The Next Big Thing did not assault a former world champion when he made his WWE main roster debut on the Raw after WrestleMania X-8. He simply came out of the crowd and decimated Al Snow, Maven and Spike Dudley leaving all three in a heap. The short, simple beating was enough to launch Lesnar. Having Paul Heyman as your advocate doesnt hurt either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPdETJuYYBE Lesnar would be catapulted to the top, winning King of the Ring and dethroning the Rock for the WWE Undisputed Championship that summer. After two years at the top of the promotion, Lesnar would depart WWE after WrestleMania XX, competing in a bizarre science experiment of a match against Goldberg in which both men were leaving and the well-aware fans jeered both. It was an unceremonious end to both of their tenures with the company.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
