Bubba Ray Dudley has pitched a brilliant idea where CM Punk returns to WWE at the Royal Rumble to kick off a feud with Brock Lesnar.

This past Monday on Raw, Paul Heyman announced Brock Lesnar would be in the Royal Rumble, entering at the number one position.

Many thought Lesnar would be defending the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble, but it now looks like they'll be setting up his feud for WrestleMania at the show instead.

Plenty of superstars could be booked to face The Beast at the Showcase of Immortals, but Bubba Ray Dudley believes CM Punk would be perfect for the role.

Dudley believes Punk would be an excellent feud for Lesnar as Heyman wouldn't know which superstar to back.

He said, via Busted Open Radio: "Check this out. Brock is standing by himself, end of the match, everyone's out. Who the hell is gonna be number 30? Punk's music hits.

"The place is gonna go absolute bat sh*t crazy. Yes or no? What would the look on Paul Heyman's face be if CM Punk is coming to the ring against his beast.

"Who else did Paul represent besides Brock Lesnar? Now he's got his two guys. His biggest successes in WWE will now be standing face to face."

Ultimately, Dudley's booking would see a WrestleMania main event match between Punk and Lesnar for the WWE Championship.

He said: "Punk enters the ring. Punk and Brock Lesnar are face to face. [The] hard camera shot shows them face to face and splitting right in the middle is the look of horror Paul Heyman looking like Kevin from Home Alone.

"With that look of horror on his face like 'what the frick am I supposed to do now?' I never saw this coming. I'm Paul Heyman. I'm the master manipulator. I'm the master chess player. I can outwork anybody in the ring and in the back, and now I am face to face with a situation that not even I saw coming.

"And Punk eliminates Brock and then challenges Brock for the championship. You don't think that's a WrestleMania main event that's gonna put a**es in seats?"

Punk and Lesnar have feuded once before, but this was a bit of a lackluster feud during 2013 that came to its conclusion at 2013's SummerSlam.

A second Punk and Lesnar is bound to be so much better than the first, especially if everything that's happened to both superstars over the past couple of years since Punk's last WWE appearance in 2014 is included in the feud.