4 Possible Upcoming Opponents for Brock Lesnar After Putting a Full Stop to Cody Rhodes Rivalry

At the 2023 SummerSlam, Cody Rhodes beat Brock Lesnar, thus putting a full stop to his rivalry with ‘The Beast Incarnate’. After the match ended, Lesnar hugged it out with his SummerSlam opponent showcasing that he is done with Rhodes and accepts the outcome of his rivalry.

With now ‘The American Nightmare’ out of the picture, what’s next for Lesnar in WWE? Who will the Stamford-based promotion choose as his next opponent? Dive deep with us as we explore all the potential opponents WWE can book for Lesnar and the reasons why it could happen.

Brock Lesnar has an incomplete rivalry with Bobby Lashley

At the 2023 Elimination Chamber, Lesnar vs Bobby Lashley match ended in a disqualification after a frustrated Lesnar hit his opponent below the belt to escape the ‘Hurt Lock’. The first time the two juggernauts met inside the ring was at the Day 1 PLE in 2022. They were part of a fatal five-way match for the WWE Championship, which Lesnar won.

However, 29 days later, Lashley stole the championship from him at the 2022 Royal Rumble with a little help from Roman Reigns who caused a distraction during the match. Their rivalry paused for a while as Lesnar went into hiatus. He returned on the October 10 episode of Raw, reigniting his feud with ‘The Almighty’.

The two stars met once again inside the ring at 2022 Crown Jewel, where Lesnar defeated Lashley. The last time the WWE Universe saw them inside the ring was at the Elimination Chamber. WWE didn’t give a satisfying ending to their feud, therefore, WWE might reignite the rivalry to give it a proper ending this time.

Both Brock Lesnar and Austin Theory are Vince McMahon’s favorite

Austin Theory is the reigning United States Champion. For a while now, the sports entertainment giant has failed to do justice to his reign. Right now, he is not involved in any major storyline, which is really baffling because he has a ton of potential to display in front of the audience.

Lesnar and Theory have faced each other in the ring a couple of times. He was a participant in the Elimination Chamber match last year, where Lesnar pinned him to pick up the victory. During his MITB reign, Theory tried to cash in his contact during the Reigns vs Lesnar match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam 2022.

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Unfortunately for him, Lesnar stopped him with an F-5 before he could officially cash in. Whenever we talk about these two stars, Lesnar degrading ‘A-Town Down’ on Raw 02/14/22 comes to mind. During the event, Lesnar F-5ed him and then took a selfie with him in the middle of the ring as a sign of disrespect.

Lesnar has embarrassed the US Champ multiple times, hence the latter may feud with him to get payback from him. Not to forget, both the stars are Vince McMahon‘s favorites. There is a slight chance that WWE can book a match between the two of McMahon’s favorites.

LA Knight’s popularity is increasing exponentially

Another wrestler who can be Lesnar’s next opponent is LA Knight. His popularity is increasing at an exponential rate day by day. WWE Universe has been demanding the promotion to give him the push he deserves. The Stamford-based promotion can capitalize on this matter and book him against Lesnar.

This will result in a huge main event push for Knight. Currently, he resides among the mid-card wrestlers, but being involved in a feud with ‘The Conqueror’ will surely make him a main-eventer. It can even help to push him into the World Title picture.

Knight is becoming a hot favorite among the WWE Universe at an extremely fast pace and Lesnar is an all-time favorite of the fans. The two stars clashing inside the ring will generate fan interest, as LA Knight will look to cement himself against WWE’s resident Beast.

Seth Rollins and Lesnar share a history with each other

Last but not least, Lesnar’s next potential opponent can be Seth Rollins. The two have shared quite a history with each other inside the ring. Lesnar and Rolins have been involved in the same match a total of eight times. 2 triple threat matches, 2 singles matches, 2 Royal Rumble matches, 1 Elimination Chamber, and 1 fatal five-way match.

For most of the matches, they didn’t come face to face as many other wrestlers were also involved. But whenever they did, it always led to creating a major attraction in the wrestling world. Lesnar’s encounter with ‘The Visionary’ first started after the latter betrayed his Sheild brothers to team up with The Authority.

With the help of The Authority, Rollins often got himself involved in main-event matches Lesnar would be a part of, in order to pursue world titles. Rollins was involved in the “Heist of the Century” at WrestleMania 31 and beat Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35. Rollins also recorded a win over Lesnar at SummerSlam in the same year. Hence ‘The Beast’ has every reason to go after the current World Heavyweight Champion.

Lesnar vs Rollins would be a perfect match at next year’s WrestleMania as their feud will draw a major crowd attraction.

So far, we have analyzed all four potential opponents for Lesnar. But there is no guarantee that out of these four, one superstar will definitely get involved with him next. Though there are great chances of this happening, WWE is known to surprise its fans. So you never know.

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