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With just a little over a month to go for WrestleMania 36, WWE has started to slowly press the accelerator towards their storylines for the Grandest Stage of them All. One of the most intriguing feuds of them, which we hope ends up as the main event of the said show, (is) the rivalry between the WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar and the winner of the 2020 Royal Rumble Drew McIntyre.
Tonight's RAW started with Lesnar coming out accompanied by his advocate Paul Heyman who went on to take shots on the Scottish Psychopath. This led to McIntyre showing up as he went on to confront his WrestleMania 36 opponent face-to-face. Just when it appeared that Lesnar is going to retreat, he tried to hit a cheap shot on McIntyre, only to meet a Claymore-outta-nowhere.
This was not all as McIntyre went on to hit two more Claymore kicks to the WWE Champion on the entrance ramp, destroying the Beast Incarnate. Let's take a look at the possible reasons as to why this happened. Be sure to comment down and let me know your views and opinions on how WWE should book this rivalry.
#5 To get the WWE Universe behind him
The rise of Drew McIntyre from a member of the 3MB to the winner of the 2020 Royal Rumble has been a story of grit and passion for achieving one's dream. But gone are the days when he was booked in comedic segments to put over other Superstars as WWE now realizes the gem that they have in McIntyre.
Probably the most loved babyface on the current roster, the Scottish Psychopath has the WWE Universe rooting behind him, making his clash with Brock Lesnar more exciting. I mean just look at the way the crowd counts down with him before the Claymore kick, or them chanting "One more time" after he hit Lesnar with it. Soak in this love, Mr. McIntyre!
#4 To portray Lesnar as vulnerable
Brock Lesnar came into Monday Night RAW tonight after conquering and destroying Ricochet at WWE Super ShowDown, where he defeated the Superstar in under two minutes to retain his WWE Championship in a dominating fashion.
After the unstoppable-monster booking that he usually gets and got again at the Saudi Mega show, it was necessary to show the vulnerable side of Lesnar as well to make the contest between him and McIntyre more believable.
Unlike the case with Ricochet at Super ShowDown, where everyone knew he had no chance of defeating the Beast Incarnate, the situation is different for the Scottish Psychopath. And part of it is thanks to Brock Lesnar himself who made him look like a star by taking a beating tonight. After doing the same at Royal Rumble as well, I'm sure McIntyre is deep inside grateful of the WWE Champion to put him over in this manner.
With this now being a contest between McIntyre's Claymore kick and Lesnar's F5, it would be interesting to see who prevails! What do you think?
#3 To establish McIntyre as a proper threat for Lesnar
If winning the Royal Rumble was not proof enough, then after tonight's beating that he gave to the WWE Champion, it's safe to say that Drew McIntyre has established himself as a credible threat to Brock Lesnar's reign and title.
As discussed in the last slide, the match between Ricochet and Lesnar at WWE Super ShowDown wasn't as exciting as it should have been because of Ricochet not being booked as someone who could realistically take down the Beast Incarnate. But this is not the case with Drew McIntyre!
I loved how McIntyre didn't stay back after hearing Paul Heyman taking shots on him. A moment to appreciate the genius of Heyman on the microphone who cut a great promo establishing McIntyre as a top Superstar. He even teased a change in the WrestleMania main event match plans, raising eyebrows for a second, before confirming that it will indeed be these two who would headline the Show of Shows. Hopefully, WWE sticks to this plan!
It is Drew McIntyre's moment and he needs to have his much-deserved crowning at the main event of WrestleMania 36.
#2 Not your usual David vs Goliath storyline
So far, most of the Brock Lesnar rivalries have been booked in a similar manner where the underdog tries to overcome the sheer power of the Beast Incarnate, and most of them fail to take him down. Be it Ricochet, Finn Balor, AJ Styles, Kofi Kingston, or any of the previous victims of our WWE Champion, not many can claim to assert the kind of dominance on him that the Scottish Psychopath did tonight.
But Drew McIntyre is not your usual underdog. He is no underdog actually, and tonight's segment of him destroying Brock Lesnar was a proof of the same. This is not your usual David and Goliath storyline but the one where Goliath has met an opponent, equally as powerful and dominating as himself.
I completely agree with this booking as portraying McIntyre as an underdog won't go well with his character, potentially even hurting it. He is someone who does not back down from a fight, and this clash with Brock Lesnar will be the biggest fight of his life. Will he able to dethrone the Beast Incarnate? I guess we'll have to wait till WrestleMania to find that out!
#1 McIntyre needed this momentum on the Road to WrestleMania
Drew McIntyre was red hot after his incredible Royal Rumble victory back in January. The way he toppled Brock Lesnar over the top rope after the Beast Incarnate dominating the early half of the Rumble by eliminating 13 Superstars from the match, it established McIntyre as a top Superstar on the roster.
Unfortunately, he has lost a lot of momentum in the last month. He wasn't booked to have a match at WWE Super ShowDown and just took out the likes of MVP, which honestly didn't help him much. Of course, the fans were still behind him but he needed a massive segment to jump back to the top of the proceedings, and tonight's face-off with Brock Lesnar was exactly that.
With him asserting his dominance over the WWE Champion by pretty much destroying him with three vicious Claymore kicks, he has gained all his lost momentum. With WrestleMania 36 coming closer with each passing day, this certainly helped him get in the mix of things and fans invested in this storyline. Can you see Drew McIntyre walking out of WrestleMania 36 as the new WWE Champion?
One of Samoa Joe's colleagues had harsh words for him HERE
