Reasons for No Mercy Main Event Change

As announced yesterday, the main event for No Mercy this Sunday has been changed to a four-way match.

We speculated this was due to a lack of confidence in Lashley and The Wrestling Observer supports such a conclusion. It reports the decision was made within WWE because no one in the company felt fans bought Bobby Lashley as the top contender for the World Title and worried about the buyrate for the PPV.

The feeling internally within WWE is that Batista is the biggest draw on Smackdown right now. His involvement in the match is meant to boost popularity - but it's a mystery, in that case, why Lashley vs. King Booker was ever booked for the event.