HBK Uses Wrestling to Motivate his Team. Suplex's Eddie Lacy.

In most practices around the football world, running backs take instruction from coaches and managers and improve their skills on the field. Occasionally, motivational tactics can range from words encouragement, to death drills.  But humbling a player on a wrestling mat has to be a first.

“He got to me. What can I say. The son-of-a-bitch got to me,” clamored ex-wrestling champion and manager HBK Shant Michaels. "I had to give him a little chin music to motivate his ass."

The player being referred to was packers star running back Eddie Lacy. What he got was a sweet suplex on the goal line, followed by a super fly Jimmy Snuka move off the goal posts, to a three count administered by Shane Vereen.

What began as innocent squabble between manager and an under performing player in Lacy exploded into a full fledged WWE style scene with teammates rolling out a wrestling mat on the touchdown area. Onlookers formed a human ring where Lacy was given a lesson in the ways of the HBK.  Alshon Jeffery explains:

“What happen was, Eddie was jawing at HBK sayin’ ‘you can’t wrestle no more, you a has been wrestler. Then Coach Shant said, ‘At least aint no has been after just one season,’ talking about Eddie's lack of numbers. Then shit just got crazy and Shane come running out the locker room with a full on mat yellin' 'It's on bitches. Coach gonna do this.' Lacy was screamin’ 'Sexy Boy? What?!' Ah man. It was funny.”

Witnesses described the fight as follows: HBK opened with a few clotheslines, and drop kicks, then eventually got Lacy into a sleeper hold. Lacy however reversed out of it, into a half-nelson, an eye gouge, then proceeded to unleash strikes to the head. HBK quickly countered with a strike to the gut and then running clothesline. A DDT, Suplex, and dive from the goal post later, Lacy was done.

Afterward, Eddie remained humble saying it was all in good fun.

“Na man, its not about me hating on coach. I just tried to put him in his place that all. Didn't work out”

Team HBK has wrestled their way to the top of the AFFL standings despite the slow start from Lacy. Hopefully this will be the motivation he needs to keep the winning streak going. He knew the pressure was on him to deliver, and he's up to the task.

"No doubt. I got to show up on Sunday. I'm gonna be there."

Now the question on everyone’s mind is will there be a rematch? Both HBK and Lacy have emphatically claimed that it was a one time deal, but Martelus Bennett wasn't so sure about that.

“Give ‘em about a week. Michaels will have Lacy in a headlock again. If not, I'll probably have to egg it them on to go for round two."

Bennett you son-of-a-bitch.