In all of 2017, no one has had more exposure to Brock Lesnar than Samoa Joe. Well, maybe Sable. But either way, Joe has been tracking Lesnar for about two months now. Their build up towards Great Balls of Fire was explosive and the match itself was a great watch.
However, the brutes may not be done with one another as it seems another meeting at SummerSlam via a Fatal 4-Way is imminent. The prospects of another shot at Brock and his Universal Championship has Joe in a reflective mood and in an interview with 102.5 The Bone’s Drew Garabo Live The Samoan Submission Machine shared what it was like to be in the ring with the Beat Incarnate.
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“Not a lot of people get into Brock Lesnar like I did. Brock is every bit as intimidating as you’d imagine he would be times two. No, I mean, he’s a shaved gorilla. It’s just he’s stronger than strong. I don’t even think he even realizes how strong he is. I mean, he [has] got great control, but he is ‘The Beast’. He’s a big dude.”
Joe opened up about developing a match, and how Lesnar prefers to improvise instead of mapping out the details.
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“When you’re going in there and you’re going to get into it with Brock. Brock isn’t going to work on a lot of stuff; he’s going to want to go out there and he’s going to want to get down, so like Brock’s not a pre-planned dude at all, man, so you’ve just got to go out there and do it. For some people it trips them out, but for me, I’m like, ‘if we’re going to scrap, we’re going to scrap.’”
He did his best package Lesnar’s essence in a thoughtful analogy:
“Like, honestly, a lot of getting ready for Brock was realizing he’s basically a bigger Kurt Angle.”
Joe’s description of Lesnar is possibly the best to date. Could this scouting report help him out down the road?
Samoa Joe has taken the WWE by storm, going from the guy Seth Rollins beat, to a sneaky pick for the next Universal Champion. We’ll all know more tonight at RAW in what direction will march towards to SummerSlam. But go ahead and assume that Joe will be involved in a title match.
