11 Main Event Mistakes WWE Have Made In 2022
9. Brock Lesnar and the Chamber of Speed Bumps (February 19)
Nope. Not really.
In the first six weeks of 2022, Brock Lesnar had managed to win and lose the WWE Championship. He won the Royal Rumble match approximately two hours after losing the title. Despite having already clinched the main event of WrestleMania, for some reason it wasn’t enough. ‘The Beast’ was once again the centerpiece as he entered his first-ever Elimination Chamber match while new WWE Champion Bobby Lashley prepared for his first defense.
The highly anticipated rematch wouldn’t truly come to fruition, however. WWE Champion Lashley had apparently suffered a shoulder injury in the match with Lesnar at the Royal Rumble. In short, WWE had three weeks to develop a contingency plan or find a suitable replacement for Lashley in the event they were unwilling to clear him for competition.
Instead, WWE fabricated a concussion resulting from Lashley’s entry pod “collapsing” on him. This resulted in him being removed from the contest without making contact with any of the participants, let alone Lesnar. With the biggest threat neutralized, Brock proceeded to jump his cue, kick his pod door in and vaporize everyone in his path in the course of three minutes.
After an F5 sent Austin Theory plummeting from the top of the chamber to the canvas, Lesnar collected his 7th WWE Championship and the WrestleMania main event was back to square one. For the third time in 7 years, WrestleMania would be headlined by Roman Reigns versus Brock Lesnar. This time for both belts. Huzzah.