WWE: It’s too early for Brock Lesnar to cash in on Seth Rollins

On WWE Raw, it was heavily teased that Brock Lesnar would cash in on Seth Rollins at Super ShowDown. That’s just way too soon for this storyline.

On the most recent episode of WWE Raw, Brock Lesnar was supposed to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase on Seth Rollins, only to make a rather puzzling decision instead.

While Lesnar did beat down Rollins enough to make a cash in a very viable option, he ultimately decided not to exercise his contract, much to the chagrin of Paul Heyman.

As Heyman was practically exploding at ringside trying to get Lesnar to use his Money in the Bank briefcase, ‘The Beast Incarnate’ responded with an emphatic retort of “Friday!”

Basically, to cut to the chase, that meant the whole segment was somewhat senseless.

Why would Brock Lesnar choose not to cash in his contract after destroying Seth Rollins, only to wait a few days to seemingly do it at Super ShowDown?

I understand that WWE likely wants to build up more hype for Super ShowDown, and perhaps pull attention away from the criticisms aimed at the show, but there’s really no solid storyline reason for Lesnar’s decision.

I suppose the reasoning could be that Lesnar was softening up Rollins. It’s kind of moot point though after he rained down hellacious chair shots, along with vicious german suplexes and F-5’s.

There’s really no point in waiting for Baron Corbin to beat up Rollins a bit more when he’s already laying there, half-dead, in the center of the ring.

On the other hand, that does bring up Baron Corbin’s role during this attack. Corbin was somewhat of an accomplice to the attack, meaning perhaps Lesnar may not have wanted Corbin to interfere during his cash in.

However, if that was really the case, Lesnar could have easily dispatched Corbin after decimating Rollins without any storyline consequences. He would then be free to cash in without interference. Corbin will, of course, be taking on Seth Rollins at Super ShowDown too, so Lesnar likely would have to take him out of the equation no matter what.

All in all, that means Brock Lesnar’s entire angle on Raw was pretty much nonsensical, if he cashes in at Super ShowDown.

If Lesnar waits a bit longer to exercise his Money in the Bank contract, then we have an entirely different story on our hands.

Lesnar could be using the contract as something of an extended payback for Seth Rollins beating him at WrestleMania 35. He could essentially be making Rollins suffer with the stifling weight of knowing he could lose his title at any point in time to a superstar who is able to easily dismantle him virtually anytime he pleases.

It would be a far more intriguing storyline route than having Brock Lesnar simply cash his contract in at Super ShowDown, and either win or lose the resulting Universal Championship match. It would also provide some context for Lesnar’s extremely puzzling storyline decision to not cash in his contract when Rollins was basically down for the count on Raw.

Besides, Lesnar has actually been pretty entertaining with the Money in the Bank briefcase. As surprising as it is to say given the initial shock of his win, Lesnar’s segments have actually been some of the more entertaining parts of Raw lately.

The Money in the Bank contract has almost seemed to free him up a bit, and given us a looser Brock Lesnar more willing to show-off his character work. It’s been refreshing to see, and actually has likely amounted to the best usage of Lesnar in quite some time on WWE’s part.

With that in mind, along with the fairly illogical Raw segment, it just seems like WWE would be better served by having Brock Lesnar wait a little while longer to cash in his Money in the Bank contract. That decision could likely give fans, and the company, a much better storyline in the end.