Seth Rollins Injury Opens Door for WWE Legend to Put over Bron Breakker

The Bron Breakker rocket to orbit and beyond is in place as WWE seeks emergency options in the wake of the Seth Rollins injury. 

Look no further than Breakker's rushed-feeling heel turn, spearing Rollins and taking the stable for his lonesome now that Rollins will miss a big chunk of time. 

This wasn't a typical WWE rushed feeling, though. That word usage normally implies a negative atop the whole thing. This was rushed in a good way, with most fans likely more than happy to see this development happen so quickly.

This shocking spear out of the way, WWE can get to the good stuff by getting Breakker in the ring with one man: 

Brock Lesnar. 

Why not match the speed and lethality of each Breakker spear by keeping the pace of this booking? Why waste time on other feuds and risk ruining the momentum and rise of the next top WWE star by messing around with other stuff?

The mind simply wanders back to when WWE deployed Lesnar in a strategic way to boost Drew McIntyre to an unforgettable company-headlining act during the audience-less pandemic era. He sought out and crushed Lesnar at the Royal Rumble and kept that going for a long time and to this day remains a top dog. 

WWE following almost that same exact blueprint for Breakker now wouldn't exactly have fans complaining. Breakker gunning for him at the Royal Rumble and turning it into a 'Mania feud that has a chance of main-eventing is about as no-brainer of an idea as it gets. 

There's also the Paul Heyman factor to help it along, especially if Rollins is out of the picture. One of the greatest managers of all time happens to be a snake known to throw out a betrayal or two while jumping ships. Who is to say that doesn't happen here to especially get fans behind Breakker?

Heyman happens to be the best guy capable of squeaking out this proposed story for the longest stretch of time throughout the winter months, too. Getting stuck between these two and eventually picking a side would make for a fantastic "B" storyline behind the Bloodline stuff going into 'Mania next year. 

On the topic of Lesnar, it's not like he's got much else going on, anyway. WWE gave him that weird little squash match win over John Cena to, for whatever reason, really impress ESPN audiences during the company's first PLE broadcast on that streaming platform. 

Now, Lesnar should be strictly used to put over the next generation of stars. We've all seen in the past Cena talking about not wasting Lesnar's Streak-ending win over Undertaker in subsequent feuds. 

That logic applies here, too. Lesnar just crushed Cena in one of his final appearances ever. WWE can't waste that by having him pick up more wins or pop up in a PLE-opener or whatever. The next match for the part-timer needs to be huge and, ideally, putting over Breakker big in front of a more casual ESPN-like audience at WrestleMania would be the perfect use of the rub from decimating Cena in one of the GOAT's final matches. 

Some of this just lines up all too well. If Rollins will indeed miss 'Mania next year due to injury, it sort of backs Breakker and his stable into a corner, anyway.

WWE has a deep roster and there are plenty of ways they could go to compensate, but pivoting to a crowning arc for Breakker just makes too much sense. The fast rise via betraying Seth into dominating Lensar would make him bulletproof going into what top title he chases in the aftermath. 

It's a little easy to forget that Breakker is only 27 years old. At times over the past year, it almost seemed like WWE pumped the proverbial brakes with him a bit while letting him get some more reps. 

But there's something to be said for this break-glass-in-case-of-emergency scenario. WWE tends to do its best booking when shoved into a corner due to injury or otherwise, so there's reason to believe that in-the-fire booking could produce something special on short notice here. 

The main-event scene needs it, too. Rollins is out. CM Punk is, frankly, older. Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns feel closer and closer to part-time status while pursuing non-wrestling stuff. There are a swell of purgatory guys like LA Knight and Jey Uso, but they feel a tier below. Breakker feels near the top of that tier already and just needs a small boost. 

Breakker-Lesnar has been one of those what if? Requested matches from fans, anyway. Given the circumstances, getting right to it by slowly building it up until 'Mania next year is just too compelling an opportunity to pass up right now.

This isn't what WWE originally had planned, no doubt. But Rollins exiting the stage opens up getting real, meaningful usage out of Lesnar while authoring a run for Breakker that can go down in modern pro wrestling history, if done well, which it should, given the presence of someone like Heyman to help it along.