Spike Dudley Recalls Working With Brock Lesnar for His WWE TV Debut, Says Lesnar Was ‘Extremely Respectful’

During a recent interview with Insight with Chris Van Vliet, former WWE Superstar and ECW Original Spike Dudley recalled working with Brock Lesnar for Lesnar’s WWE TV debut on the March 18, 2002 edition of Monday Night Raw. Spike Dudley and Funaki were among the Superstars who were annihilated by Lesnar during the show Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Spikde Dudley on working with Brock Lesnar: “It was easy for him to toss me around. I mean, he was a f*****’ monster,” Dudley said on the “Insight” podcast. “I heard Paul [Heyman] say when they talk about Brock’s debut, like, they asked Brock, who do you wanna work with, and they picked me and Funaki as guys he wanted to work with, meaning that Brock understood that if I can make him look like a monster, it’s great. So, he had a good head on his shoulders. Brock was always extremely respectful.”

On Lesnar hitting him with three powerbombs: “That was the only time I tapped out. Because he hits me with three powerbombs, it was supposed to be five. We said in the back, just do as many as you can, let’s go for five. But after the third one, I was just seeing stars, I couldn’t hold myself up anymore. And I was just like, that’s it brother.”

During the interview, Spike Dudley also spoke about his retirement from wrestling. You can also view a clip of Lesnar’s attack on Spike Dudley during his WWE TV debut below.