18 WWE WrestleMania 36 Impulse Reactions

1. Brock Lesnar (c) Vs. Drew McIntyre

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Drew McIntyre promised that 2020 was going to be his year after a bizarre out-of-nowhere reinvention as a babyface banter-merchant on Raw at the turn of the decade. It would have been more believable had he not done the same thing one year earlier, but the turn was as notable as the bold prediction.

It positioned the 'Scottish Psychopath' as a grizzled veteran on a road to redemption with only Brock Lesnar in the way, much in the same way the match itself reduced 'The Beast' to little more than a speed bump.

This was an emphatic win for Drew in a match that was only slightly better than the Goldberg/Braun Strowman one the night before and offered even more promise about whatever the company will look like when the world returns to something resembling normal.

The new Champions weren't really talking points emerging out of the show, but there'll be plenty of time to celebrate their status in between now and enthusiastic crowds making their eventual return.

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