You kind of take what you can get with Brody. You know he's not going to bump if he doesn't feel like it, and that's not always an issue because you don't NEED to bump around like a maniac and if you're Bruiser Brody you probably shouldn't anyway. Special occasions and all that. Prolly. But he's not really compelling as a seller or at showing any vulnerability so sometimes it can get rough unless you're Abdullah the Butcher and stab him repeatedly in the head with a fork. Here he did a lot of dead-eyed staring when taking punches, sometimes falling - perhaps TUMBLING - to the mat before immediately sitting up again; that thing he would often do in lieu of taking an actual bump. Half a bump, maybe. Lawler is the sort of person who'll work around that while simultaneously towards Brody's strengths, so he'll throw a punch and shake his own hand out like Brody's skull is made of brick. This is no mere ordinary man shrugging off the King's best shots. Lawler is smart enough to play up Brody's singularity as an attraction. He'll take a whipping too, then when he drops the strap Brody absorbs Lawler's punch flurry like a drunk man doing a vision test. Which was actually fine because in the end he does take that flat back bump and maybe he was building to that all along. Maybe we just got WORKED this whole time. Brody will also be more than happy to bleed when called upon so he won't shy away from being thrown head-first into a table. The finish was whatever but then Brody stealing Lawler's crown and walking away with it like a trophy afterwards was pretty great.
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