bork laser return and beat up green man

[Mustafar Reginald]

I believe at the time they didn't know how long they had Brock for or if they were going to run into issues with his contract, so they rushed it (hence why their match was at Extreme Rules) and put Cena over.

I'm just going from memory (of dirtsheets too), but I don't recall any problems coming up with Brock's contract until he stated something along the lines of wanting to return to UFC after his stint in WWE was done (or something to that effect) and that didn't happen until after Brock had "broken" Triple H's arm. I don't think it was rushed at all.

I think they decided after building up how big of a match Rock/Cena was to Cena, including having Cena say something about how "this is the most important match in his career", and then deciding to have him lose, it was important to re-establish that he still Super Cena. So, they debuted Brock, had him booked as a dominant force ass-kicker, and have him lose to Cena at Extreme Rules so that they Cena would "bounce back" from his lose against The Rock and they wouldn't need to worry about dealing with the fact he lost the most important match in his career and just go on booking Cena as normal. So in less words, they used Brock to make sure Cena wasn't hurt from his loss to Rock. And I've already detailed in a previous post how much better having Cena losing to Brock would've been and I don't want to sound like a broken record so I'll stop here.

That said about their Extreme Rules bout; the finish was absolute atrocious and beyond idiotic; I still love the match because everything prior was incredible but it doesn't top my top three of the year anymore unless I'm in an extremely forgiving mood.

 

[Crayo]

I am seriously just going from memory but there was certainly a report which stated WWE were unsure of the amount of appearances Brock was going to have and they had Cena go over him just so it can finally happen. Otherwise if Brock went over and then left for some reason it would be terrible.

It's paraphrased and just from rough memory. But yeah, I agree that the match was incredible but the result was poor.

 

[Mustafar Reginald]

I am seriously just going from memory but there was certainly a report which stated WWE were unsure of the amount of appearances Brock was going to have and they had Cena go over him just so it can finally happen. Otherwise if Brock went over and then left for some reason it would be terrible.

It's paraphrased and just from rough memory. But yeah, I agree that the match was incredible but the result was poor.

Yeah, I never saw that one, but I did see ones sometime after his debut stating how much he approximately signed up for from two different sources (both posted on LordsofPain) which I dragged up . . .

- After signing Brock Lesnar to a one-year deal, it's also believed that WWE signed The Rock to another one-year deal that will carry through WrestleMania 29 next year.

With Lesnar and The Rock headlining next year and the history of the New York market, it's possible that WrestleMania 29 will be an immediate sellout - something that WWE hasn't done since 2007.

Regarding Lesnar's deal, it's said that Vince McMahon was agreeable on the money side but the number of dates that Lesnar would be working was an issue. Both sides ended up giving a little and Lesnar will be appearing for between 30 and 40 dates leading up to WrestleMania 29.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Link here

- Multiple sources report that Brock Lesnar has signed a one-year deal with WWE that will see him work through WrestleMania 29 in New Jersey next year.

Lesnar has signed on for a minimum of two appearances per month over the next year plus additional appearances during the build to WrestleMania 29. The belief is that Lesnar will make around 30-35 appearances over the next year but WWE likely has the ability to negotiate additional appearances, if he's willing to make them.

As seen on RAW, The Rock teased a run with the WWE Title. Speculation is that Lesnar will eventually challenge The Rock for the WWE Title at WrestleMania 29.

Source: PWInsider

Link here

Well, the links are too the Lordsofpain pages but they're still providing sources from at least one of the most trustworthy dirtsheets. Both posted around April 4th. Around 30 appearances is consistent regardless. Even so, I wouldn't have believed that report about them not knowing how much dates they had him for. They would've spent way too much money to sign him for them to ignore little details like how often they can use him. I give WWE some credit.

 

[Jose Tortilla]

We'll see Lesnar 30 times next year? :shock:

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