Brock was there too, showing babyface tendencies.
Lesnar, HHH make the most of a rare house show appearance in Buffalo
Brock Lesnar came out and the arena exploded. In a rare break from character Brock smiled, made eye contact and fist bumped little kids on the aisle. The crowd could not believe that Lesnar was not just at the show, but was there to wrestle. Later in the bathroom I overheard one person say, and I quote, "Thems dont do no house shows that Brock Lesnar." Well, he did a house show match against The Big Show. I exclaimed to my pals that I saw this same match in Hamilton a decade or so ago. This was not the same match at all. Big Show looked lean, healthy and strong, but he fell to The Beast in about two minutes. Lesnar looked amazing and fierce.
The highlight of the night was the main event. Like I said earlier, it was a dream match for a fan who has watched a lot of wrestling over the years. It was a six-man tag team match that featured the team of Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn and the returning Finn Balor taking on Samoa Joe, Kevin Owens and Triple H. Six awesome wrestlers gave a match that the fans loved. Sometimes when a wrestler clamps on a headlock for more than 20 seconds the crowd chants boring, but not tonight. Triple H laid in a tight headlock on Jericho and worked it for the better part of a minute. It looked like Hunter might pop off the head of the list taker. Later, Balor used a headlock to subdue Joe. It made sense that the diminutive Balor would go for a headlock and hang on for dear life. The match was like watching wrestling all-star teams collide. It was a mix of talent that gave to each other to make the match special. Each performer bumped, sold and worked hard. I noticed that Triple H did something Hulk Hogan used to do and that is taking a look at not just the crowd, but right to the cheap seats. He was connecting with people. In the end Jericho got the pin on his former best friend Owens.