4 Ups & 5 Downs From WWE SmackDown (Oct 22)
1. Brock Lesnar Destroys Everyone
Brock Lesnar destroyed everything in his path.
This is the unhinged 'Beast' that he does so well. Seeing Brock rampage out to take down Roman as promised, then fend off The Usos as Heyman looked horrified just worked. Not even WWE's usual procession of unimportant lower-card wrestlers could turn this into a stock beatdown bit.
Lesnar was ferocious, then turned things up a notch when Adam Pearce kayfabe suspended him for "endangering" everyone (including the fans). Does it make much sense that Pearce suspended Brock for doing something so many stars get away with weekly? No, not really, but his call did make the scene more dramatic and newsworthy.
Every wrestling TV show needs at least one major event. It could be an excellent match, it could be a killer promo, or it could be Brock freakin' Lesnar tearing strips off everyone who crosses him. This was a textbook example of how to write a major star off TV for the next couple of months.
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