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8. Brock Reaches For The Stars
John Laurinaitis' most egregious error in judgment during his hugely controversial time as Executive Vice President Of Talent Relations was signing the wrong one-legged wrestler when given the job of bringing Zack 'Tenacious Z' Gowen to WWE in 2003. Allegedly advising Brock Lesnar to beat Kurt Angle with his rarely-seen Shooting Star Press was most definitely his second.
The logic of the request was broadly sound, even if the execution of the move flew in the face of Brock Lesnar's entire aesthetic. He'd performed the spectacular finisher regularly during his Ohio Valley Wrestling days, but the risky move was smartly parked upon his main roster promotion. The original Brock Lesnar was always considered super-human, but a move of such flare literally flew in the face of what he'd since brought to the company as 'The Next Big Thing'.
Dropping all of his broad frame on his equally thick neck, Lesnar amazingly fought through glazed eyes to drop Angle with a match-winning F5 as a replacement finish after his bouncing botch was unsalvageable. His inability to stand and celebrate at the end was worrying, only rendered a touch less shocking when he returned to work just weeks later.