10 Best Brock Lesnar WWE SmackDown Moments
The best of The Beast on the blue brand.
As per the recent WWE draft, Brock Lesnar is now the exclusive property of Monday Night Raw. Even though he ignored that by immediately engaging in an inter-brand rivalry with Randy Orton - which saw him show up on the blue show - he will from now on only appear on Monday nights and on pay-per-views/Network specials.
Not that Lesnar was showing up much on Smackdown since coming back in 2012 anyway. Given his high per-appearance fee, WWE were hesitant to feature him on what has long been considered the 'B' show. You can count on two fingers how many times has bothered to show up on Smackdown in the past four years.
Of course, Lesnar's first WWE run between 2002 and '04 was synonymous with the blue brand. Lesnar became Smackdown-exclusive in August of '02 and continued to wrestle on it until his departure eighteen or so months later. Under the watchful eye of his manager and one-time Smackdown head writer Paul Heyman, Lesnar developed into a top-tier talent and one of WWE's biggest stars.
Brock's stunts on Raw, such as his wild brawls with The Undertaker and John Cena, may have stolen headlines in recent years, but it would be a shame to forget a young Lesnar's tenure as Smackdown's Next Big Thing. Here are his ten best moments from that time.
10. Brock The Mariachi Man - 12.2.04
Super-serious Brock Lesnar got to show off his lighter side during his initial run on Smackdown in the early 2000s. There was, of course, the hilarious bromance with Kurt Angle in the summer of '03, but the best of the decidedly more comedic Lesnar came during his feud with Eddie Guerrero and the conducting of his personal mariachi band.
On the February 12th, 2004 edition of the show, Brock came out and threw a celebration party of sorts for his upcoming challenger. Clad in a giant sombrero hat, Lesnar looked like he was having the time of his life out there as he marched and danced in a ridiculous fashion. Naturally, Latino Heat ran to the ring and put a swift end to this so-called 'celebration'.
What's so great about this segment is that it transitioned into very serious territory, with Eddie cutting one of his best ever promos, detailing his former addictions and how he had nothing to lose at No Way Out since he'd already lost his job and his family before. Lesnar, for his part, was also great at playing off Guerrero, acting as the big bully who rubbed his opponent's face in his past mistakes.