The Reigning Defending Undisputed Universal Champion Brock Lesnar
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Wiki/Biography
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Brock Edward Lesnar was born on July 12, 1977, in Webster, South Dakota, the son of Stephanie and Richard Lesnar. He grew up on his parents' dairy farm in Webster. He is of German descent and has two older brothers named Troy and Chad and a younger sister named Brandi. At age 17, Lesnar joined the Army National Guard, where he was assigned to an office job after his red-green colorblindness was deemed hazardous to his desire to work with explosives. He lost this job after failing a computer typing test and later worked for a construction company.
In Early Days:
Lesnar attended Webster High School, where he played football and competed in amateur wrestling, placing third in the state championships his senior year. He then attended Bismarck State College, where he won the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) heavyweight wrestling championship in his sophomore year He transferred to the University of Minnesota on a wrestling scholarship for his junior and senior college years, where he was roommates with future WWE colleague Shelton Benjamin, who was also his assistant coach.
Professional Wrestling:
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Since Lesnar's debut, he was portrayed as a powerhouse athlete. He is often called by his nickname "The Beast Incarnate" or simply "The Beast". During his initial run when he was consistently main-eventing, WWE was in what is labeled by the company and fans as the "Ruthless Aggression Era". His go-to finishing maneuver for his entire career has been a spinning facebuster known as the F-5 (or The Verdict when he wrestled outside of WWE). After his return in 2012, Lesnar focused on an MMA-orientated gimmick, sporting MMA gloves during his matches and adding the Kimura lock as a finisher. Lesnar is also known for performing several suplexes on his rivals, with these often being described as the opponent being taken to "Suplex City", named after an ad-lib Lesnar delivered to Roman Reigns during their WrestleMania 31 match. Lesnar has been managed by Paul Heyman for the majority of WWE career with Heyman being Lesnar's mouthpiece for storylines and feuds.
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Around the fall of 2017, a large number of fans and critics had begun to condemn Lesnar. Many reporters thought his Suplex City character "jumped the shark" and his matches had "become formulaic".He was largely criticized due to his absences from television during his time as Universal Champion. It was pointed out that he had the longest world championship reign since Hulk Hogan. However, he had only defended the title on 13 occasions during this time, with Tim Fiorvanti from ESPN commenting that he had "removed the top title on Monday Night Raw from circulation".The short length of his matches was also criticized by journalists and fans. Former WWE Champion Bob Backlund criticized the fact that Lesnar used mostly suplexes during his matches, saying "it gets old to do the same thing over and over and over again".
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Professional Football Career:
After his match at WrestleMania XX in March 2004, Lesnar sidelined his career in WWE to pursue a career in the National Football League (NFL) despite not playing football since high school.WWE issued this statement on their official website, WWE.com, following his departure:
“ Brock Lesnar has made a personal decision to put his WWE career on hold to prepare to try out for the National Football League this season. Brock has wrestled his entire professional career in the WWE and we are proud of his accomplishments and wish him the best in his new endeavor. ”
Lesnar later told a Minnesota radio show that he had "three wonderful years" in WWE, but had grown unhappy and always wanted to play professional football, adding that he did not want to be 40 years old and wondering if he could have "made it" in football. In an interview about the NFL, he stated:
“ This is no load of a bull; it's no WWE stunt. I am dead serious about this. I ain't afraid of anything and I ain't afraid of anybody. I've been an underdog in athletics since I was five. I got zero college offers for wrestling. Now people say I can't play football, that's a joke. I say I can. I'm as good an athlete as a lot of guys in the NFL, if not better. I've always had to fight for everything. I wasn't the best technician in amateur wrestling but I was strong, had great conditioning, and a hard head. Nobody could break me. As long as I have that, I don't give a damn what anybody else thinks.
Personal Life:
Lesnar married fellow WWE performer Rena Greek, better known as Sable, on May 6, 2006. They reside on a farm in Maryfield, Saskatchewan, having previously lived in Maple Plain, Minnesota. Together, they have two sons named Turk (born 2009) and Duke (born 2010). With his former fiancée, Nicole McClain, Lesnar also has twins who were born in 2002: a daughter named Mya Lynn (who has signed to compete in track & field at Arizona State)and a son named Luke, who plays ice hockey. He is also the stepfather of Greek's daughter, with her first husband.
Lesnar is an intensely private individual who has expressed his disdain for the media; he rarely participates in interviews and avoids questions about his private life. He is a supporter of the Republican Party and a member of the National Rifle Association, making an appearance at the NRA's annual meeting in May 2011 to discuss his passion for hunting and his role as a spokesman for the Fusion Ammunition company. He is a fan of the Winnipeg Jets, and all three of his sons play ice hockey.
During his first run in WWE, Lesnar developed addictions to both alcohol and painkillers, allegedly drinking a bottle of vodka per day and taking hundreds of Vicodin pills per month to manage the pain caused by wear and tear on his body. He named his accident at WrestleMania XIX as a particular source of pain. Lesnar claims that, as a result of his addiction and mental exhaustion, he does not remember "an entire two years" of his WWE career.
Legal Issues:
On January 14, 2006, Judge Christopher Droney stated that unless WWE gave him a good argument between then and the 25th, he would rule in favor of Lesnar, giving him a summary judgment. This would have enabled Lesnar to work anywhere immediately.WWE was later granted a deadline postponement. On April 24, both parties reached a settlement. On June 12, a federal judge dismissed the case at the request of both legal parties.
On December 15, 2011, Lesnar was charged with hunting infractions on a trip to Alberta on November 19, 2010. Two charges were dropped, but Lesnar pleaded guilty to the charge of improper tagging of an animal. He was fined $1,725 and given a six-month hunting suspension.
Others
In 2003, WWE Home Video released a DVD chronicling Lesnar's career entitled Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain. It was re-released in 2012 as a three-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray collector's edition to tie in with Lesnar's WWE return. It was also expanded to include new matches and interviews. In 2016, a new home video was released on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as a collector's edition, called Brock Lesnar: Eat. Sleep. Conquer. Repeat. and includes accomplishments from his second run in WWE.
Lesnar was featured on the covers of Flex and Muscle & Fitness magazine in 2004 and Minneapolis' City Pages in 2008. He is the cover athlete for the WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain, UFC Undisputed 2010, and WWE 2K17 video games.
In 2009, Lesnar signed an endorsement deal with Dymatize Nutrition. A CD containing footage of Lesnar training was included with Dymatize's "Xpand" product.
Lesnar co-wrote an autobiography with Paul Heyman, titled Death Clutch: My Story of Determination, Domination, and Survival, which was published by William Morrow and Company in 2011.
In a 2013 post on his blog, Attack on Titan author Hajime Isayama revealed that he drew inspiration from Lesnar for the character of the Armored Titan.
Championships and Accomplishments:
National Collegiate Athletic Association
- NCAA Division I All-American (1999, 2000)
- NCAA Division I Heavyweight Champion (2000)
- Big Ten Conference Champion (1999, 2000)
National Junior College Athletic Association
- NJCAA All-American (1997, 1998)
- NJCAA Heavyweight Champion (1998)
- North Dakota State University Bison Tournament Champion (1997–1999)
Mixed martial arts
- Biggest Draw (2008)
- Rookie of the Year (2008)
- The beatdown of the Year (2009)
- Top Newcomer of the Year (2008)
- UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time)
- Two successful title defenses
- Submission of the Night (One time) vs. Shane Carwin
- Breakthrough Fighter of the Year (2009)
- Best Box Office Draw (2008–2010)
- MMA Most Valuable Fighter (2008–2010)
Professional Wrestling
- World record: Youngest person to win the WWE Championship (aged 25 years, 44 days)
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Shelton Benjamin
- Feud of the Year (2003) vs. Kurt Angle
- Feud of the Year (2015) vs. The Undertaker
- Match of the Year (2003) vs. Kurt Angle in an Iron Man match on SmackDown! on September 16
- Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2018)
- Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2002)
- Wrestler of the Year (2002, 2014)
- Ranked No. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2003
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Best Brawler (2003)
- Best Wrestling Maneuver (2002) F-5
- Feud of the Year (2003) vs. Kurt Angle
- Most Improved Wrestler (2002, 2003)
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2015)
- WWE Championships(5 times, current)
- WWE Universal Championship (3 times)
- King of the Ring (2002)
- Money in the Bank (Men's 2019)
- Royal Rumble (2003)
- Slammy Award (5 times)
- Hashtag of the Year (2015) – #SuplexCity
- Match of the Year (2015) – vs The Undertaker at Hell in a Cell
- The rivalry of the Year (2015) – vs The Undertaker
- "Tell Me You Didn't Just Say That" Moment of the Year (2015) – Coining "Suplex City" at WrestleMania 31
- The OMG Shocking Moment of the Year (2014) – Ending The Undertaker's WrestleMania streak at WrestleMania XXX
- WWE Year-End Award for Hottest Rivalry (2018) – vs. Roman Reigns
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