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Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar kicked off WrestleMania 35 after Paul Heyman seemingly teased that Lesnar has somewhere much better to be and the fact that he wasn't going to be main eventing the show meant that he would rather get the match over and done with.
Rollins was up for the fight and made his way to the ring following a fantastic Beast Slayer graphic but was then attacked before he was able to make his way to the ring. The man who slayed Triple H at WrestleMania went on to slay The Beast, in what was the third title change of the night and one of the biggest shocks of the show.
This has opened up more questions than answers since many fans believed that Lesnar would defeat Rollins easily at WrestleMania but obviously, this wasn't the case since he was put away quite quickly by his latest challenger.
#4 Brock Lesnar is heading back to UFC?
Paul Heyman didn't look impressed as he headed out to the ring to reveal that his client wanted to wrestle as soon as possible, which then led to Lesnar throwing Rollins around the arena and then being defeated within a few minutes.
Lesnar wasn't supposed to return to WWE following last year's Crown Jewel, so it's something of a shock that he remained part of the company as long anyway, but Heyman did hint that he needed to be somewhere else and that could be UFC or AEW.
Lesnar has already stated that he would like to make his return to the cage if he was given the chance and that he will listen to offers from All Elite Wrestling, so this could be Lesnar making a decision that he wanted time off and now he can dictate to WWE when he will make his return, if he ever wants to.
#3 Seth Rollins could be the next Paul Heyman guy
Was this a Paul Heyman plan? Heyman was the man who came out and made this happen, Lesnar isn't someone who is used to opening cards which would have put him in quite an unfamiliar position.
Lesnar is a main eventer, he's used to having a number of hours backstage to think through his plan and then execute it as quickly as possible, but it appears that he was unable to do this because his advocate called him out early. An early opening definitely benefitted Seth Rollins and even though The Architect has no need for someone like Heyman in his ear because he's the full package, he would be a fantastic Paul Heyman guy moving forward, especially since Roman Reigns will want his rematch soon so somewhere down the line there needs to be a heel turn.
#2 This was always the plan
WWE rumors suggested that the company were planning a huge surprise for the WWE Universe and interestingly this could have always been the plan. WWE could have decided as early as last Monday that Rollins was winning the Universal Championship and because of this Rollins came out on top on Raw.
Not everything is a shoot and even though this did seem as though it was a spare of the moment decision, the company could have decided that it was time to take the title from Brock because his future is undecided and present and now it's time for Rollins to show the world what he's made of as the Universal Champion for the first time.
WWE didn't seem to have a problem with anything that Lesnar or Rollins were doing at the time which means that it's likely that it was all planned.
#1 This wasn't a work and Lesnar wanted out
Brock Lesnar is a main eventer, he's used to being on the card last and it's obvious that someone of his caliber probably wasn't happy about the fact that he wasn't the main event this year, even though the women deserved the spot.
It's entirely feasible that Lesnar was unhappy and made the decision to come out first instead. After the match as Lesnar was making his way to the back, it was quite clearly seen that the former Champion was fuming as Jerry Lawler made his way to the ring.
Lesnar could have been acting since he was still in front of the crowd which is why he looked livid but he stayed down for three Curb Stomps which means that he knew he was losing the match, he just obviously wasn't happy that this was the decision that he was handed before he made his way out the curtain.
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