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Jun 9, 2021 · When you’re a WWE superstar, you have to be switched on for the entire duration of the match. A single bad move could result in a wrestler injuring themselves or, more commonly, their opponent. Hardcore Holly has a similar story about his broken neck by Brock Lesnar.
Jun 17, 2018 · – All Things Wrestling Radio recently interviewed former WWE Superstar Bob “Hardcore” Holly, who addressed the 2002 in-ring incident with Brock Lesnar that saw his neck broken.
PrinceRory. •. I think this turned out to be false. Holly claimed that Brock had the flu that night and that's why he dropped him. He pointed out that even if he had sandbagged him, Brock is so strong and Holly so light, he could probably have picked him up and completed the move anyway.
Oct 18, 2023 · Brock Lesnar dominated Hardcore Holly throughout their match on Smackdown in 2002. After Holly managed to escape from a series of backbreaker, Brock Lesnar kicked him in the stomach and hoisted him up in the air for a Powerbomb, dumping him onto the mat as Holly writhed in pain, grabbing his neck. Lesnar went for a second, bur Holly escaped ...
Holly faced setbacks of his own when a neck injury put him on the sidelines for more than a year. He returned to WWE in 2004 to challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at that year’s Royal Rumble, but was soon sidelined again by a nasty staph infection that nearly cost him his arm.
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Aug 12, 2020 · WWE later turned the real-life injury into a storyline when Holly unsuccessfully challenged Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at the 2004 Royal Rumble pay-per-view. This was the only time that ...
Sep 29, 2022 · Brock Lesnar def. Hardcore Holly. Brock had won the WWE Title three weeks earlier from The Rock at SummerSlam. Fun fact: this was the 2002 “season premiere” of SmackDown, featuring the union of Billy and Chuck. Holly had claimed that Brock Lesnar had never been in a real fight in the WWE. Does anyone wanna break the news to him?
