Throughout the course of his career Brock Lesnar has faced some of the biggest names of all time on the Grandest Stage of Them All, and at WrestleMania 36 he defended the WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre. It was Drew McIntyre who walked out with the gold after he defeated The Beast Incarnate, but it sounds like there was another name that was considered for the spot.
Dave Meltzer recently noted on Twitter that the plan was always for Brock Lesnar to lose at WrestleMania with Drew McIntyre and Aleister Black being the two people who were under consideration for the match. However, Vince ultimately decided to go with McIntyre.
The plan was for Lesnar to lose. The two main people under consideration at first were McIntyre and Black, but Vince chosen McIntyre. That was long before the pandemic. https://t.co/RWnGw23JDa
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) September 12, 2022
Aleister Black was released from WWE in June of 2021 and he went on to join AEW a few weeks later under the name Malakai Black. He formed the House of Black stable, but it was recently reported that Malakai Black requested his release, and that AEW talent believe his request was granted.
