WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross thinks it’s time for WWE to finally book a match between Universal Champion Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley.
This has been a contest that Lashley has been pushing for over the last few years and one that some fans are interested in seeing. Obviously, WWE won’t book it at the Fastlane pay-per-view event on March 10, 2019 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio because Lesnar isn’t working the show. WrestleMania 35 on Sunday, April 7, 2019 in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium is also out the window due to Lesnar slated to defend his title against Seth Rollins at the show.
During a recent The Jim Ross Report episode, Ross explains that WWE needs to build up Lashley to be someone who the fans think can beat Lesnar before trying to book this match.
“I’m kind of intrigued by the Bobby Lashley subtle tease of the Brock Lesnar stuff,” Ross admitted. I’d enjoy seeing that match, but for that to work, Lashley has got to get hot and he ain’t hot right now. They’re trying with the [Intercontinental] title. I understand that. Bobby’s a specimen. And the little manager, Lio Rush, highly talented. I didn’t need to see him wrestling on Monday though either.
It’s like people get tired of managers so quick in creative because why unless you already placed future value in a guy would you already start beating him around and bouncing him around like a rubber ball? Wouldn’t you save that for another time when it meant more than an intermittent match, an unadvertised, non-promoted, in essence, match? You might. But Lashley has got to get hot. Now, if Lashley got hot, It would make a great poster, wouldn’t it, Lashley and Lesnar?”
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