After a year of beating everybody with a single F5, Lesnar delivered so many to 'The Big Dog' at 2018's 'Show Of Shows' that finishing moves as we once knew them were lost to grainy Network archive footage. Designed around triggering the biggest reactions from crowds and teasing conclusions, the F5s failed at both. And they failed over, and over and over again.
In olden times when wrestling stakes meant more, this would have been catastrophic. As a modern era spectacle, it merely became part of the p*ss-poor patchwork.
The two weren't doing anything outwardly bad, but the New Orleans faithful let their emotions flow like Roman's claret. His blood only only boiled theirs, resulting in the audience missing Lesnar's win assuming it wasn't likely to come. They weren't prepared to go looking for it.
Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett
