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Post by salsashark on Aug 20, 2013 16:20:02 GMT -5
I just wanted to see how people feel about Brock as a worker, a promo guy, a person or whatever else--especially this run versus the original one. I wasn't watching WWE when Brock originally arrived (though I do remember reading a WWE Raw magazine that profiled him way back when), so I only got to really know him years later when I was catching up on what I missed.
This run has made me a huge, huge mark for him. (He's my favorite after Bryan and Punk.) His offense is what pro wrestling offense should be: very realistic stuff that makes him look like a killer who really has stepped over from MMA. I'm sold on everything about the dude--his theme, his entrance, the F5, his physical build, the way he looks like he just survived war whether he wins or loses--and I really hope he'll be around for a few years more instead of going away again. I enjoy him not being on TV constantly, too, just because he still feels like a special attraction. I really want to see him in a feud with Bryan; the technical wrestling would be fantastic.
He also seems like a decent enough guy away from the camera who plays up the prickish, bully side for the sake of selling his reputation as a bad ass and less because he's an actual dickhead. I ordered a really cheap copy of the guy's book so I wonder how my perception of him will shake out after that.
Also, there's a small part of me that wishes he'd try the Shooting Star Press again some day. I mean, I know he won't, but man, what I wouldn't give to see him land that on Cena or Punk nowadays. It could be one of those "WrestleMania moments" WWE always seems to be hyping up.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 16:27:52 GMT -5
Always loved him, he's in my top 3 favourites of all time.
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Post by Bo Rida on Aug 20, 2013 17:40:21 GMT -5
Most heels these days I either like because they're entertaining or hate because they're boring, Brock's pretty much the only one that gets me in a more markish way, I just want to see him get beat (as opposed to wanting to see him to win or not wanting to see him at all).
Well as long as he stays away from the mic, I don't want to hear him talk for more than 30 seconds.
Back in the day I respected him but in a more detached way, he never really drew me in as a charachter.
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Post by slappy on Aug 20, 2013 17:42:15 GMT -5
Didn't like him during his original run and I don't like him now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 19:13:49 GMT -5
He has probably the second best Monster Heel look after Andre the Giant, he makes everything look devastating, and he sells much better than one would expect. I'm a big fan of his MMA career and he sounds like a decent guy, when you boil it down.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 19:14:31 GMT -5
I much prefer him now.
I just wish he was around more often.
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Post by Paco on Aug 20, 2013 19:18:32 GMT -5
Loved him then. Love him now.
He's amazing.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 19:21:01 GMT -5
I loved him in the past and love him in the present. He's a special one of a kind athlete and genetic beast that gives him tons of presence and makes him a better wrestler. I've been enjoying his present run more because I love how Heyman is a bigger part of his run now then he was in the past, how he's a special attraction now because you know something awesome will happen when he's on, and how he's successfully incorporating a hybrid MMA and wrestling style which is unique, and how destructive he has been. Plus another thing it's quite obvious he doesn't have agents telling him what do in the ring and its up to him and his opponent to create the match they want. Like him vs. Cena was MOTY IMO last year and him vs. Punk maybe this years MOTY
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 19:22:58 GMT -5
I don't care about his personal life, but he's always been professionally very kind to both the WWE & UFC. Often see people making up that he joked about WWE in UFC interviews despite him crediting his pro-wrestling career as the reason for his hiring.
Promo wise he is underrated, when he isn't forced to drone on (like a Punk/Triple H/Cena/'Taker/any other main event guy) for 20 minutes when he needs to make one or two points he is intimidating as all hell.
In ring he is what you want out of a monster. He can do a running powerbomb to the Big Show, he can lift up ANYONE on the roster with relative ease, he makes strikes look like they hurt, and his physical look compliments that.
Add in his incredible pace/athleticism and you have the perfect big man wrestler.
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Post by Johawn on Aug 20, 2013 19:25:49 GMT -5
Love him, wish he was booked better up to now. His stuff looks BRUTAL. His presence is awesome, he sells surprisingly well. He's everything I want from a big guy wrestler.
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Post by Harry The Arrow was Wrong! on Aug 20, 2013 19:26:07 GMT -5
Interestingly enough, for a guy whos a gimmick is a wrecking machine, he sells better than most of the roster.
I loved his original run due to his great matches but I think I prefer him this time round because he's got this aura about him. I mean, when his music hits you just get that feeling like "Shit just got real".
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Aug 20, 2013 19:28:10 GMT -5
He was and still is, a boring muscle-head goon.
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Post by The Tee Why on Aug 20, 2013 19:29:32 GMT -5
He's one of my favorites, from the very first time the guy showed up and decimated everything in sight. The brutal powerbomb, the F5 is still one of my favorite movies of all time.
Im very glad he returned and Im very glad he still has 'it'
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Aug 20, 2013 19:32:23 GMT -5
I wish he had landed that SSP at Mania.
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Post by Derk! on Aug 20, 2013 19:36:48 GMT -5
Like many have said, loved him back then, love him now. Dude is a legit freak of nature. No one that big or strong should be able to move that fast.
He has this presence about him that I haven't seen before or since. I hope he Punk have a couple more encounters before all is said and done.
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Post by kidglov3s on Aug 20, 2013 19:38:36 GMT -5
I think he's one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time and has produced an amazing body of work since he's returned in 2012. I only wish they'd let him talk more.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 19:51:33 GMT -5
I wasn't watching when he first debuted and nothing about him really drew me in. Like some one else said, he's a big scary meat head, which isn't bad, but that was also his gimmick which put me off. Same way Ryback did with his feed me more schtick.
His angle with HHH was .... Not that hot and this program with Punk is more Punk v Heyman than anything. His SS match this year was damn good though.
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Post by Ecks Ecks Ringout Ecks Ecks on Aug 20, 2013 19:59:50 GMT -5
As I mentioned in another thread some weeks back, I'm a fan of Brock for the wrong reasons.
I think he's a great performer and I've enjoyed many of his matches, but he's just not around enough to put him in the same category as other guys I mark for. I think he works marginally better than the Rock as a "special attraction" since he's put in more appearances and his hybrid MMA style makes him stand out, but I can't help being annoyed that he's making bucketloads of cash for doing a fraction of the work of the full time guys.
I guess I appreciated past Brock much more as a wrestler, while I appreciate current Brock for his random bizarre outbursts when someone makes the mistake of bringing a microphone within twenty feet of him.
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Post by woowoowoox on Aug 20, 2013 20:57:25 GMT -5
I don't really have any.
I don't hate seeing him and I don't love seeing him. I'm perfectly neutral on the guy, to be honest.
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Post by eDemento2099 on Aug 20, 2013 21:08:47 GMT -5
I haven't watched WWE since Shawn Michaels retired because the product sucked and the new 'stars' couldn't hold a candle to the ones of previous generations.
I do have fond memories of watching Brock Lesnar wrestle in the early- to mid-2000s and wonder how he is nowadays. What would you say is the single best wrestling match Brock Lesnar has had since returning to wrestling from MMA? I'm not interested in watching any matches featuring John Cena (I found the highly praised HBK vs Cena match to be very overrated and thus do not think Cena can put on good matches).
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