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Brock Lesnar Dropped the Ball on a Dozen WWE Superstars at a Major WWE PPV: ‘Whatever You Said You Wanted to Do Doesn’t Matter’

Published 03/12/2022, 11:19 PM EST

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Keith Lee is one of the many names who departed from WWE and landed up in AEW. The former WWE superstar, who recently appeared on the latest edition of Talk is Jericho, discussed the 2020 WWE Royal Rumble with Jericho. At the pay-per-view Royal Rumble 2020, Brock Lesnar eliminated the first twelve contenders all by himself and was on a roll.

When the former NXT North American Champion entered the bout as the 13th entrant, The Beast Incarnate seemed impressed by Lee’s size.

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While neither ‘The Limitless One’ nor ‘The Beast’ won the Royal Rumble 2020, their showcase remains one of the memorable moments of the match.

‘The Beast’ Brock Lesnar turned plans by the WWE upside down!

 On the ‘Talk is Jericho’ podcast, Keith Lee stated that Lesnar had initially agreed to many ideas by the creative backstage. Although, when Brock Lesnar stepped inside the Rumble, he flipped around the WWE plans and created chaos.

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“This Rumble happens and everyone’s got these ideas. And Brock is like, ‘yeah, awesome, sure thing.’ Then the bell rings and he is just chucking people. ‘Whatever you said you wanted to do doesn’t matter anymore because either I don’t remember or I don’t care.’ I was in the back like, ‘oh, that’s not what they said, I am going to have to fight him because I am not about to lose my s**t.'” said Keith Lee 

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Keith Lee revealed he didn’t know he was a part of the Rumble until two hours before the Royal Rumble.

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The AEW star knew the WWE wanted a moment between Brock and himself inside the ring. So when ‘The Beast Incarnate’ flipped all the plans by the creative, Lee stepped against Lesnar and delighted the WWE Universe.

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“I get there, and it’s like, ‘Oh he wants to work, okay, we’ll make it a show.’ You can feel it. He’s big selling me coming down and stuff, and I’m like, ‘That guy just did more for me in four seconds than just about anybody can,'” said Lee. (h/t WrestlingINC)

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‘The Beast Incarnate’ Brock Lesnar and ‘The Limitless One’ Keith Lee stared into each other eyes for 40 seconds, which made the WWE Universe crazy. Keith Lee said those three minutes at Royal Rumble 2020 with Lesnar were special for him.

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Akash Dhakite is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. Since he was three years old, Akash has been a fan of WWE, which gives him an ascendancy of knowledge about this sport. He grew up watching John Cena and to ‘Never Give Up’ is something that he has learned from him.
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