WWE Survivor Series 2016: 5 Reasons Brock Lesnar Should Beat Goldberg

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3. Lesnar Needs Momentum Heading Into WrestleMania

Brock Lesnar is not a great wrestler and he is not a great talker. What he is, however, is an attraction. His successful UFC career has established him as WWE’s most legitimate fighter, turning any match he’s in into a big deal. If people can’t beat him in UFC, how are they supposed to do so in WWE? Thus, you tune in to see if anyone can. If Goldberg beats Lesnar at Survivor Series, this mystique is lost.

Make no mistake, Lesnar has lost in WWE before. But ever since breaking the Undertaker’s streak at WrestleMania 30, Lesnar has not lost a singles match clean, and honestly may never do so again. His value to WWE is his aura of being unbeatable. Losing to Goldberg would take this away, and the timing couldn’t be worse.

This match at Survivor Series may well be Lesnar’s last appearance until the buildup to WrestleMania 33. If he takes a loss here, goes on another one of his vacations, and then comes back, it will be a lot less interesting than if he is coming off yet another victory. And for WrestleMania drawing purposes, there needs to be hype surrounding his return.

Lesnar’s breaks are usually accepted because he beats whoever he faces when he does show up. It’s sort of an “I’ll come back when there’s a challenge worth my time” dynamic. If he loses and then leaves, he’ll look ridiculous, and his subsequent opponent would have no reason to be afraid of him. Remember how much hype there used to be around Ronda Rousey? Remember how it was basically all lost when Rousey lost to Holly Holm and then fell off the face of the earth? Yeah. That.