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Keith Lee On His WWE Royal Rumble Interaction With Brock Lesnar, How Lesnar Did More For Him Than Anybody Could

March 9, 2022 | Posted by Blake Lovell
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In a recent edition of Talk Is Jericho, Keith Lee discussed his WWE Royal Rumble interaction with Brock Lesnar, how Lesnar did more for him than anybody could, and much more. You can read his comments below.

Keith Lee on his Royal Rumble interaction with Brock Lesnar: “He’s [Brock Lesnar] always been so cool with me. It’s not something you expect based on specific stories and what have you. The reality was, I didn’t even know I was in the Rumble until like two hours before. They bring in a bunch of people. The entire locker room is full, and I’m like, ‘I don’t want to be in the way.’ You keep your back against the wall, and then you find out you are on. You’re like, ‘Here we go.’ I don’t know what’s going on and then they start sorting out everything and there is a meeting because the Rumble is basically built around Brock. I got to chat with him and we sorted things out.”

On thinking he may have to fight Lesnar and how Lesnar did more for him than anybody could: “They wanted a moment and I think that moment was probably between myself and Riddle, but he had heat with [Brock] at that time, so they gave it to me. We didn’t really do a lot. Just from the walk, and here’s what made it – this Rumble happens and everyone has these ideas and Brock’s like, ‘Cool, awesome, sure thing,’ then the bell rings and he’s just chucking people. ‘Whatever you said you wanted to do doesn’t matter anymore because I don’t remember or I don’t care.’ I’m backstage and I’m like, ‘That’s not what they said, that’s not what they said. I’m gonna have to fight him because I’m not about to lose my shit [laughs].’ My walk out there, I had gotten taped up because Undisputed ERA jammed up my ankle the week prior. I’m so adrenaline hype because I’m gonna fight this guy.

“I’m walking out, not selling a thing. The walk wasn’t about the Rumble, it was about, ‘I might have to fight this guy.’ I get there and it’s like, ‘Oh, he wants to work. Okay. We’ll make it a show.’ You can feel it. He’s selling me coming down and I’m like, ‘That guy did more for me in four seconds than just about anybody can.’ I knew right then, ‘Let’s make this thing last. Take 40 seconds and stare at each other. Let him make the first move and follow from there.’ It was awesome. Paul [Heyman] is brilliant at what he does. All of that made it such a special three minutes. Him and Roman did that and made potential massive matches down the line and, oh well.”

If using any of the above quotes, please credit Talk Is Jericho with an h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.

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