Bron Breakker opens up on extraordinary speed stat following WWE RAW
Bron Breakker sat atop WWE NXT for over three years and immediately began dominating RAW and SmackDown when he was called up in April. The second-generation heavyweight has now opened up on an unbelievable stat.
Big Poppa Breakker is widely regarded as a force to be reckoned with. His agility is second to none; he forced WWE Production to make big changes on the fly, and his Spear is considered one of the best. Bron, who failed to defeat Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn at Money In the Bank on Saturday, is a former NFL player who WWE now bills as one of the most dominant NXT Champions ever. His intensity previously led WWE to create the Bron Cam.
Breakker recently achieved an extraordinary stat when practicing his version of the Steiner-Line, the clothesline made famous by his father, Rick Steiner, and uncle, Scott Steiner. Speaking to The Masked Man Show, the 26-year-old discussed the Bron Cam origins, recalling how he was brought to RAW for a dark match or Main Event taping a little more than a year ago, at a time when he was trying to incorporate the Steiner-Line into his arsenal, but was frustrated at how he wasn't quite figuring it out.
Bron noted how his dad used to "rip people's heads off" with the move, but he wanted this version to be his own. He thought he'd just run the ropes twice, as fast as he could, then deliver the move and go from there. After the show, the one-time NXT Tag Team Champion was told by a WWE production worker that they clocked him at 23 miles per hour while running the ropes.
"I ran the ropes, I did the clothesline, crowd came up for it. Later that night, a gentleman working the truck came over to me and said, ‘That was the fastest I’ve ever seen anybody run, and I’ve been working here for over 20 years. You need to do that every night.’ I was like, OK. He said, ‘We have a gauge in the truck, it tells us speed and stuff, and it was over 23 miles an hour. I was like, ‘Whoa.’ So that’s kind of where that started," Bron Breakker said. [H/T InsideTheRopes]
Breakker has had nine matches since finishing up with NXT in April. These include two wins on SmackDown, three wins on RAW, three DQ losses on RAW, and the loss at Money In The Bank.
Bron Breakker continues the WWE Intercontinental Championship chase
Bron Breakker failed to defeat Sami Zayn at WWE Money In the Bank on Saturday night in their first-ever singles match. However, the second-generation star has proved he is not giving up on the Intercontinental Championship.
On tonight's RAW, Sami Zayn came to the ring and praised Breakker before putting himself over. The former NXT Champion interrupted and admitted he didn't think Zayn would be the first main roster guy to beat him. Sami was then hit with a surprise Spear as Breakker unloaded on Zayn. Officials ran down to stop them, but the former NFL fullback broke free and delivered another Spear as Ilja Dragunov came out to tend to Zayn.
The Mad Dragon demanded a match, and Adam Pearce made it official for later in the show. Breakker took another DQ loss in just over 10 minutes.
Breakker was disqualified when he launched a chair at the Russian grappler. After the match, he attacked Dragunov until Zayn ran down to knock him to the floor.
Bron pulled The Great Liberator to the floor as the brawl continued. Officials tried to separate the two, but Zayn was sent into the ring post and over the announce table. A SummerSlam rematch is now rumored to be set for the title, but that could be a Triple Threat.