and as if Foley being there wasn’t confusing enough, Dolph Ziggler and Seth Rollins went through a table while Drew McIntyre and Dean Ambrose were flying around too.
Then Lesnar’s music hit and he came out with Paul Heyman, simply adding to the chaos.
To WWE’s credit, it probably sounded great on paper: “We’re gonna haveBrock Lesnar shockingly return and trash both guys. He’s even wearing a blank shirt, no Jimmy John’s logo, because it was a surprise appearance!”
On paper, this chaos creates a few interesting ways WWE could go from here:
- Strowman wants revenge and feuds with Lesnar
- Triple threat
- Reigns and Lesnar start feuding again
However, we’ve seen No. 1 before and good luck convincing us Strowman will just take his eyes off the universal title. No. 2 is convoluted because you know Ambrose and everybody else will get involved and No. 3 is, well, let’s just not go there again, OK?
At least with Lesnar finally dropping the strap to Reigns—which we loved the execution of—it opened up new doors. Sure, Reigns could feud with Strowman, but plenty of other guys could get title shots and he could run off and do his Shield thing. Lesnar could come back every now and then and fight other guys.
Instead, we’re back to square one. It’s a continuation in a sense, but dragging something out like this isn’t always the best idea…and the basis for its continuation was WWE pulling a fast one over on fans at SummerSlam in the first place, using Strowman to keep the crowd happy about a possible cash-in before it never happening.
