As of Saturday afternoon, Brock Lesnar was set to challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal championship. But as has been the case for much over the past two years, COVID-19 changed things in a hurry, and a positive test for Reigns short-circuited that match.
Lesnar was instead placed into the multiway WWE championship match, which was a whirlwind of wild moves that allowed all five participants to shine in a short window. Despite being the last-minute add to the match, Lesnar walked out of State Farm Arena in Atlanta as the new WWE champion to end the night at Day 1.
It was the only title change of the night, but it was an exclamation point on a card that produced good matches from top to bottom, as well as the return of WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix.
Beyond the last-minute nature of the main-event match, the result was shocking because of how sudden it was. From the instant the bell rang, it was pedal to the floor from start to finish. Lesnar handed out a plentiful bounty of German suplexes to both Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens. Owens saved Rollins from an F5, and then Big E charged in with a huge clothesline, sending Lesnar out of the ring.
After Bobby Lashley cut in and slammed Big E into the ringpost, Lashley lined up Lesnar and speared him through the barricade. Rollins and Owens, largely recovered, started working in tandem. They double Superkicked Lashley, and then moved their attention back to Lesnar. Rollins hit Lesnar with a Suicide Dive, and Owens followed with a Frog Splash from the apron onto Lesnar on the floor.
Lashley fought off a double suplex attempt through the commentary table, but Big E ran in and hit a Uranage through said table. Lesnar absorbed even more damage as Owens and Rollins worked together on a double DDT onto the well-worn steel steps.
An absolutely CHAOTIC start to this #WWEChampionship #Fatal5Way Match!
Will it @WWEBigE @fightbobby @WWERollins @FightOwensFight or @BrockLesnar who leaves #WWEDay1 with the title?!
Source : espn
