Book Brock Lesnars title reign

[The King of Old School]

We all love a good fantasy booking thread, and with Brock arguably being the most interesting thing in wrestling I hope this provides good discussion.

 

I personally think he'll drop it back to Cena by HIAC, then we'll get the slow build to Cena/Reigns at Mania.

 

I'll have a go in a bit, hoping for some inspiration from you good lot.

 

Go!!

[V1mark]

WWE really dropped the ball with Lesnar, it should have gone like this.

 

 

2012 - Def Cena at Extreme Rules

2012 - Def Triple H at Summerslam

2013 - Def Ryback at Wrestlemania 29 (He was still hot, he lost to Henry anyway)

2013 - Def Chris Jericho at Extreme Rules

2013 - Def CM Punk at Summerslam (amazing!)

2014 - Def Big Show at Rumble (Squash)

2014 - Def Undertaker at Wrestlemania XXX (if he was undefeated upon returning, more people might've thought Brock would win. Streak vs Streak)

2014 - Def Cena (c.)at Summerslam

 

Then as Champion

 

2014 - Def Cena at Night of Champions

2014 - Def Sheamus at Hell at a Cell in Hell in a Cell (Build Sheamus up, two big guys working hard. Sheamus is great)

2014 - Survivor Series Tag - Team Lesnar (Brock Lesnar, Wyatt Family) def Team WWE (John Cena, Sheamus, Usos) [bray and Sheamus fueding at this point]. Lesnar as sole survivor, beats last 2 himself.

 

2015 - Royal Rumble - Def Roman Reigns

Royal Rumble match - Daniel Bryan returns from injury, comes in late (30 is too cliched, let's say 28) and wins.

 

2015 - Wrestlemania XXXI - Daniel Bryan def Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship

 

Lesnar's only loss in 3 years! Bryan is made forever.

[zep81]

Unless WWE are completely STUPID and he drops it to Cena at NOC.

[Bellenda Carlisle]

If Brock's return ends up all building up to losing to Daniel Bryan I'll puke.

[JohnnyChimpo]

Daniel Bryan is already a made man though, isn't he? Surely it would be better to use Lesnar to "make" someone else. Like Reigns or Ambrose. 

[Bellenda Carlisle]

Daniel Bryan is already a made man though, isn't he? Surely it would be better to use Lesnar to "make" someone else. Like Reigns or Ambrose. 

 

Couldn't agree more, Brock putting over Roman Reigns, an unproven commodity who's on going straight up and fast, that's a rub. Bryan's tiny and he's been around longer than Brock has, it just wouldn't work for me from a storyline or in ring perspective. I'd love to see Brock beat Bryan at some point though.

 

(Yes I did say the same thing about Eddie Guerrero)

[Cobra1000]

Well, because I'm still heartbroken over the streak...

 

Lesnar defeats Cena - Summerslam

 

Lesnar reigns supreme making sporadic appearances on Raws but I suppose he'd have to defend the title at every pay per view. (it is fantasy booking right) 

 

Anyway Lesnar destroys all but we protect Reigns and all our young superstars by not feeding them to Lesnar. Just before the Royal Rumble the Undertaker returns and cuts a heartfelt promo about the streak, his career and the WWE Championship (maybe a bit more human and honest, taking away a bit of the character and revealing more of the man). He says that even for a deadman his time is coming to an end and will enter the Royal Rumble so he can go to 'mania to challenge for the WWE Championship.

 

'Taker wins the Rumble and the feud with Lesnar starts up. At Wrestlemania, Lesnar says he took all the Undertaker had in the Streak so Taker says if he loses Lesnar can have his career too. 

 

Wrestlemania - The Undertaker defeats Brock Lesnar (hopefully they can have a good match with no problems this time) and we all are happy. Feel good Wrestlemania moment, The undertaker gets last moment of glory and Lesnar is conquered.

[King Pitcos]

Night of Champions: Lesnar loses it back to Cena, who loses it properly to Reigns at WrestleMania and maybe lends it to Seth Rollins for a month or two in between.

[firstnameunknown]

It should be fairly simple.  Cena should be gone for at least a month.  Then have someone attack him or whatever on his return to segue him into another feud and get him out of the way of the obvious temptation to rematch him with Brock...

 

Feed any upper midcard babyfaces to Lesnar on PPV between now and WrestleMania.  It barely matters who, but the likes of Cesaro and Sheamus who haven't got any real momentum right now but have some credibility, you could even have them winning contenders matches or beat-the-clock challenges or something if you really want, and have them be excited but trepidatious about their upcoming title matches against The Beast.

 

Book Roman Reigns strongly up to and including winning the Royal Rumble.

 

Have Roman Reigns beat Lesnar for the belt at WrestleMania.

 

Done.

[zep81]

After what happened at Summerslam, surely they can't just have him drop it back to Cena a month later. They finally built Lesnar properly over the last 12 months, i hope it isn't just all for Cena's benefit.

[PowerButchi]

Mark Henry wins in a squash.

[Shane O' Mac Version 2]

I love Daniel Bryan as much as the next guy, but there's no way I'd build Lesnar that strongly for a Bryan win to be the payoff. It's gotta be Reigns. Warning: this gets a tad long as I do love my fantasy booking.

 

NOC- Cena puts up a big fight, kicking out of two F5s, before getting put in the Kimura and having his arm broken. Cena goes on the shelf, they play up the idea that Brock has Cena's number, and after two unprecedented beatings, Cena's career could be over.

 

Hell In A Cell- Batista returns from the Guardians of the Galaxy break to challenge Lesnar immediately. It's a Hell In A Cell match because Lesnar was a champion of fighting in a cage, but what else is dangerous in a cage? An Animal unleashed. Lesnar destroys Batista, leaving him in a pool of his own blood and questioning why he came back to the WWE.

 

Survivor Series- Chris Jericho returns from a Fozzy tour to display a different kind of challenge to Lesnar- the smaller, faster, wily veteran. Despite a few moments where Lesnar is tripped up and caught off-guard, he ultimately catches Jericho in mid-air and hits an F5. Just to cement his dominance, he picks up a limp Jericho and delivers another F5 for the emphatic 3 count.

 

Around this time, either on the PPV or Raw, a hype video plays for the return of John Cena. In the following weeks, montages of Cena training hard and attempting to recapture the fire air.

 

TLC- The Authority are getting concerned that Lesnar is getting out of control, so they book him in a TLC Fatal 4 Way for the title. Previous challengers Batista and Chris Jericho are added, along with TLC veteran Christian. While the stipulation, chaos and combined efforts of the challengers lead to some close calls, Lesnar ultimately obliterates Christian by sending him off a supersized ladder through a pile of tables and chairs, and grabs the belt to retain. Christian subsequently retires to a permanent spot on Network panels.

 

Royal Rumble- The hype crescendos, John Cena makes his return on the New Year's Raw! He's fired up as all hell and ready to put a target on Lesnar... but The Authority stops him. They remind Cena that Lesnar has won every match they have ever had, bar one where Cena barely escaped with his health intact. Therefore, Randy Orton gets a singles match with Lesnar at the Royal Rumble.

 

At the Rumble, Orton and Lesnar have a fairly competitive match, with Orton selling the Viper gimmick to the max. Orton keeps going for the RKO but getting countered, so Orton goes to plan B- The Punt, which connects clean- but only gets a 2 count! This makes Lesnar the first to kick out of the Punt (I think), leaving Orton in shock. So Orton sets up for a second Punt, but John Cena hits the ring with a steel chair and blasts both competitors, making the bout a no-contest. He focuses on Lesnar and leaves him a bloody mess. "Maybe Cena has found the fire, the intensity, to battle with the Beast!" Cole declares.

 

In other action at the Rumble, Reigns wins (duh).

 

Elimination Chamber- Chamber match- Lesnar vs. Orton vs. Jericho vs. Batista vs. Cena vs. Sheamus. Lesnar starts but still comes out victorious, eliminating every competitor with an F5. 

Wrestlemania- Lesnar vs. Reigns. Back and forth big man battle. Reigns kicks out of 3 F5s, Lesnar kicks out of two Spears, Reigns is too strong for Lesnar to lock in the kimura. After a ref bump, Lesnar gets desperate and grabs a chair. He misses Reigns and the chair bounces back into his face. This is followed by a 3rd Reigns spear for the 3 count.

[andrew "the ref" coyne]

At the Rumble, Orton and Lesnar have a fairly competitive match, with Orton selling the Viper gimmick to the max. Orton keeps going for the RKO but getting countered, so Orton goes to plan B- The Punt, which connects clean- but only gets a 2 count! This makes Lesnar the first to kick out of the Punt (I think), leaving Orton in shock. So Orton sets up for a second Punt, but John Cena hits the ring with a steel chair and blasts both competitors, making the bout a no-contest. He focuses on Lesnar and leaves him a bloody mess. "Maybe Cena has found the fire, the intensity, to battle with the Beast!" Cole declares.

I enjoyed your post, but I'm curious why you put so much effort into building Cena and it not really go anywhere. Was it just to supply another body to the chamber?

[Shane O' Mac Version 2]

I had the idea that Lesnar tears him down at Summerslam and NOC, setting up for the triumphant return, but the triumphant return doesn't really come from Cena. He has the makings of it, but I wanted to go against convention a bit. By it not ending with Cena getting a victory over Lesnar, after all the training, all the hype and intensity in returning, it makes Lesnar look like a bigger monster. After the Chamber, Cena's Wrestlemania match would have something to do with getting redemption, with someone on the roster declaring that he doesn't have it anymore, and Cena looking to silence the doubts both from the critics, and himself. At Wrestlemania, he picks up the victory and builds himself back up to face Reigns at Summerslam- where he would win, a year after the Lesnar match.

 

The story leading into Mania makes Lesnar look bigger, and as a consequence Reigns looks bigger, and Cena comes out of it more layered and mortal by having gone through such adversity. The idea with the Cena sub-story was trying to do the Cena/Rock redemption story right- when they tried to claim Cena had a terrible year in 2012/13, it didn't sit well with me, he still had a lot of success.

[Arch Stanton]

It should be fairly simple.  Cena should be gone for at least a month.  Then have someone attack him or whatever on his retuen to segue him into another feud and get him out of the way of the obvious temptation to rematch him with Brock...

 

You know that they have already booked the rematch for NOC, right?