3 Reasons why AEW should have offered Brock Lesnar a contract and 2 they shouldn't have

#2. Shouldn't have offered a contract: AEW doesn't need Brock Lesnar to grow

You can enjoy the return of Brock Lesnar and CM Punk separately. They don’t have to compete with one another.They were both awesome! #SummerSlam #AEWRampage pic.twitter.com/PsU2tAUxf4

— Jessi Davin (@jessithebuckeye) August 22, 2021

AEW never needed to sign Brock Lesnar. Although AEW has received a lot of flak for signing released and departed WWE talent, they've done well to develop some of their homegrown stars.

Darby Allin, CM Punk's first AEW opponent, is perhaps the best example of the company developing homegrown talent. While solely focusing on homegrown talent isn't good, neither is constantly signing superstars from WWE.

There has to be a balance in between, and so far, AEW seems to be doing ok with that. When looking at the women's division, there isn't a big presence of former WWE stars, with Tay Conti being one of the main exceptions.

FOX officials were reportedly upset that #WWE didn't make a big offer to CM Punk to keep him from going to #AEW.This led WWE to feel the need to bring back Brock Lesnar and Becky Lynch at SummerSlam and put them on the #SmackDown brand right away.- per @WONF4W pic.twitter.com/Fz61g5yukZ

— Squared Circle Reports (@SqCReports) August 27, 2021

AEW has never needed Brock Lesnar and they don't need him to grow. One could argue that by signing Brock Lesnar, AEW is simply doing everything they can to one-up WWE.

But would Brock Lesnar be integral to AEW programming? How would he fit in when they have a roster of full-time superstars doing well enough by themselves?