Moreso than wrestling Hulk Hogan, The Rock was born for this match. As Brock Lesnar's run ends up with him reclaiming the WWE Championship, the hubbub begins surrounding whether or not Brock's the Greatest WWE Champion of All Time. Hulk Hogan says yes, as Brock ended his WWE in-ring career. Steve Austin? Well, he's too banged up to even get back in the ring to compete. Jericho agrees, Cena begrudgingly says yes, everyone is lining up and assenting except for one man: Dwayne Johnson. He comes back at Royal Rumble 2016 and cuts a scathing shoot-style in-ring promo burying every other WWE Champion, the crowd and blames his 2002 loss to Lesnar on him "being focused on the movies." He continues by saying that he can't believe how the crowd treated Roman Reigns last year, and that their treatment of his family was the WWE Universe spitting on the Samoan legacy in WWE. Rock then challenges the winner of the Royal Rumble to put their Wrestlemania shot versus Lesnar on the line against him at Fastlane. 2016's Rumble winner is Daniel Bryan. Bryan wrestles The Rock, and it's Seth Rollins' interference that causes Bryan to lose. This sets up heel Rock vs. Lesnar and Bryan vs.Rollins in Dallas. Heel Rock losing to babyface Brock Lesnar would be such a fun match on every level.
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.
