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by Dave Meltzer
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Brock Lesnar quit the WWE last night at the TV tapings in Atlantic City. Lesnar, 26, will face Bill Goldberg at Wrestlemania in what will be his final match unless he changes his mind in the next few days. We'll have more on this later toady.
News derived from the PWTorch newsletter
Lesnar is said to be discontent backstage and was very upset that he had to fly all the way to South Africa “just to wrestle Hardcore Holly” instead of being used in a higher profile match on the tour. With his long term contract reportedly signed for 7 years, Lesnar doesn’t feel he is being protected properly for the long term by the WWE. He is also upset that the current plan is for him to face the Undertaker as he feels he will likely “be fed” to the Undertaker, thus discounting his character. Lesnar isn’t alone in this thinking as many have voiced their opinions against the return of the no-selling “Deadman” gimmick. He and McMahon were said to have had a very intense discussion last week resulting in his considering to take some time off after WM XX. As of this report, the WWE isn’t making any post-WrestleMania plans involving Lesnar and have removed his name from all publicity material for upcoming shows.
The recent purchase of a $400,000 jet for his business travel remained the hot topic of conversation last week in both RAW & Smackdown locker rooms. While he did use his own money and receive the “OK” from WWE ****orate, many still feel this was out of line as Ric Flair, Steve Austin, Undertaker, and others who have substantially more tenure and “weight” within the company have never done such. Individualism such as this caused immediate heat backstage for Lesnar who was also scrutinized for seemingly letting his push “go to his head” and other reported instances where his maturity was brought into question.
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Brock Lesnar quit the WWE last night at the TV tapings in Atlantic City. Lesnar, 26, will face Bill Goldberg at Wrestlemania in what will be his final match unless he changes his mind in the next few days. We'll have more on this later toady.
News derived from the PWTorch newsletter
Lesnar is said to be discontent backstage and was very upset that he had to fly all the way to South Africa “just to wrestle Hardcore Holly” instead of being used in a higher profile match on the tour. With his long term contract reportedly signed for 7 years, Lesnar doesn’t feel he is being protected properly for the long term by the WWE. He is also upset that the current plan is for him to face the Undertaker as he feels he will likely “be fed” to the Undertaker, thus discounting his character. Lesnar isn’t alone in this thinking as many have voiced their opinions against the return of the no-selling “Deadman” gimmick. He and McMahon were said to have had a very intense discussion last week resulting in his considering to take some time off after WM XX. As of this report, the WWE isn’t making any post-WrestleMania plans involving Lesnar and have removed his name from all publicity material for upcoming shows.
The recent purchase of a $400,000 jet for his business travel remained the hot topic of conversation last week in both RAW & Smackdown locker rooms. While he did use his own money and receive the “OK” from WWE ****orate, many still feel this was out of line as Ric Flair, Steve Austin, Undertaker, and others who have substantially more tenure and “weight” within the company have never done such. Individualism such as this caused immediate heat backstage for Lesnar who was also scrutinized for seemingly letting his push “go to his head” and other reported instances where his maturity was brought into question.
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