10 Things That Made Brock Lesnar "The Beast"

9. F-5ing Super-Heavyweights And Legends

Brock Lesnar€™s finishing move, the F-5, is one of the most impressive maneuvers in wrestling. Not only does it do a lot of damage to the recipient€™s face and torso, but Lesnar can also spin his opponents in such a way that their legs hit the ring post, which is what he did to many opponents, including Zack Gowen. But what makes Lesnar so impressive is that he has managed to perform the move on very big opponents. In the video posted above, Lesnar performs his F-5 on wrestlers who clearly outweigh him by a significant amount; Rikishi, Mark Henry, the Undertaker and the Big Show have all been picked up and subsequently have felt the pain associated with this move. What makes Lesnar especially impressive is that in most cases, no matter how big his opponent was, the move still looked more or less perfect. He still managed to spin them despite their heaviness. If you look at other big guys, their signature moves seem to lose power the bigger their opponents are. For example, Kane and the Undertaker often Chokeslammed heavier opponents, and when they did, the move seemed weaker due to less height achieved in the choke lift. This happened very rarely with Brock Lesnar in his early years. He would perform more or less a picture perfect F-5 on anyone, whether it was someone light like the Hurricane or someone heavy like Rikishi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Aoa1XiGI0 Lesnar also F-5ed Hall of Famers, including Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels and even Vince McMahon. These assaults helped establish Lesnar as a major threat. Few rising superstars made the impact that Lesnar did, and part of that comes from him taking out the WWE€™s top Superstars with the F-5.