Cena vs Owens (Beast in the East spoilers)

[Rogue]

Have Owens face Ambrose at SummerSlam, or at least post SS. Triple H has made it clear that he's already on Owens' side, and it's only a matter of time before he's associated with The Authority like 98% of the heels have been in some form. Ambrose is clearly still looking to aim after The Authority but they don't really have anybody good for him to face. Cue Owens.

I doubt that they'd end the Owens/Cena saga before SummerSlam, but this feud should happen at some point. Owens going over the supposedly most over guy on the roster would easily propel his stance greatly as a heel to the crowd. Should Ambrose lose to Owens clean, though? Not necessarily, but he shouldn't end Owens' reign so quickly either. I just don't see much else they could do for Ambrose right now, and we could at least get a couple of good matches from the two.

Obviously I'm just biased as fuck for that angle, but who cares.

 

[The GOAT]

Owens faces Joe with the U.S. Title on the line and beats him (after a highly-competitive match) by using underhanded means or Joe wins by DQ...gives Joe the rub of beating the guy who's faced down Cena and won a few titles in the promotion, lets Owens show how big of a heel he can be (hence the underhanded means of winning...gotta give the fans a reason to root against Owens as too many fans are currently cheering him...or...he uses a weapon and gets DQ'd, same result...not as big a fan of the second idea as the first as I'm not as big a fan of non-finishes as I am of tainted finishes).

So, you've brought another "new" guy (although not really new given the reactions Joe's already gotten from WWE crowds) into the promotion (I'd probably bring him in the night after Battleground) and used his debut to further cement your hottest new heel and locked him into a babyface role as being the guy who got screwed out of the U.S. title on his first PPV.

Nobody said Summerslam had to be the blowoff to their feud.

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That'd be a logical way of booking it if it happened as early as Summerslam, but I'm just a bigger advocate of the more standard idea where Owens running roughshod over everyone to the point where he eventually feels he has no real competition left until Joe (who has either been destroying folks left and right in NXT, or has already migrated to the main roster and began destroying people there as well) steps up to the plate and challenges him for the title.

 

[edge4ever]

I have a feeling that Kevin Owens and cena will go to summerlsam. Kevin Owens will win the belt and join the authority.

What would be awesome is if Owens loses to cena, barely, at battleground and in a fit of rage attacks Brock in the main event.

This causes a DQ, Seth keeps the belt, and Owens works his way into the authority by fighting Brock at summerlsam.

That would be cool.

 

[Prince Bálor]

I have a feeling that Kevin Owens and cena will go to summerlsam. Kevin Owens will win the belt and join the authority.

What would be awesome is if Owens loses to cena, barely, at battleground and in a fit of rage attacks Brock in the main event.

This causes a DQ, Seth keeps the belt, and Owens works his way into the authority by fighting Brock at summerlsam.

That would be cool.

- Cena/KO lasting till SummerSlam where they'd have that big blow-off match sounds about right. KO would go over Cena, of course.
I imagine their match at Battleground will end in a no contest or whatever, and knowing Cena has a losing streak at SummerSlam, KO beating him there would make the victory even sweeter.
As far as KO joining The Authority goes, meh. He's doing perfectly fine by himself. He's like a breath of fresh air on the main roster and doesn't really need The Authority.

- Owens losing to Cena at Battleground and then attacking Brock in the ME would be a waste of Brock's limited appearances/matches, IMO.
There's no need for that, Lesnar can just maim Rollins, take the title and either after the match (or the next night on RAW) the Authority would come out and beat down Rollins and thus trigger a face turn. So, come SummerSlam time, we'd get Trips vs Rollins.

 

[The GOAT]

I have a feeling that Kevin Owens and cena will go to summerlsam. Kevin Owens will win the belt and join the authority.

What would be awesome is if Owens loses to cena, barely, at battleground and in a fit of rage attacks Brock in the main event.

This causes a DQ, Seth keeps the belt, and Owens works his way into the authority by fighting Brock at summerlsam.

That would be cool.

Summerslam is way, way too early to be doing Brock vs Owens imo. Owens wouldn't have even been apart of the main roster for a whole three months by that point and you're already blowing through feuds with both John Cena and Brock Lesnar back-to-back?

I think taking the US Title off of Cena and then defending it against all comers in the midcard - Randy Orton (who I feel might start challenging for the midcard titles again any day now), Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, Neville, Cesaro, R-Truth, etc. - is the most reasonable next step for Owens. Sure, it's kind of a step down from Cena, but nearly everything is a step down from Cena. That's the danger of booking a new guy against the face of the company right out of the block.

 

[edge4ever]

Lock and prince,

I know that Owens going to fight Brock at SS is not going to happen and even if it did, it may not make much sense just yet...or does it?

This guy has already beaten cena clean. And is able to push him to limits that I've never seen before. I don't think it's unreasonable, if they really want to push Owens, to have him face Brock already. Think about it. They had Brock shortly after he started beat the rock at SS for the WWE title. Why not let Owens ascend fast? They're already kind of doing that.

I'm not saying he has to beat Brock, but let their match last like 25-30 minutes of nothing but a brawl. Let Owens kick out of F5's and let Owens hit like 3 of his powrbombs on Brock, only to have Brock kick out. Owens can ultimately lose because of one last, quick, F5 but if he pushes Brock further than anyone has at this point, he will be so over it would be amazing.

 

[Snowman1]

- Cena/KO lasting till SummerSlam where they'd have that big blow-off match sounds about right. KO would go over Cena, of course.
I imagine their match at Battleground will end in a no contest or whatever, and knowing Cena has a losing streak at SummerSlam, KO beating him there would make the victory even sweeter.
As far as KO joining The Authority goes, meh. He's doing perfectly fine by himself. He's like a breath of fresh air on the main roster and doesn't really need The Authority.

- Owens losing to Cena at Battleground and then attacking Brock in the ME would be a waste of Brock's limited appearances/matches, IMO.
There's no need for that, Lesnar can just maim Rollins, take the title and either after the match (or the next night on RAW) the Authority would come out and beat down Rollins and thus trigger a face turn. So, come SummerSlam time, we'd get Trips vs Rollins.

So Rollins, the pussy champion who always does his best to get other people to fight his battles for him, who only retained the title clean due to a lucky bounce, has Triple put him up to the ultimate challenge, just for him to fail and gets his ass beat, then he gets his ass beat again and they expect us to like him then?

 

[Prince Bálor]

So Rollins, the pussy champion who always does his best to get other people to fight his battles for him, who only retained the title clean due to a lucky bounce, has Triple put him up to the ultimate challenge, just for him to fail and gets his ass beat, then he gets his ass beat again and they expect us to like him then?

Yeah, pretty much.

 

[The GOAT]

Lock and prince,

I know that Owens going to fight Brock at SS is not going to happen and even if it did, it may not make much sense just yet...or does it?

This guy has already beaten cena clean. And is able to push him to limits that I've never seen before. I don't think it's unreasonable, if they really want to push Owens, to have him face Brock already. Think about it. They had Brock shortly after he started beat the rock at SS for the WWE title. Why not let Owens ascend fast? They're already kind of doing that.

I'm not saying he has to beat Brock, but let their match last like 25-30 minutes of nothing but a brawl. Let Owens kick out of F5's and let Owens hit like 3 of his powrbombs on Brock, only to have Brock kick out. Owens can ultimately lose because of one last, quick, F5 but if he pushes Brock further than anyone has at this point, he will be so over it would be amazing.

Come on... Owens is frustrated over losing to Cena again that he decides to target and piss off a guy like Brock Lesnar, a guy who's notorious for having manhandled and rag-dolled Cena himself a year ago? Not exactly the brightest thing he could do.

But that aside, if he did lose to Cena again and vented his frustration and anger over it by snapping and attacking Brock Lesnar, I'd save it to happen the night after Summerslam. Brock needs an excuse to miss the next several months of television anyway, and rather than just disappearing after failing at defeat Seth Rollins for the championship (or disappear after winning the championship, dropping it to Roman Reigns at Summerslam and then for some reason not even bothering to ask for an immediate rematch), have Owens attack him on Raw and give him a beat-down so severe that we don't hear from him for the next several months. (And I'm talking classic shit like wrapping a chair around his neck and then stomping on it and stuff.)

It could set up a program between them for later on down the road, and Owens could boost for the next several months that he put The Beast of all people on the shelf, something no other man has done. And if by some chance Brock does win the title and still has it in his possession the night after Summerslam, you could have Sheamus cash in on Brock after Owens' savage beat-down (although I really don't like Brock taking a pinfall loss in any way before he loses clean in an actual match to someone, but it's an idea.)

 

[Danielson]

Cena is the perfect us champ. Steen will probably never get the strap from him, which is good. Owens has been good, but the best way to return the prestige to mid level titles is with a guy who has much star power as cena. Everyone wins if Owens puts up the fight like he did tonight.