5 Reasons Lesnar vs Cena Was The Best WWE Title Match In Years

4. There Was Very Little In The Way Of Storyline And "Pro Wrestling" Involved, It Was A Fight

Thankfully, unlike the other "fight" promised at Summerslam between Brie Bella and Stephanie McMahon, Cena and Lesnar didn't start off with a fascinating display of catch-as-catch-can wrestling, they instead started by attempting to beat each other unconscious. Yes, in the UFC-style pre-fight sit-down interviews, both Cena and Lesnar attempted to sell the match based on some type of previous enmity, but the main story was a legitimate (read: not-so "pro wrestling") desire for Lesnar to beat the "blood, urine and vomit" out of John Cena. Nobody in their right mind should think that any level of pro wrestling-style fanfare could make this anything less than a high school bully waiting for 3:15 in the schoolyard. The "fight" delivered. There was no "wearing down of his opponent." Lesnar picked up Cena less than 30 seconds into the match and delivered his "F-5" finishing maneuver. Though seemingly out-of-place, in a fight, if you have the chance to hit your opponent with a wild haymaker, you take the chance. Of course, realizing that this was not going to work, and that he could likely feel a lack of fight as compared to his own just not being in his opponent on that night, each following flurry of hammer-fisted strikes and German suplexes seemed delivered with malicious intent instead of a desire to gain a pinfall victory. To his credit, Cena's comebacks were effective, in the sense that Cena seemed defeated from the start, but fighting more not to lose face in front of his "Cenation" than driven by any notion that he was going to win. A man can easily suffer defeat, or he can go while bravely attempting to save face in a losing cause. Watching Cena apply an STF with a pained expression and looking as if he was praying that Lesnar would tap out almost by accident provided an incredibly entertaining moment and a unique dynamic to the seemingly perpetually proud and valiant 15-time WWE Champion.