What if Brock Lesnar gets drafted permanently to WWE SmackDown?

#4 A shifting role for Rowan and Harper

Rowan and Harper might not fit in top monster heel roles with Brock Lesnar around.

WWE has recently positioned Rowan and Harper as a monster heel force on SmackDown. Rowan went into business for himself, leaving behind his alliance with Daniel Bryan, and went on to pick up a PPV victory over Roman Reigns. Now, it increasingly looks as though WWE is drawing up battle lines between the team of Harper and Rowan and the unlikely pair of Reigns and Bryan. This arrangement certainly elevates the former Bludgeon Brothers, who had some success, particularly in their tag title run, but have never really been taken seriously as main event level talents.

Brock Lesnar taking up residence on SmackDown would threaten Rowan and Harper’s role. Even at the Clash of Champions PPV, the commentary team sold Rowan as an overwhelming threat, the likes of which Reigns hadn’t faced. But relative to Lesnar with his incomparable physical presence and real-life fighting credentials, it’s hard for anyone else to be believable as a truly dominant big man heel.