WWE SummerSlam 2019: 5 things the company did right at the PPV

#1 Seth Rollins regains the Universal Championship

Rollins pulled out all the stops to regain the Universal Championship.

Although it provided a shocking moment, it feels a little like the Money in the Bank briefcase was used incorrectly. While it did give the Beast another excuse to have a run with the Universal Championship, did he really need one? Wouldn't it have been better to give it to a young, up-and-comer a rub instead of someone who doesn't need it?

Whatever your feelings were regarding the briefcase, he won it and we had to deal with it. He didn't necessarily need to successfully cash in, but WWE went ahead with it and Rollins' reign was over at the hands of Brock Lesnar. We were back with the same problem we had before with the Beast as Champ.

After immediately having AJ Styles challenge for the title at MITB, they had Rollins face Baron Corbin at three straight PPVs. No one wanted to see three-straight Baron Corbin matches for the title. Had they saved Styles for SummerSlam, they wouldn't have needed the whole Lesnar/briefcase scenario. And had Corbin been challenging at MITB instead of Styles, then they could have had two of the best performers steal the show at SummerSlam.

Instead, we got another Lesnar/Rollins match. While it was obviously better than the match at 'Mania, it was still another recycled match. The right outcome was having Rollins win thankfully, so that was something that needed to happen. Had Lesnar won, who else would have had a realistic shot of beating him for the title?