#2 Jason Jordan
My second favorite option is to just turn into the skid and book Jason Jordan in a title match, infuriating the crowd to no end and pushing Jordan one step closer to a heel turn.
The Kurt Angle’s son story might have been a vessel for Jordan to get a big babyface push, but with the way the audiences have been treating him the past few months, that ship has sailed.
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It’s a shame, to an extent, as he’s talented and I would have liked it if he had succeeded, but having him be a heel out of the situation can end up being far better.
We keep seeing Jordan asking Angle for opportunities left and right and mostly getting them handed to him, even though he ultimately loses whatever match he begged for.
All it would take is one segment where Jordan calls out Lesnar and tries to make a case for how he can win the Universal Championship to avenge Angle’s loss to Lesnar at WrestleMania XIX and the audience would groan so, so loudly.
Then, for Angle to grant him that title shot would annoy WWE Universe, and Jordan, who, of course, would lose that match against Lesnar.
Unlike Balor, I’d prefer to see Jordan actually get some licks in, much like he did against Roman Reigns. That way, the crowd would start getting worried that they might put the belt on him.
Alas, he’d come up short. Lesnar would look just as good as he always does, if not better, and Jordan would have another reason to complain later in the night, saying the Royal Rumble would be his way to earn a rematch against Lesnar at WrestleMania.
Then, he’d lose that, too, and it might be the thing that pushes him over the edge into the full-on heel turn.