Fwd: Brock’s First Run
By Scott Keith on January 21, 2013
Do you Brock Lesnar's initial rise was well-executed, or should they have waited until Wrestlemania 19 for his first title win (after a dominant win in the Rumble?). Having him crush Hulk Hogan, then beat Rock clean for the title at SummerSlam 2002 made him look strong right out of the gate, I just wonder if they maybe should have let Brock chase until Mania to get even more of a groundswell of support behind him.
Personally, I think they should have had the WWE Title on Hogan for his match against Kurt Angle. That way Hulk could tap the belt away to Angle in clean fashion and they could spend the rest of the year building Angle as nearly unbeatable all the way to Wrestlemania. They could have had Angle and Benoit trade the belt once along the way to really play up how hard it is to beat Kurt, then have him carry the title into Wrestlemania to job it to Lesnar.
Personally, I think they should have had the WWE Title on Hogan for his match against Kurt Angle. That way Hulk could tap the belt away to Angle in clean fashion and they could spend the rest of the year building Angle as nearly unbeatable all the way to Wrestlemania. They could have had Angle and Benoit trade the belt once along the way to really play up how hard it is to beat Kurt, then have him carry the title into Wrestlemania to job it to Lesnar.
No way, the way they did it was just fine. You knew Rock was gonna put Brock over like gangbusters whereas Hulk is a wild card at the best of times. If anything the mistake was taking the belt off him prematurely for the babyface turn against Big Show. I think if anything they should have just let it ride with him as a world-crushing monster until the Angle feud, when they could have Kurt outsmart him to get the belt.
Alternatively, they could have built him up as the monster threat against the Hardy Boyz, and then jobbed him to young prospect John Cena in his debut match. Because that would be awesome.
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