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The Bad - Corey Graves' Brock Lesnar Announcement

Corey Graves announced that Brock Lesnar had broken CM Punk's modern championship reign record. He did not mention Punk by name. Instead, Graves offered a nonsensical defense of Lesnar's lack of title defences, claiming that The Beast doesn't have to defend his championship because Paul Heyman is an intelligent businessman.

For one, much of the WWE Universe would love to have a Universal Champion that actually appears weekly on RAW. Not only would it add to RAW's legitimacy; but, would solidify the Universal Championship as the brand's main title. Secondly, Graves conducted a scathing social media attack on CM Punk, following Punk's loss to Mike Jackson at UFC 225. Graves had no problem mentioning Punk by name then; but, couldn't bring himself to do it on RAW?

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This is despite CM Punk's reign being obviously superior to Lesnar's. CM Punk had 141 title defences during his 434-day reign as WWE Champion. Brock Lesnar has defended his title a mere 10 times over a 435 day period. At the very least, CM Punk deserved a mention.

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Professional wrestling writer with a primary expertise in all things WWE. McClead joyfully writes about present day wrestling and wrestling from the golden era of his 1980s/1990s childhood. Formerly a news editor and writer at WrestleZone, McClead is now an analyst and content editor at Sportskeeda.

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Edited by Shruti Sadbhav