4 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (June 17)

2. AGAIN?!

Brock Lesnar Roman Reigns
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Brock Lesnar returning to action was a neat surprise, but how many times are this promotion planning to book Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns? Being brutally honest, although this writer will have fun with the 'Last Man Standing' clash at SummerSlam when it comes, he isn't looking forward to the same old, same old build.

This pair have been around the horn together far too often to make that unique or interesting. What more can they do with crazy 'Cowboy' Brock vs. 'Threatened Tribal Chief' Roman? WWE literally just penned this tale back during the WrestleMania 38 hype, and again before that heading into last October's Crown Jewel.

Rinse and repeat.

It'd honestly be lovely to see someone else step up to that main event level. Hell, a 'Last Man Standing' redo between Riddle and Roman would've worked for SummerSlam. Vinnie Mac didn't need to hit the Brock Lesnar panic button one more time.

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