Brock Lesnar Will Cement Babyface Turn in Royal Rumble Main Event

If Vince McMahon is smart, he will solidify Brock Lesnar’s face turn at this week’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view and script the star to lose his belt due to interference from his manager and friend Paul Heyman.

Let’s examine this situation.

Per reports, Lesnar’s time in the company might be coming to an end. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via MMAJunkie.com), people in management are now working under the assumption that Lesnar will depart the company when his contract runs out in April.

So this could be WWE’s last chance to book Lesnar as a babyface—and it's one it should take advantage of.

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Truthfully, Lesnar has the potential to be a tremendous babyface.

He’s insanely charismatic, and his tough, explosive personality is a refreshing anecdote to the recent annoying and cartoonish antics of guys such as John Cena and Roman Reigns. You’re not going to get Lesnar quoting cartoon characters or making embarrassingly juvenile jokes as everyone rolls their eyes in frustration.

No wonder the fans seemed as eager to get behind him as they did on Monday’s Raw—he is what they have long lusted after: a brutal, no-nonsense babyface who will eliminate and demolish everything in sight, no questions asked.

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It’s also the natural progression of the storyline. Heyman has grown increasingly close with Seth Rollins in recent weeks; it is abundantly clear there is a lot of mutual respect and admiration there. And Heyman turning on his client to side with Rollins and help him win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship is absolutely the next logical step.

The former ECW performer cannot be trusted—everyone knows that. Lesnar can’t have full faith in him—no one can. As one fan commented on Twitter:

Significantly, Heyman turning on his best friend and helping Rollins win serves to set up a great main event at WrestleMania 31, too. Lesnar taking on Rollins to get back his title is a massively intriguing idea, and it would be a fresh match at a time when WWE has been struggling to produce matches that don't feel stale and recycled.

It would almost certainly be a terrific match from an in-ring point of view, as well: It’s impossible for the preternaturally talented Rollins to have a bad match, and Lesnar almost always delivers on the big stage.

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And if Lesnar is indeed on his way out, putting over Rollins could be the thing that finally and firmly establishes the star as a WWE main eventer.  This is too good of an opportunity for WWE to pass up, quite frankly.

Don’t be too surprised if Lesnar loses his belt at Wells Fargo Center this Sunday, possibly due to his untrustworthy and duplicitous manager. The star going face—and taking on Rollins at WrestleMania—is surely the best thing WWE can do with him at the moment.