10 MORE Huge "What If" Scenarios In WWE History

10. What If Brock Lesnar Didn't Leave In 2004?

They made up for it earlier this year, but Brock Lesnar and Goldberg's WrestleMania XX clash was a complete disaster.

Their respective WWE runs ended on the sourest of notes. The crowd knew both were on their way out of the company, and responded accordingly, jeering every moment of what turned out to be a staredown-heavy big stage dud. Lesnar and Goldberg were gone, and nobody was sad to see them go.

Deciding to leave WWE had a huge, transformational impact on Lesnar's career, as there's a strong chance he wouldn't have tried MMA without it. Entering the sport in 2007, he was UFC Heavyweight Champion by November '08, becoming the biggest draw in the promotion's pre-Conor McGregor history. Lesnar's fame and success transcended wrestling. Now, he was a legitimate dual-sport megastar, giving him a huge bargaining chip when WWE came calling again in 2012.

Brock had already lost a great deal of steam prior to his WWE departure. Had he stuck around, there's a strong chance the company would've burned audiences out on him entirely, preventing his current 'special attraction' status. Furthermore, there's even the chance they'd have never elevated John Cena, and promoted Lesnar as their franchise player instead, creating a vastly different main event landscape.