How sad is it that Brock Lesnar, who is legitimately one of the toughest men on the planet, poses absolutely no threat to The Undertaker? Despite the massive amounts of money that WWE is shelling out for Brock, they have no desire to actually book him like a beast. In his two face-to-face encounters with Taker before their WrestleMania match, Brock was easily disposed of. Despite the fact that he's held the UFC Title, and is over a decade younger than his opponent, he just can't catch a break. Brock is a physically imposing monster that should be Taker's biggest challenge yet, but the problem is we've seen The Dead Man and Big Show toss him around, and we've also seen him lose to John Cena and Triple H. To be fair, fans didn't exactly buy that CM Punk was going to win last year. But in previous years, Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Randy Orton at least felt like they had a chance at ending the streak. After all, who would ever have guessed that Hunter would job three times to the same person? With Lesnar's extreme part-time schedule, there's no way that WWE would have him be the one to end it all. This is no fault of Brock's, as this uneventful feel lays fully on WWE shoulders. When WWE pushes Brock Lesnar the same way they've pushed other Undertaker opponents in the past like Booker T, Heidenreich and JBL, you're going to get the same results.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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