Brock Lesnar Given Bad Advice

by Jack Windham
November 19, 2008

The controversial Paul Heyman has done it again. He's revealed that Brock Lesnar was intentionally given bad advice when he first started in WWE.

Brock Lesnar Given Bad Advice

Just like in every big company, the wrestling industry is filled with wrestlers trying to protect their spots.

They know how the nature of the wrestling business is. They know that they could be replaced and released at a moment's notice.

So, when an athletic young big man like Brock Lesnar comes stepping through the curtains, there's going to be several wrestlers looking over their shoulders.

According to Paul Heyman, several wrestlers purposely gave Brock Lesnar some bad advice in hopes of him not surpassing them.

The Actual Advices

Some of the advice given was just absolutely ridiculous.

A wrestler who wrestled for the NWA informed Brock Lesnar that Nikita Koloff was able to get over simply because of his size.

Nikita Koloff's body was nothing to sneeze at, but it wasn't on the same level as Brock Lesnar's body.

Plus, Nikita Koloff played his character well enough to draw tremendous heel heat at arenas all over the country.

Another person told Brock Lesnar to be more like Goldberg, which, on the surface, wasn't necessarily bad advice.

Brock Lesnar was also told to study tapes of Sid Vicious to understand that big guys don't need to move as fast as he did.

I've followed Sid Vicious's career from his days in the NWA. I can honestly tell you that his in-ring work wasn't nearly as entertaining as Brock Lesnar's in-ring work.

The Extreme Coach

Since Tazz was already a commentator by the time that Brock Lesnar came around, there wasn't any threat of job security for him.

He saw the potential in Brock Lesnar and took the time to give the former NCAA champion some great advice.

"Talk to Paul Heyman."

Fortunately for him, Brock Lesnar took that bit of advice and learned quite a bit from Paul Heyman.

The legendary founder of ECW praised Brock Lesnar quite a bit for being someone that was willing to take good advice.

Paul Heyman also believes that that very trait has already served Brock Lesnar well as he sets out to prove that he can become great in the world of MMA.

Closing Thoughts

It's a shame that things like these happen in the wrestling industry, but when it's a matter of survival, it makes sense why they happen.