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Not tired of Brock at all. Let him keep throwing dudes around. He's such a freak of nature he's someone I think you have to always keep looking strong until you have someone you really REALLY want/need to put over. Brock is an attraction, which means he requires special booking.
 

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This summed it up for me, fukk Lesnar, time for him to clear off for good :camby:

10 Things I Hate About Brock Lesnar

10. No One Actually Likes Brock Lesnar
It’s true that the real life Lesnar isn’t a people person. He doesn’t like much of anyone, preferring his own company. An intensely private guy, his home is a farm in the middle of nowhere with the only phone a long walk from the house. He never has to see his neighbours, and he never has to be bothered by unwanted callers of any kind.
However, when I say ‘no one likes Brock Lesnar’, this isn’t me calling the man Norman No-Mates in real life. Clearly he has a few friends, and I’m sure his wife and family consider that Lesnar has some form of niche appeal as a human being.
No, it’s that giant spoiler of a character he plays on television. Not even Brock Lesnar fans actually like Brock Lesnar. He’s not a likeable guy, in any sense of the word. He may be the only babyface in wrestling history to get massive heel heat and huge babyface pops from the same people on the same night. Because it’s not the character they’re cheering, it’s the sheer awesome power he displays between the ropes.
People ‘like’ the natural disaster that he represents in WWE storylines and/or what he does to people in the ring. In 2016, he’s not really a babyface or a heel: he’s a cataclysm, a boogeyman. When they call him ‘The Beast’, it’s not just another way of saying ‘The Animal’. Ferrets are animals, as are wombats, meerkats and duck-billed platypi.
No, they’re literally calling him The Devil.
He’s not even necessarily a real character anymore, more the wrestling equivalent of Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers, the demonic star of an in-ring horror movie, and not a cartoon one like Kane. Brock Lesnar is something horrible that happens to people a few times a year, like projectile diarrhoea or the sort of hangovers that transform you into sweaty jelly.

9. That Chest Piece
You’re never going to love all of another person’s ink like you love your own (assuming you do – there are plenty of us with terrible life decisions chronicled on our skin). A time-honoured tradition amongst the heavily-tattooed is the casual snarking on the bleedin’ state that other people get themselves into under the iron.
Lord knows mine aren’t great – I’ve got a Black Flag tattoo that my sister inked on the back of my neck that looks more like dirty laundry, and a freehand backpiece that looks like it was drawn by a ten-year-old. As gloriously sh*tbox as my scratchy punk rock blackwork is, however (and I wouldn’t change a thing), I don’t have a grenade-c*ck rearing up across my chest.
I mocked Brock’s unfortunate commemoration of a bad time in his life quite a lot in a previous article, but it bears repeating: the sword at his throat looks like a large spam bannister with a highly-explosive scrotum, the two aimed directly at his perma-snarling mouth like the ever-present threat of uncomfortable loving in prison.
I’m not sure what he was thinking, given that every job he’s ever had has required working shirtless. Perhaps it was a clever bit of Derren Brown style Jed mind-f**kery, so that everyone watching him work would subconsciously associate him with an aggressively rampant erection. If so, it’s possible that he’s overcompensating for something.
Just a thought.

8. He Damaged The WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Back on more serious ground here, but when Lesnar beat John Cena to death with his own skull to take the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, many of us cheered. We weren’t cheering so loudly a few months later, when the title and the man carrying it had barely been seen on television for months on end.
Lesnar’s less a part-timer than an infrequent flyer. He doesn’t just turn up for a WrestleMania paycheque, but his limited schedule of annual appearances have to be rationed out over well-planned angles and mini-feuds. Lesnar appeared on very few of the thirty-odd episodes of RAW while he held the title, and only two of WWE’s six pay-per-view events until he lost the title in the impromptu triple threat at WrestleMania 31.
The World Title and the WWE Title had only been unified in December 2013, but they waited to merge the two belts and create the current single strap until August 2014, when the new design was presented to Lesnar. The last time the big belt was transformed like that was by The Rock in February 2013. Clearly only part-time transitional title holders are allowed to make major design changes to the title belt these days…
And that’s what Lesnar was: a transitional champion. But he was one that ‘reigned’ for seven months or so and barely showed up with the title, let alone defended it.
Having a man with Lesnar’s impressive credentials as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion should have added credibility to the title. In fact, the reverse was true. His character’s complete disinterest in bringing the title to WWE television left the various contenders to argue over who would face him for literally months on end.
That effectively destroyed the credibility of the championship, reducing it to the level of the Intercontinental and United States titles. At Survivor Series 2014, none of the three titles were contested. Looking at the card for that event now, a casual fan would be hard pressed to remember who held any of those championships.
That’s just diabolically bad.

7. He’s Only Motivated By Money
Brock’s getting on a bit now – he’ll be turning thirty-nine in July. That’s not over the hill, by any stretch of the imagination, and his limited schedule means that, barring accidents, he should be on top beastly form for a good long while yet.
But he doesn’t have the well-rounded upside of a John Cena, CM Punk or Daniel Bryan. When Brock Lesnar retires from fighting – shoot or work – he’s unlikely to be offered an agent or trainer’s job anywhere. He’s not got the kind of personality to transition to a multimedia career after he retires, and for the same reason Hollywood isn’t an option, either.
Lesnar makes a significant amount of money – millions a year, from all reports – for a limited appearance schedule which involves only a few high profile wrestling matches a year. When he was on a full time schedule from 2002 to 2004, he quit because he couldn’t cope with the rigours of the road. His interviews upon re-signing with WWE last year reflect that mindset:
“I love what I’m doing. I work a limited schedule. I work part-time with full-time pay, like everybody wants, which you can’t have – just me. So, I’m happy.” – ESPN, March 2015
Remember his rant to camera in the UFC after beating Frank Mir in the Octagon? Lesnar spat on the UFC’s sponsorship from Bud Light and endorsed Coors Light instead, because he wasn’t getting a cut of the Bud Light sponsorship deal.
Compare and contrast all that to John Cena, who started around the same time he did and is a few month older than Lesnar. When he returns from injury, Cena will be back on a full-time schedule, one he’s kept to for nearly fourteen years – in fact, Cena works longer weeks than most WWE wrestlers.
Scuttlebutt (like gossip with a fat wallet) says that John Cena is the highest-paid wrestler in the world. Since he’s probably the hardest working man in wrestling, few would argue that he doesn’t deserve every penny he makes.
Lesnar is another matter. For years, he’s claimed to be all about competition, all about proving himself… but that’s clearly horse puckey. The man just wants to get paid – he’d turn up and do Hector Guerrero’s Gobbledy Gooker routine if it counted as one of his contracted appearances.

6. He Clocks In and Out Like He’s Working In A Call Centre
From all reports, Lesnar’s still on a flat fee salary structure, meaning that unlike his peers in WWE his earnings aren’t tied to how well the company does. That’s because he’s not interested in how well they do. He just wants the payout to be consistent and to go home.
Pro wrestling is a business that attracts tough, motivated, passionate individuals – unless, of course, you’re Brock Lesnar and you get handed a top spot on a silver platter from the moment you graduate college.
Because that’s what happened. Lesnar grew up working his ass off from dawn till dusk on a dairy farm. He’s seen what it’s like to really work for something, and doesn’t want anything to do with it. He was gifted a full scholarship to college when he proved to be a fearsomely natural talent as a wrestler, and won a whole bunch of stuff. When he graduated, he was offered a developmental contract with WWE without actually pursuing it, because of that amateur reputation.
Lesnar was given $250,000 per year, plus other concessions like the hiring of college roommate Shelton Benjamin, just to train!
When he debuted on the WWE main roster, he was given a top spot and went over the biggest stars in the industry in a matter of weeks. When he couldn’t handle the travel and the hard graft, he quit. It turned out that playing football on a pro level took hard work, not just size and speed: he didn’t make the cut and lost interest, heading off to wrestle in Japan.
When he joined UFC, he did so with virtually no MMA experience, and got a UFC Heavyweight Title shot almost immediately, despite losing his first fight for them.
Lesnar has no friends backstage at RAW, and no interest in making any. He doesn’t work the crowd, and he doesn’t try to become better at what he does. He’s been told that he’s a monster, so he sells when he feels like it, for the most part. He’s a pretty good promo – his performances on his own in 2002 and 2003 bear that out – but he’s got Paul Heyman, so he doesn’t even need to learn any lines.
He has no passion for wrestling and no interest in the business: he punches a clock and leaves. It’s pretty hard to admire a man like that.

5. He Has No Respect For The Business
Like Goldberg, he never watched any wrestling growing up. He didn’t pursue wrestling, like many of the men who’ve stared at the lights for him over the years: he was pursued by WWE after his impressive, stand-out record in amateur wrestling made headlines.
In the last couple of years, Lesnar has been selflessly put over by some of the biggest names in wrestling, and was finally awarded the top title in the company, and therefore the industry. Of course, none of that means anything to the man – he has no interest in or passion for pro wrestling as a business.
He was trained in it, he’s pretty good at it, and his freakish size and speed make him look the part of the monster he’s playing. That’s all there is.
To the Big Show, Mark Henry, the Undertaker, John Cena, the Wyatts or any of the other men who’ve made him look like a million bucks of late, doing the job so thoroughly for the part-time, disinterested, lazy Lesnar in order to shore up his rep as an unstoppable force of nature… that’s a favour.
It’s a gift to one of the boys, and to the office that books them and signs their cheques. The protection of their characters – their gimmicks, their finishers, their status – would normally be a high priority. They chose to prioritise Brock Lesnar instead, and built up his character and aura at the expense of their own.
Except Brock Lesnar’s not one of the boys. He’s barely paid any dues, if you want to call it that, having worked just two years of a full-timer’s schedule before quitting the business in 2004. The only reason – the only reason – that he returned to wrestling and headed to Japan in the first place was that he wasn’t good enough to make the cut in the NFL.
The only reason – the only reason – that he returned to WWE in 2012 was because the money was great and the work minimal.
The idea of a bored, rich part-timer no-selling and going over the entire WWE roster whenever he bothers to make an appearance, with no gratitude or interest in giving back his co-workers or to the business at any point – that’s exactly the kind of thing we’d rag on Hulk Hogan for doing.
Why does Lesnar get a pass on that? Because he can suplex someone seventeen times in a row?
 
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4. He’s Not Interested In Entertaining Us

He’s really not. He’s not out there to put smiles on faces, and he has no interest in the crowd, or desire to work that crowd. There’s no psychology to what he does, no rapport with the audience. If Lesnar came out to crickets and yawns, he’d work exactly the same match and wouldn’t care in the slightest.
In 2014 and 2015, fans were treated to a disinterested WWE World Heavyweight Champion that barely ever defended his title – or even bothered to show up to remind them that he had it. At least the year before, The Rock made as many appearances as his packed schedule allowed. Lesnar has no such excuse – he just couldn’t be bothered.
Lesnar is in WWE to work occasional marquee matches, to make the odd media appearance to promote those matches, and most importantly, to earn money. He’s brought the UFC model to the WWE. Lesnar’s not there to entertain the fans… and again, it most definitely shows.
There’s never been a professional wrestler in the history of the business pushed so far and so fast who cared so little about professional wrestling or its fans. I read some wrestling analyst refer to Lesnar as ‘my guy’ the other day. Bless you, mate. ‘Your guy’ couldn’t give two sh*ts whether you enjoy what he does.

3. The Constant Repetition Of How Tough He Is
Okay, I get that Brock Lesnar is a big, nasty boy. He’s a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and killed it in amateur wrestling. The man’s not a delicate flower and could seriously beast most people in real life if he wanted. He could certainly do so to me: I have the physique of a man who writes for a living, funnily enough.
But this is pro wrestling, and pro wrestling is a work. Brock Lesnar isn’t The Beast Incarnate because he’s actually an unbeatable demon in real life. He’s The Beast because that’s how they’ve written him to be. In point of fact, he was shown to be very fallible indeed in UFC – even discounting the diverticulitis, he lost his first fight for the company when fully healthy to a slightly smaller guy that just outperformed him. He’s certainly not made of stone.
Pro wrestling is full of genuinely hard men and women, and has been for a hundred years. WWE’s insistence on promoting the man since his return as a former UFC champion and dressing him for the Octagon hasn’t gone unnoticed: they’ve tacitly put MMA over pro wrestling as the more legit avenue for the more legit tough guy, and plenty of wrestling fans – not to mention plenty of wrestlers – take exception to that.
Tonga Fifita, Rick Rude, Lou Thesz, Danny Hodge… the list of professional wrestlers who were and are legitimate tough guys is a long one. Lesnar was over as a fearsome monster long before he joined UFC, and the Undertaker was putting him over clean way back in 2002 when Brock was just a rookie pro wrestler with a good amateur background.
The constant emphasis on Lesnar’s fairly recent and quite short MMA experience is unnecessary and buries the real tough guys of pro wrestling. More than that, though, let’s look at the stories being told. Pro wrestling is a work. In that context, WWE is a fighting promotion the equal of UFC, which means that the top guys in WWE are (kayfabe) the equal or better to the top guys in UFC.
Since this is the case, why is Lesnar booked to manhandle men larger than him with so much ease? It makes no sense to put UFC over WWE in the context of WWE’s own storylines, and it makes no sense for Lesnar to be booked as the ultimate fighting machine, no-selling and stomping all opposition, when many of his opponents are bigger and are supposed to be (kayfabe) equally badass.

2. He’s A Storytelling Dead End
Back in the formless mists of 2013, WWE thought they’d come up with a genius nickname for Brock Lesnar. Obviously it had been a long while since he was called ‘The Next Big Thing’, and it probably felt weird for anyone except Taz to call him ‘The Pain’, but their choice was both appropriate and ridiculous: ‘The Anomaly’, meaning something that deviates from the normal or the expected, that stands alone.
Three years later (and two years into the replacement of that nickname with the far more evocative ‘The Beast’) that’s the exact position Lesnar finds himself in. I’m sure that vast salary for a single-digits annual appearance schedule goes a long way to making up for it, but there’s no denying that Lesnar is in a set of one when it comes to WWE.
From late 2013 to early 2015, he was built up as a monster heel to such an extent that, to this day, there is no character on the roster capable of standing up to him. He was supposed to be the dragon that Roman Reigns slayed at WrestleMania last year – but WWE got cold feet and failed to pull the trigger on Reigns back then.
In 2016, Lesnar’s a dragon laying waste to the countryside – and there’s no white knight tough enough to take him down. His singles matches are glorified squashes and he only gets fun to watch when he’s in triple threats or when he’s ganged up on.
Right now, he’s due to face Dean Ambrose at the biggest show of the year. Ambrose is on the run of a lifetime, and was just made to look fantastic in a main event match with a WWE legend, Triple H. People should be looking forward to his match at WrestleMania but they’re not, because he’s facing Lesnar one-on-one, and he’s going to get broken into little pieces.
WWE have created and perpetuated a situation where Lesnar has no competition. No one even comes close. They’ve painted themselves into a storytelling corner with him, and as a result, they’ve done the unthinkable: they’ve made Brock Lesnar boring and predictable.

1. He Should Be Something To Look Forward To
The fact of the matter is, if he was delivering in the ring as part of enthralling, well-told storylines, I would probably ignore all of my misgivings about Brock Lesnar as a man, and as a part of the wrestling business. I’m a fan first and foremost, and although it grates on me, if I loved what he was doing unreservedly, I’d put my fandom first.
I know a lot of fans do that, and a lot of people who write about the ‘ol wrestling for a living do it too.
But I don’t love it. I don’t love the wildly inconsistent selling, the refusal to work the crowd, the boring stories that are being told. In 2016, Brock Lesnar bores me to tears. His matches were exciting when we didn’t know what was going to happen next. Now, they’re as predictable as the standard John Cena match we’ve all slagged off for so many years.
Frankly, I never want to see a German suplex again as long as I live.
I loved Lesnar in 2002 and 2003. Hell, I loved him in 2012 and 2013. He was playing a totally badass character, but a fallible one: he could be beaten by the right guy on the right night. He showed emotion beyond a smirk, including fear on occasion. In 2002, he put over the Undertaker as being on his level, and then beat him anyway… he didn’t just snicker smugly at him in the middle of their marquee match and waste all that heat.
Lesnar was still an irritating douche of a man who disrespected the business every time he opened his mouth back then, but I didn’t care that much, because I loved his work. That’s pro wrestling fandom for you – we’ll forgive all of your many sins, if only you entertain us.
In 2016, Brock Lesnar doesn’t entertain me. He’s a giant spoiler of a character, a man who’ll come in to no-sell and wipe out what should be at least nominal opposition, flatten people who should give him at least a little competition. The last guy that was in that role was called John Cena. It’s pretty much what we used to hate him for, remember?
It turns out that there’s no real empirical difference between Superman and Doomsday, and that’s just sad, man. It’s sad all over. That’s why I hate Brock Lesnar (at least the mundane, safe 2016 version of Lesnar).
 

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What kinda fakkit even writes some trash like that...

It got extra
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at #9. Pretty much invalidated the rest of the list.
 

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Suplex after Suplex then a couple of F5s are :camby:

Cant believe taker laid down for him.

I'd rather watch fandango.


And a big Lol at people wetting themselves over suplex city shirts
 

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Not tired of Brock at all. Let him keep throwing dudes around. He's such a freak of nature he's someone I think you have to always keep looking strong until you have someone you really REALLY want/need to put over. Brock is an attraction, which means he requires special booking.
Is he really tho? Brock isn't moving the needle even when advertised for Raws & House Shows.
 

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Suplex after Suplex then a couple of F5s are :camby:

Cant believe taker laid down for him.

I'd rather watch fandango.


And a big Lol at people wetting themselves over suplex city shirts

I was with you til this :comeon:
 

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Who can or is these days? Brock stands out from every single person on that roster. That's what makes him a special attraction.
There are/were a few guys including Brock but anyone who shows up often enough will lose that appeal because of how trash the booking is.

I'm not saying he isn't an attraction but i believe if other guys on the roster were getting the favorable booking that he gets & had Heyman they would be just as over.

If Bray, Sheamus, Owens, or Del Rio were booked as strong as Brock is they would be just as much of an attraction as he is. Matter of fact Owens was on that level until Cena/Vince killed that shyt dead.
 

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4. He’s Not Interested In Entertaining Us

He’s really not. He’s not out there to put smiles on faces, and he has no interest in the crowd, or desire to work that crowd. There’s no psychology to what he does, no rapport with the audience. If Lesnar came out to crickets and yawns, he’d work exactly the same match and wouldn’t care in the slightest.
In 2014 and 2015, fans were treated to a disinterested WWE World Heavyweight Champion that barely ever defended his title – or even bothered to show up to remind them that he had it. At least the year before, The Rock made as many appearances as his packed schedule allowed. Lesnar has no such excuse – he just couldn’t be bothered.
Lesnar is in WWE to work occasional marquee matches, to make the odd media appearance to promote those matches, and most importantly, to earn money. He’s brought the UFC model to the WWE. Lesnar’s not there to entertain the fans… and again, it most definitely shows.
There’s never been a professional wrestler in the history of the business pushed so far and so fast who cared so little about professional wrestling or its fans. I read some wrestling analyst refer to Lesnar as ‘my guy’ the other day. Bless you, mate. ‘Your guy’ couldn’t give two sh*ts whether you enjoy what he does.

3. The Constant Repetition Of How Tough He Is
Okay, I get that Brock Lesnar is a big, nasty boy. He’s a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and killed it in amateur wrestling. The man’s not a delicate flower and could seriously beast most people in real life if he wanted. He could certainly do so to me: I have the physique of a man who writes for a living, funnily enough.
But this is pro wrestling, and pro wrestling is a work. Brock Lesnar isn’t The Beast Incarnate because he’s actually an unbeatable demon in real life. He’s The Beast because that’s how they’ve written him to be. In point of fact, he was shown to be very fallible indeed in UFC – even discounting the diverticulitis, he lost his first fight for the company when fully healthy to a slightly smaller guy that just outperformed him. He’s certainly not made of stone.
Pro wrestling is full of genuinely hard men and women, and has been for a hundred years. WWE’s insistence on promoting the man since his return as a former UFC champion and dressing him for the Octagon hasn’t gone unnoticed: they’ve tacitly put MMA over pro wrestling as the more legit avenue for the more legit tough guy, and plenty of wrestling fans – not to mention plenty of wrestlers – take exception to that.
Tonga Fifita, Rick Rude, Lou Thesz, Danny Hodge… the list of professional wrestlers who were and are legitimate tough guys is a long one. Lesnar was over as a fearsome monster long before he joined UFC, and the Undertaker was putting him over clean way back in 2002 when Brock was just a rookie pro wrestler with a good amateur background.
The constant emphasis on Lesnar’s fairly recent and quite short MMA experience is unnecessary and buries the real tough guys of pro wrestling. More than that, though, let’s look at the stories being told. Pro wrestling is a work. In that context, WWE is a fighting promotion the equal of UFC, which means that the top guys in WWE are (kayfabe) the equal or better to the top guys in UFC.
Since this is the case, why is Lesnar booked to manhandle men larger than him with so much ease? It makes no sense to put UFC over WWE in the context of WWE’s own storylines, and it makes no sense for Lesnar to be booked as the ultimate fighting machine, no-selling and stomping all opposition, when many of his opponents are bigger and are supposed to be (kayfabe) equally badass.

2. He’s A Storytelling Dead End
Back in the formless mists of 2013, WWE thought they’d come up with a genius nickname for Brock Lesnar. Obviously it had been a long while since he was called ‘The Next Big Thing’, and it probably felt weird for anyone except Taz to call him ‘The Pain’, but their choice was both appropriate and ridiculous: ‘The Anomaly’, meaning something that deviates from the normal or the expected, that stands alone.
Three years later (and two years into the replacement of that nickname with the far more evocative ‘The Beast’) that’s the exact position Lesnar finds himself in. I’m sure that vast salary for a single-digits annual appearance schedule goes a long way to making up for it, but there’s no denying that Lesnar is in a set of one when it comes to WWE.
From late 2013 to early 2015, he was built up as a monster heel to such an extent that, to this day, there is no character on the roster capable of standing up to him. He was supposed to be the dragon that Roman Reigns slayed at WrestleMania last year – but WWE got cold feet and failed to pull the trigger on Reigns back then.
In 2016, Lesnar’s a dragon laying waste to the countryside – and there’s no white knight tough enough to take him down. His singles matches are glorified squashes and he only gets fun to watch when he’s in triple threats or when he’s ganged up on.
Right now, he’s due to face Dean Ambrose at the biggest show of the year. Ambrose is on the run of a lifetime, and was just made to look fantastic in a main event match with a WWE legend, Triple H. People should be looking forward to his match at WrestleMania but they’re not, because he’s facing Lesnar one-on-one, and he’s going to get broken into little pieces.
WWE have created and perpetuated a situation where Lesnar has no competition. No one even comes close. They’ve painted themselves into a storytelling corner with him, and as a result, they’ve done the unthinkable: they’ve made Brock Lesnar boring and predictable.

1. He Should Be Something To Look Forward To
The fact of the matter is, if he was delivering in the ring as part of enthralling, well-told storylines, I would probably ignore all of my misgivings about Brock Lesnar as a man, and as a part of the wrestling business. I’m a fan first and foremost, and although it grates on me, if I loved what he was doing unreservedly, I’d put my fandom first.
I know a lot of fans do that, and a lot of people who write about the ‘ol wrestling for a living do it too.
But I don’t love it. I don’t love the wildly inconsistent selling, the refusal to work the crowd, the boring stories that are being told. In 2016, Brock Lesnar bores me to tears. His matches were exciting when we didn’t know what was going to happen next. Now, they’re as predictable as the standard John Cena match we’ve all slagged off for so many years.
Frankly, I never want to see a German suplex again as long as I live.
I loved Lesnar in 2002 and 2003. Hell, I loved him in 2012 and 2013. He was playing a totally badass character, but a fallible one: he could be beaten by the right guy on the right night. He showed emotion beyond a smirk, including fear on occasion. In 2002, he put over the Undertaker as being on his level, and then beat him anyway… he didn’t just snicker smugly at him in the middle of their marquee match and waste all that heat.
Lesnar was still an irritating douche of a man who disrespected the business every time he opened his mouth back then, but I didn’t care that much, because I loved his work. That’s pro wrestling fandom for you – we’ll forgive all of your many sins, if only you entertain us.
In 2016, Brock Lesnar doesn’t entertain me. He’s a giant spoiler of a character, a man who’ll come in to no-sell and wipe out what should be at least nominal opposition, flatten people who should give him at least a little competition. The last guy that was in that role was called John Cena. It’s pretty much what we used to hate him for, remember?
It turns out that there’s no real empirical difference between Superman and Doomsday, and that’s just sad, man. It’s sad all over. That’s why I hate Brock Lesnar (at least the mundane, safe 2016 version of Lesnar).


What a terrible list. Half of it is blaming him for not showing up when Vince agreed to that contract. He's literally doing everything they tell him to do. The onus is on the E to book him better.
 

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Suplex after Suplex then a couple of F5s are :camby:

Cant believe taker laid down for him.

I'd rather watch fandango.


And a big Lol at people wetting themselves over suplex city shirts
So in the lame ass anti-Taker thread posters complain he beat Brock, and in the lame ass anti-Brock thread posters complain he beat Taker.

Sounds bout right :francis:
 
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