5 times Brock Lesnar desperately needed to lose but didn't

#1 KofiMania gets destroyed by Brock Lesnar

This was a hard one to watch

Brock Lesnar had his first match on free TV in over 15 years when he challenged Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship on the SmackDown on FOX debut in October 2019.

When he made the challenge, it seemed clear that Kofi Kingston's dream run as the WWE Champion was going to end. Before that, Brock Lesnar was on RAW and had last lost to Seth Rollins in the main event of SummerSlam 2019.

KofiMania was arguably the highlight of 2019 and the story of a man who scratched and clawed his way to the top was one of the best that WWE had put out in years. Kingston proved to be a fighting Champion as well, maintaining his popularity - something that's quite hard to do as a babyface champion these days.

Brock Lesnar vs Kofi Kingston *full match* pic.twitter.com/2mboAxfrTk

— Turnbuckle Topics 🎙 (@TT_4You) October 5, 2019

It was hard to watch as KofiMania came crashing down in just around ten seconds. It seemed to be a pointless way to end his reign. Many argued that Kingston should have won the match to legitimize his reign, but WWE never intended to have him hold the Championship for longer.