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By now you would have caught on to what I'm trying to imply here. Had you not, then surely Brock Lesnar's unforgiving elbows to the dome of Orton 's head would have rammed in the point indelibly. In a world where MMA and pro-wrestling proudly preach their differences, all it took was one weekend of coinciding interests to awaken us to the stark similarities between the two industries.
If Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz displayed how potent aspects of pro-wrestling can manifest themselves in MMA, Brock Lesnar returned the favour with his graphic obliteration of Randy Orton at WWE SummerSlam.
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Even as he was teeing off with elbows on a grounded and helpless Orton, I was nether-consciously urging MMA referee John McCarthy to step in and stop the fight.
Oops. It took me a moment to realise there.
Much like how Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz were ridiculed for their ‘pro-wrestling’ antics leading up to their second fight, Brock Lesnar has been the recipient of torrents of vitriol for his ‘couldn’t care less’ attitude towards pro-wrestling and how unsafe he was presumed to be while handling Randy Orton.
The only difference in this situation, thus far at least, is that McGregor and Diaz silenced their critics by putting on a performance that defied the ages; a fight that has had fans – hardcore and casual alike – waxing lyrical, while eliciting soaring comparisons with the Ali-Frazier rivalry of lore.
Brock Lesnar, however, still awaits the pay-off for his actions at WWE SummerSlam. But isn’t it incredibly telling that the pro-wrestling fans aren’t asking for Lesnar to be taken to ‘Viperville’ in retaliation, but instead searching desperately for a legitimate fighter that can pay him back, truly in kind.
