8 Planned WWE WrestleMania 33 Matches That Fell Apart

8. Brock Lesnar Vs. Shane McMahon

Fans may be upset that Goldberg crushed Kevin Owens to win the Universal Title, but they owe the former WCW Champion some gratitude - after all, if he didn't return to the ring, Brock Lesnar may very well be wrestling Shane McMahon at WrestleMania.

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The Brock-Shane program got its one and only tease at SummerSlam. After Lesnar subjected Randy Orton to a very real, very violent pummeling (and subsequent concussion), Shane got into the ring in order to protect the health of his employee. Lesnar, in full berzerker mode, planted the Smackdown commissioner with an F5. McMahons, of course, never take an affront lying down.

Of course, when WWE struck a deal for Goldberg to work a multi-match program leading into WrestleMania, plans to have him lose to Lesnar at Survivor Series were changed. Instead, Goldberg would get the duke in that contest, then return the favor at 'Mania. That - plus the fact that Lesnar was reportedly vocal about not wanting to work with Shane - cancelled what would have likely been little more than a vanity project.

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