10 Times Brock Lesnar Was Just Awesome

10. The Next Big Thing Arrives

March 18th 2002. The day after WrestleMania X8 and the WWE was getting ready for the first ever Brand Split.

Unlike the modern era where someone just reads out a gentle reshuffle of the roster, this was woven wonderfully into the ongoing feud between Vince McMahon and Ric Flair. Triple H had recently become WWE Undisputed Champion and Hulk-a-Mania was back.

Enter Brock Lesnar.

An unknown entity back in the days before the IWC had their fingers on multiple pulses, Lesnar gate-crashed a WWE Hardcore Championship match between Maven, Al Snow and Spike Dudley and boy did he make an impact.

Accompanied by the returning Paul Heyman who was directing traffic at ringside, the behemoth entered the ring and immediately towered over everyone. Al Snow was sent through a trash can courtesy of a vicious spinebuster and Maven was the first ever recipient of the F5.

Then poor Spike Dudley tried to get involved, receiving a brutal lariat before Brock showed jaw-dropping strength to hoist him from the mat into a powerbomb position and then proceeded to nail him with a ring shaking triple powerbomb. JR sells Brock's impact expertly and within the space of ninety seconds, Brock Lesnar had put his name firmly on the map.