5 Brock Lesnar matches WWE could have booked

Brock Lesnar returned to WWE following an 8-year absence in 2012 and has had a number of exciting and excellent matches with superstars both during and after his first run with WWE. Brock has torn the house down with the likes of CM Punk, Seth Rollins, and AJ Styles, while also retaining magic he previously shared with John Cena and The Undertaker. We have even seen 'The Beast' battle big names he didn't get to originally, like Triple H and Randy Orton.

Yes, Brock Lesnar has had one incredible WWE career, yet it could have been better. It now seems highly likely that Brock will be parting ways with WWE this year. His contract expires just after WrestleMania, but it is being said that he still has several dates with WWE yet to be used and can't leave until they are fulfilled, which has brought upon rumors of Brock officially departing after SummerSlam. Brock will likely challenge whoever he loses the WWE Universal Championship to post-WrestleMania, and is then rumored to have his final feud with former Impact World Champion and Bellator MMA fighter Bobby Lashley, who many are expecting to return to WWE this year. This leaves many should have been Brock Lesnar matches that we didn't get to see in WWE. Here are what I believe are the top 5.

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#5 Brock Lesnar vs Aleister Black

Fade To Beast

Now this one is the least likely to have ever happened due to the former Tommy End only debuting for WWE NXT in 2017, but it is not impossible either. Aleister Black is quite possibly the best wrestler in all of NXT at the moment. The winner of the NXT Male Competitor of the Year award is one of the toughest superstars in recent memory and commands both respect and fear upon his entrance.

I can't see this match happening before Brock leaves but at the same time, it is not completely impossible. Aleister could make his way to the main roster post-WrestleMania, and I can't imagine a better way to get him over with the casual fans than for him and Brock to have what would be an exciting match full of brawls and kicks, that would see Brock Lesnar, Fade to Black.

#4 Brock Lesnar vs Batista

Goliath vs. Goliath

This one may get a slightly polarizing response as some look at it to be a dream match, while others think it would be as entertaining as Lesnar's match with Goldberg at WrestleMania 20. I believe it would have been one hell of a contest. The two did briefly face off in a match in OVW in 2001, but as both were very inexperienced, it was by no means a match of the year contender.

While Brock was pursuing his second WWE Championship on Smackdown in 2003, Batista had just made a big impact on RAW, having an incredible look and physic and joining the new Triple H fronted Evolution stable, fans were already interested in seeing this match. As Batista wrestled on RAW and Brock on Smackdown until his departure in 2004, the two never had the opportunity to duke it out one-on-one. The perfect opportunity came in 2014, Batista had just returned to WWE after a near 4-year absence and Brock didn't have an opponent just yet, for WrestleMania. As being looked at as a dream match, not just by many fans but by WWE also, it seemed like the perfect time to happen, but WWE had different plans for both and the match would never happen as Batista departed WWE once more the following June.

#3 Brock Lesnar vs Finn Bálor

Almost... Almost

It was the match that was meant to be and the match that Finn Bálor deserved. Allegedly the plan for months was for Finn to challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble 2018, but those plans eventually changed. Apparently, Vince McMahon thinks Finn is too bland and believes that Finn is not over enough with the WWE Universe, despite his weekly massive pop from the live audience. Finn and Brock may not match-up physically on paper, but the Demon King can have a good match with just about anyone.

If 'being over' was at all the problem here, which I do not believe, then it is kind of hard to be that over when you are left off several pay-per-view's, have a go nowhere feud with a recently debuted Elias, an overbooked far too long and weird feud with Bray Wyatt and lose to a 50 year old like Kane in order to make him look strong. And all of this happened when the plan was to have him face Brock. Finn Bálor could not have been over here because WWE's booking was not over here.

#2 Brock Lesnar vs Shinsuke Nakamura

Well, part 2

This is a match that has happened before, just not in WWE. Nakamura challenged Brock Lesnar for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on January 4, 2006, at Toukon Shidou Chapter 1, but lost. The match was not exactly anything to write home about, coming in at 9 minutes.

Aside from this timing issue, the 2006 Shinsuke Nakamura that challenged Brock back then is not the same Shinsuke Nakamura of 2018. Nakamura has become a much more incredible performer since then and would be well capable of putting on a much stronger performance. Much like a potential match with the aforementioned Aleister Black, this would be a perfect combination of brawling and kicks.

#1 Brock Lesnar vs Chris Jericho

Well, on TV that is

I can't be the only one who thinks that it is a major crime that this match never happened?

Chris Jericho is one of the absolute greatest wrestlers of all time. He was a major star during Lesnar's first WWE run and has continued to be during his second also. Yet somehow, we have never seen this match, and a post-SummerSlam 2016 shoot backstage fight between them just won't cut it.

Chris Jericho himself has openly stated that the original plan was for him to defeat Kevin Owens for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 33 and then drop it to Brock Lesnar a month later. This would have been quite the program, had it happened.

We do also have a little size difference here, but as we have seen before with AJ Styles, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit and CM Punk, that wouldn't stop Brock from having a great match. And as mentioned, Chris Jericho is one of the greatest of all time and can have a solid match with just about anyone. I don't think I am ever going to understand why WWE couldn't have booked this at any point, especially over the last 6 years.