roman Reigns at Battleground, another loss seemed likely for "The New Face of Fear."

Instead, WWE went with the best possible decision in this match.

Several months ago, WWE decided to have Wyatt go solo, disbanding the Wyatt Family that also included Luke Harper and Erick Rowan. Though Harper had success initially by winning the Intercontinental title, he soon found himself on the losing end of the majority of the matches he was in.

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I'm happier that the Wyatt family is back together than I am about my own family being cohesive. #Battleground

— Sam Roberts (@notsam) July 20, 2015"

The singles division was highly unkind to Rowan, who was never able to amount to anything by himself. WWE decided to put Harper and Rowan back together as a tag team, and the two were beginning to climb back up the tag team ranks until Rowan suffered a torn bicep that will keep him out of action for months.

With Rowan on the shelf, there was only one logical move for WWE to take in relation to Harper. But would it actually happen?

Fans got their answer at Battleground when a man dressed in a black hoodie attacked Reigns during his match with Wyatt. The interference allowed Wyatt to deliver Sister Abigail, pinning Reigns and picking up a huge win.

Directly after the match, it was revealed that Harper was behind the attack.

Pairing Wyatt and Harper back together makes sense for multiple reasons. For one, the two men work very well together. Harper is back in a relevant position, and Wyatt seems much more intimidating with a group of followers—or in this case, a follower—behind him.

It also gives WWE a place to put Rowan upon his return.

With each program Wyatt works over the next several months, Harper can be used as a stepping stone for Wyatt's opponent. They'll have to go through Harper to get to Wyatt, which makes Wyatt look stronger.

It never made sense to disband The Wyatt Family in the first place, but now that Wyatt has one of his henchmen back at his side, all seems right again.

Worst Booking Decision: John Cena Defeats Kevin Owens

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This one is sure to bring about debate, but we'll take the stance that it didn't make much sense for John Cena to retain the United States title against Kevin Owens at Battleground.

WWE did everything it could to make Owens look strong in defeat. He kicked out of the AA, and later in the match, an AA off the second rope couldn't keep him down.

Though Owens has been able to push Cena to limits very few Superstars ever have during their ongoing feud, what does he have to show for it? Owens doesn't have the United States title and he doesn't even have the NXT title anymore. All he has is two losses in three matches.

When Owens lost the NXT title to Finn Balor at Beast in the East, it seemed he was being primed for a title run in WWE. But at least for now, that's not in the cards.

Instead, Cena has essentially won another feud the same way he did against Wyatt and Rusev. Though Cena lost matches to both of those Superstars, WWE made sure he won the war.

The same seems to be true with Owens. Although it was Owens who defeated Cena cleanly in the middle of the ring at Elimination Chamber, that all seems like a distant memory now.

WWE's booking of the rivalry ever since has completely nullified Owens' big win.

It made more sense for Owens to become champion. If he had, he could have taken a page out of Cena's book and ran his own open challenges for the title each week. This could lead to a new, fresh feud for Owens.

As for Cena, he has put together one of the most impressive careers in WWE history. A loss in this match wouldn't have hurt him a bit. WWE will now have to place a strong focus on Owens to avoid having him get lost in the shuffle the way so many Superstars do.

Eventually, someone needs to be able to get the best of Cena and have it stay that way. Whether or not WWE realizes this, it's starting to seem less and less likely that it will ever happen.

Owens had more momentum behind him following Elimination Chamber than any Superstar has had in a long time. But after losing to Cena at Money in the Bank and now Battleground, he joins a list that includes Rusev, Wyatt, Cesaro and many other guys who got close to getting the best of Cena, only to fall short.

Though some will say this is the fault of Cena himself, that is not the case. Cena does do a good job of putting other guys over; he's just not booked to be in that spot as often as he should be.