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Former NXT Tag Team Champion Lends Support to WWE for Booking Brock Lesnar and Omos at WrestleMania 39

Published March 05, 2023, 9:15 AM EST

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The Feb. 27 edition of Monday Night Raw witnessed Brock Lesnar accepting MVP’s challenge to face Omos at WrestleMania in Hollywood. The segment ended with MVP lying on the floor flat and Lesnar having the last laugh.

The Beast and the 6 foot three inches tall Nigerian Giant are set to wrestle at The Grandest Stage of Them All, unlike the original plan. This match will bring a lot of action to the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Although the match has received mixed reactions from the fans, a former WWE NXT wrestler claims the match is going to be one of a kind.

Corey Graves hypes up Lesnar vs Omos at WrestleMania

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Speaking on the WWE After the Bell with Corey Graves podcast, the former NXT Tag Team Champion displayed his full support of WWE’s decision to book The Conqueror and the 400+ lb Giant at The Showcase of Immortals this year.

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When the Nigerian Giant was revealed as The Beast’s opponent for this year’s biggest PLE, WrestleMania 39, fans were somewhat disappointed. The reason the latter always used to square off against the top names, like Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and The Undertaker at The Show of Shows.

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According to the fans, the RAW superstar is not a high-profile athlete who is fit to be The Conqueror’s WrestleMania opponent. But Graves believes otherwise.

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In the podcast, he gives his insight on how he thinks the match between Lesnar and Omos is going to be a megahit. he states when the WWE Universe will witness the “two larger-than-life human beings collide in the So-Fi Stadium,” it is going to be a “fascinating spectacle.”

Graves predicts the match will be short

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During the podcast, Graves said that he expects the match to be short and lack “technical proficiency.” But also, he believes it is going to be “ugly.”

The former WWE 24/7 Champion says that the match is going to be like “a semi-truck and a tractor-trailer” with a speed of “100 miles an hour” each, crashing with each other. He adds that “there will not be a single a** in a single seat at So-Fi Stadium or maybe even around the world,” if Lesnar picks up the Nigerian Giant and “delivers an F-5.”

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Graves concludes his statement with the words, “Tell me the prospect of seeing that visual. Doesn’t it make you a little bit interested? Doesn’t it make you salivate just a little bit?”

Tell us what you think of The Beast vs The Nigerian Giant at WrestleMania 39, next month.

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Monika Thapa is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. She holds a Bachelor's degree in English. An avid fan of WWE since her childhood, Monika admires the dedication and determination of WWE fighters.
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