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Is Brock Lesnar unsafe to work with?

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#1 ·
I recently watched his match vs John Cena at Extreme Rules 2012, and man, it was brutal. Not only did he bust John Cena open, every punch and takedown of his felt brutal and real. I'm sure if it wasn't for John Cena's whole "never say die" attitude/gimmick, Cena would have probably called the match off. It felt like a fight, and truly, Brock has become a fighter these past few years. Even yesterday, he bounced a chair off of the Miz's head and F5'd him on a couch.

I completely understand his gimmick is to be that dangerous, monster heel who can give anyone the fight of their life ..but is he really just too dangerous to work with?
 
#17 ·
This just goes to show how legit of a beast lesnar is, and I used to hate the guy but his matches with john cena and triple h I was intensely into for some reason, he worked those two matches fantastic.
 
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#54 ·
I used to think this too.. but then I watched shoots with some of the guys I thought he was working sloppily with and they had nothing but good things to say about him. Even Bob Holly who hates everyone likes brock and said it was his own fault in his shoot. He did have a tendency to try and hit moves he never should have been attempting (shooting star press) I think that's really when he's the least safe.

Brock has strength for weeks, that's a big part of wrestling safely. Add in Sparring and training he's gone through in the last 4 or 5 years and you get a guy that knows the difference between the pressure it takes to snap an arm or leg or break an orbital socket and the pressure it takes to complete the move and no more. he's safe.
 
#58 ·
People forget that wrestling is a physical business. While it's scripted, these guys are going to take real hits and real bumps, and...YES, big stronger guys are going to hit harder. Whoa! What a shocker!

That is Lesnar's selling point, and guys that work with him know what their dealing with. He's a bull of a dude, and it's all part of selling him in as a monster. He looks like he hits like a truck...because he does. Lesnar's character is uncontrollable and his actions must always reflect that on TV. The dude is a former UFC heavyweight champion, you can't have him going in the ring and doing generic air clotheslines that don't look convincing at all.

And I don't want to hear about the chair throwing. These guys get ladders thrown at their faces. The shit was hilarious watching Lesnar throw directors chairs at Miz. I need a GIF of it.

Edit: THANK YOU creem. Just saw your post above!
 
#65 ·
I think for the most part he's fine but you sometimes get that feeling where you think he's going to go one move too far, the impact and power he has is immense to watch but I wouldn't want to be a wrestler against him unless he'd been back training to the same level these guys do week in week out. (By that I mean wrestling moves not working out or punching / kicking bags)
 
#5 ·
Brock probably forgot how to "fake fight" one of the reasons why they won't put him in the ring with Taker.
 
#12 ·
I laugh at the people who think Lesnar doesn't know how to work a match. The match with Cena was supposed to look real that was the point. He was supposed to beat the shit out of him to give Cena some redemption after the loss to Rock. Lesnar and Triple H looked fine in their match together. People forget that Lesnar is a very good worker and knows how to work a match better than most of the guys on the active roster.
 
#13 ·
Throwing a chair on Miz and dropping him on a couch is no less painful than when they get thrown down on that hard canvas. Sure, Brock might get a little rough, but it's only a tiny bit more than usual. Ryback's "meathook clothesline" probably takes the wind out of people as well. It's all part of being convincingly powerful, you have to get a little heavy handed.
 
#19 ·
I think Undertaker would be fine having a match with him
 
#20 ·
Last night was worrysome.. nevermind the fact that he threw MIZ around like a rag doll.. Miz was never a match for the heavyweight beast.. when the miz was outside the ring all acting hurt and stuff

Brock lifted 2 chairs.. not folding chairs mind you real actual furniture and just threw it down on the miz.. you could feel the impact and weight of those furniture

the pain and shock on MIZ's face told the story.. that was no act.. he was legit shocked and hurt by Brock throwing down those furniture at him

and we all saw how easily Brock lifted entire couches like it was nothing

these are legit furniture and not props

i think miz was hurt last night.. those chairs had weight to them
 
#23 ·
Brock lifted 2 chairs.. not folding chairs mind you real actual furniture and just threw it down on the miz.. you could feel the impact and weight of those furniture
They were directors chairs made of balsa wood he threw at Miz. Not only do they likely hurt less, they probably weigh less than a metal folding chair. Lets not make this out to be something it's not.
 
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