Of course, everything that applied to Goldberg simply doesn't apply to Brock Lesnar. Lesnar always hated traveling and the road, even during his first run; he was a farm boy who liked open space, and that was one of the key factors to his first WWE departure. And when The Beast returned in 2012, he only worked a handful of dates he didn't even work every Raw and PPV, so house shows? Obviously out of the question. Lesnar has broke this pattern once when he worked a house show in Japan earlier this year -- his first in over a decade. It's a nice uptick ever since Brock resigned with the WWE, he seems to be more invested in the product, appearing on more Raw shows, and even doing non-profit events for the WWE. He's now headed into his SummerSlam event as a tweener (maybe even a face), which hopefully heralds good things to come.
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