2 Lesnar Specials From Kambi

With Brock Lesnar now holding the WWE Universal Championship, and rumoured to be signed up to wrestle at WrestleMania 35, the oddsmakers from Kambi published two new Lesnar markets to their WWE/Pro Wrestling section.

The new markets were released earlier this week. The first is a special where clients can place wagers on whoever succeeds Lesnar for his championship. The second is in the WrestleMania 35 section where clients can wager on who they believe will oppose Lesnar in early April.

Unsurprisingly, Braun Strowman is a 1/2 favourite to become the WWE Universal Champion following Lesnar. After seeing Lesnar win the title - the way he did - from Strowman at Crown Jewel it made me confident that it was a setup for Strowman to get his revenge at a later point.

I'll get into The Rock at 2/1 later.

Drew McIntyre at 3/1 kind of makes sense considering there was a consensus out there that believed he would beat Strowman for the title had Strowman left Saudi Arabia with the title. As it stands right now - a heel McIntyre chasing a heel Lesnar for the title going into Mania does not make sense to me, however.

Seth Rollins - who called out Lesnar as a way to stir up the fan's hatred toward the Universal Champion not being around on Monday's episode of Raw - is 6/1.

I read in passing this week that Bobby Lashley still believes that he'll get to wrestle Lesnar sometime in the future. He's 7/1.

All of the selections, along with their odds from Tuesday, can be found below. The prices are unchanged from there.

I stated that I would write a bit about The Rock as a second-favourite in the 'Universal Champion After Brock Lesnar' market because there's kind of an overlap as he is second place in the special where customers can place wagers on The Beast's Mania opponent.

As you can see, The Rock is priced next to Drew McIntyre. Both are at 5/2. 

Earlier this week, I read an article from a person who writes a lot of fake news stories in the quest for attention.. His story claims that WWE wants Dwayne Johnson to come in for Mania, beat Lesnar for the title and then drop it back to him in Saudi Arabia.

This would obviously mean Rock would have to come in for the Royal Rumble or Elimination Chamber as well, but let's play on..

The writer's fantasy story didn't factor in that Dwayne Johnson's agents - Endeavor - exited a huge investment deal with Saudi Arabia in the wake of the Jamal Khashoggi murder.

If John Cena's people advised him against going, I am certain Johnson's team would. Especially as Rocky was recently criticised for endorsing Mohammad bin Salman after the two met earlier this year. 

A look at Dwayne Johnson's IMDB page will also show a schedule that makes performing in ONE match doubtful. Let alone two. 

Or more.

In my opinion, Braun Strowman is the right favourite to be Lesnar's WrestleMania dance partner.

Lesnar's title victory at Crown Jewel came across to me like a setup for a rematch. If I could liken it to a recent match I could pull from memory - it reminded me of Goldberg going over Lesnar at the Survivor Series. As we now know, this set up the latter's comeback win months later at WrestleMania 33. 

I haven't bet on Strowman to win this market, but - as soon as he lost at Crown Jewel - I backed the Monster Among Men to win the Royal Rumble with Sky Bet and Betway.

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