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Post by Bone Daddy on Oct 14, 2011 23:13:34 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2011 23:14:44 GMT -5
I think that he just hated the schedule mostly.
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Post by Red Impact on Oct 14, 2011 23:17:05 GMT -5
From what I gathered, Brock was a non-wrestling fan approached by the WWE and really had no interest or ties to the company. He might see it as preventing him from being taken seriously in MMA as well, since he has that stigma of "pro wrestler" in a sport where wrestling isn't always highly regarded by the fans.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Oct 14, 2011 23:28:01 GMT -5
To be honest, I don't think he comes off as bitter. I think it just wasn't for him.
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Oct 14, 2011 23:57:31 GMT -5
Well they did try to stick him with a ridiculously long non compete clause that plagued him for quite a few years after he left. Pretty much the only thing it didn't prevent him from doing was playing football. And of course we all know how that turned out.
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Post by molson5 on Oct 15, 2011 0:14:32 GMT -5
He's acknowledged that the WWE helped him jump ahead of a lot of other guys in the UFC and basically accelerated his process there....I don't see him as overly bitter at all. He's just not a pro wrestling "lifer" - kind of like Goldberg. No shame in that. In fact, its probably healthier.
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Post by rawthentic on Oct 15, 2011 2:38:34 GMT -5
I think Lesnar feels a lot of people in wrestling are bitter at him. Which kind of leads to his attitude towards it. I don't view him as bitter but he saw WWE as a stepping stone to bigger things. I don't think Lesnar ever saw himself being a lifer in pro wrestling.
As for people being bitter with him. There is the whole Undertaker thing. There was an interview with Lesnar not long ago where he said Undertaker has given Lesnar shit about his decisions in life mainly through other people. I think Lesnar gets pretty defensive about some of his former peers thinking he f***ed over WWE after so many guys, especially Undertaker did so much for him in terms of building him into a star.
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Post by "Dashing" Dr.VonPhoenix on Oct 15, 2011 3:42:59 GMT -5
To be honest, I don't think he comes off as bitter. I think it just wasn't for him. What sucks about that fact is that he was really good at it.  |
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Post by JDviant on Oct 15, 2011 4:57:49 GMT -5
I don't think he's bitter, but Brock has never seemed to like wrestling. Even in his official WWE dvd 'Here Comes the Pain', you can hear it from colleagues and Brock himself; its said Brock loves competition, and he loves to entertain. Brock never actually says he loves wrestling though, just those aspects of it.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 15, 2011 5:16:07 GMT -5
Well they did try to stick him with a ridiculously long non compete clause that plagued him for quite a few years after he left. Pretty much the only thing it didn't prevent him from doing was playing football. And of course we all know how that turned out. It was only, like ten years, plus the dumbass signed it. I guess when making the Vikings didn't pan out and you suddenly need a job, the stupid shit you sign matters. |
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Oct 15, 2011 8:53:34 GMT -5
Ha! They photoshopped his penis sword tatoo on some old promo photo!  |
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Post by Bone Daddy on Oct 15, 2011 8:56:01 GMT -5
He does seem to hate Stone Cold
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Post by agent817 on Oct 15, 2011 10:07:26 GMT -5
He does seem to hate Stone Cold Well, Austin did walk out when he wouldn't job to him or work with him. Yet, Austin attended one of his fights. |
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Post by mcd on Oct 15, 2011 10:59:17 GMT -5
I think part of it is Brock seems like an INTENSELY private person. I believe I remember reading on here when he was active that he didn't like interacting with the fans and avoided crowds.
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 15, 2011 11:01:49 GMT -5
I think Lesnar feels a lot of people in wrestling are bitter at him. Which kind of leads to his attitude towards it. I don't view him as bitter but he saw WWE as a stepping stone to bigger things. I don't think Lesnar ever saw himself being a lifer in pro wrestling. As for people being bitter with him. There is the whole Undertaker thing. There was an interview with Lesnar not long ago where he said Undertaker has given Lesnar s*** about his decisions in life mainly through other people. I think Lesnar gets pretty defensive about some of his former peers thinking he f***ed over WWE after so many guys, especially Undertaker did so much for him in terms of building him into a star. This is something I've really grown to dislike in wrestling: the feeling among many workers and fans that if you aren't in it for life, then you're selfish, you're weak, etc. etc. etc. I can halfway understand it from the wrestlers' point of view: a guy like, say, Brock or Warrior would've been put over by a bunch of guys, and if he leaves then those guys feel they gave up some heat in vain. Even so, even the most hardened wrestling "lifer" has to recognize how hideously unhealthy (both mentally and physically) the travel schedule is, especially in WWE, and has to recognize that wrestling, on the whole, it's an insanely dirty business. Who could blame somebody for not wanting to get wrapped up in that? I'd understand it more if certain guys felt they were personally lied to or betrayed by someone who bailed, but there's been enough premature deaths and lifelong physical/mental ailments following many wrestlers around that some guys wanting out would seem natural. |
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Post by giffyjames on Oct 15, 2011 11:17:15 GMT -5
no one wants to be on the road 300 days a year wrestling wise and then another 20 travelling. it sucks. brock was just speaking as a man who wanted to make more money and not have to work as much.....and it paid off. he's just a pure athlete like jim thorpe
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Post by giffyjames on Oct 15, 2011 11:19:57 GMT -5
Well they did try to stick him with a ridiculously long non compete clause that plagued him for quite a few years after he left. Pretty much the only thing it didn't prevent him from doing was playing football. And of course we all know how that turned out. It was only, like ten years, plus the dumbass signed it. I guess when making the Vikings didn't pan out and you suddenly need a job, the stupid s*** you sign matters. only? only ten years? NO WONDER BROCK SOUNDS BITTER. you take a guys way of living away and then it blows up in your face because he single handedly made himself bigger than wwe by going to ufc |
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Post by Magnum Opus on Oct 15, 2011 11:27:00 GMT -5
There's a story in his book I think, where he's lamenting a last minute change where he lost to The Rock, and he didn't find out until just before the match.
The details of the story, he claims he was champion at the time, apparently don't quite line up with reality but he seemed really annoyed that he was losing to The Rock as the champ AND he wasn't told until moments before, and even then not by any of the bookers or agents or anything.
Now this was apparently a house show in Miami so it's pretty obvious why they decided to have The Rock win.
The whole moral to the story is that I don't think he was ever quite a fit for wrestling. Like he never really got that it was still a traveling carnival made up of people who are professionals second. Just always expected it to be something else. Which has gotta eat at you.
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