WWE made a big story about Universal Champion Brock Lesnar missing this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw, turning it into a game of “work or shoot?” We still don’t really know how much is reality and how much is storyline — probably a mixture of both — but they did promise that he would return for the house show he was advertised for tonight (Mar. 3, 2018) in Chicago.
Sure enough, he was there.
And worked a 35-second match against Kane:
Pinned Kane in 30 seconds! #WWEChicago @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/LQ0QRG9Ie9
— Brock Lesnar Guy (@BrockLesnarGuy) March 4, 2018
Some video, with a key quote at the end:
That was less then like a fucking minute @BrockLesnar hits an F5 #WWEChicago pic.twitter.com/r0dPwDqMvD
— Kristen (@IHeartCrosby) March 4, 2018
That’s a fan shouting “we paid for this?”
Someone actually timed it:
This is the total time for the @BrockLesnar and @KaneWWE match at #WWECHICAGO. Squash would be an understatement. And yes, that’s seconds. pic.twitter.com/tU6GgptTb8
— Gerald Root (@groot26) March 4, 2018
Lesnar and Paul Heyman hightailed it to the back right after and the fans weren’t happy about that either:
Brock Lesnar was in fact at #WWEChicago. He beat Kane in less than a minute and it was TO THE BACK. Crowd wasn’t too happy. pic.twitter.com/a1FbMl3IcE
— James James (@Jamesspunk) March 4, 2018
Of course, if the story is that Lesnar doesn’t care and Roman Reigns is the hero because he does, then this plays right into that. After all, you would never see Reigns do such a thing!