Paul Heyman, the former ECW Owner and WWE Smackdown head writer whose "Heyman
Hustle" is now on CraveOnline, debuted a new blog on his website. Guess who it
was about? Brock Lesnar, Heyman's former cohort in World Wrestling Entertainment
and whose name may be a little familiar to everyone this weekend. In the
blog (CLICK HERE) .
Heyman states:
"Brock Lesnar broke my neck.
I'm not kidding. In
January, 2003, WWE Smackdown
ran an event at the world famous Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. The
main event was Brock Lesnar against The Big Show, with Brock's former "agent" (that would be
me) in the Big Show's corner. Brock's coup de grace was to pick up his opponent,
place said human being squarely on Brock's shoulders, and then spin them in
mid-air as both performers went crashing to the canvas. Now while pro wrestling
is based on the cooperation between the two men in the ring with each other,
performing this move on the 500 pound 'Big Show' was no small task.
However, for Brock Lesnar, just performing that awe-inspiring move
wasn't enough. Brock started figuring ways to toss the 7 foot tall Big Show
across the ring. You know, like a dwarf tossing contest. Except Brock was flinging a 7
foot tall, legit-500 pound giant. Just to amuse himself, Brock started flinging
The Big Show not just for distance, but for accuracy.
The routine we did
in every city was for Brock to defeat the Big Show with this move, which was
called the F-5. Brock would then get his revenge on his dastardly agent (you see
where this is going ,don't you?), and the evil agent 'Heyman' would suffer the
fate of the F-5 as well.
Brock used to hook me under the armpits, get
this sinister grin on his face, throw me up into the air, and then catch me on
his shoulders. Keep in mind, I'm no featherweight (again, I remind you, please
reserve your comments). After milking the crowd's desire to see Heyman take the
F-5, Brock would spin me around and we'd go crashing to the mat.
On this
particular night, however, something went wrong. Either Brock's hand slipped an
inch upward, or I was holding onto his shoulder too tightly, or just the manner
in which we went towards the canvas was off by an inch, but instead of landing
flat, I went head over heels down like a ferris wheel, and smashed into the canvas like a
javelin. There was no doubt about it, I was hurt.
Brock, Big Show, and I
were all making very good money at the time, and I didn't want to take any time
off. so I kept the severity of the situation hidden from WWE Chairman Vince McMahon. When it
finally came time to get an MRI, we discovered I had bulging discs in my neck
and a herniated C-7.
Here's the funny part. I still love Brock Lesnar. He's the 800 pound
gorilla who likes to play with you as he eats a banana. You just can't be
surprised when his inhuman strength is way too much for a mere normal human
being (like you or me) to keep up with, or even to play with
safely.
Brock Lesnar, even when he's in a scripted situation with a
person he considers his friend, is a very dangerous man.
This weekend,
Frank Mir is in an unscripted
situation with a person who considers him the enemy, and that person is a
merciless 265 pound champion athlete who lives for the thrill of the
kill."