WWEs tendency towards short term thinking has properly painted them into a corner when it comes to their star attraction, Brock Lesnar. They originally powered him up with the decisive annihilation of Mark Henry, the Big Show, the Undertaker and John Cena in order to give their white knight Roman Reigns a proper dragon to slay at Wrestlemania 31. When that bird didnt fly - thanks to their failure to get Reigns over before last years big show - that left them with an undefeatable, impossible goliath of a man: a part time ratings sensation who had no equal on the roster. The big possibility for this years Wrestlemania was the Undertaker angle that they decided to go with in summer/autumn last year. They've shot the bolt on that feud now: theres no percentage in going back to it. So who on earth can the monster face? More monsters. With Heyman selling Lesnars entry into the Royal Rumble as being under duress, theres a tease for a clash between Lesnar and the McMahons/The Authority, and theres no indication right now as to how Lesnar and the Rumble are going to work together. This is an unstoppable suplex machine were talking about. The Beast could eliminate everyone on his own. On the other hand, entered into the Rumble are four large, frightening backwoods psychopaths whove never faced off against Lesnar, and who could easily eliminate him simply by virtue of size and power alone: they dont have to beat him up, they just have to pick him up and throw him. Thats enough for Lesnar to go loco and for Heyman to demand that Bray Wyatt face his client at Wrestlemania. Thats not quite enough, though: everyone and their monkey knows that Wyatt doesnt stand a chance against Lesnar on his own, even with the Wyatt Family at ringside. However, if theyre serious about teasing a rift between Lesnar and the McMahons, then Lesnar can easily be booked into a handicap match against the whole bloody Family. Its the one match that you can see Lesnar losing via clean pinfall. He ruthlessly dominated both triple threat matches he was placed in, against main event stars. If he was booked against one or even two of the Wyatts, then conventional wisdom has him avoiding outside interference and crushing them. But booked against all four monsters at once? You can play the match straight as just the story of the Beast with his back against the wall, or you can have Angle, AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura run in and deliver a clusterf*ck finish, only to turn on Brock once the Wyatts are run off. The latter has appeal, but there are already a lot of factions in WWE. Do we really want one more?
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