Why Everyone Is Wrong About THIS WrestleMania 39 Car Crash

by Scott Carlson
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But perhaps the most obvious draw of this match is the pure spectacle of it all. Brock very rarely is the smaller man. In this case, he’ll be a full foot shorter and 120 pounds lighter than Omos.

You know WWE brass is salivating at the WrestleMania stare-down between Lesnar and Omos, which Michael Sidgwick accurately described as going “nose-to-navel.” They’re going to milk it for all it’s worth, while an entire stadium gasps at the size differential. (If WWE is smart, they’ll keep an actual static side-by-side between the two to a minimum until then. They could have Omos attack Brock on Raw, but don’t let them stand still next to each other – save that visual for Mania.)

Every time Lesnar goes for a German and fails, fans will rise in anticipation and fall in disappointment. When he finally succeeds in getting the Nigerian Giant off his feet, the crowd will lose their collective minds. If Brock manages an F-5 on Omos, the roof of SoFi Stadium might get blown off.

We know this is the case because we’ve seen it before. It might not be the typical Brock formula, but it’s a formula nonetheless that WWE has utilized several times in the past. Just last year, Bobby Lashley yanking Omos through a low-angle suplex sent fans into a frenzy. Imagine Brock pulling off multiple Germans and then an F-5. That’s the kind of spectacle that might even get some mainstream attention.

In the absence of any other truly unique opponents, this is the best option out there. It won’t be a “good” wrestling match, but Omos/Brock is going to make highlight reels one way or another, and it’s going to be a conversation piece. Sure, this match still could easily be a disaster on every level, but even that will be more memorable than a 4-minute spam finisher sprint with Drew McIntyre.

The best thing for fans to do is accept and embrace this deviation from the Brock formula for what it is: a car crash of epic proportions that you won’t be able to turn away from, no matter how many angry tweets you’ve fired off.

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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.