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Old 10-06-2010, 09:45 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by The Naitch View Post
I think it's becoming popular again, in the sense that I'm no longer embarrassed to be a wrestling fan in public, ever since Brock Lesnar made the crossover to MMA. Brock pretty much helped pro wrestling's credibility (he will always be labelled as a former pro wrestler, "that pro wrestler guy") and it's kinda accepted again, IMO. Although Brock made pro wrestling look weak when he first lost to Mir. Good thing he started winning after that and eventually became UFC Heavyweight Champ.

I like the way Dana is pushing Brock as "The UFC's Biggest Star" plus October is "Brocktober" all month long on Spike. Seems like he's making pro wrestling look like a cousin/affiliate to MMA. He's never made wrestling look bad or look like competition and/or a threat to MMA

Plus they acknowledge The Rock, Kurt Angle, The Undertaker and Stone Cold on whatever PPV Brock is on. (If they are in the audience watching)
I love ya, but I have to disagree with you Naitch. I think it's the exact opposite. Brock is anti- wrestling and if anything his success helps get MMA over as being superior to wrestling. It's like all of these pro wrestlers are jock riding MMA. Undertaker incorporating the gogoplata. Angle talking a few years back about how he wanted to make the switch. Batista and Lashley actually choosing to start from the bottom of a second tier MMA promotion than enjoy the main event scene of pro wrestling. Even The Rock said that if he could do it all over again he'd be an MMA fighter. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yK0tCki_0c

It's kind of pathetic. UFC has been around since 1993 so it's not like if any of these guys wanted to fight MMA so bad they couldn't have. Shamrock came from that background and you didn't hear about Rock wanting to go try it then. All of these pro wrestlers at MMA events come off as fanboys and wannbes to me. Meanwhile the actual product that is pro wrestling today is a fucking embarrassment with shitty guest hosts, lame skits, and writing which pushes shitty talent while burying actual talent.

Plus with Brock it's not like he's someone who spent his entire career in pro wrestling then tried to make the switch. He had the elite collegiate wrestling background that some would say is a great foundation to any successful MMA fighter. Same with Lashley to a lesser extent, although he did get his ass kicked.
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