7 Ways To Add Intrigue To Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena Rematch

3. Ramp Up The Violence

The Cena/Lesnar match from 2012€™s installment of Extreme Rules was so critically and commercial successful in part because of how violent it was, serving as a stark and bloody contrast to the standard in-ring fare the promotion usually delivers. From the moment of first contact, fans knew we were seeing something different and we ate it up like rabid dogs. The rematch at SummerSlam was a different type of performance entirely, with John playing the role of human crash-test dummy, being suplexed into numbness for the sole purposes of establishing Brock as the monster he should have been booked as all along. Reminiscent of the Mankind/Rock match from Royal Rumble 1999, the bout got a little hard to watch at times, as even the most ardent of Cena detractors cringed at the stiffness of those suplexes and knees to the body. It€™s going to be a tall order to top those two displays of human suffering, but it can be done. One of the ways to ensure that is to forego the €œno intentional bleeding€ rule and give the match some color. The arguments against blading make sense, but considering these two used an elbow to legitimately open Cena up at Extreme Rules, the other option is actually much safer. And the fact that it never happens anymore would make it even more of a spectacle. Ultimately, Lesnar needs to go over strongly once again, in order to give a gigantic rub to whoever WWE chooses to vanquish the beast, be it Reigns or someone else. But we don€™t expect another squash match either, and after SummerSlam there€™s no reason why Cena can€™t put up more of a fight this time around, coming incredibly close but falling short in the end once again, leaving no doubt in the minds of the fans that it will take someone else entirely to topple this monster.