It’s time for the big Brock Lesnar return.
January’s Royal Rumble event is the perfect setting for WWE to pull off what would amount to one of the most shocking moments in recent memory. It has been all quiet on the Lesnar front for a long time, the main event scene needs it and his return would beat the tar out of other part-timer returns.
Call it poetic that Lesnar’s big return to devastate the WWE locker room would happen at the Royal Rumble, too. It only feels right—the Beast Incarnate was the best thing going during an outright classic, unforgettable men’s Royal Rumble match in 2020.
There, Lesnar was the star, bullying most challengers and looking unstoppable. He had some all-time classic interactions with guys like Keith Lee. The point wasn’t to make Lesnar look good, either. Instead, it was a narrative device to yank Drew McIntyre out of midcard purgatory and make him look like a million bucks so he could dethrone Lesnar and become the guy who carries Raw on his back through the pandemic era.
And it worked. Even better, that was the start of something special for WWE, which rode the McIntyre train to great heights. The company also became open to newer, fresher ideas, like finally giving fans what they wanted by turning Roman Reigns heel.
That’s worked predictably well, so much so Reigns is doing the best work of his career and making it happen with guys like Jey Uso, all while paired expertly with one Paul Heyman. He’s become the final boss of sorts, the character who would only return every so often for title reigns—he’s the new Lesnar.
Which is where Lesnar’s return comes into play.
Lesnar’s music hitting at some point during the Rumble itself would garner one of the biggest reactions in years, even if there are no fans in the arena. For the WWE Universe, the possibilities that coincide with hearing that music again in that match would seem endless.
So long as the match from that point is scripted similarly to the one at last year’s event, few could complain if Lesnar looked dominant on his way to a win. And as sweet as his seeking revenge on McIntyre at WrestleMania might seem, there is something better: Lesnar turning his eyes toward Reigns and Heyman.