What if Brock Lesnar hadn’t returned to WWE in 2012?

#2 Mark Henry vs Triple H At WrestleMania

Without Brock Lesnar, the whole WrestleMania 29 card may have been shuffled.

WrestleMania 29 saw Triple H and Brock Lesnar work a rematch from the preceding SummerSlam. While some fans questioned The Game getting his win back over Lesnar, and the match didn’t arrive as n unforgettable classic in either man’s career catalog, it was nonetheless a respectable enough high profile showdown for ‘Mania.

But what if Brock Lesnar hadn’t been in the picture at all?

It’s possible that Triple H would have sat out WrestleMania. Another scenario, however, could have seen him work Mark Henry instead.

Chris Jericho claims that he originally returned for that WWE stint to work a ‘Mania program with Ryback. Preserve that plan, and free up the Cerebral Assassin, and a showdown between him and the World’s Strongest Man would make good sense. That’s especially true given WWE was setting up Henry for one last world title program, challenging John Cena. Triple H would have been a more than worthy stepping stone in that story.