1. The Beast Slayed All
It bears repeating just how good the world title match really was. Had the Rumble match been at least passable, this would be a well-regarded title match. Instead, it will be overshadowed by the atrocious Rumble bout. But Brock Lesnar really gave the kind of dominant performance that made you wish he had been around more during the past four months. He threw John Cena and Seth Rollins around like they were ragdolls, suplexing them at will. Lesnar also cut off Cenas goofy You cant see me with a German suplex. Brock kicked out of an Attitude Adjustment at 1, then took three AAs and curbstomp and was walking around. He looked more like a machine than a man, getting up off a stretcher to return to the match and win. Lesnar most likely will be losing the title to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania XXXI, but he certainly looked like an unbeatable monster at the Rumble. While it wasnt as dominant a performance as SummerSlam, Brock looked like the kind of champ who can only be beat on the grandest stage of all. Its just a shame that despite the buildup looking great on this side, the buildup for the challenger on the Road to WrestleMania looks like it will be full of roadblocks. Reigns might be WWEs choice to slay the Beast, but the fans appear as ready to accept that as they were for a Batista-Orton Mania main event.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
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