5 Reasons why Brock Lesnar should go to AEW
Brock Lesnar is beyond the shadow of a doubt one of the most valuable performers in the professional wrestling and combat sports industry today. Following his battle with the deadly disease diverticulitis, and subsequent departure from the UFC in late 2011, Lesnar returned to the WWE in 2012 and has been wrestling as a part-time WWE Superstar ever since.
Nevertheless, with that being said, Lesnar did return to the UFC -- whilst still under contract with the WWE -- for a 3-round MMA bout against Mark Hunt at UFC 200 back in 2016. Furthermore, over the years, Lesnar has gained a considerable amount of notoriety for pitting the UFC and WWE against one another, in a bid to gain a greater amount of leverage and consequently secure highly lucrative deals with whichever promotion he chooses to perform for.
Speaking of which, with the recent emergence of AEW -- a new professional wrestling promotion funded by widely revered Pakistani-American billionaire Shahid Khan aka Shad Khan -- the pro-wrestling world has been set abuzz with speculation that the aforesaid promotion may be looking to give the WWE a run for the honor of being called the world's premier pro-wrestling organization.
Today, we take a special look at a few reasons why Brock Lesnar should go to AEW...
#5 Chris Jericho has already teased Brock Lesnar coming to AEW
Following his successful WWE Universal Title defense against Finn Balor at the Royal Rumble PPV, Brock Lesnar was mocked for his gut by none other than Chris Jericho. WCW and WWE veteran Jericho recently shocked the world by signing with AEW, and is regarded as one of the latter organization's most important performers as the promotion promises a huge year for pro-wrestling fans in 2019.
While Jericho and Lesnar have had their fair share of real-life differences in the past -- including a backstage run-in where Jericho confronted Lesnar for hurting Randy Orton in their SummerSlam 2016 matchup -- most experts believe that Jericho's recent Tweets against Lesnar may be his way of laying the foundation for a potential rivalry between Y2J and The Beast in AEW...