Making sense of WWE shocker
As I sat on a layover at Baltimore-Washington International Airport last Sunday, I realized that I lucked out and would get to watch most of the Survivor Series.
I landed from Hartford at 6:55 p.m. and with the show starting at 7, I quickly pulled out my laptop to watch it.
After being notified that my 10 pm departure was now delayed an hour, I would have almost a four-hour window to get through most of the show.
Well, little did I know that I鈥檇 see the whole show as the Brock Lesnar versus Goldberg main event would last barely 90 seconds.
As I looked at my screen in shock, I thought back to the last time I was this surprised by a pro wrestling finish.
Ironically enough, that match also featured Lesnar as he ended the Undertaker蘑菇视频 streak at WrestleMania XXX.
I was there that night and had an idea it was going to happen, but I was still in disbelief of what I had just witnessed.
So why would the WWE decide to have Lesnar, its most dominating and polarizing star, lose so quick to Goldberg, a man who turns 50 in days and had not wrestled in 14 years?
The first proverbial domino that fell was that the WWE and Goldberg came to a contract extension agreement for him to wrestle at the Royal Rumble and at WrestleMania.
The second domino was Lesnar, and for everything that people will say about him not caring about wrestling, he fully supported the idea of getting squashed for multiple reasons.
First, it would leave fans in shock and get the wrestling world buzzing.
Second, he saw it as a way to set up a money rematch with Goldberg, and the match will take place at Mania.
Both stars will be in the Royal Rumble match, and look for one to eliminate the other to continue the feud.
As my plane took off Sunday night en route to Pittsburgh, I thought about the WWE蘑菇视频 reasoning for having a washed up star hand Lesnar his first pinfall loss since Mania 29.
I could not come up with a logical reason to do it, but then I realized I became caught up in today蘑菇视频 world of instant gratification.
Patience, wrestling fans.
This angle will play out into April, but this time there will be much more hype and less of a guarantee in fans鈥� eyes that Lesnar will win.
More Rumble news
Speaking of the Rumble, it is widely known that the WWE is looking to pull out some major angles and matches to help fill up the Alamodome in San Antonio.
One possible match on the card could be The Undertaker challenging AJ Styles for the WWE championship.
Taker is a native of Texas, and the WWE may be banking on the thought of him winning one more heavyweight title, it would be his eighth, would draw fans in.
This will all depend on whether Taker has recovered from his recent hip surgery.
If Taker were to win, look for him to defend the title, and lose it, to John Cena at WrestleMania.
It would be a fitting way for Taker to retire, if that is what he decides, while also having Cena beat the greatest performer in WWE history to tie the heavyweight championship record of the greatest performer in wrestling history, Ric Flair, at 16.
Legend in bad shape
Leon White, known in the pro wrestling world as Vader or Big Van Vader, announced last week that his doctor蘑菇视频 told him that he has congestive heart failure and has two years to live, at the most.
It is a shame that he has not been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, and look for it to happen this year.
For those not familiar with Vader, he stood 6-foot-5 and weighed 400 pounds in his prime and could do moonsaults despite his size.
In fact, he was able to land on his feet when doing a moonsault.
I highly recommend looking at his work in WCW in the early-1990s against the likes of Sting and Mick Foley, then known as Cactus Jack.
Vader was a multi-time WCW World champion and was scheduled to win the WWE championship at SummerSlam 1996 from Shawn Michaels, but Michaels pulled one of his well-known political cards to retain the title.
WWE蘑菇视频 鈥�205 Live鈥� debuts
The WWE蘑菇视频 newest online show, 鈥淲WE 205,鈥� debuts Tuesday night on the WWE Network at 10 p.m.
The show will be live and will take place immediately after Smackdown ends.
Rich Swann will challenge Brian Kendrick for the Cruiserweight title on the show.
It will be interesting to see how many fans actually stay or head home after Smackdown ends.
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