[8/20/12] Following a three-year run as one of the biggest draws in UFC
history, Brock Lesnar finally returned to his roots with WWE. And
similar to his days in the Octagon, Lesnar was the main event Sunday
night at WWE’s SummerSlam pay-per-view.
Flanked with his promoter and real-life friend Paul Heyman, Lesnar
stepped inside the squared circle in front of 17,482 fans at Staples
Center donning not a traditional wrestling outfit but MMA attire –
custom red and black Jimmy John shorts, MMA gloves and a mouthpiece.
In what can be best described as a slobberknocker (a term coined by WWE
Hall of Fame broadcaster Jim Ross), Lesnar and his opponent, Triple H,
brawled inside and outside the ring in an intense nearly 20-minute
brawl, with the former MMA star repeatedly attempting to apply the
MMA-influenced kimura lock. After several attempts throughout the match,
Lesnar was able to slap the armlock submission move that was named
after judoka legend Masahiko Kimura in the middle of the ring, forcing
Triple H to tap.
“Brock reached out to us when his UFC contract was done and I think he
was just sticking his toe in the water to see if there was any
interest,” Paul Levesque (aka Triple H), WWE executive vice president,
talent and live events, told Y! Sports prior to SummerSlam. “We spoke
and the rest is history.”
*** [3/25/15] Brock Lesnar will stay with WWE over the UFC.
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