It wasnt just the Dead Man. In his previous appearances for the company since his comeback to pro wrestling, Lesnar had been booked to look like a monster, but a fallible one: his 2012/2013 feud with Triple H went to a rubber match, while Cena had beaten him before at Extreme Rules in April 2012. But in the months building up to Wrestlemania XXX, we were treated to a power up: Brock Lesnar became Ultra Thunder Megazord Lesnar. He totally crushed Mark Henry and the Big Show in late 2013 and early 2014: then broke the Streak and sent the Dead Man to Hell, took the summer off and came back and killed Superman (suplexed him out of the main event, according to Paul Greatest Mouth In Wrestling Heyman), taking the WWE world heavyweight championship from his dead body. But why build up this already scary-ass monster heel into the Beast Incarnate, if you know hes really this disinterested, mercenary dude working the bare minimum of dates for the maximum cash payout? Well, John Face Of WWE Cenas getting on a little bit as well, and wont be around forever. The Worlds Strongest Man, the WWEs only giant, John Cena, the Undertaker and the WWE world heavyweight championship all of them were fed to Brock Lesnar to make Cenas replacement Roman Reigns look really, really strong when he does what no one else could and beats the Beast Incarnate at Wrestlemania 31. Of course, if a departing Lesnar gets the kind of heat that he did with Goldberg at Wrestlemania XX and Reigns gets the kind of heat he did at this years Royal Rumble, then the coronation of Hijo Del John Cena ( Copyright Heelbook 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YN3yMrTgKI ) will be a car crash: and the many sacrifices WWE have made to get Brock Lesnar to this point will be nothing but wasted energy and missed opportunities. Heres hoping for something a little more rewarding than that like a swerve! How about Brock Lesnar signs a new contract at the Hall Of Fame the night before (full schedule, exclusive to WWE for the next thousand years), turns up to Wrestlemania 31 nine feet tall, covered in spikes and chains with the WWE world heavyweight championship fused to his chest and literally eats Roman Reigns, declaring himself the new Demon Lord Of Wrestling and leading the WWE roster on a full scale invasion of Japan and Mexico in tanks and jets? Now thats a pay-per-view.
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