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Double Cross of the Century: Brock Lesnar Gets Screwed, Bobby Lashley Wins WWE Title at the Royal Rumble

Published 01/29/2022, 10:53 PM EST

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WWE Champion Brock Lesnar put his title on the line against Bobby Lashley in a dream match at the Royal Rumble 2022. This has been one of the most awaited matches since its announcement!

Bobby Lashley came out first alongside MVP. Upon entering the ring, he started pacing around like a predator waiting for ‘The Beast’ to come out. Next, Lesnar came out to the ring alongside Paul Heyman.

Corey Graves introduced Bobby Lashley as The Challenger, but Heyman took the mic from Graves to introduce Lesnar himself.. and the crowd joined in!

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Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley put up a dominant match at Royal Rumble 2022

The bell went off, and the match started with the two men staring at each other before locking hands. However, both of them broke out of the lock and Lesnar executed a suplex on Lashley.

The Almighty impressed Lesnar as he responded with a suplex as well.

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The suplexes continued from Lesnar’s side until Lashley found the opportunity to shower The Beast with punches, break an F5 attempt by Lesnar, and spear him twice.

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Following this, the match went ringside and Lashley sprinted towards Lesnar to spear him through the barricades. But The Beast moved in time and Lashley went through the barricades himself.

Once the men returned to the ring, Lesnar didn’t spare Lashley. He delivered multiple suplexes to Lashley!

The Almighty locked Lesnar in The Hurt Lock, but wasn’t successful in getting a tap out. Unfortunately for Lesnar, when he executed an F5 on Lashley, the referee took a significant portion of the impact!

Lesnar went to the ropes to see what happened to the referee, and the distraction cost him the WWE championship!

Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman reunite

Roman Reigns arrived out of nowhere and speared Brock Lesnar! He stared down at Heyman before Heyman handed over the title to Reigns. The Tribal Chief hit Lesnar with the championship belt, just the way he did at Crown Jewel 2021!

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He flattened Lesnar and left the ring as Paul Heyman walked back up the ramp with Roman Reigns! What a betrayal by Heyman!

Lashley cashed in on the opportunity and pinned Lesnar for the win!

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Result: Bobby Lashley is the new WWE Champion.

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Shuvangi Sen Chaudhury

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Shuvangi is a senior WWE and AEW author at EssentiallySports. She has over 1000 published WWE articles and also has experience in content operations with Forbes. Having completed her undergraduation from Royal Holloway, University of London, Shuvangi is closely aligned to the fitness industry, having amateur skills levels in tennis and basketball while rowing at a regatta level.
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