![Brock Lesnar at the 2019 Royal Rumble Brock Lesnar at the 2019 Royal Rumble](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/028/339/Dx-ADZCUwAAOnk-.jpg)
Brock Lesnar at the 2019 Royal Rumble
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About
Brock Lesnar at the 2019 Royal Rumble refers to a GIF of professional wrestler Brock Lesnar holding opponent Finn Balor in a submission hold while making an intense grimace.
Origin
On January 27th, 2019, during the WWE Royal Rumble event, Brock Lesnar faced and defeated Finn Balor in a match for the Universal Championship. He secured his victory by holding Balor in a submission until Balor tapped out (GIF shown below).
Spread
The intense grimace on Lesnar's face as he secured the submission was quickly noticed on social media. Twitter account @TotalDivasEps posted a GIF of the moment, gaining over 1,200 retweets and 2,800 likes (shown below).
β TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) January 28, 2019
Other social media users parodied the moment by using it as a reaction. For example, Twitter user 0N3L0V3 posted it as a reaction image and gained over 670 retweets and 2,700 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user ColonelFancy also made a joke that gained over 600 retweets and 2,000 likes (shown below, right). The jokes were covered by Twitter Moments,[1] Independent,[2] and others.
![Browsing History Guy Manperson @ON3LOV3 Follow When your girl checks your browser history #RoyalRumble](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/454/441/8f0.png)
![Stubbed Toe ColonelFancy @ColonelFancy Follow When you hit just your pinky toe against a nightstand in the dark #RoyalRumble](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/454/443/314.png)
WWE itself joined in on the parody, creating a Big Enough parody of the moment that gained over 3,200 points on r/squaredcircle.[3]
Various Examples
![Fear Elijah Carey @Elijahcarey98 Follow When you try to sneak food at 2 am then all of a sudden hear your mom walking downstairs #Royal Rumble 12:02 AM-28 Jan 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/454/445/b52.png)
![What do you have!? Aidan, @AidanCunny Follow When you ask your dog what they're eating and they keep chewing #Roya!Rumble](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/454/446/89d.png)
![Sorry Boss Pat Bowlby @producepat Follow When your boss comes into your cube and you're on YouTube #Royal Rumble](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/454/447/910.png)
![It really was too long Shawn Garrett Π€ Followv @ShawnGarrett When the #Roya!Rumble is going over five hours 11:54 PM - 27 Jan 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/454/448/148.png)
![Pizza Rolls Brandon Caldwell @_brandoc Follow when mom says the pizza rolls are ready #Royal Rumble](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/454/451/aa7.png)
![Like watching picasso paint Famous Artist @ilyassking1 Follow My Drawing of Brock lesnar 12:03 AM-28 Jan 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/454/452/104.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter Moments β Brock Lesnar got the meme treatment at the Royal Rumble
[2] Independent β WWEβs Brock Lesnar becomes red-faced meme
[3] Reddit β /r/squaredcircle
Top Comments
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Jan 28, 2019 at 06:21PM EST
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Jan 28, 2019 at 04:14PM EST