5 Reasons why Drew McIntyre defeated Brock Lesnar to become the WWE Champion at WrestleMania 36

Your new WWE Champion!
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#4 A realistic opponent to defeat Lesnar

Brock Lesnar is not a normal human being - and he's very rightly referred to as the Beast Incarnate. Throughout his career in WWE and UFC, Lesnar has managed to defeat his opponents through his sheer will, strength and power.

To date, only a select few WWE Superstars have managed to defeat Lesnar convincingly and tonight's performance of Drew McIntyre against him was one of them. Throughout the road to WrestleMania and the build-up of their rivalry, McIntyre was presented by the company as a very realistic and credible opponent for the Beast Incarnate, so much so that, he was never an underdog entering the match tonight.

It was at the Royal Rumble where McIntyre took out Brock Lesnar, who was raining havoc in the match and had eliminated as many as thirteen Superstars. With a little assist from Ricochet, it was McIntyre's Claymore kick that led to the elimination of Lesnar from the match. As we saw tonight, it was again the very same Claymore kick which took out the Beast Incarnate as he was knocked out cold after getting hit by three consecutive Claymores.

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