20 Things You Probably Missed From WWE Raw (Feb 18)

15. Paul Heyman’s Revisionist History

Brock Lesnar return John Cena 2012
WWE.com

Paul Heyman could sell a Roman Reigns babyface push to AEW fans, but even he has his limits. As well-produced as his history lesson on Brock Lesnar's career was, it forced him to spew some utter nonsense that, sadly, just wasn't true at all.

Heyman claimed Lesnar, who was "bored" of dominating UFC in 2012 (no word on him losing his last two fights to Cain Velasquez and Alistair Overeem) noticed the WWE scene had been replenished. Seeking competition from the likes of Finn Bálor, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman, all of whom were shown in the video, he returned.

The problem here is that exactly none of those men were on WWE's main roster in 2012.

Advertisement
In this post: 
WWE Raw
 
Posted On: 
Contributor

Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.