Mr.Imperfect Talks Training With Rock & Brock

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Curtis Axel, who trained with The Rock before WrestleMania 28 and trained with Brock Lesnarupon his return to WWE, talks toWWE.com about these moments in his career. Axel opens up about the respect he gained and talks about how different each guy was. Here is what he had to say:

On how WWE picked him:

“I think that I gained some trust within the WWE organization, and they picked me because they had faith in me being safe, not injuring him and really making him step up his game to get his wind ready, and his body back in shape for all the strenuous activity he was about to endure at WrestleMania. So I think they just had trust in me, and I think that’s what it boiled down to. Plus, we both come from a pedigree. Me and Rock have always had that bond, just because of the generational thing. So I think that had something to do with it. He trusted me, and WWE trusted me, so that’s how all that came about.”

What he learned from The Rock:

“Just how to gauge crowd reactions, after you do something just to live in that moment and have the people eat it up. It’s just timing, stuff that a lot of people watching at home don’t realize. The facial expressions, when to take your time with things. Don’t rush things. Just little, tiny things that you don’t think about when you’re starting out. I’m still improving in that aspect, so I watched The Rock and I listened to The Rock when I was there. Just those little details, the timing and getting the crowd’s reaction and stuff like that. It really helped.”

What it was like to train with Brock Lesnar:
“Nonstop. I mean, we would wrestle a half-hour without a break, just going back and forth and basically doing a whole match. There was a moment, and he might get mad at me for saying this, but there was a moment where we stopped for a second and he said to me, “I’m going to beat your ass all the way to the corner, and then I’m going to take a step back. And when I come back to you, I want you to beat my ass all the way back to the other corner. And if it’s not up to my standards, if it’s not sufficient enough and I don’t think you’re aggressive, you know what’s going to happen to you.”
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I think it's in the cards that he could end up being a very good trainer. There's lots of good trainers who weren't major stars in wrestling, I believe this could be Axel's role when all is said & done. He doesn't have "it" as an in-ring guy, but working with Rock and Brock, it's clear he has something that can be utilized.
 
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