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14. Brock Lesnar Changed His Booking

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The booking of Brock Lesnar Vs Seth Rollins in WrestleMania's opening match spot was genuinely inspired. With a long night ahead and two title matches carrying far greater historical significance, this split the bouts out and provided the crowd-pleasing opener to keep things hot.

This level of thought was not applied.

Paul Heyman's gags about getting out of New Jersey were real! Presumably spying the likely run-time and realising he wasn't even getting a headline spot for his wait, 'The Beast' muscled his way into a hot spot and beat the traffic on the way out.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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Posted On: 17th Mar 2023

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