5 negatives from Brock Lesnar's 2017 run in WWE

#4 Not bothering to utilise his mic skills

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As far as Professional Wrestling double-acts go, Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman are definitely one of the most recognisable. Heyman might have done a variety of things in the business, but his recent career has essentially been all about advocating for the Beast.

In many ways, this is a golden arrangement for all involved. Heyman is permitted to utilise his highly advanced skills on the mic to represent one of the industry's biggest figures, and Lesnar is able to hide his rather weak mic skills and concentrate on being dominant inside the ropes.

And while this is a workable formula, for the most part, it does not come without its drawbacks. The reason why a WWE superstar needs good mic skills in order to be a main event talent is that they are able to make each rivalry feel a little different. Back when Stone Cold Steve Austin was the man for the WWF, for example, he would be able to employ a different verbal approach each time, addressing somebody like Vince McMahon in a different way to the Undertaker or The Rock.

Lesnar does not have this talent and instead relies on somebody who tends to deliver incredibly similar promos each time he speaks. There was no discernable difference between Lesnar's feud with Joe, Strowman or Styles for example. Heyman could have recycled his segments for each of them and we probably wouldn't have been able to tell.

Surely, after all these years, Lesnar owes it to his fans to at least try and improve his microphone abilities so that we can enjoy his programmes on different intellectual and emotional levels. In this respect, 2017 has been somewhat of a disappointment for the Beast's fans.