WWE Raw was in Portland, Oregon on Monday night, and the big news was Bill Goldberg showing up to accept Brock Lesnar‘s challenge to a match at WrestleMania 33. (And also setting up a Goldberg vs. Kevin Owens match for the Universal Championship.) Lesnar was not on the episode, because he and Goldberg appearing on alternating episodes is a brilliant marketing ploy.
But shock of all shocks: Lesnar was actually in the building! And once Raw went off the air, Lesnar and his advocate, Paul Heyman appeared, giving the crowd a special surprise that was actually special and surprising. Heyman explained that Goldberg accepting Lesnar’s challenge got the Beast Incarnate all worked up, and he was itching for some violence. Cue the Big Show!
There may not be anyone that Lesnar has interacted more with in his WWE career than Big Show. The two have collapsed rings together, traded titles, been special attractions at late-era Brock Lesnar house show appearances … you name it. I think it’s possible that Lesnar gets some sort of weird thrill out of hitting the F-5 on Show.
And heck, it’s certainly a lot easier these days, what with the new, slender and jacked Big Show to toss around. He’s getting down to Samoa Joe weight.
It’s possible that Big Show and Lesnar will be tied together forever, with Big Show being F-5’d on the astral plane long after the rest of us are dead and gone. It is the way of things. Time is a flat “Brock Lesnar and Big Show interaction.”
