BROCK LESNAR has whetted the appetite of WWE fans everywhere by exclusively teasing the prospect of a Wrestlemania supermatch against The Rock, but claimed ‘The Great One’ fears him.
Rumours are rife that ‘The Beast’ is set for a feud with WCW legend Goldberg, who is believed to be discussing a return to the ring.
Lesnar, who brutally defeated a bloodied Randy Orton by TKO at SummerSlam last month, and his official advocate Paul Heyman spoke exclusively to SunSport earlier this summer in Los Angeles.
He revealed his intention to return and conquer the WWE after his successful UFC return and offered to fight Conor McGregor in a ‘winner-takes-all’ bout.
And now we can reveal that Lesnar and his manager believe The Rock, real name Dwayne Johnson, is running scared.
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Heyman said: “Notice how The Rock picks fights with Bray Wyatt, or fights with Rusev and John Cena?
“Notice how The Rock doesn’t pick a fight with Brock Lesnar?
“Is Brock Lesnar ready for The Rock? Is The Rock ready for Brock?”
Lesnar versus The Rock would undoubtedly be one of the biggest main events in Wrestlemania history.
While the latter has made a winning, but controversial, return to UFC in July, the former was recently named as the highest paid actor in Hollywood.
Despite his obvious popularity on the silver screen and his iconic status with the WWE Universe, Lesnar and his advocate took offence to the idea that The Rock’s status would help make it the biggest match of all-time.
Heyman said: “I find it insulting that you would say that in front of Brock. I think Brock Lesnar against anyone is an automatic sell-out.
“Brock does not wrestle 52 Monday’s a year on Monday Night Raw, he does not come to your home town every week, his appearances are rare.
“They are unique and extraordinary. Which is why, whenever Brock Lesnar appears it is a rare and unique opportunity for the paying customer to see the greatest living athlete in the history of WWE appear live in an extraordinary event that only Brock Lesnar can deliver on.
“This is why he is the greatest box office attraction.”
You can watch the exclusive interview in full via the video player above.
Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar were speaking at the launch of the new video game WWE 2K17 ‘Welcome to Suplex City’ in which he is the cover star.
WWE 2K17 is currently scheduled for worldwide release in October 2016 for the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems, as well as Xbox One and Xbox 360.
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