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Brock Lesnar knows no boundaries and he fears no one. That is why he decided to enter the Royal Rumble match as the first entrant while holding the WWE Championship as he tried to prove no one could match up to him.
Lesnar was very successful as he managed to eliminate 13 men consecutively before he met his match in Drew McIntyre, who ultimately eliminated him from the match. We now know that McIntyre will face Lesnar at The Show of Shows.
Now that Royal Rumble is out of the way, WWE will be planning for the company's next trip to Saudi Arabia where the WWE Super Showdown is set to take place on February 27, 2020.
The fans in Riyadh will likely want to watch Lesnar defend his WWE Championship at the event, and there are a few names that come to mind who could take on Lesnar at the show.
In this article, we will look at the 5 Superstars who are good candidates to take on Lesnar in Saudi Arabia on the Road to WrestleMania.
#5 Cain Velasquez
There are not too many men in the world who can intimidate ‘The Beast’ Brock Lesnar. However, Cain Velasquez is one man who has defeated Lesnar in a straight-up fight during his MMA career and came into the WWE to haunt the WWE Champion.
In October, Velasquez made his WWE debut and attacked Lesnar to exact revenge for Rey Mysterio and his son, Dominick. The two men squared off in Saudi Arabia at Crown Jewel later that month, but an injury to Velasquez did not allow the two men to compete for long. Velasquez ended up tapping to Lesnar within seconds of the opening bell.
While Velasquez had revealed that he would be a part of the Royal Rumble match, and fans saw him as the potential eliminator of Lesnar, he did not show up during the match.
However, we could watch him return on RAW soon and challenge Lesnar to a rematch in Saudi Arabia again for the WWE Championship. Velasquez may be in better shape now and could give the fans the fight they want to see between these two men.
If WWE does plan to have a second episode of this rivalry, then a Saudi Arabian event seems like the perfect international stage to have it on.
#4 Bobby Lashley
One of the biggest matches fans have been pushing for is one between Brock Lesnar and ‘The All-Mighty’ Bobby Lashley.
The two men have teased a dream match between each other a few times, but WWE has never gone down the road of booking the two men in a match.
Lashley is 43-years of age now while Lesnar is 42, and if WWE wants to cash-in on the opportunity of bringing in big money through this rivalry, then they shouldn’t waste any more time.
Lashley is currently tangled in a rivalry with Rusev, and WWE could wrap that up soon, allowing the winner of the clash to go head to head with Lesnar at Super Showdown.
This would be a dream match not just for the fans, but Lashley himself as he has asked for a match with The Beast several times but never gotten one.
He will get a chance to break away from the mid-card and do something substantial in his current run with the company before he decides to retire from the ring for good.
#3 Randy Orton
Randy Orton is another hot candidate to reach the WWE Championship picture very soon. Orton was teasing a face turn in recent months, but he never fully turned face, yet managed to get the WWE Universe behind him once again.
The Viper was feuding with ‘The Phenomenal’ AJ Styles, but it seemed like Styles picked up an injury during Royal Rumble which could take him out of competition for some time. On the other hand, Orton appeared on RAW this week and attacked his former parter Edge.
With Edge facing an attack from Orton on his injured neck, he may be forced to skip the trip to Saudi Arabia only to build onto a bigger match for WrestleMania 36. Rumors suggest that the two Superstars will lock horns at WrestleMania 36.
Orton is one of WWE’s most veteran performers and has some real bad blood with Lesnar. He could either ask for a title match against Lesnar, or WWE could book one without much storyline like they've done for some matches between major Superstars for Saudi Arabia in the past.
A rematch between the two men with the WWE Championship involved could give fans the booking they’ve been dreaming of for the past year or so, and a chance for the Viper to come even closer to breaking the Championship records.
#2 Ricochet
For a man of his size, Ricochet has a lot more valor than many other men in the RAW locker room. He confronted Brock Lesnar on an episode of RAW before the Royal Rumble and ate a low-blow from Lesnar for calling him afraid.
The One and Only did not hold back during the Royal Rumble match, as he delivered a low-blow to repay the favor to The Beast, leading to Drew McIntyre eliminating the WWE Champion from the match.
This will surely not fit well with Lesnar and his advocate Paul Heyman who will be looking for a chance to teach Ricochet a lesson for interrupting him once and then costing him the Royal Rumble match.
His actions could force Lesnar to go after Ricochet for some fun, just like he went after Rey Mysterio not too long ago. Since Ricochet is proving to be en route to becoming a huge star, he could get a match against Lesnar at Super Showdown, giving fans another David vs. Goliath match to look forward to.
Last year, Finn Balor almost stunned Lesnar at the Royal Rumble, and this time we could watch Ricochet do something similar with the WWE Championship on the line.
#1 Drew McIntyre
There is no doubting the talent and the strength the Scottish Psychopath possess. At the Royal Rumble, not only did Drew McIntyre outlast his competitors to win the men’s Royal Rumble match, but he also eliminated Brock Lesnar after making his entry.
By eliminating the WWE Champion, and winning the Rumble, McIntyre is on his way to a huge Championship match for WrestleMania 36
While McIntyre killed two birds with one stone, even just winning the Rumble would have allowed him the chance to challenge any top Champion for a title match at The Grandest Stage of Them All.
By eliminating Lesnar, McIntyre could get more than one Championship opportunity which could come in handy for the Scottish Superstar.
On this week's RAW, McIntyre announced that he wants to face Lesnar for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania. However, Lesnar attacked him soon after the announcement and delivered an F5 to the Superstar.
McIntyre could now ask for him match earlier at Super Showdown since WWE likes to make Saudi Arabia shows as big as WrestleMania, or ask for a match just to exact revenge.
Not only will this allow McIntyre to get a chance to face Lesnar before the biggest possible event, but also help him become a complete babyface and a possible underdog after receiving a beating from Lesnar at Super Showdown to make his WrestleMania 36 victory grander!
