By Fights Around The World,Mario Mungia

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Brock Lesnar was first out from “Gorilla” rocking a ‘half up/half down’ tie back that gave him an almost Von Erich-esc baby face appeal as his golden blonde locks bounced up and down on his muscular delts and massive traps that have remained his most recognizable physique characteristic throughout his career.

For Cena, his entrance was one for the books as a few dozen children cosplaying as their hero accompanied him as his music popped, the crowd and little yellow Cena shirts swarmed the stage. The last time a stage full of rugrats ushered out Cena was a losing effort to Austin Theory at WrestleMania, so he was behind the eight ball before the bell rang.

Cena received his personal in-ring intro, the one that he started using after breaking the record for world title wins, though the narrative changed on it following his heel-to-face attitude adjustment (all puns intended). However, it was Lesnar’s intro that received the bigger crowd pop as ‘The Beast Incarnate’ went old-school with it.

Just as Alicia Taylor was about to introduce Lesnar (both men received intros despite zero titles being on the line), a familiar voice suddenly emerged, catching everyone off guard while remaining instantly recognizable. The voice belonged to Paul Heyman, and he was the longtime ‘advocate’ for Lesnar throughout his career.

It was conceivable why WWE wanted to start tonight’s show off with such a high-profile matchup, after all, Lesnar is a cross-over combat sports star that has graced the front page and prime time slot of nearly every ESPN medium across the board. The match was never going the distance, nor would it be judged on the technical prowess; this match was all business.

Cena hit several AAs in a row, but it would not be enough to keep Lesnar down (and only one legend would be successful using the 5-knuckly shuffle today). Lesnar managed to land his own set of F-5’s in succession, and he could feel the moment Cena had enough—going for a single pinfall in that offensive sequence.

Lesnar took the win via pinfall and then delivered an F-5 to the referee as commentary put over this lean version of Brock, ready for a real and sustained run.

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