Brock Lesnar vs Randy Orton at SummerSlam 2016; are you excited?
The most interesting part about this match is that the two superstars started out in the WWE around the same time in the early 2000’s, and after both becoming established Superstars, their match was only made official on the July 7 edition of Thursday Night SmackDown.
Truth be told, it’s a hard match to call. There has been no build up to it with neither Superstar appearing on any show to confront one another thus far. That doesn’t take away from the fact, though, that almost every fan is excited to see this match as it has been a long time in the making.
If you can recall back, Randy hit Paul Heyman with an RKO on an episode of Raw and nothing ever came from it. Is the Beast finally out for revenge?
#5 A back and forth fight
The best part about this match, is that it's something different. Many newer fans likely have only seen Brock vs. Randy on the WWE Network, which makes this current match fresh. Randy is still in amazing physical shape, he's got the sinister killer instinct.
Hopefully this won’t be the typical beat down Brock is accustomed to dishing out; Randy will not be that easy to dominate.
Brock has always had his way with opponents, and he will deliver all of his usual offense against Randy. However, Brock's focus on destruction keeps him one step behind Randy in terms of Orton being able to use powerful mind games to his advantage.
Orton will do what must be done to gain the advantage and knowing his track record, he will do just about anything to gain the upper hand.
This should make for a fun match to watch and something we aren’t used to seeing in a Brock Lesnar match.
#4 Orton as a babyface/heel
There is no way Orton can walk into this match and put on a pure babyface role throughout the match. Everyone knows Orton’s history; he doesn’t have the name “The Viper” for no reason and he will know full well what he is getting into when he faces Brock.
Orton won’t be able to defeat Brock one-on-one and will have to resort to some heel tactics to try and gain the upper hand in the match. People like to cheer Orton as a face but deep down everyone loves Orton acting as a heel.
He has the look of a heel and to be honest, it would make for a much more interesting match between the two superstars.
#3 Orton booked strong
Ok, it’s a bit of an odd one to have on here, but it is extremely important. Orton must establish an advantage early in the match and hold his ground against Brock. Fans must see that Orton is indeed fully healed from his shoulder injury and ready for one of the biggest challenges of his career.
Getting tossed around for the whole match by Lesnar is not the way to do that.
One way this could be achieved is by Orton using Lesnar's strength and ferocity against him, with Orton constantly staying in the corner maybe, and thus causing Brock to tire out.
Lesnar is a physical specimen, of course, but all Orton needs is one moment to gain the upper hand and when he does, he can make himself look fully recovered from injury.
It wouldn’t reflect well in his first match back to have Orton lose in a massively one-sided bout.
#2 A Brock Lesnar victory
Yes this one is a bit of an obvious pick, but it would serve some purpose for future storylines. Brock has just come off a victory at UFC 200 and it could be disastrous to have him lose to a returning Randy Orton.
Now don’t get me wrong, as noted above, Orton has to look strong. Although, he only needs to look strong in defeat.
It would make zero sense to have Randy go over unless there was a huge twist involved to set up for more matches between the two.
Brock needs to win this and at the same time make Orton look strong, and possibly even challenge for the WWE World Heavyweight championship in whichever brand he is on.
It simply makes the most sense.
#1 A full blown heel turn
We have discussed how we need to see Orton use heel tactics as a babyface to gain the upper hand, but what about a full blown heel turn.
How could he achieve this?
Paul Heyman screws Brock and joins forces with Orton of course. I did note that Brock needs to win this one, but hey, if Heyman screws Brock it would be a believable win for Orton.
Not many people would like to see Brock and Paul split, but it is definitely a viable option for this match.
It would create a massive storyline that could culminate at Wrestlemania and gives the WWE a way of putting Orton in the position they rather him being in – that of a top heel.
What would you like to see happen in this epic showdown at SummerSlam?
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