Originally Posted by
Jack-Hammer
I've been sick of the Lesnar formula as a whole for a pretty long time now. I'm especially over him being booked to look so strong that almost no one comes off as ever really having a chance against him and personally, what I think it accomplishes most is reinforce the notion LOTS of fans have that the modern crop of wrestlers are inferior to the ones who came before then 20 years ago. WWE used to go overboard sometimes when protecting John Cena but it can't compare to the lengths Vince goes to with Brock Lesnar. The Royal Rumble match, for instance, was almost a worst case scenario; Lesnar made guys like Strowman, Kofi, Big E, Mysterio, Morrison, Nakamura and Cesaro each look like a jabroney that should've been carrying his bags to and from his rental car and I see absolutely no reason for it. We know Lesnar's a badass, that's been so heavily set that the only way it could be erased is if WWE started jobbing Lesnar out in 90 second matches from here on out, which won't happen. I don't see the point in making a dozen or more guys look bad just for the sake of making one look good, especially when that one has been so dominant that it's become something of a running joke within the industry. I'm just over this chest thumping, ultra alpha male bullshit that Vince jerks himself off to on a regular basis.
As far as McIntyre goes, it was the right decision. I've heard a few complaints that he didn't come off looking all super dominant, though that doesn't bother me at all. As I said, I'm over all this super alpha male stuff, I'd rather have competitive matches that keep me entertained instead of indulging this old and, in some ways, outdated perspective Vince has when he divides and categorizes people. The writing is on the wall for McIntyre to take the title from Lesnar, and he should as Lesnar carrying around a title and disappearing for months on end is yet another part of the formula I'm burned out on. For most of the last 3 years, Raw hasn't had a consistent main event championship picture because the main event champion only wrestles about 5 or 6 times a year, if you don't count the crappy Saudi Arabia shows.
As far as the match itself, it's a complete roll of the dice as to what we get. We could have Lesnar dominating McIntyre for about 5 minutes with McIntyre only hitting a single Claymore out of nowhere to score the win. We could have a physical 10 minute hoss fight in which the two of them spend much of the time hitting each other with their biggest moves. We could have McIntyre hit a Claymore from the opening bell, then hit another one and then one more to put Lesnar down within 60 to 90 seconds. We could have Lesnar do the same thing, only with F-5's instead of Claymores, etc.. Quality for a Brock Lesnar match is one of the most uncertain things in wrestling as it sometimes depends on the opponent and how lazy Lesnar feels.