When A Push From WWE Massively Paid Off For A Superstar

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Elevating a wrestler to the next level can have many payoffs for the WWE company, a wrestler's personal status, future investments, and viewer attention. Despite the current controversies surrounding WWE, the locker room still hosts a lot of potential talent and legends who still have great storylines in them. A big push may come from a mid-card title victory, a Royal Rumble victory, or an unbeaten winning streak showcasing a wrestler's potential.

Whilst the be-all and end-all of the big push usually result in a wrestler winning the WWE title, the benefits of that push are even better if, a decade down the line, that superstar is still wrestling on the top bill, or has a career that is still talked about. A superstar may be with the company for years before they finally get their big moment, but the great benefit is that the fans love to see a hard worker finally achieve the crowning jewels of professional wrestling.

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One of the quickest pushes from the WWE has to be Brock Lesnar during his first run with the company. Dubbed by Paul Heyman as «The next big thing,» no truer words were spoken with the impact Lesnar made. No more than three months after his televised debut, Lesnar won the 2002 King Of The Ring. Two months later he would defeat The Rock at Summerslam to win his first of many WWE titles. Lesnar would not lose by pinfall until November at that year's Survivor Series, following a turn from Heyman to side with The Big Show. To wrap up his first year, Lesnar would also win the Royal Rumble and defeat Kurt Angle at Wrestlemania XIX to earn his second WWE title.

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