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Post by Rorschach on Mar 9, 2010 21:18:49 GMT -5
I was watching the Hell in a Cell match with Brock and Undertaker again last night, and I got to wondering: did Brock Lesnar ever have a legit shot at being the man to end the Undertaker's undefeated streak?
Seems like if they ever DID consider it, it would have been right after the Hell in a Cell match....and back then, I don't think ANYONE would have batted an eye at Brock doing it, either. He was young, strong, and had already crushed Rock and Hogan...and the defeat of Undertaker in Hell in a Cell would have absolutely PRIMED Lesnar to be the man to beat the Streak.
Would any of you have been upset with this outcome at the time? I mean, in hindsight it's a phenominally stupid move giving the Streak to Brock....but back then....I can't think of anyone who deserved it more.
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Post by hbk4ever09 on Mar 9, 2010 21:27:26 GMT -5
Wasn't the streak not even as big a deal big then? It would have been pretty big but obviously not as huge as it would be now.
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Post by Parrish on Mar 9, 2010 21:28:46 GMT -5
if Brock had stayed Vince would have let him do WHATEVER he wanted.
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Post by Nic Nemeth on Mar 9, 2010 21:31:59 GMT -5
It would be like ending Cena or Edge's streak, he had a few wins but no one really noticed back then.
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Post by jobber2thestars on Mar 9, 2010 21:41:56 GMT -5
if Brock had stayed Vince would have let him do WHATEVER he wanted. I agree 100%. If Lesnar were still with the WWE, there isn't a doubt in my mind that he'd be ripping through everyone on the roster.
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Post by nerdinitupagain on Mar 9, 2010 22:10:35 GMT -5
Wasn't it only around Flair/Taker that they played up the streak?
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Post by jobsquad on Mar 9, 2010 22:16:35 GMT -5
If he were to do it, they would have booked either another gimmick match or the feud would have culminated with the HIAC match at Wrestlemania. The feud would have probably been done like Lesnar-Undertaker regular match that goes to a DQ, Then each guy gets into a pointless feud with someone else and they interfere in each others matches, and finally the HIAC match at Mania with Lesnar going over. The reason being that you can't logically go from a HIAC match a few months ago back to a lesser match at the biggest show of the year. It doesn't work that way.
They would have made a big deal about it, but it wouldn't be as big as now.
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Post by nyfleaman on Mar 9, 2010 22:27:45 GMT -5
if Brock had stayed Vince would have let him do WHATEVER he wanted. I agree 100%. If Lesnar were still with the WWE, there isn't a doubt in my mind that he'd be ripping through everyone on the roster. Yup. The guy was groomed to be one of the best of all time.
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Post by derrtaysouth95 on Mar 9, 2010 22:35:34 GMT -5
They didn't even notice "The Streak" for the longest time.
Then I guess someone pointed it out and now they make a huge deal out of it every year come WM season.
To be honest....I don't see it as a big deal.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2010 23:16:00 GMT -5
They first started mentioning the streak during the build to the Triple H match, if I recall correctly - it's mentioned on commentary during the match.
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Post by jamielowndes {N} on Mar 10, 2010 4:06:01 GMT -5
Brock had the WWE Title programme at WM 19, but after that they shouldve looked at it, although in hindsight, it wouldve sucked for him to beat the streak and then take off, news of Lesnar leaving didnt exactly pop up at the last second. Shame, the guy was the best monster heel in a long time. And now hes pretty much doing the same thing in MMA. His UFC 100 post fight speech was a thing of beauty.
"Im gonna go home tonight, I'm gonna drink a Coors Light, thats a Coors Light because Bud Light won't pay me nothing. I'm gonna sit with my friends and family, hell I may even get on top of my wife tonight".
This is after he walked around the cage flipping the fans off, spat his mouthpiece at the camera, got in Frank Mir's face AFTER he spent 2 rounds wailing on him, and told the crowd that he pulled the horseshoe from out Frank Mir's ass and beat him over the head with it.
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Post by Agent P on Mar 10, 2010 4:09:21 GMT -5
The Streak is the main example of WWE lucking into something. It's obvious that way back in 1991 they didn't sit around saying that this man must never lose at WrestleMania. They just kept putting him in with people he wasn't going to lose to and then all of a sudden he is 8-0 and about to face Triple H.
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Mar 10, 2010 4:28:22 GMT -5
I can't even begin to express how badly I wish Lesnar had stayed in the WWE. He had absolutely everything needed to be, perhaps, the biggest name ever in wrestling. If anybody ever had a legit shot at taking that title from Austin or Hogan, it was him. Given another year or so, the merch, cross-overs, and endorsements would have been through the roof.
And WHY didn't he? Because the WWE travel schedule is apparently completely intolerable to sane human beings.
At the time, if Lesnar had broken "the streak" I highly doubt anybody would have been upset.
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Post by The Verdict on Mar 10, 2010 5:51:16 GMT -5
if Brock had stayed Vince would have let him do WHATEVER he wanted. I agree 100%. If Lesnar were still with the WWE, there isn't a doubt in my mind that he'd be ripping through everyone on the roster. ...and it would be amazing watching Lesnar rag doll fools
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Post by angryauthor on Mar 10, 2010 6:00:26 GMT -5
I can't even begin to express how badly I wish Lesnar had stayed in the WWE. He had absolutely everything needed to be, perhaps, the biggest name ever in wrestling. If anybody ever had a legit shot at taking that title from Austin or Hogan, it was him. Hmm. He'd have needed to work on his mic skills for that, methinks. He looked great, he was over as hell, and he could work some fantastic matches, but he was still somewhat lacking in the talking department. Don't get me wrong, if he'd stuck around, he would have been a huge name on the level of Taker or Angle. Someone who's always going to get title runs, and always going to have a main event program, but he wouldn't have been the next Austin, imo. And while I would have bought him ending the streak, it would have had to be before the HIAC, because that match really has to end it between two wrestlers for a long time.
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Post by The Verdict on Mar 10, 2010 6:02:43 GMT -5
I can't even begin to express how badly I wish Lesnar had stayed in the WWE. He had absolutely everything needed to be, perhaps, the biggest name ever in wrestling. If anybody ever had a legit shot at taking that title from Austin or Hogan, it was him. Hmm. He'd have needed to work on his mic skills for that, methinks. He looked great, he was over as hell, and he could work some fantastic matches, but he was still somewhat lacking in the talking department. Don't get me wrong, if he'd stuck around, he would have been a huge name on the level of Taker or Angle. Someone who's always going to get title runs, and always going to have a main event program, but he wouldn't have been the next Austin, imo. And while I would have bought him ending the streak, it would have had to be before the HIAC, because that match really has to end it between two wrestlers for a long time. His skills on the mic were definitely improving around the time he left. He was/is better than Lashley in that department.
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Post by angryauthor on Mar 10, 2010 6:12:15 GMT -5
His skills on the mic were definitely improving around the time he left. He was/is better than Lashley in that department. Well, yeah. But when your defining promo is "I say your name is Finlay and you're a bastard" it's not hard for people to have better mic skills than you.
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Post by Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan on Mar 10, 2010 7:57:14 GMT -5
Brock's probably one of the only people I'd be okay with ending the streak. Hell, even if he jumps the guardrail at WM26 after the Taker/HBK match, makes an impromptu challenge, and beats Taker in 15 seconds, leaves & is never seen from again, I'd be okay with that.
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Post by johnnyk9 on Mar 10, 2010 15:17:59 GMT -5
If Batista couldn't end it, Lesnar couldn't
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Post by jamielowndes {N} on Mar 10, 2010 15:59:47 GMT -5
If Batista couldn't end it, Lesnar couldn't Batista has woken up now that he has turned heel, but Lesnar was twice the wrestler that Batista is. In everything, better promos, better presence, better moves, just everything.
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