25 WWE Champions Who Never Got Their Rematch
18. Brock Lesnar
Title Lost: WWE Championship
Lost Title To: Big Show
‘The Next Big Thing’ was virtually unstoppable from the time he debuted in 2002. Brock Lesnar was the real deal, which he proved when he won the WWE title from The Rock as a rookie. It looked like with Paul Heyman in his corner, there was nothing that could derail Lesnar… except Heyman himself.
At Survivor Series, Heyman cost Lesnar the title in a match against Big Show. But in typical Heyman fashion, the double-cross was only half of the treachery. Heyman had it written into Brock’s contract that he wouldn’t get a title rematch, leaving Lesnar with no way to compete for the title… until there was a new champ.
A month later, Lesnar cost Show a title match against Kurt Angle. This in turn helped set up the Lesnar-Angle title match at WrestleMania XIX, so Heyman’s treachery served a purpose.