Keith Lee vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 37: 7 steps to make that happen

At part II of the WWE NXT Great American Bash, the main event pitted at Champion vs. Champion match, as Adam Cole defended the NXT Champion against Keith Lee, who defended his NXT North American Championship.The conclusion of the match resulted in Lee defeating Cole, making The Limitless One the first dual singles champion in NXT history. He is also only the second-ever black NXT Champion, and the first one in eight years since Big E held it in 2012.

Lee defeated Roderick Strong for the NXT North American Championship in January of 2020, and has kept the title ever since. His North American Championship win in January was following an impressive showing at the November 2019 WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view, lasting until the end before being defeated by Roman Reigns.

Two months later, at the Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar was running roughshod during the 30-man elimination match, showing his dominance. However, Lesnar reached a major hurdle when Keith Lee entered the match, even being plowed over by him and reacting in utter shock. The crowd reacted very positively during the staredown between Lee and Lesnar, as well as when The Limitless One took The Beast Incarnate down with a shoulder tackle. This Royal Rumble moment certainly whet the appetites of a potential dream match down the line between the two.

Now, with Lee's stock continuing to skyrocket, the match against Lesnar seems much more attainable in the not-too-distant future.

In fact, this match could very well happen at next year's WrestleMania, currently scheduled to occur at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on March 28, 2021. With this WrestleMania being relegated to an empty arena at the WWE Performance Center, the expectation of fans for this event will be much greater, and WWE is going to have to deliver an impressive card heading to the event. As a result of Lee's current momentum, a match vs. Lesnar would certainly cause fans to look forward to the event.

Here are seven steps to book Keith Lee vs. Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 37 for the WWE Championship.

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#1 Drew McIntyre vs. Bobby Lashley at SummerSlam

Bobby Lashley has received a resurgence of character since siding with MVP. Lashley had an opportunity to win the WWE Championship against McIntyre at Backlash, but failed to do so. Following his loss, Lashley has seemingly moved over to the United States Championship picture against Apollo Crews. However, oddly, Lashley has been moved over to supporting MVP in his quest to once again become champion.

A rematch at SummerSlam between McIntyre and Lashley would be good to feature, because The Scotsman's current title run needs a shot in the arm. While McIntyre is doing well as a babyface, and a title run was overdue and well-deserved, a heel should be champion during this pandemic time.

As a result of arenas filled with little to no people following WrestleMania, it would have been better for a heel to be champion during this time, with the babyface chasing the title.

At SummerSlam, Lashley should defeat McIntyre for the WWE Championship, since a heel should be champion at this time. Additionally, Lashley's dominance places him as a major threat to the championship, and now is the time for him to win his first world championship in WWE (not counting his ECW Championship reign).

#2 Bobby Lashley dominates babyfaces until Survivor Series

While Lashley is WWE Champion, it would make more sense for him as a heel to run through babyfaces, which would further add dominance to his character. Right now, it is not working for McIntyre to plow through names such as The Big Show, Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins, and Dolph Ziggler, because he needs a strong crowd to keep his momentum.

However, Lashley plowing through babyfaces would work, especially since he is already playing a very dominant heel since joining MVP. This would also continue to build heat in order for a babyface winning the WWE Championship from Lashley to have a much bigger impact.

Kevin Owens would be a good initial feud with Lashley following SummerSlam for the WWE Championship. Owens is not heavily engaged in a feud right now, and his status as a babyface is strong enough to have a WWE Championship feud with Lashley. This feud can at least last from August to October. Another main-event name such as Rey Mysterio could work as well.

Following this feud, McIntyre can resume his feud going into November, weeks ahead of Survivor Series, with his WWE Championship rematch occurring at this event. Hopefully, by this time, there will be a large enough live crowd to give McIntyre the ovation he deserved after defeating Lesnar at WrestleMania.

#3 Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre at Survivor Series

By Survivor Series, McIntyre would have enough time to build momentum on his WWE Championship chase. If he loses the title at SummerSlam, this could occur due to interference or distraction from another heel, in order to create a detour for McIntyre to get him away from the title picture and build more stream as a babyface.

Since WWE Creative has proverbially fed him names since WrestleMania such as Andrade, Dolph Ziggler, The Big Show, and Seth Rollins, revisiting these feuds would not help him build much steam. Ideally, Randy Orton would be a good name to have an extended feud with McIntyre to take him away from the title picture.

Since Orton is one of the most menacing heels currently on Raw, he should be the person used to held build momentum as a babyface. This momentum could lead to McIntyre have a fresh wind as a babyface heading into Survivor Series.

At Survivor Series, McIntyre defeats Lashley, after Lashley spends three months as a dominant WWE Champion. As aforementioned, this would finally give McIntyre the ovation that he deserves, with the expectation of a larger crowd being in the arenas by November.

#4 Brock Lesnar returns on the Raw after December pay-per-view

At the PPV in December, McIntyre defends the title against Lashley in a Steel Cage match, with McIntyre winning and continuing his title reign. The next night, on WWE Raw, there can be a 15-man Battle royal (as a prelude to the Royal Rumble) to determine the No.1 contender for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble.

These names can include: 1) Bobby Lashley, 2) Kevin Owens, 3) Seth Rollins, 4) Andrade, 5) Angel Garza, 6) The Big Show, 7) Dolph Ziggler, 8) MVP, 9) Ricochet, 10) Cedric Alexander, 11) Apollo Crews, 12) Bobby Roode, 13) Buddy Murphy, 14) Austin Theory, and 15) R-Truth.

The Big Show outlasts all of these men in the end, thinking that he is heading to the Royal Rumble to face McIntyre. However, all of a sudden, Brock Lesnar's music hits, and he takes out Show and throws him out of the ring, thus winning the match. This sets up the WrestleMania rematch for the WWE Championship between Drew McIntyre and Brock Lesnar.

#5 Drew McIntyre vs. Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble for the WWE Championship

At the Royal Rumble, Drew McIntyre defends the WWE Championship against Brock Lesnar. Lesnar, in his first match since WrestleMania 36, defeats McIntyre in a hard-hitting match. To protect McIntyre, WWE can have Orton hit him with an RKO outta nowhere, which would rekindle their feud and lead to a match at WrestleMania.

2020 was the year that Drew McIntyre established himself to be a staple main event talent, but Lesnar winning the WWE title at the Royal Rumble would be for the purposes of establishing another talent. With the star power and heat that Lesnar brings, going into WrestleMania as WWE Champion automatically adds intrigue to building a top star, and this should be the sole purpose of Lesnar having the title heading into the event.

By the end of the Royal Rumble, this scenario would have Lesnar as WWE Champion again to build another star, as well as McIntyre engaging into a heated feud leading to WrestleMania, which he would pick up the win to further establish himself as a main event talent.

#6 Keith Lee wins the Royal Rumble

At this point, the momentum is greatly in the favor of Keith Lee. Since last November, Lee has made it clear that he has the ability to be on the main event on Raw or SmackDown. At the 2019 Survivor Series, Lee had a "coming of age" moment after lasting to the end of the match before losing to Roman Reigns. This was undoubtedly a breakout moment for Lee, and was used to propel him into a top talent on WWE NXT.

Following this moment, it did not take long for Lee to continue him momentum on the Black and Gold brand. On the WWE NXT episode prior to the Royal Rumble, Lee defeated Roderick Strong to win the North American Championship, and has retained the title all year. As shown at the Great American Bash, the rockets are continuing to be strapped on Lee, as he defeated Adam Cole to end his record-breaking title reign, as well as become the first-ever dual champion in WWE NXT history.

At the WWE Royal Rumble 2020, Lesnar completely dominated the first half of the match, eliminating a dozen straight competitors. One of those names were Keith Lee. However, Lee's entry was not like the other ones. Lee was able to do a face off with Lesnar, which was analogous to Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior in 1990, which received a very positive ovation.

This ovation became thunderous when Lee was able to shoulder tackle Lesnar to the ground, which shocked The Beast. To further protect Lee, Lesnar was only able to eliminate him while he was scuffling with Braun Strowman.

#7 Keith Lee challenges Brock Lesnar on the Raw after Royal Rumble

With the momentum that Lee has by winning the Royal Rumble, there should not be a long waiting time for who he will choose to compete against at WWE WrestleMania. As Lesnar and Paul Heyman are celebrating his WWE Championship win at the end of Raw, Lee's music hits, and he walks out to the ring.

Lee grabs a mic and makes it clear that Lesnar will be his opponent at WrestleMania, and this commences the feud between the two. Since Lesnar does not appear on television on a weekly basis, his absence actually keeps the feud fresh and highly anticipated heading into March 28 inside the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

During this time, Lee can continue to build his momentum by feuding with a Raw Superstar, such as Seth Rollins, even adding a stipulation at the February pay-per-view that involves his number one contender spot on the line. Lee would defeat Rollins, which adds even more steam to his momentum heading into WrestleMania.

When I interviewed Lee in 2017 and asked him who his dream opponent for WWE WrestleMania would be, one of the first names he stated was Lesnar, calling him an easy option to choose. Four years later, this dream can very well become a reality.