[CaptainCrunch]

So the Network rolled out the next episode of the Ruthless Aggression Series which was The Next Big Thing. This series is every bit as good and interesting as the Monday Night Wars series which up to now was the best docuseries on the network.


This one focused on Brock Lesnar and his arrival and short 2 year career. Its a must watch even for the detractors of Brock Lesnar.


The bottom line is that Lesnar is a once a generation athlete, every WWE wrestler interview said that he is bar none the scariest guy that you can work with because if he decided he had enough of you there was nothing you can do about it.


The big thing that seperates Lesnar from every other Superstar isn't that he somehow dislikes or disrespects the business because he doesn't. But he does what other Superstars talk about. He decided early on that it was a business and a means to an end to live the lifestyle that he wanted to, which was that he wanted to spend time with his family as much as he could, and that he's intensely introverted and just doesn't like dealing with people much.


It got to the point with the travel that he bought a plane and hired a pilot to cut back on his time on the road and away from home. Probably when you look at that Lesnar was probably the most sane superstar that the WWE has every had, and the WWE in those two years didn't understand that.


It covered the botched moonsault, and Heyman even stated that Lesnar in a rare instant took bad advice from another wrestler in Kurt Angle.


There are some really good tidbits in this documentary, when he quit WWE he decided to try for the NFL, and even though he hadn't played football since highschool he was the very last cut of the Vikings which shows how much of a freak he was.


The MMA lifestyle was perfect for him, he could stay and train at home for 6 months and do 1 event and then go home.


When you combine this show with the Stone Cold interview of Brock, I think a picture forms of how much people and fans don't understand Lesnar so they make a simplified narrative that he hates the business and he hates the fan. Its furthest from the truth, Lesnar does like the act of the ring and the contact, he doesn't hate the fans, he just doesn't like being around people at all.


In a lot of ways, and they finally got it, because of what Lesnar is, the booking works, the guy is an event in itself, and when his music plays unlike other Superstars its an event and a oh shyte things are getting serious now, and for that him showing up for 10 dates a year or so works because it makes it an event.



At the end of the day will Lesnar go down as one of the greats, sure, will he be in the hall of fame certainly, will he be a uniquely polarizing figure that doesn't fit into the definition of sports entertainer, absolutely.


So far all of the episodes have been really good, last weeks on Evolution was awesome, the John Cena one was interesting and outstanding. A must watch for anyone who likes wrestling history.