James Ellsworth had a breakout year in 2016. The chinless, indy jobber burst onto the scene and was inserted into a main event storyline on Smackdown LIVE. On the contrary, Brock Lesnar had a fairly dismal year by his standards, losing his highest profile match to Goldberg in less than two minutes at the Survivor Series. Proving that a glass can be both half full and half empty, a Reddit user took the time to compile a list of both superstars’ matches and found that they weren’t all that different. At least in the W-L column.
Brock Lesnar, one of the most unstoppable forces in WWE history finished 2016 with a 3-3 record. So did James Ellsworth.
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Lesnar
- Lost in the Royal Rumble
- Lost to Roman Reigns & Dean Ambrose at Fastlane
- Defeated The Wyatt Family at Roadblock
- Defeated Dean Ambrose at WrestleMania 32
- Defeated Randy Orton at SummerSlam
- Lost to Goldberg at Survivor Series
Ellsworth
- Lost to Braun Strowman on Raw
- Defeated AJ Styles on SmackDown Live
- Defeated AJ Styles on SmackDown Live
- Lost to The Wyatt Family alongside Dean Ambrose & Kane on SmackDown Live
- Defeated AJ Styles on SmackDown Live
- Lost to AJ Styles on SmackDown Live
With both superstars likely to appear in the 2017 Royal Rumble, we’ll see who can take the lead in this heated rivalry.
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