From @alpi1980: Is Brock Lesnar already an all-time great? Where does he and more importantly Cena would have ranked had Lesnar not taken the break from WWE?
Lesnar already is an all-time great for me. Prior to 2012 he wasn't because his career was so short, but in the last three years he's had several quality matches and also been pushed as a huge attraction, so he's at that level now. Cena would still be huge, but not as big if Lesnar never left. They are the same age (both born in 1977) and started at WWE developmental at about the same time. What Lesnar had coming up that Cena didn't is the pedigree of being a championship collegiate wrestler and he was much more of diamond in the rough so to speak. The obvious difference between them is that Cena is a lot more outgoing, in the spotlight and does a lot of charitable work. WWE loves that about him while Lesnar really doesn't do that kind of stuff much. If Lesnar never left, he probably would have had more WWE/World Titles than Cena did while some of the other guys that won those titles a lot like Triple H, Randy Orton and Edge likely would have won them less.
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