Professional wrestling legend and former nine times WWE World champion Brock Lesnar who is going to face Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 38 recently commented on Stone Cold Steve Austin walking out of WWE back in 2002.
Brock Lesnar was one of the hottest prospects of WWE back in 2002. WWE was trying really hard to build him as the next phase of the promotion and the right successor of Stone Cold Steve Austin. John Cena was a newbie in that time and he was not the matter of concentration for the promotion.
Brock Lesnar Comments On Stone Cold Walking Out Of WWE In 2002
Lesnar had a dominant start in the main roster of WWE. In an episode of Friday night Smackdown not only he defeated Hollywood Hulk Hogan but completely manhandled him. The intention of the WWE became quite clear after this match that this guy is the next project to be the new face of the promotion.
Hulk Hogan was not the only big star in 2002 who was defeated by Lesnar. He also defeated the likes of The Rock, The Big Show and The Undertaker, they all were the biggest stars of the Attitude Era. He became the WWE champion at the SummerSlam pay per view event by defeating the Rock, it was the beginning of the many titles that he won in the future.
It was also been reported that he was also scheduled to face Stone Cold Steve Austin and beat him during this process of being pushed. But Austin was not ready to job to a newbie. The matter became so serious that he decided to walk out of the promotion in that time.
After twenty years Lesnar faith that he understand the decision made by Austin and it was completely okay from a business perspective. And we also believe there is nothing wrong with the decision made by Austin. He had been the face of the promotion and he was one of the biggest reasons behind the success of WWE over WCW. It would be completely ok if he did not want to job to some new wrestler during that time.
Brock Lesnar who is going to face Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 38 recently spoke to Pat McAfee show where he commented on Stone Cold Steve Austin walking out of WWE back in 2002. He said;
“I understand from a business aspect at the time, Steve left and didn’t want to work with me. It was probably the right decision for him at the time. I don’t hold a grudge against it at all. Business is business. I had a lot of good mentors coming up in the business.”
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