Is Brock Lesnar ruining the Main Event scene?

[Emperor Smeat]

Going to say no and the real problem is WWE's long term booking being generally terrible. They have no clue how to transition off from Lesnar as champ and watered him down a lot once the Suplex City stuff took off.

Lesnar's rare appearances are probably the only reason he still has that big star aura feel to him since he's less exposed to WWE's attrition style booking.

[Tom Guycott]

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat Lesnar's rare appearances are probably the only reason he still has that big star aura feel to him since he's less exposed to WWE's attrition style booking.

Bingo.

One of the major problems that I've maintained for years with WWE's booking and storytelling is that no matter how many hours of programming they need to fill each week, they eventually trot out THE SAME PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. Once someone gets over (and the company can be assed to follow through with it), the act gets overexposed. The most egregious example was the so-named "HHH Reign of Terror" where the guy would dominate the opening 20 minutes, at least three backstage segments, and then that night's main event. Repeatedly. You have people who can't even get on the show but maybe once a month to job, but this guy could eat about 45 minutes of TV time in a "two hour" show (millions of commercial breaks really make it about 1 1/2)?

We don't need to see the "hottest" shit all the time. It is why I love how NXT is handled; none of the champions need to be on every show. People don't shit themselves out of anger if Lars Sullivan isn't appearing weekly. The only thing there that is in any danger of being overdone is Gargano/Ciampa, but even that is conservative compared to how that feud would be playing out if it took place on the main roster. They would be in a match or brawl every flippin' week before the PPV, so why would be be bothered to watch the PPV?

The only issue I personally have with Brock being such an idle champ, though, is the psychology dance they do with the whole "30 day" rule... but the trade-off is that he ain't stale because he ain't there. If he were a full time guy, he would have been booked into the ground within 8 months of is FIRST return, and everyone would have been ready for him to fuck off back to UFC and stay there. In essence, him being an aloof dick is forcing WWE optimize how he's used. He is "accidentially" getting the Hogan treatment, and that's a good thing.

I feel they should actually book their other world champion similarly. AJ shouldn't have to headline on a weekly basis. Yes, he *can*, but he shouldn't have to.