How Brock Lesnar built a successful career. Explore key moments that defined the journey.
Brock Lesnar is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist celebrated for his achievements across various combat sports. He stands as the sole individual to have clinched primary heavyweight championships in WWE, UFC, NJPW, IGF, and NCAA. Currently under contract with WWE but on hiatus as of 2023, Lesnar's career highlights his dominance and versatility in both professional wrestling and mixed martial arts, solidifying his place as a prominent figure in the world of sports entertainment and combat sports.
Brock Lesnar faces a potential ban from wrestling after a scandal. Reports suggest he might be on WWE's 'ban list,' causing significant trouble for the former WWE and UFC champion and raising concerns about his future in the sport.
As of 2018, Brock Lesnar's Universal Championship reign was the sixth-longest world championship reign in WWE history and the longest since 1988.
In 1998, Brock Lesnar was the NJCAA Heavyweight Champion.
In 2000, Brock Lesnar signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and was assigned to its Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) territory.
In 2000, Brock Lesnar won the NCAA Division I national championship while wrestling for the University of Minnesota.
In 2000, Brock Lesnar won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I heavyweight wrestling championship during his senior year.
In 2001, Brock Lesnar took part in numerous dark matches before being called up to the main roster.
In March 2002, Brock Lesnar made his televised WWE debut, immediately portrayed as a dominant force under the guidance of Paul Heyman.
In early 2002, Brock Lesnar was called up to the main roster of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
In mid-2002, Brock Lesnar won the WWE Championship at the age of 25, becoming the youngest performer to win the championship.
In January 2003, at Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar defeated Big Show to enter the Rumble match, which he won by last eliminating The Undertaker, earning a title shot at WrestleMania XIX.
In 2003, Brock Lesnar won the Royal Rumble match, earning a title shot at WrestleMania XIX.
In 2003, WWE Home Video released a DVD chronicling Lesnar's career entitled Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain.
In late 2003, Brock Lesnar began a cross-brand feud with Goldberg, and later lost his WWE Championship to Eddie Guerrero after interference from Goldberg at No Way Out.
Following his match at WrestleMania XX in March 2004, Brock Lesnar left WWE to pursue a career in professional football.
In 2004, Brock Lesnar departed WWE to join the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL), but was cut from the team during pre-season.
In 2004, Brock Lesnar was featured on the covers of Flex and Muscle & Fitness magazine.
In 2004, Goldberg defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania XX, marking a blemish on Lesnar's WWE career according to Paul Heyman.
In July 2005, WWE and Brock Lesnar dropped their claims against each other and entered negotiations to renew their relationship. WWE offered Lesnar a contract, but he later withdrew from any involvement with the company.
In 2005, Brock Lesnar returned to wrestling and signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
In 2005, after leaving professional football, Brock Lesnar returned to wrestling by debuting in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). On October 8, he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first bout.
On January 4, 2006, Brock Lesnar defended the IWGP title against Shinsuke Nakamura at the Tokyo Dome event.
On January 14, 2006, Judge Christopher Droney stated that unless WWE gave him a good argument, he would rule in favor of Lesnar, giving him a summary judgment.
On April 29, 2006, Brock Lesnar stated his intent to join K-1's mixed martial arts league, Hero's.
In July 2006, NJPW stripped Brock Lesnar of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship due to visa issues that prevented him from returning to defend it, although he retained physical possession of the belt.
On June 2, 2007, Brock Lesnar won his first official MMA match by submitting Min-soo Kim with strikes in 1:09 of the first round.
On June 29, 2007, Brock Lesnar lost the IWGP title to TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle at the debut event of the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF).
In 2007, Brock Lesnar began his mixed martial arts (MMA) career for Hero's.
On February 2, 2008, Brock Lesnar made his debut with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) at UFC 81 against Frank Mir. He lost via submission.
In 2008, Brock Lesnar signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
In 2008, Brock Lesnar was featured on the cover of Minneapolis' City Pages.
On July 11, 2009, at UFC 100, Brock Lesnar fought Frank Mir, Lesnar won via technical knockout after landing heavy ground and pound. During the post-match celebration, Lesnar flipped off the crowd and made a disparaging comment about Bud Light, and endorsed Coors Light instead. Lesnar later apologized for his remarks at the post-fight press conference.
In 2009, Brock Lesnar signed an endorsement deal with Dymatize Nutrition. A CD containing footage of Lesnar training was included with Dymatize's "Xpand" product.
On January 2, 2010, Lesnar's fight with Shane Carwin was rescheduled for UFC 108 due to an illness. Lesnar initially sought treatment in Canada, but criticized the care he received and claimed that seeking better treatment in the United States saved his life.
In January 2010, Brock Lesnar announced on ESPN's SportsCenter that he was scheduled to make a return to the UFC in the summer.
In June 2010, Brock Lesnar's non-compete clause with WWE expired, which had prohibited him from working for other professional wrestling companies.
In 2010, Brock Lesnar defeated Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin to unify the heavyweight championships and become the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion.
In 2010, Brock Lesnar was the cover athlete for the UFC Undisputed 2010 video game.
In 2011, Brock 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, Brock Lesnar retired from mixed martial arts (MMA) after struggles with diverticulitis and a couple of losses.
In the summer of 2011, Brock Lesnar announced his return to action. His return match was scheduled to be at UFC 141 on December 30. After being defeated by Alistair Overeem, Lesnar retired from MMA, citing his struggles with diverticulitis and said it was the last time he will be seen in the octagon.
In 2012, the DVD "Brock Lesnar: Here Comes the Pain" was re-released as a three-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray collector's edition to tie in with Lesnar's WWE return, expanding it to include new matches and interviews.
On January 28, 2013, Brock Lesnar returned on Raw, attacking WWE chairman Vince McMahon, resulting in a scripted pelvic injury.
In mid-2013, Brock Lesnar began a feud with CM Punk, culminating in a no disqualification match at SummerSlam where Lesnar defeated Punk.
In 2014, Brock Lesnar ended The Undertaker's undefeated WrestleMania streak.
On January 25, 2015, Brock Lesnar retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against John Cena and Seth Rollins at the Royal Rumble.
In March 2015, Lesnar revealed in an interview on SportsCenter that he had re-signed with WWE and officially closed the door on a return to MMA, even though he was offered a deal ten times more than what he had made previously in his MMA career.
On March 24, 2015, Brock Lesnar revealed that he had re-signed with WWE and officially closed the door on a return to MMA, despite being offered a deal worth "ten times more" than his previous MMA earnings. He cited mental factors and a preference for part-time work with full-time pay as reasons for his decision.
At Hell in a Cell on October 25, 2015, Brock Lesnar defeated The Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match, ending their feud. The match was later voted "Match of the Year" during the 2015 Slammy Awards.
Brock Lesnar appeared at SummerSlam in 2015.
On the January 11, 2016, episode of Raw, Brock Lesnar returned, attacking The New Day, The League of Nations, Kevin Owens, and Roman Reigns.
On June 4, 2016, UFC announced that Brock Lesnar would return at UFC 200 on July 9.
Brock Lesnar appeared at SummerSlam in 2016.
In 2016, Brock Lesnar returned to MMA at UFC 200, initially defeating Mark Hunt. However, the victory was overturned to a no-contest after Lesnar tested positive for a banned substance, violating UFC's anti-doping policy.
In 2016, Brock Lesnar was revealed as Randy Orton's opponent for SummerSlam and was allowed a one-off fight for UFC 200, where he failed two drug tests. Lesnar defeated Orton at SummerSlam by technical knockout and attacked Shane McMahon.
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.
On February 14, 2017, Brock Lesnar notified UFC that he was retiring from MMA for the second time.
In July 2017, Brock Lesnar was eligible to return to competition after serving a one-year suspension by the NSAC.
Brock Lesnar appeared at SummerSlam in 2017.
In 2017, Brock Lesnar retired from MMA for the second time.
In 2017, Brock Lesnar was quickly eliminated by Goldberg at the Royal Rumble. Subsequently, he challenged Goldberg to a match at WrestleMania 33, where he defeated Goldberg to win the Universal Championship on April 2, marking his fifth world title win in WWE.
On January 28, 2018, Brock Lesnar successfully defended his title in a triple threat match against Braun Strowman and Kane at the Royal Rumble.
On July 7, 2018, Brock Lesnar stormed the cage after the main event fight at UFC 226 and challenged the new UFC Heavyweight Champion, Daniel Cormier.
Brock Lesnar appeared at SummerSlam in 2018.
In 2018, after being threatened to be stripped of his title, Brock Lesnar defended his Universal Championship at SummerSlam. Roman Reigns capitalized on a distracted Lesnar and won the Universal Championship, ending Lesnar's title reign at 504 days.
On January 27, 2019, Brock Lesnar successfully defended the title against Finn Bálor via submission at the Royal Rumble.
In 2019, Brock Lesnar returned to SmackDown and quickly defeated Kofi Kingston to win his fifth WWE Championship on October 4. He then feuded with Cain Velasquez, defeating him at Crown Jewel before quitting SmackDown to pursue Rey Mysterio on Raw.
On January 6, 2020, Brock Lesnar returned to Raw to declare he would enter the Royal Rumble match as entrant number one.
In September 2020, UFC president Dana White said he could organize a fight between Brock Lesnar and Jon Jones if both men wanted it.
After losing the WWE Championship to Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 36, Brock Lesnar was not under contract with WWE and did not appear until 2021.
In March 2022, Brock Lesnar confirmed he had initially retired from professional wrestling after WrestleMania 36, until deciding to return in 2021.
In October 2022, Brock Lesnar returned and began feuding with Bobby Lashley, leading to a victory at Crown Jewel.
In 2022, Brock Lesnar won the Royal Rumble match for the second time in his career.
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