5 Times Brock Lesnar sadistically destroyed his opponent in the ring

Brock Lesnar is one of the most feared WWE Superstars of all time and he showed us just why he's so dangerous on RAW last night when he destroyed Seth Rollins. Even Paul Heyman had to beg Lesnar to stop.

After Lesnar's actions on RAW last night, we decided to take a look at Lesnar's top 5 sadistic beatdowns and see where Rollins ranks amongst them.

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#5 Brock Lesnar obliterates Seth Rollins ahead of SummerSlam

Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins on WWE RAW

This is the latest of the incidents on this list and only took place on the latest episode of RAW. Seth Rollins will face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam for the WWE Universal Championship and Brock took this chance to make a statement.

Seth Rollins was facing Dolph Ziggler and looked set to hit a Curb Stomp for the win when Brock Lesnar’s music hit. Lesnar came down to the ring and attacked Rollins like a Beast possessed.

First, Lesnar flung Rollins into the barricades at ringside. He then hit Rollins with an F5 into the steel ring post. Lesnar then rolled Rollins inside the ring and hit him with a steel chair before setting up the chair. He followed it with 3 F5’s into the chair while it was sitting up. Rollins was left coughing up blood. The Architect was then stretchered away by paramedics.

However, that wasn’t the end of it. Backstage, Brock Lesnar stopped the ambulance that was carrying Rollins to the hospital before it could leave the arena. Lesnar then dragged Rollins’ stretcher out and hit him with one more F5, this time onto the stretcher itself. Brock finally walked away after this as medical staff looked at Rollins’ condition.

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#4 Braun Strowman

The incident with Brock Lesnar wasn’t the same as the rest of the ones on this list – it wasn’t scripted and was Brock legit losing his cool with Strowman.

It took place at the Royal Rumble during the triple threat match with Lesnar defending his title against Kane and Braun Strowman. During an exchange with Brock Lesnar, Strowman was a little careless and caught Brock in the face with an errant knee.

Lesnar was not happy and immediately caught Strowman with a legit right-handed strike to the side of the head. You can visibly see Strowman stagger after taking the shot. It’s easily one of the most unprofessional moments of Lesnar’s career and he could have legitimately knocked Strowman out during a title match on PPV. It’s unclear if Lesnar was ever punished for this incident. Strowman, thankfully, managed to finish the match without issue.

#3 The Randy Orton match at SummerSlam

Brock and Orton at SummerSlam 2016

Randy Orton faced Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2016. To say that the match ended in controversial fashion would be an understatement. Brock Lesnar busted Orton open with legitimate right hands but that was apparently the instructions he’d been given. He followed this up by hitting Shane McMahon with an F5 to Shane McMahon when he came out to intervene.

To the other Superstars in the back, it was unclear what had happened in the moment – whether Lesnar had taken liberties by busting Orton open.

WWE legend Chris Jericho even got into a scuffle with Lesnar backstage. Here’s how Jericho described it:

“I said something and (Lesnar) said something and next thing you know we’re nose to nose kind of yelling at each other. And (it) diffused fairly quickly.”

You can check out a video of the match below:

#2 Zach Gowen

Brock Lesnar’s match with Zach Gowen was definitely a brutal one. Brock Lesnar brutalized the one-legged WWE Superstar through the match. And, it wasn’t just Lesnar using his first. Lesnar used steel chairs as well as a series of headbutts that ended up busting him open. That wasn’t the end of it. The segment also included Brock Lesnar hitting Zach Gowen with an F5 into the ringpost.

This segment was so brutal that it’s still uncomfortable to watch today and it all took place in front of Zach Gowen’s mother who was in the front row.

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#1 Brock destroys a young Brian Kendrick

The year was 2003 and a young Brian Kendrick aka Spanky had earned Mr. McMahon’s ire by getting chocolate sauce onto his jacket. McMahon proceeded to book Spanky in a match against Brock Lesnar.

This segment was as hard to watch as the Zach Gowen one, if not more. Lesnar repeatedly powerbiombed a helpless Kendrick and even hit him with a chairshot right to the head. Of course, this was followed by the patented F5 to the ringpost.