11 Main Event Mistakes WWE Have Made In 2022
3. An All Mighty Oversight (June 6)
This one is just bizarre.
An injured Bobby Lashley worked like hell to return to the ring in time for WrestleMania. When he did, he was rewarded not with a return match against Brock Lesnar for the championship he never officially lost, but with a one-on-one match with Omos. It was the second match of the second night and Lashley instead earned the distinction of being the first to knock down and defeat ‘The Nigerian Giant’. What a consolation prize.
When the dust had settled on WrestleMania, Lashley entered an interminable feud with Omos and former manager MVP. When it reached its merciful conclusion at Hell In A Cell, Lashley was cued to borrow a nearby fan’s replica championship and gesture that he was next in line. For a fleeting moment, hopes escalated. Roman Reigns dispatched Brock Lesnar. Surely, a titanic clash between ‘The All Mighty’ and ‘The Head of the Table’ was, for lack of a better phrase, ‘Money In The Bank’, right?
We’ve seen this movie before. Of course it didn’t happen.
Under-performing ticket sales moved the PLE from Allegiant Stadium to a smaller Las Vegas venue and Roman stayed home again. The night after Hell In A Cell, Lashley instead embarked on a quest to dethrone United States Champion Theory, punctuated by a posedown that actually closed an episode of RAW and spraying baby oil in each other’s faces. No, seriously.
Lashley would ultimately win the US Championship, but that opened a brand new can of worms.