Give WWE writers credit for giving Brock Lesnar a plausible reason to destroy a ring full of wrestlers (other than observing that hes the Beast and thats what he does). Lesnar and his advocate Paul Heyman thought that Brock should not have to compete in the Royal Rumble match, and should instead be inserted into the main event of WrestleMania to face the winner of the Rumble. But Vince and Stephanie McMahon disagreed, insisting that he fight for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the Rumble first, and if he wins, he could main event Mania. That piece of news was enough to set Brock off, and he proceeded to destroy seven men at the close of Raw, including champ Roman Reigns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKiLU7qCCZE The message was clear: Lesnar is not happy that he has to wrestle at the Royal Rumble and hasnt been given a main event slot at WrestleMania, so hell just decimate everyone in his path until then. Thats a pretty damn great, simple motivation that works well for Brock. And itll be fun to watch him throw people around in the Rumble.
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.
