5 Reasons Lesnar vs Cena Was The Best WWE Title Match In Years

2. Brock Lesnar Looked Like Vader, And Vader At His Best Was Never Not Awesome

Leading into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at Summerslam, the three-man announce team put over a litany of impressive physical abuse against WWE competitors that Brock Lesnar had doled out over the years. The last time that a giant, pale Caucasian man had levied such punishment in pro wrestling, he wore a red and black mask, matching red and black singlet and was known as Vader. In New Japan Pro Wrestling, Vader defeated the renowned Antonio Inoki and sparked a riot. As well, while wrestling Stan Hansen, he literally lost an eye, but placed hsaid eye back into its socket and continued the match, wrestling to a no contest. As well, he won the UWFi "shoot-fighting" championship in 1993, and one year later he famously wrestled Cactus Jack in Germany and Mick Foley lost an ear in the process. Of course, ending his WCW run by nearly retiring Ric Flair, kicking out of Hulk Hogan's legdrop at the count of one, and then moving into the then WWF and assaulting Gorilla Monsoon in his debut between 1993-1996 more than makes up for him famously calling himself a "big fat piece of sh*t" by 1998. Between 1990-1996, there was no more frightening man in professional wrestling than Vader. In fact, the argument can be made that Lesnar is Vader's modern doppelganger, the man who did the things that Vader could (and in some cases should) have done in his career, and extended the "Goliath-style asskicker" notion ahead into another generation. Lesnar defeated Hulk Hogan in 2002, beat Kurt Angle at Wrestlemania in 2003, ended the Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak in 2014 and obliterated John Cena at Summerslam. As compared to the legendary moments of Vader's storied top-tier run, Lesnar compares more than favorably. At Summerslam, Brock Lesnar looked like Vader at his best. That's likely the highest of compliments ever.