Brock Lesnar Should Be the Last Part-Timer

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I get it, the WWE has been in a weird spot in the past five years or so. Huge, legendary names have either decided to work less than full-time, others laced up the boots for the last time and have retired, and a select few have left the company to pursue other hobbies. Think of all the legends that have left the squared circle, either temporarily or permanently over the last handful of years: Shawn Michaels, Triple H, The Undertaker, The Rock, Batista, Chris Jericho, Jeff Hardy, CM Punk and several more. Those are Shaquille O’Neal-sized shoes to fill when it comes to booking a wrestling promotion.

So what does the WWE do? They panic, and call former stars back to the ring, like Batista, The Rock, Brock Lesnar, and Chris Jericho to fill in spots and TV time. Then what do they do? They put these guys over. Big mistake! The WWE is in another weird part of their history where they need to build up a bunch of superstars. But, bringing back some of the old guys sporadically and giving them success make today’s wrestlers that work 300 days a year look weak, and with the older guys only getting older and closer to calling it quits for good, the talent fountain will run dry and the WWE will be fresh out of bonafide superstars.

When you bring a character like Brock Lesnar or The Rock back, they have got to lose to guys like Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns, Doplh Ziggler, and Seth Rollins. They can’t keep making today’s wrestlers look stupid. Building stars today could be essential if the WWE wants to be successful in the future.

By the way, this has not been the WWE’s first rodeo when it comes to losing great talents seemingly all at once. There was a time back in the late 1980’s and early 90’s, when main event regulars for then-WWF left for Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling. Hulk Hogan and “The Macho Man” Randy Savage, both of which were huge draws, left massive holes in the WWF’s card. Plus Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, who were well proven talents, bolted for WCW as well.

But the WWE countered with building more stars, even some that went on to have Hall of Fame careers. Notably Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, but others, including Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, an Triple H grew into their own.

We all know what happened next. The WWE cut the leash off, got edgy, the Attitude Era was born, and the rest was history. This proved that building stars while they’re young is vital.

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The WWE needs to quit bringing back yesterday’s stars just to bury today’s. The worst thing they could have done was put the championship around Lesnar’s waist, plus the fact that he defeated the Undertaker’s streak at WrestleMania last year instead of a full-time, deserving performer, which might have the WWE’s biggest blunder as of late. It makes the WWE World Heavyweight Championship seem worthless, and all of the wrestlers are performing for nothing.

The WWE’s situation today is very similar now to this Monday Night War period, except that they’re not having war with another promotion, but yet, their own audience. All they need to do is validate the wrestlers they currently have. The talent is all there, they just need to be given a chance. The ball is in the WWE’s court.

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