Brock Lesnar is an accomplished amateur wrestler, and wanted to test those skills vs Mark Henry.
Shoot wrestling matches are not uncommon in professional wrestling. With many pros having legitimate amateur wrestling credentials, it is more common than fans might think.
While speaking to Bill Apter, WWE Hall Of Famer Mark Henry recalled the time he challenged Lesnar to a shoot match. It resulted in Lesnar injuring Henry, which led to Lesnar being scared WWE was going to fire him.
He shot from about six feet away and went to my ankle. And he put both hands behind my ankle, and his shoulder in my knee, and hyper extended my knee. And I was out for like, six to seven weeks. And I was just on the ground like,’Oh my God’, and he was like, ‘You’re hurt’ and I was like, ‘damn, I can’t move and he was like, he’s like, ‘they’re gonna fire me.’ I said ‘no, they not gonna fire you, they gonna fire me.’ But we got a laugh about it later on but during that time he’s like a very, very dangerous guy.”
Mark Henry To Bill Apter
Of course, Brock would not be fired for this incident, but it is certainly a unique situation featuring Lesnar.
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