10 Things I Hate About Brock Lesnar

8. He Damaged The WWE World Heavyweight Championship

Back on more serious ground here, but when Lesnar beat John Cena to death with his own skull to take the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, many of us cheered. We weren€™t cheering so loudly a few months later, when the title and the man carrying it had barely been seen on television for months on end. Lesnar€™s less a part-timer than an infrequent flyer. He doesn€™t just turn up for a WrestleMania paycheque, but his limited schedule of annual appearances have to be rationed out over well-planned angles and mini-feuds. Lesnar appeared on very few of the thirty-odd episodes of RAW while he held the title, and only two of WWE€™s six pay-per-view events until he lost the title in the impromptu triple threat at WrestleMania 31. The World Title and the WWE Title had only been unified in December 2013, but they waited to merge the two belts and create the current single strap until August 2014, when the new design was presented to Lesnar. The last time the big belt was transformed like that was by The Rock in February 2013. Clearly only part-time transitional title holders are allowed to make major design changes to the title belt these days... And that€™s what Lesnar was: a transitional champion. But he was one that €˜reigned€™ for seven months or so and barely showed up with the title, let alone defended it. Having a man with Lesnar€™s impressive credentials as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion should have added credibility to the title. In fact, the reverse was true. His character€™s complete disinterest in bringing the title to WWE television left the various contenders to argue over who would face him for literally months on end. That effectively destroyed the credibility of the championship, reducing it to the level of the Intercontinental and United States titles. At Survivor Series 2014, none of the three titles were contested. Looking at the card for that event now, a casual fan would be hard pressed to remember who held any of those championships. That€™s just diabolically bad.