WWE: Brock Lesnar's 10 Best Matches

7. vs. John Cena (Extreme Rules 2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAtJ0Spx62E They had a match at Backlash 2003 before Cena became a top guy that was pretty close to making the list, but it came up short. This match is obviously the better one. This is one of my favorite Lesnar matches simply because it was eight years after he left WWE in 2004. Would he still be a really good heel performer or would he be rusty to the point that he doesn't look like the guy that we remembered when he left? Not surprisingly, he was damn good on this night. It was a physical brawl with No DQ stipulations that was dominated by Lesnar. The finish was really well done. With Cena standing on the apron, Lesnar charged in, jumped off the steel steps that were in the middle of the ring and hit Cena with a running knee. Lesnar went flying over the top to the floor. He landed face first on the ground. It looked like a legit injury, but instead Lesnar popped right back up. What a freak! He went for the spot again. This time Cena hit him in the head with the steel chain. Lesnar was bleeding from it. Cena picked him up and delivered the Attitude Adjustment on the steel steps. The ref counted the fall as Lesnar was lying on the steps and that was it after a wild 20 minute brawl. It was one of the most surreal wrestling matches you will ever see. It was booked more like a fight than a traditional wrestling match, but they told the story very well. Lesnar was the dominant heel that we had come to know him as over the years. This match did a wonderful job of building up Cena as a fighting babyface. And the crowd cheered him more than you would think. At the time, the questions were about whether it was smart to have Lesnar lose in his first match back. He was billed as this unbeatable monster, yet he lost his first match back. It didn't hurt him too much in the long run. What this match proved more than anything is that even with an eight year layoff, Lesnar was still one of the best in-ring performers in WWE.