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The show that has taken over the world returns this weekend with it's the premiere of its eighth and final season this weekend.
WWE's biggest weekend of the year was last week with WrestleMania and on its heels came what should be a history making final season of one of the best shows in television history.
Since Game of Thrones and the WWE are both so character driven, there are many similarities between both shows that can be found. Both shows have malicious heels and gallant heroes and several characters who fall somewhere in-between.
They have also both used heart-breaking storylines to get heroes over (Daniel Bryan, Kofi Kingston, Roman Reigns) and used their vicious heels to rule over the subjects with iron fists (or sometimes, sledgehammer or chairs).
In the spirit of the show's return, here are some WWE Superstars who could certainly be a part of Game of Thrones for one reason or another. While some will be chosen due to a visual resemblance, some share character arcs or traits.
Nia Jax could take over for Brienne of Tarth
Although she started out and is currently a heel again, there are a few similarities between Nia Jax and Brienne of Tarth.
First of all, they're both not like most girls, as both women are larger than average women but certainly more formidable.
Secondly, both women have had similar story arcs in that the both have had to fight for acceptance from their peers.
Brienne was the only surviving child of her family and despite being from a reputable house, didn't want to be married off. She wanted to do things her way, eventually learning the art of fighting. Brienne even bested the Hound, Sandor Clegane, at one point.
She wasn't actively seeking love, but found unrequited love from Renly Baratheon and later Jaime Lannister who both treated her with respect. Those were two of the few instances of men treating her respectfully in one form or fashion.
When Jax was in the middle of her face run that culminated with a Raw Women's Title win, she had to fight for acceptance from the likes of the conventionally 'pretty' women like Alexa Bliss and Mickie James.
Since that didn't work, she stopped playing nice and just beat the ever-loving sauce out of them instead.
Seth Rollins is also a Kingslayer
While a lot of people think that the Lannister siblings better resemble Stephanie McMahon and Triple H due to the fact that they are married, one glaring factor omitted in those comparisons is Jaime's character arc.
He starts out as an arrogant young braggart due to his good looks, family name and ability with the sword. But when he loses a hand, realizes his family is evil and starts to see the other side of the coin so to speak, he starts to have a change of heart.
Seth Rollins started off as a brash young upstart of the Shield but ultimately betrayed his friends in order to move up the ladder. But after he got kicked off the ladder, he self-reflected and realized how much of a jerk he was.
He rededicated himself to the craft and carried Raw on his back until he claimed the top prize of Raw, the Universal Championship.
Through his personal journey, he has gained the admiration of the WWE Universe and would be someone the gentry of Westeros could get behind to fight for them.
And if GOT needed another Kingslayer, well, Rollins has also slayed the King of Kings, Triple H and also the Beast, Brock Lesnar.
Braun Strowman is also a troubled Hound
While fans have pointed out on Twitter that Strowman somewhat resembles Samwell Tarley or the Mountain due to the size, Strowman was battling the Shield last summer as a Dog of War alongside Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler.
Like Strowman, Sandor Clegane was the Hound and is brothers with the Mountain on the show. They both did the bidding of the tyrannical Lannisters.
But the Mountain's cruelty was greater than that of his younger brother Sandor, having pushed his face into a pot of fire, giving him the scar he has sported since childhood.
Throughout Strowman's pursuits for the Universal Championship against Brock Lesnar, Strowman has often incurred the wrath of the Beast.
Despite Strowman being bigger than Lesnar and having stood up to him face to face, Lesnar has destroyed any attempt Strowman has made to become champion.
Throughout his tyrannical reign as Universal Champion, Lesnar has treated all his foes with malice just as the Mountain has done. I mean, who can forget what he did to Oberyn Martell in their trial by combat duel?
Strowman is somewhat of an antihero in that he tries to do some good albeit through usually violent means. Clegane was last seen helping the fight against the oncoming Night King after having an interesting story arc with Arya Stark.
Clegane used to be the right hand man of the Lannisters. He would viciously carry out there orders before he tired of their cruelty towards others.
Strowman used to be a member of the Wyatt Family but branched out on his own. He even disapproved of Triple H purposely eliminating Kurt Angle at Survivor Series two years ago.
Brock Lesnar is a Mountain of a man
Brock Lesnar has only cared about his needs and what the WWE can do for him rather than what he can do for it.
He's a physically imposing beast who throws around WWE superstars like lions do pieces of meat.
Among his victims have been Roman Reigns, Finn Balor, Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman. He's a bully, pure and simple, and he came back from diverticulitis to start terrorizing the WWE earlier this decade.
The Mountain used to be a vicious human but he was on death's door at one point. But after some meddling from the dark arts, he was recreated as something not human.
Despite a different appearance, he was as formidable as ever and even scarier due to his horrid new look.
He defends every whim of Cersei Lannister and is one of the literally biggest threats on Game of Thrones.
The Mountain was a cruel to everyone he crossed paths with, including the Martell family women and even his own brother, Sandor Clegane.
And like Lesnar, the Mountain was only brought out for Cersei to swing her power just like Lesnar made sporadic appearances to swing his Universal Championship.
Stephanie McMahon and Cersei Lannister always get what they want
This one is almost too easy and as much of a slam dunk that there is. Cersei Lannister is the spoiled and ruthless daughter of Tywin Lannister, the richest man in all of the seven kingdoms.
She was a cruel child and an even crueler adult as evidenced by her numerous plots of deceit to garner control of the Iron Throne.
No deed is too evil for the flaxen-haired daughter of the richest man in the seven kingdoms. She does whatever she wants to whomever she wants to get whatever she desires.
Sound like someone we all know who used to run Raw? Stephanie McMahon used to put down anyone and everyone in order to put herself over.
Even top stars like AJ Lee, Rollins and Charlotte Flair have suffered her wrath because she is the most important person in WWE.
The whole idea that the Lannisters would totally be friends of the McMahons if they lived in modern times is easy to believe too, right?
Daniel Bryan is an angry man at times a la Tyrion
Both Tyrion Lannister and Daniel Bryan have glorious beards to show their grizzled natures and journeys.
Bryan's heelery, albeit at the expense of the WWE Universe and his foes, was mainly done for the betterment of the planet.
And through all of his machinations, both good and bad, Tyrion has done what he has done for the betterment of the seven kingdoms, and so that they don't go to war.
But when Bryan was rising to the top of the WWE is when he and Tyrion shared the most in terms of storyline arcs.
Tyrion was born a dwarf and wasn blamed for the death of his mother as she died giving birth to him. His father and sister never let him forget that fact, never considering him a whole person.
Just like Tyrion, the McMahons never felt that Bryan was a whole superstar or main-event star and that at best, he was a B+ player mainly due to his smaller stature.
Even though those in power thought less of both Tyrion and Bryan, both men rose to the top, with Bryan claiming championships at WrestleMania 30 and Tyrion gaining the respect and trust of 'the Dragon Queen'.If Peter Dinklage needed a stunt double, maybe they could give Bryan a call.
Vince McMahon and Tywin Lannister are secretly friends
Just as Stephanie could easily be Cersei Lannister, her father, Vince McMahon is basically the real-life version of the Lannister patriarch, Tywin.
Tywin flexed his muscles because he was richer than the all of the kingdoms combined in Westeros.
He was ruthless and did whatever he wanted to because his money could buy anyone and anything. Although he despised one of his kids, Tyrion, he still considered him part of the family and expected him to act accordingly.
Mr. McMahon was an evil character ever since the late 1990s and the Monday Night Wars. He even kidnapped his own daughter once. Seriously. And let's not forget the time he and Shane challenged God and Shawn Michaels to a wrestling match. Who does that?
But due to their status as the richest family at the party, they pushed around any and everyone they wanted, even if it meant getting whacked by their kids (like Twyin got from Tyrion on the crapper).
Rich men are usually the same no matter when or where they are throughout time and in what reality they come from.
Asuka has had a road full of obstacles, just like Sansa Stark
Sansa started out as a spoiled young debutante who looked down on her lessers, albeit from a good family in the Starks.
The Starks treated most people with respect, but like a lot of kids, she was a little bratty as a child and teenage girl.
But once she experienced the harshness of the real world, including her marriage to Joffrey, her marriage to Ramsay Bolton and her 'alliance' with Littlefinger, she became a hardened woman due to her experiences.
Asuka was a world-beater even before she joined the WWE, but her aura was kept as strong as she embarked on an unprecedented winning streak in NXT. It would carry over to the main roster, but she found out that things are different on the main roster.
Once she ran into the golden girl at WrestleMania 34, she found out that no matter how long a winning streak you may have, they can all be broken.
She did get to the top by winning the Royal Rumble and winning the SmackDown Women's Title almost a year later, but once again, like Sansa's forced marriages, she found out that not everything is as easy and rosy as we'd like.
Both women have displayed incredible resolve, however, and are still dangerous to their enemies, whether it be physically like Asuka or mentally like Sansa.
Becky Lynch's rise to Becky Two Belts is a hark back to Daenerys
Once Becky Lynch became the dual holder of both the Raw and SmackDown Women's Championships, she became the ruler of both divisions.
Like 'the Queen of Dragons' Daenerys Targaryenonce rules over many with the help of her two feared dragons, Lynch is now both feared and hunted like Targaryen.
Targaryen was born to a family of privilege but wasn't in line to be the head of the family because she was a girl and not a boy.
But through several hardships and a quick marriage to Khal Drago, she started to gain perspective and confidence in herself and what she was able to do.
And with that, she became 'the Mother of Dragons' and became feared across the seven kingdoms.
Becky Lynch joined the main roster as the least important member of the Four Horsewomen. But after great matches, the fans started to get behind her and she became SmackDown Women's Champion.
But after a few losses to her best friend, she had enough and 'stood up for herself' by attacking her friend after the friend basically walked into the same match that Lynch had earned at last year's SummerSlam.
It only made Lynch even more popular and led to the women main-eventing WrestleMania for the first time.
If Lynch is unhappy with how things play out during season eight of Game of Thrones, she might have to crash the set some day.
