WWE, just please make Brock Lesnar’s cash-in an all-time shock

If you forgot that Brock Lesnar holds the WWE Money in the Bank briefcase, then that might actually be a good thing. Because if a “lazy part-timer” is going to be holding a guaranteed title opportunity, he might as well shock us when he does eventually use it.

Thanks to his run with the Universal Championship between WrestleMania 33 and SummerSlam 2018, Brock Lesnar is the most annoying wrestler in WWE.

Nobody wants to see him anywhere near a championship, which makes the fact that he holds the Money in the Bank briefcase all the more infuriating or nail-biting. And which emotion you feel is contingent on whether or not you are too jaded to feel any real nerves regarding Lesnar’s impending cash-in.

The idea of Lesnar losing a cash in is essentially impossible to believe, so most people haven’t given that any real thought. Out of all the possible outcomes, however, Lesnar straight-up losing a cash in would indeed be the most shocking.

The least shocking would be Lesnar cashing in on the first night of SmackDown Live on FOX to usher in the new, supposedly sports-centric, era of the Blue Brand.

Although his advocate – and current non-kayfabe Raw general manager – Paul Heyman loves to hype up the possibility of Lesnar cashing in the briefcase at any given moment, the reality is that Lesnar has been about as present as he was as the Universal Champion. Which is to say nobody knows where the hell he is.

Therefore, nobody takes any of Heyman’s cash-in warnings seriously, especially if he seriously thinks we expect Lesnar to show up at Extreme Rules. The guy can hardly be asked to show up at any event that isn’t related to WrestleMania or SummerSlam.

All the negatives about Lesnar’s sporadic WWE appearances are well-known and have been discussed frequently. Nothing is going to change, because Lesnar is a special attraction and, as much as some people hate to admit it, he does move the meter.

Above all else, Vince McMahon freaking loves everything the guy brings to the table, essentially rendering any other talking point a wash.

So instead of being mad about Lesnar cashing in or even thinking about him, let’s do what we’re supposed to do. Let’s suspend our disbelief.

Because the less we see Lesnar, the less we think about the Money in the Bank briefcase. The less we think about the Money in the Bank briefcase, the more likely we are to be genuinely shocked when he does cash in.

And if we’re genuinely shocked by Lesnar cashing in, we can at least get a memorable moment out of something that we otherwise wouldn’t care about. Like, you know, the time Baron Corbin lost his cash in and we got that wonderful image of John Cena laughing? (Honestly, now I understand why Corbin has decided to drown his sorrows in serving breadsticks at a local Olive Garden…)

All we need is a memorable cash in. That’s it. All I’m asking for. If Lesnar is guaranteed to become a champion again at some point in the near future, just let the boombox-carrying man we love to hate (even though he has great matches with our favorites) make a lasting memory for us.

Yes, we wrestling fans are a fickle bunch, but, well, we do love our surprises.