It seemed a lot of you really enjoyed my story from last week about the night I went home from Madison Square Garden with the World Heavyweight Championship. So I thought you might also enjoy this story about Brock Lesnar and the WWE Championship belt.
It was the night after SummerSlam 2002, where Brock won the title from The Rock at Nassau Coliseum. The opening segment of the show was Triple H and Undertaker facing off, with Brock ultimately coming out. The segment would lead to a No. 1 contenders match that night, after which Brock would walk out of Madison Square Garden and RAW with the championship, ushering in the new era of the split-branded titles.
If you remember, Brock used to do this thing when he came to the ring where he'd do a standing leap from the floor to the ring apron before entering the ring. Well, Brock either didn't realize the size of the title belt, or forgot about it. Because we heard later in the night that when Brock had made the jump (on live TV), his legs hit the bottom of the title and he didn't get the height he was going for -- and he almost fell from the ring apron!
Can you imagine? The night after he wins his first title, in the show where we're going to usher in the era of the split titles, in Madison Square Garden, and Brock was thisclose to falling off the ring apron as he got into the ring?
Luckily, Brock made it, because the guy is a FREAK OF NATURE and has more athletic ability that just about anyone I've ever seen.
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Were you on the road during the house shows? I seem to remember that the following spring during a house show in Miami (Mid March 2003) that I attended... the Rock wrestled a special 1 time match vs Brock and beat him. Supposedly Brock didn't want to job to Rocky... was this true? Did he make a big stink?
It would have been great to be able to list Brock alongside Nathan Jones, Ultimo Dragon and the Shockmaster in the "Fell On My Ass During Important Angle" club.
I think you're overestimating the importance of that Jobberweight Gauntlet match to put Ultimo Dragon on that list.
Great story, as usual. Keep it coming! This blog is far more entertaining than any of the Pro Wrestling "news" sites
Great story, as usual. Keep it coming! This blog is far more entertaining than any of the Pro Wrestling "news" sites
Hey Seth just happened to stumble across these blogs and really enjoy reading them. I was wondering about your schedule during your WWE creative days. Like did you work at headquarters when you were not on the road? What were your days off? Thanks
Seth, I've been reading your blog for awhile now and enjoy the old stories. With this latest Brock story, it just dawned on me that you were probably with the company around the time of the infamous "flight from hell" incident. If so, can you comment on what happened and did you personally witness it? Is it true or was everything immediately blown out of proportion by the dirt sheets?
Keep up the good work.