

Brock Lesnar is one of the most ferocious wrestlers on WWE’s roster, but last night we saw a vulnerable side of him. Even though he lost the match to Cody Rhodes, Lesnar arguably got the victory in fans’ eyes because of this moment. Not only did the moment shock everyone watching at the time, but it felt like Lesnar grabbed everyone’s collar and made them watch the match.
No one would have imagined Brock Lesnar, of all people, bleeding in this match. If anyone, Cody Rhodes, who regularly bled during his indie wrestling career, made perfect sense. But the most outrageous part is that Lesnar bled without the help of any other foreign material.
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Brock Lesnar’s crash into the turnbuckle was the only thing that made him bleed out
In wrestling, it is a hidden rule that bleeding can happen in many ways. While the camera is away or the audience’s attention is on the opponent, the wrestler can take a corner and cut themselves open with a razor blade. But there is also the method of using a sharp object in the match, like thumbtacks, that the opponent uses carefully to pry open the wrestler.
no blade whatsoever. pic.twitter.com/FeUDgWwmbk
— DΣIƬY (@ZeroIsGodlike) May 8, 2023
But in the Backlash main event, Lesnar didn’t initiate the bleeding with these methods. Instead, Lesnar used the exposed turnbuckle to go headfirst into it. Earlier in the match, Rhodes had taken off the cover, and it got exposed. When Rhodes dodged a running splash in the corner, Lesnar met with the exposed turnbuckle. As you can see in the video above, through that brutal contact, Lesnar started bleeding out.

Knowing this, the fans didn’t take long before appreciating Lesnar’s commitment to making the match look like a thousand bucks.
Fans react to Brock Lesnar doing the unthinkable
When he started bleeding, many fans started thinking that it was a bust. Even pointing out that the bleeding was the reason for the match being short. But they also recognized Lesnar’s ability to continue the match despite his suffering.
This fan referenced the time when all it took for Randy Orton to start bleeding was Lesnar’s elbows to the head.
He finally got his receipt for busting open @RandyOrton
— Rich Henderson (@Celtics_fan78) May 7, 2023
For everyone who says Lesnar doesn’t work as hard, this was a slap to the face.
Awesome glad Brock knows putting him over help the industry and more importantly the story line.
— Carlos (@acarlitos27) May 7, 2023
Even though Lesnar started bleeding profusely, there were no doctors around, unlike Finn Balor’s match at WrestleMania 39.
Thought so as it was immediately after he hit the turnbuckle. Funny how they didn't have doctors stop the match for this one…
— 🦅 DC (@TheEagleDC) May 7, 2023
I’ve always been like “eh runnin into the exposed turnbuckle wouldn’t even do anything” No more.
— Travis Tackett (@TravisTackett16) May 7, 2023
You could tell it was legit as soon as it happened 😭💀💀
— Trxpped (@Trxpped_fn) May 7, 2023
If anyone's gonna do this, it's gonna be Brock
— Bob (@BobC2389) May 7, 2023
Is Brock Lesnar bringing back the hardcore era of the wrestling era in WWE?
So he really threw his face into an exposed piece of steel? Hardcore. https://t.co/FJQGjKr2Ed
— Veezy World Peace 🌎 (@NotoriousVIC007) May 8, 2023
This fan also confirmed this fact.
I watched the contact into the turnbuckle in slow-motion. This is 100 percent accurate. https://t.co/NTkIoRTjAh
— Gerald's Tweets (@Geralds_Tweets) May 8, 2023
This fan points out the extremity of this action.
This isn’t a good thing lmao. Blading is 100x safer than hardway. Y’all basically asking wrestlers to give themselves CTE.
— Stoppah (@Stoppah2) May 7, 2023
UFC helped Lesnar truly bring the brutality to this match!
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Isn’t that what UFC do? They don’t use blades. Brock being a former UFC fighter knows this.
— scottish guy (@scottish_guy32) May 7, 2023
This proves one thing: there is no one who could have pulled off that blood spot better than Lesnar.
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