Ranking Every Brock Lesnar SummerSlam Match - From Worst To Best

6. Brock Lesnar Vs. Triple H (2012)

Clocking in at number six, and therefore technically the “worst” of Lesnar’s SummerSlam matches, is his 2012 clash with Triple H.

I imagine many may scoff at the memory of this feud today, given the way it was eked out into a best-of-three series. But at the time of SummerSlam 2012, the two had never before faced off in singles action on WWE television, and so this was an incredibly fresh and, I daresay, much-anticipated feud.

The seeds for this one were sown when Lesnar was perceived to be “holding up the WWE” with his escalating contractual demands, before things took a more physical turn as the former UFC star allegedly broke Triple H’s arm, and then did the same to his buddy Shawn Michaels.

The match itself, dubbed the “perfect storm,” was a heavy-hitting affair. Lesnar would go after the Game’s arm, softening him up for the Kimura Lock, while Triple H retaliated by targeting Lesnar’s stomach on account of his history with diverticulitis. But after surviving two Pedigrees, Lesnar soon managed to lock in that Kimura, leaving Triple H with no choice but to submit and leave the arena a broken man.

This wasn’t necessarily an all-time classic, but we saw some strong storytelling and, in what was Lesnar’s first appearance at SummerSlam in nine long years, a thoroughly enjoyable contest, .