[2022-11-05-WWE-Crown Jewel] Brock Lesnar vs Bobby Lashley

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The king of the spectacle strikes again. Brock Lesnar is a fantastic babyface, but you wouldn’t know it with how rarely he gets to show off that side of himself. Lashley comes out of the gates hot, attacking Lesnar before the bell rings and driving him leg-first into the ring steps.

Lesnar’s selling was phenomenal as he hobbled around the ring to avoid further damage to the bad wheel. Take for example, the moment after Lashley speared Brock through the barricade, where he could barely stand as he tried to get back into the ring. Lesnar’s German suplexes and F5 didn’t have as much snap as usual. Lesnar also fell victim to a few nasty bumps, spilling to the outside and being hoisted onto Lashley’s shoulders and getting thrown into the post.

Lesnar bumped around the ring with the grace of someone much smaller, and it was refreshing to see him fight from the backfoot for once. Lesnar got in one last gasp of hope, getting Lashley up for another F5, but his leg gave out. Fate is cruel and inevitable, as is the Hurt Lock, which nearly put Lesnar out for good. Lesnar’s arm dropped twice, but he summoned the strength to kick himself off the ropes and keep Lashley down for the three-count.

The execution of the finish could’ve been a little better, as Lesnar didn’t get enough momentum to carry him all the way over for the pin. The match was magnificent and a change of pace despite having the familiar beats of many other Lesnar matches. Most of that can be attributed to his selling and establishing Lashley as a credible threat that Brock merely survived. A certified hoot and a half.