10 Things I Hate About Brock Lesnar

2. He's A Storytelling Dead End

Back in the formless mists of 2013, WWE thought they'd come up with a genius nickname for Brock Lesnar. Obviously it had been a long while since he was called 'The Next Big Thing', and it probably felt weird for anyone except Taz to call him 'The Pain', but their choice was both appropriate and ridiculous: 'The Anomaly', meaning something that deviates from the normal or the expected, that stands alone. Three years later (and two years into the replacement of that nickname with the far more evocative 'The Beast') that's the exact position Lesnar finds himself in. I'm sure that vast salary for a single-digits annual appearance schedule goes a long way to making up for it, but there's no denying that Lesnar is in a set of one when it comes to WWE. From late 2013 to early 2015, he was built up as a monster heel to such an extent that, to this day, there is no character on the roster capable of standing up to him. He was supposed to be the dragon that Roman Reigns slayed at WrestleMania last year - but WWE got cold feet and failed to pull the trigger on Reigns back then. In 2016, Lesnar€™s a dragon laying waste to the countryside - and there€™s no white knight tough enough to take him down. His singles matches are glorified squashes and he only gets fun to watch when he€™s in triple threats or when he€™s ganged up on. Right now, he€™s due to face Dean Ambrose at the biggest show of the year. Ambrose is on the run of a lifetime, and was just made to look fantastic in a main event match with a WWE legend, Triple H. People should be looking forward to his match at WrestleMania but they€™re not, because he€™s facing Lesnar one-on-one, and he's going to get broken into little pieces. WWE have created and perpetuated a situation where Lesnar has no competition. No one even comes close. They€™ve painted themselves into a storytelling corner with him, and as a result, they€™ve done the unthinkable: they€™ve made Brock Lesnar boring and predictable.