10 Things You Forgot About The Brock Lesnar Vs Roman Reigns Rivalry

WWE booking Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar for the main event of WrestleMania 38 sees the rivalry going on and off for over seven years now. Everyone knows that Brock and Roman will be having their third WrestleMania main event in that time frame, but many other things have been forgotten about the feud.

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Few other wrestlers on the WWE roster have been booked anywhere near the level of Reigns and Lesnar in recent memory. However, the feud has had its fair share of ups and downs trying to connect with the audience. WWE is hoping that the best is yet to come with biggest match on the horizon. Fans typically forget the following things from the Brock vs Roman rivalry.

10 Paul Heyman Teased Leaving Brock For Roman Years Ago

The biggest selling point of the Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar storyline right now is that Paul Heyman betrayed Lesnar. WWE experimented with that story a few years back when Reigns was playing a full babyface and it made less sense.

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Brock bullying Heyman led to the legendary manager selling himself to Roman as a potential advocate. However, it was all a swerve with Heyman making Reigns and allowing Lesnar to deliver a vicious attack to add drama to that version of their feud.

9 Had No Real Storyline Heading Into WrestleMania 31

The audience turning on Roman Reigns as a face heading into WrestleMania 31 was the biggest story for his first match against Brock Lesnar. WWE set a rather generic storyline for the ‘Mania main event of Roman trying to win the WWE Championship for the first time.

Fans were not that excited about the match, and it showed in the heckling of Reigns above everything else. The awful go-home segment on Raw showed them playing tug of war over the belt since there wasn’t a deeper story in play.

8 Brock Pinned Roman In Fatal Four-Way Match

The rivalry between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns continued with other wrestlers getting involved throughout the years. SummerSlam 2017 featured a fatal-four way with Brock defending the Universal Championship against Roman, Braun Strowman and Samoa Joe.

Many fans believed that they added Joe to take the pin while protecting Reigns and Strowman in defeat. However, it was Roman to get pinned by Lesnar at the end of the exciting violent match. Reigns was the man planned to end Brock’s title reign the following year, but this was a rare moment of him getting pinned.

7 Had Triple Threat Matches Involving Both Other Shield Members

Another interesting fact about the history of Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns is that they’ve technically had triple threat matches involving Roman’s fellow members of The Shield. All three members of The Shield became world champs and had main event level angles.

Everyone remembers the biggest moment of Seth Rollins cashing in Money in the Bank at WrestleMania 31 to make it a triple threat. However, Dean Ambrose also joined Reigns and Lesnar for a triple threat won by Roman at Fastlane 2016 with a title shot on the line.

6 Roman Was Supposed To Defend Against Brock Again Before Vacating Title

The announcement of Roman Reigns leaving WWE to battle leukemia shocked the wrestling world. WWE had a huge match already announced for their next Saudi Arabia trip before things had to chance on the fly with Reigns vacating the belt.

Roman was announced to defend the Universal Championship against Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman. The vacating of the title saw Brock winning the Universal Title again by beating Braun in a singles match.

5 Brock Extended Contract Days Before WrestleMania 31

One of the most talked about things during the build to Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31 was Brock’s WWE contract expiring after that show. There were rumors about Lesnar going back to UFC, with WWE unsure about his future.

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Brock eventually signed a contract just days before the title defense and announced it on ESPN. The news made fans believe that Lesnar had a chance of retaining since he was sticking around for the foreseeable future.

4 Roman Passed Brock's Universal Championship Record While Feuding With Him

The Universal Championship has been primarily held by Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar since being created. Other names like Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens and Goldberg have won it, but the duo of Roman and Brock have held it for almost 1,400 days vs everyone else combing for 699 total days.

Lesnar had the longest title reign for his run from WrestleMania 33 to SummerSlam 2018 lasting 504 days. Reigns recently broke that record for his current streak and is over 570 days after this writing. It remains unlikely anyone will top this after Roman drops the belt.

3 Brock Shut Down The Shield Reunion During Their Match

Jon Moxley shared an interesting note about Brock Lesnar’s backstage influence during one of his interviews after leaving WWE. The former Dean Ambrose reunited with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns one night after SummerSlam 2018to stop Braun Strowman from cashing in MITB on Roman.

However, it was apparently supposed to happen the previous night with The Shield helping Reigns beat Lesnar for the Universal Championship. Ambrose claimed that Brock shut down that plan and caused WWE to change things on the fly.

2 Had Shortest SummerSlam Main Event Ever

The SummerSlam 2018 main event of Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns finally provided the moment WWE originally wanted earlier that year. Reigns beating Lesnar to become the Universal Championship started his newest run as the top champ.

A forgotten aspect of that match was just how short it was, especially for a main event match. Brock and Roman had by far the shortest SummerSlam main event of all-time lasting just six minutes and ten seconds for the quick victory.

1 Brock Was Unhappy About Winning WrestleMania 34 Main Event

Brock Lesnar retaining the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 34 was unexpected since everyone assumed it would be another crowning moment for Roman Reigns. Vince McMahon changed plans and had Brock retain, which made sense playing out since the crowd heckled that match.

WWE 24 showed backstage footage of that night and Brock being quite upset afterwards. Lesnar threw the Universal Championship belt at Vince McMahon aggressively of frustration. It became clear that Brock was unhappy with the company putting them in a situation where the crowd didn’t care about the match.

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