If you’re upset because Brock Lesnar has some peripheral involvement in the McMahon/Grant case and how dare WWE sully their good name or whatever, it’s worth noting that WWE is a named defendant in that case while Brock Lesnar is not; he was mentioned in the suit (at first as a former UFC champion and later by name to try and get more traction or something), but at the moment, he isn’t named as a defendant. So if you want WWE to swear off anything involving that legal business, you probably want them to shut their doors and hide under their rocks since – again – they are named defendants in the case as well. That sure as shit isn’t happening.
If you’re upset because Brock Lesnar is back to being the uber-kill main event push guy who shows up every ten months or so to have boring Suplex City matches or whatever the case may be… here’s the deal; WWE has begun airing PLEs on ESPN’s streamer in the U.S. while the rest of the world gets it on Netflix. Naturally, ESPN would want their first WWE event to feel like a really big deal, so they get a big star like Brock Lesnar to come back and have a match with John Cena, which will be the same shit we’ve seen before because John is all about replaying the hits and not doing anything interesting for this final run… like wrestling Joe Hendry.
If you’re upset that Brock Lesnar beat John Cena at the PLE… well, it could have been worse. He could killed Kofi Kingston in less time than he did at the FOX debut of Smackdown so he could go on to face some other former UFC guy nobody cares about anymore. Or he could have challenged for a World champion and beat one of those guys in a couple seconds to win another title that he doesn’t need.
Finally, if Brock Lesnar being brought back to WWE for sporadic appearances at best is making you long for the days of Vince McMahon… back when Brock did sporadic appearances at best… meet the new boss, same as the old boss…. that sort of thing?
Look, I genuinely don’t care if Brock sticks around for the long haul or if he’s just there for a bit before farming season kicks off again. I have a lot of issues with WWE programming that adding another one to the pile isn’t much of a big deal. And I’m not saying that you shouldn’t be upset about Brock coming back; it’s okay to feel that way. I’m just giving some reasoning as to why this is now a thing.
Really, if this thing is upsetting you that much, then maybe you should spend your time and money elsewhere. Thank fuck I don’t live in the U.S. where being a WWE fan (or really any sports fan in general) requires two mortgages minimum to keep up with all this shit. It’s ridiculous.
This is a developing story… not the Brock thing, but my continued interest and investment in this modern form of wrestling that has become something that I really don’t care for… and I can’t blame the talent for this because they’ve been putting on some great matches. Hell, some of the creative is actually pretty good… but then there’s the stuff around it that… eh, we’ll get to that point, eventually.
This has been your utterly worthless Sunday sermon for the whackos. Good night.
dtm666 