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Former WWE Star Reacts To Claim She Was Booked Like A Female Brock Lesnar

December 30, 2025

This former WWE Superstar has reacted to comparisons between her booking and Brock Lesnar’s.

Shayna Baszler enjoyed one of the most dominant runs in WWE history in 2019. She held the NXT Women’s Championship for a combined reign of over 500 days. Defeating the likes of Kairi Sane and Ember Moon (also known as Athena).

Baszler’s appearance in the 2020 Women’s Royal Rumble was another clear display of dominance, as she eliminated eight competitors. That performance tied Bianca Belair’s record at the time. The record was later surpassed by Nia Jax at the 2025 Royal Rumble, when she eliminated nine competitors.

Shayna Baszler recently appeared on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet, where the host compared her booking to that of Brock Lesnar.

“Yeah, so I had some issue with this, because I don’t think even black and gold, I don’t think I was female Brock Lesnar ever. I think that’s a bad analogy. I think it’s an easy comparison to make, because oh, this badass. And also MMA,” she said.

Shayna Baszler says Triple H pushed for her Royal Rumble 2020 appearance at No. 30

Earlier in the interview, Shayna Baszler reflected on her dominant performance in the 2020 Women’s Royal Rumble. She revealed that WWE repeatedly changed plans for her entrance number until Triple H ultimately pushed for her to enter as the final participant

“I think there was some discussion, because Santino was in the women’s Rumble, and I think originally he was supposed to be number 30, but I think there was this big to do about that’s such a down. It’s funny, whatever. But as number 30, that would be late, the fans, there’s gonna be backlash.

“So then I got switched to number 30, and I think that was Hunter going to bat for me too. I think he was like, if Shayna is not in the Rumble and we put Santino at number 30, everyone’s expecting the NXT champion to come out, and it’s gonna be Santino, that’s gonna be bad. So I think he kind of went to bat for me to get me put back in the Rumble.”