Joining a first time outing between Roman Reigns and John Cena in bolstering a B-show, Brock Lesnar's Universal Title defence against Brock Lesnar performed so turgidly as a show-closer that most fans felt as though the derivative term was exactly what they'd just seen.
Derailing one of the best pushes of the decade (presumably with permission from horrifically slapdash booking) Lesnar wasn't remotely a*sed about getting the 'Monster Among Men' over.
Strowman was reduced to a state of ordinary within minutes - nine of them in fact. That's how long it took for one of the decade's biggest breakout stars and (then) heavily protected performers to succumb to a single F5 after a selection of the usual of the usual. There can be fewer moments featuring behemoths to have left Vince McMahon feeling quite so underwhelmed.
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