Brock Lesner Update
Mar 20, 2004 22:48:43 GMT -5
Post by JimSteel on Mar 20, 2004 22:48:43 GMT -5
Brock Lesnar is currently still under WWE contract for at least five years, as his contract termination has not been fully negotiated. It is expected that WWE will prohibit Lesnar from competing with any other wrestling or MMA company during the five years he would've spent with WWE. Since Lesnar is expected to return in the future, it wouldn't surprise many for a return clause to be worked in as well.
The following are the nine major reasons why Lesnar quit WWE:
1) The travel schedule was more than he could handle. Lesnar grew up as a "farm boy" with a simple lifestyle at home. He didn't enjoy life on the road as much as other wrestlers do, and was uncomfortable rarely getting to go home at all.
2) Lesnar did not have the passion for pro wrestling that others do, and certainly not enough to put up with the hardships he was facing. Lesnar only got into pro wrestling when he realized that it was an opportunity to make good money; before joining WWE he was an amateur wrestler who despised the industry.
3) He legitimately feels he can make it as an NFL star. The NFL would be a new challenge for Lesnar, and it would be a return to the "real sport atmosphere" which WWE doesn't necessarily provide. Whether Lesnar can make it or not remains to be seen, but most felt that he did have an ego problem, which could be misleading him.
4) Lesnar also felt that he was being misused by management. He shot to the top so fast that his ego inflated to the point where he did not expect to lose his title in the short-term. He was under the impression he'd have a long, uninterrupted title run, and did not want to lose to a "little guy who'd never been at the top before." He also felt unhappy about going to South Africa to wrestle Bob Holly, who he did not feel was in his league.
5) Lesnar also had an array of personal issues. He was dating Sable, which obviously led to some conflict with them being on the road together all the time. He was constantly under stress, and also had issues with his child and the child's mother, who were back at home.
6) He was kind of embarrassed about house show attendance going up after Eddie Guerrero won the title, which, to a degree, proved Lesnar wrong about Eddie. While the ratings were on Brock's side, house show attendance, which is how many of the undercard wrestlers make a lot of their money, was on Eddie's side. Thus, Eddie's success could have been more important to some people backstage.
7) The plan was for Lesnar to take on Undertaker after WrestleMania, in an on-air and house show feud that would've had Undertaker come out the better man (by far, just look at how Taker was booked against Kane at WMXX). Taker was also telling the boys that he planned to "humble" Lesnar in the ring.
8) Lesnar was concerned with the wear-and-tear wrestling imposed on his body. He didn't want to be completely wrecked by the time he hit thirty-five or forty. Of course, some might argue that trying a shooting star press to put a cherry-on-top of a five-star match, which could've broken his neck, isn't protecting his body either, but who knows.
9) He felt he had nothing left to prove. Lesnar had already made it to the top of WWE, and was on his way down. He didn't want to go back to where he started, and felt he should tackle something new.
Overall, Lesnar and WWE management are on good terms. They're upset that he chose to leave, but understand that he put a lot of thought into this decision, and this is definitely something that had been brewing for a while.
The following are the nine major reasons why Lesnar quit WWE:
1) The travel schedule was more than he could handle. Lesnar grew up as a "farm boy" with a simple lifestyle at home. He didn't enjoy life on the road as much as other wrestlers do, and was uncomfortable rarely getting to go home at all.
2) Lesnar did not have the passion for pro wrestling that others do, and certainly not enough to put up with the hardships he was facing. Lesnar only got into pro wrestling when he realized that it was an opportunity to make good money; before joining WWE he was an amateur wrestler who despised the industry.
3) He legitimately feels he can make it as an NFL star. The NFL would be a new challenge for Lesnar, and it would be a return to the "real sport atmosphere" which WWE doesn't necessarily provide. Whether Lesnar can make it or not remains to be seen, but most felt that he did have an ego problem, which could be misleading him.
4) Lesnar also felt that he was being misused by management. He shot to the top so fast that his ego inflated to the point where he did not expect to lose his title in the short-term. He was under the impression he'd have a long, uninterrupted title run, and did not want to lose to a "little guy who'd never been at the top before." He also felt unhappy about going to South Africa to wrestle Bob Holly, who he did not feel was in his league.
5) Lesnar also had an array of personal issues. He was dating Sable, which obviously led to some conflict with them being on the road together all the time. He was constantly under stress, and also had issues with his child and the child's mother, who were back at home.
6) He was kind of embarrassed about house show attendance going up after Eddie Guerrero won the title, which, to a degree, proved Lesnar wrong about Eddie. While the ratings were on Brock's side, house show attendance, which is how many of the undercard wrestlers make a lot of their money, was on Eddie's side. Thus, Eddie's success could have been more important to some people backstage.
7) The plan was for Lesnar to take on Undertaker after WrestleMania, in an on-air and house show feud that would've had Undertaker come out the better man (by far, just look at how Taker was booked against Kane at WMXX). Taker was also telling the boys that he planned to "humble" Lesnar in the ring.
8) Lesnar was concerned with the wear-and-tear wrestling imposed on his body. He didn't want to be completely wrecked by the time he hit thirty-five or forty. Of course, some might argue that trying a shooting star press to put a cherry-on-top of a five-star match, which could've broken his neck, isn't protecting his body either, but who knows.
9) He felt he had nothing left to prove. Lesnar had already made it to the top of WWE, and was on his way down. He didn't want to go back to where he started, and felt he should tackle something new.
Overall, Lesnar and WWE management are on good terms. They're upset that he chose to leave, but understand that he put a lot of thought into this decision, and this is definitely something that had been brewing for a while.
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