10 Wrestlers You Can Tell HATED Working For WWE

1. Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar, Paul Heyman
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Brock Lesnar is still the biggest attraction in all of pro wrestling.

The thing is, he's only conditionally brilliant. At his best, he is a wrestler like no other. He's a legit badass, has the capacity to perform like a legit badass, and is one of the most underrated sellers of all time. He makes you feel like you've just watched a proper, realistic war...when he gives two sh*ts. When he doesn't - like when he's wrestling a midcard act like Dean Ambrose with one eye on his real passion, MMA, or spinning the wheels of his Suplex City act as if controlled by a button-bashing 2K noob - he projects nothing but pure, infuriating laziness.

Maybe because he sweats so profusely, he feels he doesn't need to break one. At his careless worst, he's fooling nobody but the man daft enough to pay him an extortionate salary purely to stand next to Paul Heyman on RAW. On those pointless nights, he's more expensive and useless than re-releasing Titanic in 3D.

On a meta level, the aloof Brock Lesnar character works. He's there to be a mercenary, and a mercenary is what he is. But as far as method acting goes, even Jared Leto sending his Suicide Squad used condoms is more palatable than Lesnar Vs. Braun Strowman was at this year's No Mercy PPV.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!