John Cena vs. Seth Rollins Match Does Not Need Conclusive Finish

A winner-take-all scenario for John Cena or Seth Rollins at SummerSlam on Sunday sounds exciting, but it's far from necessary.

Cena and Rollins have been just fine in their roles as champions, and taking on another title would be excessive and forced.

The title-versus-title match pitting Cena against Rollins doesn't necessarily need to end with a dual champion. That situation would be awkward for the winner while disrupting two perfectly good reigns.

A disqualification finish is not out of the question. From the first night of hype, WWE made it clear that Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar is the main event. This is the match that has commanded the most attention through a strong buildup period.

Cena vs. Rollins ending in a disqualification would be disappointing, but it wouldn't spoil the pay-per-view on its own merits. A possible Sheamus Money in the Bank cash-in could also save this match from a dual champion. Either way, having one man hold both titles at this juncture is not worth its historical impact.

For Cena, winning another world championship would put him in rarefied air. As a 16-time world champion, he would be uncomfortably tied with Ric Flair in one of the few statistics WWE cares about. If anybody deserves this distinction, it's Cena, but given the milestone, that is a win fit for a main event.

A Cena win over Rollins would also be a step backward in WWE's otherwise honest effort to build for the future. In the midst of a current transitional period for WWE, Cena's days as a world champion should be all but over.

For Rollins, capturing the United States Championship would put the title in danger of once again becoming irrelevant.

Over the past several months, Cena built a nice niche in the midcard, not only through the U.S. Championship open challenges but also as the cornerstone of a legitimate division that features popular, talented performers. 

Abandoning that division for a shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship has already done considerable damage as the contenders for the U.S. Championship have dried up. Dropping that championship to Rollins would be a death knell.

Rollins already holds the most important title in WWE, and having another title would be nothing more than a luxury. This was the case in 1997 when Shawn Michaels held both the European and WWE Championships. Michaels went months without defending the European title, and when he finally did, it was in a joke match against fellow D-Generation X member Triple H.

WWE has struggled to build a division of contenders for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship of late, and adding the U.S. Championship to that equation would just make things more complicated.

In a perfect world, WWE will figure out a scenario where both Rollins and Cena leave SummerSlam with their championships in tow. A time-limit draw. An unsuccessful cash-in attempt by Sheamus. A surprise appearance by a major star that results in a no-contest.

Anything to keep two good reigns going.

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