Think all men are created equal? Then how do you explain Brock Lesnar?
Possessing the type of staggering strength and scary intensity usually only seen in Superman villains, the 6-foot-3, 266-pound freak of nature from Minneapolis, Minn., has forced his way to the top of every major combat sport. He won the NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling championship as a senior at the University of Minnesota, the WWE Championship within six months of his debut and the UFC Heavyweight Title in his fourth professional MMA fight. He's also the 1 in 21-1. Plain and simple, the man was built to destroy.
Brock Lesnar
Brock Edward Lesnar is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, professional American football player, and mixed martial artist, who is signed to WWE as of February 2016. Lesnar is a four-time WWE Champion, a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, and an NCAA Division I Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, making him the only person to have won a WWE championship, UFC championship, and NCAA championship in a career. He is also a one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, making him a five-time world champion in professional wrestling.
Lesnar signed with WWE (then the World Wrestling Federation) in 2000.
After debuting on WWE's main roster in 2002, he won the WWE Championship on three separate occasions with victories over The Rock and Kurt Angle (twice). Lesnar won his first (Undisputed) WWE Championship five months after his main roster debut at the age of 25, becoming the youngest WWE Champion in history. He was also the 2002 King of the Ring and the 2003 Royal Rumble winner, making him the youngest King of the Ring and Royal Rumble winner as well.
Like a runaway train, Lesnar was impossible to stop.
He manhandled The Undertaker in a way no competitor had ever done before and made "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan appear disturbingly vulnerable in defeat. Some Superstars look like they were chiseled out of granite Lesnar looked like he was blasted out of the side of a mountain with dynamite. How else could you explain the way he heaved Big Show through the air as if the giant was a cruiserweight? In an industry filled with seriously strong men, this type of power had never been seen.
Betting men would have put their money on The Next Big Thing carrying WWE through the decade
but Lesnar shocked the sports-entertainment world when he announced he was leaving WWE in 2004.
Lesnar left the WWE and pursued a career in the National Football League (NFL)
He was named a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings but was cut prior to the start of the 200405 season. In 2005, Lesnar returned to professional wrestling and signed with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first match. After a contractual dispute with NJPW, he also wrestled as IWGP Heavyweight Champion in the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF)
In 2006, Lesnar pursued a career in mixed martial arts.
He signed with Hero's and won his first fight, against Min-Soo Kim, in June 2007. He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) the following October. Lesnar lost in his UFC debut against Frank Mir and then won his second fight against Heath Herring. In November 2008, Lesnar defeated Randy Couture to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion. Shortly after a successful title defense in a rematch with Mir, Lesnar was sidelined due to diverticulitis. He would return at UFC 116 to defeat Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin and unify the heavyweight championships, becoming the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion.
It looked like Lesnar was headed for retirement from there
until the hulking competitor walked out on Raw on the day after WrestleMania XXVIII and obliterated John Cena with his F-5 finishing maneuver. Since that shocking night, The Beast Incarnate has reintroduced the eely Paul Heyman to WWE, beaten Triple H twice and in what was his biggest victory to date snapped The Undertaker's iconic Streak at WrestleMania 30.
In April 2012, Lesnar once again returned to professional wrestling, rejoining WWE after an eight-year hiatus.
Lesnar has had an onscreen partnership with Paul Heyman throughout the majority of his professional wrestling career.
He has headlined numerous pay-per-view events for both the WWE and UFC, including WrestleMania XIX, WrestleMania 31, and UFC 116.
In 2015, ESPN.com published an article that referred to Lesnar as "the most accomplished athlete in pro wrestling history"
