5 Booking strategies following WrestleMania that would have helped SummerSlam 2019

A lot of the time between WrestleMania 35 and SummerSlam could have been used better to build towards the Biggest Party of the Summer.
A lot of the time between WrestleMania 35 and SummerSlam could have been used better to build towards the Biggest Party of the Summer.

#3 Use different title challengers instead of just Lacey Evans and Baron Corbin

Corbin had title shots at Rollins at three events in a row.
Corbin had title shots at Rollins at three events in a row.

When it was determined that AJ Styles would be the first challenger to the newly crowned Universal Champion Seth Rollins, I met it with mixed feelings. It's a great idea to pit Styles and Rollins against each other because they are two of the best in the game, but it was way too early to be happening.

The match needed to be saved for a bigger PPV like SummerSlam as Styles was new to RAW after the Superstar ShakeUp.

After Styles, Baron Corbin received shots at the title at Super ShowDown, Stomping Grounds and Extreme Rules. He's a good heel, but he doesn't seem to get booed because he's great at his job. Were there no other stars who could have had a shot at one of the PPVs instead of Corbin?

While Rollins was battling the Lone Wolf, his real-life relationship with Becky Lynch was intertwined into RAW storytelling. Like Rollins, Lynch faced the same challenger at three consecutive events with women's matches.

Evans lost to Lynch at MITB, Stomping Grounds and Extreme Rules. Instead of shuffling Alexa Bliss off to SmackDown to challenge Bayley, she should have been used on her actual brand. It would have made things more even and given Evans time to grow into being a member of the main roster.

Some wrestlers needed to be brought along slower than others and Evans was still learning on the job. Had Evans either been saved for 'Slam or had only one or two shots, it would have at least provided some different matchups for both Stomping Grounds and Extreme Rules. She would have been more ready and having her work her way up would have been better than tossing her in against the hottest star in the company over the last year.

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