What if…

By Scott Keith on April 14, 2012

…the return of Brock Lesnar doesn't work out like the company had planned? Hear me out…
1.) When Brock came back the night after WM, on the stage he seemed a little uncoordinated just on bouncing before he walked to the ring. You and I both know that when it goes for MMA fighters, it goes in a hurry. My point is what if Brock is shot from his time in MMA and really can't bring it in the ring like he used to. While I'm not gonna say he's in Scott Steiner territory, worst case scenario – what if he just can't even work a decent scripted match over the next year…
2.) I'm not buying the legitimacy angle or talking point. Hardcore MMA fans couldn't stand Brock when he came to UFC b/c of the stigma of his time as a WWE wrestler. They aren't gonna follow him back to the very outlet that they loathe. The very week after WM, the Raw rating was DOWN w/ no competition from the NCAA National Championship and kids weren't out of school on Spring Break. My point – the people that hate Brock aren't gonna tune in to watch him in the WWE and that doesn't help w/ casual fans either b/c there's no real sizzle.
These are just my thoughts and I hope it all made sense. Anyhoos, we'll see where things go from here. And another thing, w/ all the shit that Cena spouted off about the Rock for leaving the WWE high and dry, what the hell is he gonna say about Lesnar? If he says anything at all?

I think it's a very real possibility that this deal is going to go south for both parties, especially if they book him in a long match right off the bat where he has to do more than throw Cena around like a ragdoll. Personally I think that the value in Brock was always in a long-term build where you build him into a super-monster like Mark Henry and don't beat him until WM, but I think WWE (and Brock) were thinking that the UFC name value would supercharge ratings and buyrates right away. If that's their mentality, then might be a much more short-term deal than either side intended going in.

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