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It was clear that Brock was winning the moment he was added to the match - aside from the fact that it's Brock Lesnar, if you book a babyface in a replacement match, you book them to go over in the hope that the audience are so excited by it that they overlook the fact they didn't get the advertised match. The problem is that they booked him to pin the babyface champion in the process, rather than one of the other three men in the match - two of which are heels that have lost to Brock before and can weather the storm - rather than protecting Big E.
I had no expectation for Big E to keep the title past the Rumble anyway - it's Wrestlemania season, the cards need to be reshuffled to get the Proper Stars involved - but losing it clean and unprotected doesn't suggest any real intention to keep him in the title picture or give him any meaningful forward momentum.
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