Shelton Benjamin On Training Brock Lesnar

WWE Superstar Shelton Benjamin joins Chris to discuss training Brock Lesnar and tells a candid story about the first time he met Brock.
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[@CVVCLIPS]

Full interview: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zl6vmmutnLt0Zpo

[@TimLoyalToWifeHaterFreeZoneA]

Love It CVVCLIPS Bro.

[@seangross5057]

Hey Chris how are you doing today thought you should know I like you show you do it’s amazing I wish I could do that. What are you do?

[@Avidav]

Shelton is the most underrated pro wrestler in history.

[@JayCord00]

Intercontinental Champ 3 times, US Champ 1 time, Tag Champ 3 times, 24/7 Champ 3 times and thats only in wwe, FAR from underrated, you want underrated Alex Wright, Fit Finlay, Wrath(Bryan Clark) Elijah Burke, Sean O'Haire(rip) could go on and on with names of wrestlers that didnt accomplish as much like Benjamin did but were equal with in ring talent. But im pretty sure your saying that for another stupid reason....

[@Avidav]

@@JayCord00 You made my point for me, for as much as he has accomplished virtually no one knows who he is outside of niche group of hardcore wrestling fans.

[@glorbog]

Everyone says "- is the most underrated wrestler ever!" Jesus.. Every wrestler is underrated apparently

[@atimetraveler4910]

Shelton overrated if anything 😂

[@DJYC21215]

@@Avidav That's because none of the titles he mentioned mean anything.

[@mcmastertube]

Shelton was worthy of a world title run. Super talented, super human being.

[@jayagainsthumanity]

Not at that time maybe now but against Rey, Eddie, John Cena, Batista. Naw

[@davefarlow]

​@@jayagainsthumanityhe could have had at least one of Cenas 16, edges 11, or Randy's 14. Hell Triple Hs 14. Shelton easily could and probably should have one of those world title reigns.

[@mcmastertube]

@@jayagainsthumanity You may be right...

[@raiderbro8663]

ttsss

[@megavolt67]

@@davefarlow "Hell Triple Hs 14" People like Shelton don't get to be champion.

[@samchristian37]

Shelton is highly underrated. One of the most skilled wrestlers of all time

[@katakurithecalamity9840]

he is a guy that if was given the right chances would deliever a lot of 5 star matches and we saw that he was capable of that when working with shawn michales and he is one of the top 5 of the best wrestlers in the world and i say top 5 because it is hard to rank the others over each other and if shelton could easily deliever such a preformance imagine what he would have done with the right storyline and honestly just reminds me of christian all the time

[@lordoffaiyum9727]

@@katakurithecalamity9840 Agree i thought Christian and Shelton were GOAT level guys in the ring.

[@ChewyNuggetZ]

I was about so say he couldn’t cut a promo……… But then I remembered Jack swagger became world heavyweight champion and he couldn’t cut a promo for shit…. So yeah Shelton deserved a world championship

[@alexanderson260]

Brock Lesnar is one of the most terrifying humans to walk the planet. I saw him at the airport in Minneapolis last summer and he is huge!

[@Boycott_Wendys]

It's all water

[@rockafeller3734]

@@Boycott_Wendysthen go fight him and fight in the ufc for millions

[@BuhdeeProductions]

Booker T: “He need no bread or water just MEAT!”

[@yelhsanosnhoj6602]

He’s all back and shoulders he’s really not that muscular and never really has been he’s just wide on top

[@colinblaine3552]

@@yelhsanosnhoj6602 You sound like a hater. Go ahead take a suplex from the man and tell us he's not that muscular lol

[@rohitchaoji]

Brock seems to be a very reserved guy. Probably not easy to make friends with, but seems like a guy who would ride with you for the long run if you do become friends.

[@craigdavis5818]

That's what I think too.

[@yaboykev536]

That's pretty much what Shelton was saying. Taker said the same on another interview, Brock's not a people person. Reserved, private and surly, but the guys who befriend him like Shelton and Taker love the guy.

[@wannatalk2sampson]

he does the walkin not the talkin

[@ducklife420]

Brock is one of the most impressive athletes ever but so is Shelton for not just training him but keeping up with him.

[@yelhsanosnhoj6602]

What? I never seen Brock Lesnar balance himself on the ropes and jump all the way across the ring so to insinuate Shelton’s only a good athlete because he’s able to keep up with Brock as if he’s the end all be all is ridiculous and actually an insult to him wth

[@MobinKiadeh]

​@@yelhsanosnhoj6602kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWHVe2utmKaBiMU

[@ducklife420]

​@@yelhsanosnhoj6602 i insinuated nothing of the sort you dont know how to read

[@yelhsanosnhoj6602]

@@ducklife420 the word you’re looking for is comprehend smart ass and on that merit alone it’s clear you don’t even know what you’re saying so okay…

[@yazamuto]

Yep. Kurt Angle wanted Shelton as a member of Team Angle for a reason.

[@nolilado5452]

I wish we could have seen both of them get a run as a tag team or stable. Feels like they would make some crazy synergy.

[@KegOfMeat]

It was cool when Shelton entered the Rumble in 2020 when Brock was chucking everyone out but it also sucked because Brock just chucked Shelton out.

[@snarkyguy2657]

They did in OVW, but I agree, having the 2 of them together on the main roster would have been fun. Shelton is such a criminally underrated star.

[@juliandavidhoffer2022]

I wish we could have seen Shelton do anything in the WWE. He’s the greatest athlete professional wrestling has ever seen

[@OnionSavoya-gm6op]

It should happen nowadays.

[@OnionSavoya-gm6op]

With Brock falling out of the title picture Shelton and Brock should make a great Tag team champion

[@flyguy7825]

If you ever see Shelton Benjamin and Brock Lesnar stuff in OVW as a tag team, they actually work pretty well as a tag team. I'm a little surprised they never truly did anything like a old school team up in the WWE. They missed the boat on that one

[@dennythesavage]

The only real callback to that was when Brock Lesnar and him met in the Royal Rumble, one on one. Brock and him hugged before and commentary briefly hinted at their history, then Brock just casually eliminated him. 😂😂😂

[@ooooo524]

They should go for the tag titles

[@seanmoore4248]

Excellent Idea.

[@FinancialHealth-ku1ry]

@@dennythesavage They didn't want a Black one to be too successful.

[@MAT-wn5fr]

@@FinancialHealth-ku1ry clown

[@tylergerald]

Most vivid memory I have of Shelton Benjamin's career (besides THAT sweet chin music) is his early days on RAW where he had a couple of upset victories over HHH. That was a fun storyline

[@supersaturn956]

Yup 2004 Shelton

[@Evs78101]

That clip of Brock doing the shooting star press in OVW is still crazy to watch. It looks unreal

[@adhynugroho9424]

Someone as huge as Brock has no business doing a shooting star. Brock does it half the length of a the ring. Like fr.... what the f*ck man. 🤯🤯

[@tafttheraft5314]

Dude straight up floats in one of the clips. At like 300 pounds. So insane.

[@stevenanderson724]

Find the clip of him doing it at wrestlemania

[@pri0r_t0_a_weekago...fukwi48]

@@stevenanderson724lol that one… not so much

[@ykoba4054]

Shelton must be one of the most underrated storytellers. His narration builds up everything so perfectly until Ron Simmons comes in and gives the audience the denouement: Damn!

[@anasshahid224]

Love the friendship and bond between Brock Lesnar and Shelton Benjamin 🫡💯

[@MetalThrashingMan13]

Imagine being able to do a wrestling move that Shelton Benjamin can’t do Edit: Didn’t expect that many likes in an hour lol. Hope everyone has a good night or day depending on where you are, and Chris keep up the good work

[@user-mu2mp8ll6c]

At that size

[@Tom67Slick]

I think Shelton can do it, he just never tried so he was technically telling the truth

[@ZackaryArmstrong]

Benjamin should have been a champion 100%. Power, athleticism. Ain’t no stoppin me, no!

[@cr3635]

Brock Lesnar and Shelton Benjamin are two of the best pure athletes in WWE.

[@user-mu2mp8ll6c]

Truth

[@neighborhoodhero9977]

Shelton Benjamin was always exciting to watch! Great athlete

[@londonsofttissuetherapy]

Love Shelton. So underated. Deserved a title run.

[@nicholasadams6607]

Brock Lesnar is the definitely the most freakishly gifted athlete in the history of wrestling for a man to be so quick for he's size, and agility he is the complete package and probably one of the last people you wanna get into a fight with.

[@Tarantulisimo]

Both Shelton & Brock are ridiculous all-around athletes. After Shelton graduated from U of M, he served as an assistant wrestling coach when Brock transferred in from Bismark State, & they were training partners & roommates

[@seangross5057]

Shelton Benjamin should have been Champion

[@HawaiiFoodAndFun]

Can you imagine if Brock hit it CLEAN during WM19. Insanity. And it would be a honor to be trained by Shelton Benjamin. I tried to get into the business years ago. (I have a different look being Chinese, Japanese and Hawaiian) UPW (Cena was the Prototype there) accepted me but the 9-11 tragedy stopped the move in 2001. Had a match with Yuji Nagata and another with Dragon Gate. Did a Chikara event with Generico, Fire Ant, Eddie Kingston and others. Teddy Hart moonsaulted on my head. Almost had a match with AJ Styles. My FCW tryout was with AJ Lee and Adam Rose. I even got to do a promo in front of the Legendary Dusty Rhodes. I had a smackdown tryout where I helped a run in with Matt Hardy. It was a short run but my regrets are not getting to meet and learn from all of the wrestlers from that time. Much love to everyone on their path. I hope you get farther than me. I considered doing a podcast but i never really made it to the level of these men.

[@uainjansun]

Lucky you!

[@davefarlow]

That's still badass bro!!!!!

[@HawaiiFoodAndFun]

@@davefarlow thanks. I love listening to stories and I love telling them too. Memories are all we have.

[@ZealKingdom]

Great story! Even getting that far in the business makes memories to last a lifetime.

[@HawaiiFoodAndFun]

@@ZealKingdom Thank you for reading! I love hearing stories although it makes me sad I missed out. I was an Undertaker Druid too. That was fun. Maybe I'll do a video.

[@T-Man_865]

I've never seen a heavy weight like Brock with the kind of agility he has. It's insane this man can move as quick as alot of light weights. His vertical is nuts too

[@RextheRebel]

Shelton is so well spoken and so athletic. Why he doesn't get more credit and better pushes idk. Dude had fantastic matches against Sean Michaels, Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio etc

[@HelloYoutube89]

Brocks NFL stats speak for himself. He had strength,speed,endurance,agility,flexibility, he has it all

[@PBMdanya]

Uh what nfl stats

[@HelloYoutube89]

@@PBMdanya he played for the Minnesota Vikings and was the last man cut. There is footage of making his first tackle. Look it up.

[@PBMdanya]

@Sage708 I'm aware of that but he doesn't have any regular season state. I'll admit that him being last to cut is impressive and a testament to his overall body of work.

[@HelloYoutube89]

@@PBMdanya its more then impressive. He went from 106-0 in college wrestling to 2x NCAA Champion then to the WWE, then NFL, then UFC Champion after a few fights and back to wrestling. 3 Careers which we strive to do or be 1 of those things, while he just went at it, and just smashed it.

[@bmx7596]

@@HelloKZbin89 That's nuts. The dude didn't even play college football just shows up in the NFL and beats out a bunch of guys that did ONLY that their whole lives.

[@HappiKarafuru]

Only one person can approach him closely and be like a long time friend Shelton Benjamin, the Gold standard

[@dennythesavage]

Imagine thinking Shelton Benjamin is some punk trying to fight him. Meanwhile he trained, and grew up with Brock Lesnar. 😂

[@kwatsisesotlo]

😆

[@ooooo524]

Still hoping they give Shelton a nice run before gie retires. It seems he is happy tho. So I am not gonna complain on his behalf. Good for him.

[@MarkDanger777]

The shooting star press story made me realize that kurt angle was just trying to test brock's limit to where he can land 😂

[@OneSideofFries]

I’ve been doing a Ruthless Aggression Universe Mode for WWE 2K23, and this video has given me the idea to do Brock vs Shelton for the WWE Championship.

[@boboida1]

Make Brock and Sheldon a team and wreck the whole locker room apart and become tag team champs, it will also push the championships to the moon.

[@deanjoubert30]

Benjamin for World Champ

[@puntkickpov]

That guy is the most impressive athlete I've ever seen. If this comin from Benjamin, you know it's big, you know it's real. It's fn Brock Lesnar man!

[@TimidDarkrai]

i saw brock at the airport once and i nearly shit my pants dude is fucking huge idk for me the most impressive human specimen i have laid my eyes on

[@Bankrolls33]

Ouuu “shit my pants” 🫦

[@kirkpatrikballares3291]

If they ever decide to give shelton a mega push, they need to bring back the "aint no stopping me, naaaahhh!"

[@righteousrawb7225]

This dude a world championship talent

[@josephalonzo1059]

Listening to Shelton describing Brock's personality vs his on screen persona and I blurted out loud "well of course that's Brock for real that we see on TV... All the on screen persona is, is who he really is cranked up to over 9,000 (insert the sound of Vegeta's voice saying the quote here) at minimum... And that, imo, is one of the easiest kinds of characters to gravitate towards

[@markholland6657]

very underrated wrestler right there.. I remember him in WWE... very good technical wrestler!

[@nicotoscani1707]

if brock was around when hogan was in his prime and they were doing matches together in wcw.. if lesnar did a shooting star press, hogan would say if i ever see u do that again brother we wont' be doing business together

[@zulshmrsln]

Shelton deserve that spots because he make Lesnar became a biggest free agent in wrestling history.

[@kevbotchill]

I’d loooove to see the two do it now. That’s a mainia match. Super legendary stuff

[@FinancialHealth-ku1ry]

Never gona happen. Shelton the wrong color.

[@StoningXStephen]

Brock is a monster and Shelton is the underrated legend.

[@dreamzdziner8484]

Always wished to see a solid storyline between Brock and Shelton back in the day. Why can't they bring these guys together at least now.

[@aldenbarbieri]

Shelton is super underrated!!!!!

[@omarhalsey3777]

Shelton deserves more.

[@90skalaunda]

Damn! Shelton seems to be a very cool and down-to-earth guy. Very much delighted to see his humbleness. Was a fan of him, now an even bigger fan of him.

[@liamfeely]

Good to see Shelton team up with brock for a tagteam Like they did in ovw

[@123arskas]

Shelton deserved to be the WWE Champ at least 4,5 times.

[@VaibhavAKhandare]

In his book deathclutch , brock speaks glowing of shelton

[@aromega10]

Lesnar is bigger than entire secondary promotion.

[@AndrewDaniele87]

Brock did the shooting star press like a boss in a video game lol, first it's the jump to get to you, then stops in mid air to spin, that's the cue to dodge the attack, and then he falls straight down onto you.

[@stackywarbucks]

Shelton needs more credit he is a great wrestler

[@yeahbuddy777]

"Our coaches we're salivating on em" Shelton Benjamin 1:22

[@myteempo]

Excellent interview, Chris. Ad usual. I gotta admit, OVW fans in Louisville back in the day had it good. Brock and rest of the 02 class remain generational talents.

[@krenwregget7667]

and think about the fact that Kurt Angle humbled him fairly easily shows you how great Angle was while being 4" shorter and almost 100lbs lighter.

[@trevoredwards544]

Shelton deserved so much better than the WWE. THEY DID NOT DESERVE THIS MAN. I have a feeling if UFC was around the time he was in his prime and decided to go that route he would’ve been world renowned. I’m glad he did what he did, but it will forever leave a bad taste in my mouth knowing this is one of the most underrated and flat out disrespected athletes ever in professional wrestling.

[@glorbog]

THEY👏DID👏NOT👏DESERVE👏HIM..... That's how that stupid comment you made sounded in my head.... 🙄

[@trevoredwards544]

@@glorbog glad it’s working up there for you bro🤣🧠 lmao.

[@glorbog]

@@trevoredwards544 #bigbrain

[@eldrow]

The ufc was around when he was in his prime. It wasn't as big as it is now, having to deal with politicians trying to shut them down, and when it was trying to revamp under Dana White and the Fertitta brothers, but he definitely could have given it a run. worldwide, mma was still big. Especially in Japan.

[@craigdavis5818]

The UFC was around in the early 90s haha. Jesus.

[@MMKLYH]

Shelton deserves atleast 1 world title, wwe have wronged him so much

[@rjedmonds77]

Orangeburg SC!!! you made the whole city proud my guy

[@TheProphegy]

The first thing I think of when I think of Brock: I got to see and almost meet Brock in a parking lot for a house show probably 20 years ago and I couldn’t get over how massive he was. I was about 5 feet away and was going to ask for an autograph. Out of nowhere a security guard for the event came up to me and said, “I thought I told you to get out of here! LEAVE.” I’ve never seen this guard before in my life and I just got in the parking lot. Brock was just staring at me and there was people on a ledge about 10 feet away laughing at the guard scolding me. 😂 Mind you this was an open parking lot to everyone, this wasn’t some VIP entrance or something. I was like 14 at the time.

[@rockydarknight2980]

I have this friend, 5 ft tall, Goldilocks look. She told me in her words " I met this guy UFC wrestler so scary, he is so big like a gorilla, all the men didnt want to approach him, is he any good, got an autograph for me bro, i took a picture with him n said nice to see u n smile" I saw the pic and it was brock Lesnar . So jealous n was like holy shit.

[@fresh2354]

This is pleasing to watch

[@ROCKETS2965]

Corny probably walked in midway through Brock doing the SSP and had PTSD flashbacks of Jericho practicing a moonsault lol.

[@georgemunro9640]

I'm actually in Saskatchewan right now not in the town but at a cabin its awesome to think I'm close to where Brock Lesnar lives I'm not stupid enough to go look for the Lesnar farm but yeah I'm in Brock Lesnar territory

[@jasoneffler9903]

Shelton was a very underused talent!

[@bhaskarkakati]

It's a shame WWE never booked Shelton to become World champion.

[@chrisballard5743]

I always felt WWE never used Sheldon or Mark Henry right. Sheldon had the skill set, athleticism, and amateur pedigree to be just as successful as Kurt Angle. And they should have used Henry as a legit unstoppable force, the guy was the legit strongest human being on Earth for Christ's sakes. Yet they had him actually losing a match to Hornswaggle. Are u f!@#%g kidding me...

[@ITSHIM1294]

Kurt Angle had charisma and mic skills. Shelton didn’t

[@Vdesd]

​@@ITSHIM1294true oh its damn true❤😂

[@robertryan6782]

Shelton is a nice speaker.

[@K717MOS]

Favorite WWE athlete. Love Lesnar🙏🏿🔥

[@BGoa-ki5pr]

This guy needs to have a storyline with brock, like a manager

[@georgebeamer]

Shelton had a decent push back in the mid 2000s. I always thought they were gonna go all the way with him after that Shawn match on Raw

[@dereknez965]

Brock jumps above his head, floats for a second, and then does the flip and finally aims for the ground haha

[@charlesclark9627]

Shelton should have had a run with one of the belts!

[@AxeDharme]

The thing most people get wrong is, Brock's shooting star press wasn't botched because he was heavier than his OVW days. He missed it because Angle was too far away. A foot closer and that would've been perfectly nailed on.

[@hiteshadhikari]

Also the ropes were wet and brock went for it with hesitation ,he didnt wish to do it, he was told it would be good and he did it after a long time with basically 1 practice try pre show

[@er1c_s1lv3r7]

Shelton Benjamin is a gem.

[@charliebrown9600]

Sheldon Benjamin got to work with Kurt angle and Brock Lesner how cool is that

[@RichardMason-gj9ue]

Shelton you were mentored by the best wrestler I’ve ever seen in a wwe ring that’s Kurt he was brilliant

[@FrederickChampaguno]

It’s such a Shame Shelton Benjamin never got that push he deserved I understand why but he was so fucking good! But never got his due. Damn it Shelton!

[@sallahudinmehuddin8046]

I've heard that he hates people bothering him in the gym, tbh, I'm exactly the same. Just do my workout and leave.

[@prodbydrumdrop]

One of the coolest wrestlers of all time to me to go along with mvp, edge, randy orton, booker t, mark henry, boogeyman to name a few lol extremely athletic too.

[@FA7ALtheGOD]

Seeing Snelton makes me wish The Hurt Business got The Bloodline treatment but on MNR.

[@breedlowe]

FACTS! They should have never broken up the hurt business

[@Drewtheking91]

One the best intercontinental champs

[@Richard__Cranium]

One of the most underrated wrestlers of ALL-TIME.

[@Clipperbossman]

Underrated talent

[@ZackMaston-rl9xf]

I would love a Brock/Shelton tag run before Brock retires!

[@craigdavis5818]

Them as a team or 1 on 1 would of been fantastic. I still think Benjamin could be a major player in WWE just because of how legit he is.

[@nasirjones9149]

There’s no excuse for Benjamin not being a world champion.

[@user-qx6tt4fg7y]

I can’t help but love brock lesnar guy is a freak of nature

[@craig-9693]

In all seriousness Brock Lesnar is the most intimidating, scary person on the planet. He brings so much real credibility to pro wrestling..

[@Haulinbassracing]

Wonder what it would be like to be in small town Saskatchewan and broke walks in the local grocery store

[@BobSacramento-tr9gz]

I would like to see Shelton Benjamin and might mouse Johnson have a sit down

[@michaelmirraministry8834]

I guess after Lesnar got sick he was never the same.

[@mpumelelojames5474]

I love Brock Lesnar because he's so immensely powerfully and what you see is what you get, he's a true badass

[@themondoshow]

Oh

[@user-bi9fo3sx6l]

Brock will always be my favorite. Fo not care what others think. We need him back in WWE 😊

[@kvinche8120]

Shelton far as pure wrestling ability is one of greatest of all time but wait, there is a move he can not perform?

[@VinnyLogz]

Extremely surprised Brock never requested to do a storyline with Shelton, either as a tag team for fun or against each other. They can always do the Shelton trained him, so he knows all of Brock’s tricks storylines

[@KewlBrown]

Brock Lesnar was in the NFL, WWE, UFC and back to WWE. Crazy…

[@PricefieldPunk]

Lotta big guys can do aerial moves now but Brock is still the only big guy who had hang time in the air imo. Its like he was floating in the air a bit when he was practicing those shooting star presses

[@HollisKing]

The Fargo wrestling tournament is one of the biggest, most competitive, and toughest amateur wrestling tournament around.

[@jolemays3218]

Brock is truly 1of dem 1s

[@TheRav3n]

I guess mental illness doesn’t escape anyone. When I saw Brock struggled with anxiety, I was like no way but then I thought “if I were his size, I’d struggle with it too…. I’d be afraid for others..”