WWE invented a new finish for cashing in a Money in the Bank briefcase in order to find three new ways to make money. Brilliant. From a "tactical" perspective, making the match a three-way fits into Rollins' character as a super-smart "architect." He knows he couldn't beat the surging Reigns, and he's absolutely already experienced being assaulted by Lesnar. Thus, in making it a three-way, the two brutes could cancel each other out, and he could merely choose which one to pin, which he did. Even savvier is what this sets up for WWE. Rollins has Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns as title contenders, with twelve months to go in any one of a now plethora of directions insofar as setting up storylines for Wrestlemania next year. Amazing.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
