2. Brock Lesnar's Best When Presented As A Real-Life Mercenary
Cold, violent and dispassionate, Brock Lesnar walked into the ring and beat up Kofi Kingston and the New Day. For the purposes of pro wrestling, it was awkward and uninteresting. However, if thinking that Brock Lesnar is still doing "pro wrestling," that's where you're incredibly wrong. Brock's literally a man paid by WWE to walk into the ring, hit people really hard, hurt them and generally cause terror. On one level, that's a terrible thing. On an even deeper level, it's more a thing where one can sit and really understand just how uninteresting so much of WWE's main roster product is right now that we need a man who shoot kicks people's asses to enliven their presentation. The phrase "the beatings will continue until morale improves" has never been more true than when contemplating what Lesnar does in WWE moving forward. Having a guy like Lesnar around is of great benefit to WWE in the interim as the company evolves. When the pro wrestling isn't as solid as it needs to be throughout the card, here's a real fighter doing real fighting to shake things up. It's imperfect perfection.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
