Your favorite Brock Lesnar's match since his 2012 return?

[hijuko]

For me clearly at SummerSlam 2013 against Punk who was an absolutely masterpiece in-ring and in storytelling. Then come the Triple Treath of the RR 2015 and the match of Mania 31.

[Chiral]

Where's the option for the absolute classic trilogy with HHH!?!??! (not really)

Punk match would probably be my #1 as well, my first thought were the Bryan/AJ matches but the Punk one had less of that long portion where Brock 100% dominated that the others had.

[Germansuplex]

Going with the triple threat vs. Cena and Rollins. Brock/Punk was IMHO hobbled by the storytelling, in which Punk is an idiot who goes after Heyman while fighting Brock freaking Lesnar.

[Fade]

Man, that’s tough.

On a pure match basis, probably against Styles. I fricken loved that match in a vacuum.

On the whole? Probably against Cena at SummerSlam for how unique and shocking it was. Quite a few come close though.

[Jindrak Mark]

Lesnar/Cena at Extreme Rules.

We've seen a lot of Brock matches since, some good, some bad, some ugly, but that first one back had an atmosphere unlike any other. No one really knew what to expect from Brock returning. Would it be the Brock from 02-04? A new MMA Brock? A hybrid of both?

Watching it live I was legit worried about Cena's safety. It felt more like a massacre than a pro wrestling match. It got to the point that the same Chicago crowd who treated Cena like a massive villain less than a year earlier in the same building against CM Punk at MITB felt so bad for him and popped huge for his comeback and win.

It's the most unique match I've seen in WWE in the past decade. And I now realize I can only say that for a few more days because it's almost 10 years old now.

[cornettesracket]

Apr 23, 2022 16:21:18 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:

Lesnar/Cena at Extreme Rules.

We've seen a lot of Brock matches since, some good, some bad, some ugly, but that first one back had an atmosphere unlike any other. No one really knew what to expect from Brock returning. Would it be the Brock from 02-04? A new MMA Brock? A hybrid of both?

Watching it live I was legit worried about Cena's safety. It felt more like a massacre than a pro wrestling match. It got to the point that the same Chicago crowd who treated Cena like a massive villain less than a year earlier in the same building against CM Punk at MITB felt so bad for him and popped huge for his comeback and win.

It's the most unique match I've seen in WWE in the past decade. And I now realize I can only say that for a few more days because it's almost 10 years old now.

Because I voted for lesnar vs Cena in 2012, I rewatched the PPV today and I can’t believe it’s ten years and I’d love the production of 2022 would return to 2012. Actual ring posts, no led ring aprons, no stupid camera cuts and the PPV had some uniqueness and not bland.

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Brock vs. Cena at Extreme Rules was amazing and would probably be my favorite if the Punk match never happened.

And even though it's not an option on the poll, I also loved the match with Balor. It was a lot of fun, probably because Brock actually got his ass kicked for most of it.

[saneiac]

I went with vs. Reigns vs. Rollins at WM31. Prior to Rollins cashing in, Lesnar and Reigns were having a hell of a match. Stiff and brutal and exciting. I don't know why they haven't been able to repeat that in any of their later matches.

[rnrk supports BLM]

Apr 23, 2022 16:21:18 GMT -5 Jindrak Mark said:

Lesnar/Cena at Extreme Rules.

We've seen a lot of Brock matches since, some good, some bad, some ugly, but that first one back had an atmosphere unlike any other. No one really knew what to expect from Brock returning. Would it be the Brock from 02-04? A new MMA Brock? A hybrid of both?

Watching it live I was legit worried about Cena's safety. It felt more like a massacre than a pro wrestling match. It got to the point that the same Chicago crowd who treated Cena like a massive villain less than a year earlier in the same building against CM Punk at MITB felt so bad for him and popped huge for his comeback and win.

It's the most unique match I've seen in WWE in the past decade. And I now realize I can only say that for a few more days because it's almost 10 years old now.

My favorite Cena match, period. I'm sad it doesn't get played up more, Cena pulling out the win over Brock just brutally annihilating him and winning over the hostile Chicago crowd while he did it still feels like it should be remembered as his definitive slamming Andre/refusing to tap out to the Sharpshooter moment.

[häšhtå.gdālėÿ]

Gotta be the Cena one for how shocking and memorable it was. I really have the brain of a goldfish when it comes to individual wrestling matches, I don’t remember much. I couldn’t tell you a single thing about Brock/Punk. Hell, I couldn’t even have told you for certain if it happened.

But I remember Brock/Cena.

[Duke Cameron]

Extreme Rules 2012

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Vs. AJ. You can tell Brock loved working with AJ because he sold is ass off for AJ all the way to the back even after the match was over.

If anything it makes WWE booking Brock to kill no AJ instantly in the EC match even more infuriating.

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Shoutout to the Kaiju Battle at Summerslam 2017, though, that shit was fun!

[santmare12]

Rumble 2015–was there live, too. Awesome triple threat.

[cornettesracket]

One thing you can’t say about brock is that since he returned ten years ago is that he half asses it in the ring. He might not have the massive love for the business that we as fans would hope the wrestlers do, but he puts in the work and when he likes a guy he’ll bump for them. Keith lee in the rumble comes to mind when you could tell brock liked him and put him over.

I loved the rumble triple threat where all three men brought their working boots.

[David-Arquette was in WCW 2000]

Extreme Rules 2012. Such a unique match. The best match I'd seen since getting back into wrestling in 2010, and honestly, no match I've seen (in my fairly limited viewing) since then has come close to matching the atmosphere and intensity of it.

Actually now that I think about it, I like this match, really more than anything else I've seen post attitude era.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

There’s a funny disconnect between “Brock’s so boringgggg” which is totally understandable and yet at the same time he’s had more than a few truly great matches in this run as well.
I’m going to go with the Bryan match just beating out the destruction of Cena (ironic since that would’ve been Bryan if he didn’t get hurt). Seeing Bryan somehow pull off being a plucky underdog AND a complete dick was so much fun.

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That first Cena Extreme Rules match. I started watching again a year prior and it just had a different feel, a different level of brutality and realism other matches didn't have. Lesnar went ape shit as well, he had no limits.

Sure, Lesnar shouldn't have lost but I consider that match better than anything else he's done.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

It's criminal that Brock's Extreme Rules match with Cena doesn't get as much praise and attention as the SummerSlam one did.

I wholeheartedly agree it was one of John's most iconic moments as a performer/character, winning over that normally hostile Chicago crowd.

But it gets overshadowed because of the 2014 one's "LOL, SuperCena got buried, take that!" bullshit that fans want to perpetuate.

[Ben Wyatt]

Apr 24, 2022 8:20:25 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

It's criminal that Brock's Extreme Rules match with Cena doesn't get as much praise and attention as the SummerSlam one did.

I wholeheartedly agree it was one of John's most iconic moments as a performer/character, winning over that normally hostile Chicago crowd.

But it gets overshadowed because of the 2014 one's "LOL, SuperCena got buried, take that!" bullshit that fans want to perpetuate.

The SS squash of Cena, much like the streak ending, was completely wasted by them not properly having someone slay Brock until the moment to do so had long passed