Much like Bill Goldberg, Brock Lesnars promos would take the crowd out of the moment, remove the suspension of disbelief that professional wrestling requires of its audience in order to succeed. However, Lesnar could and still can actually talk he just sounds like a teenager when he does. Brock doesnt stutter, and the words dont tumble out of his mouth like an elderly priest falling down the stairs. He knows how to hit the right pressure points in a promo, more or less, and he doesnt have a speech impediment or an accent to contend with. Brock just has the voice tone, pitch, and volume of a sixteen-year-old high school student. High and querulous, it breaks at the wrong moments, with sometimes hilarious consequences in front of a live audience: like when the cameras caught him screaming in triumphant rage during a beatdown segment, and it sounded like a bird squawking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGYhTRK480Q Fortunately, Lesnar has the worlds greatest manager as his advocate and mouthpiece, and WWEs legendary production values have allowed for backstage promotional interviews to hype big matches that actually make his high, thin voice work for him. Theres nothing scarier than a freakishly huge man with a CV all about hurting people and a face like a kneecap soaked in vinegar, psychotically chortling in that reedy little voice about how hes going to make you throw up and wet yourself with fear. The same timbre that killed all his credibility in ringside promos made him sound like a serial killer in pre-taped interviews. Good work, video boys.
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