[257], On November 4 it was confirmed that Lesnar was suffering from mononucleosis and that his bout with Carwin would have to wait a bit longer and the fight for Lesnar's heavyweight championship was canceled. However, Faarooq was injured during a match with Lesnar and Angle's team was forced to find a replacement for him. [272] Lesnar underwent surgery on May 27 to help battle his problems with diverticulitis. He would return at UFC 116 to defeat Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin and unify the heavyweight championships, becoming the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion in the process. [78][79] This was Lesnar's last match as a professional wrestler until 2012, when he re-signed with WWE. On the July 31 episode of Raw, Lesnar was scheduled to defend his title in a fatal four-way match at SummerSlam against Samoa Joe, Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman. ... A lot of kids starting to develop at an early age wanting to be a quarterback and throw the ball around. 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.[231]. [14] 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. [54] During a rematch on the June 12 episode of SmackDown!, Lesnar lifted Big Show off the top-rope in a superplex which caused the ring to collapse on impact. [202], Lesnar and Heyman returned on the September 17 episode of SmackDown to challenge Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship. [183] However, on April 9, Lesnar re-signed with the WWE. In the ensuing confusion, Undertaker hit Lesnar with a low blow and applied his Hell's Gate submission hold, in which Lesnar passed out. [135] At the Royal Rumble on January 24, Lesnar was the 23rd entrant, eliminating four competitors before being eliminated by Bray Wyatt with help from the rest of The Wyatt Family. His go-to finishing maneuver for his entire career has been a fireman's carry facebuster[219] known as the F-5 (or The Verdict when he wrestled outside of WWE). In 2016, a new home video was released on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as a collector's edition, called Brock Lesnar: Eat. [64], Survivor Series in November 2003 also marked the first time Lesnar met Goldberg from the Raw brand. Payne and Scotty Sabre), The Suicide Blondes (Derrick King and Jason Lee), The Disciples of Synn (B.J. [115] At WrestleMania on April 6, Lesnar defeated Undertaker after executing three F-5s, ending his undefeated WrestleMania streak at 21, a feat that was described by Sports Illustrated as being "the most shocking result since the Montreal Screwjob". Healthy. [222][223] Lesnar is also known for performing several suplexes (especially German suplexes) on his rivals, with these often being described as the opponent being taken to "Suplex City",[224] named after an ad-lib Lesnar delivered to Roman Reigns during their WrestleMania 31 match. IGF promoter Antonio Inoki had stated Lesnar was the "proper" IWGP Heavyweight Champion as he was not defeated for the title. Lesnar has been managed by Paul Heyman throughout the majority of his professional wrestling career. [46] The match ended in a double disqualification, with Lesnar retained the title. Strong. Early Prelims 7:00 PM CST WATCH ON FIGHT PASS. [91][92] The following night on Raw, Lesnar declared himself the new "King of Kings" and said that he would depart from WWE after his victory over Triple H, stating that he had conquered everything in the company. Angle threatened to fire Heyman if he could not persuade Lesnar to come to the ring. [249], Lesnar then faced Randy Couture for the UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 91 on November 15. Lesnar incapacitated Strowman, allowing Reigns to capitalize on the distracted Lesnar and win the Universal Championship, ending Lesnar's title reign at 504 days. [102] On the April 15 episode of Raw, Lesnar attacked 3MB (Heath Slater, Drew McIntyre, and Jinder Mahal) before Heyman challenged Triple H to face Lesnar in a steel cage match at Extreme Rules,[103] which Triple H accepted the following week. [208] This led to Mysterio challenging Lesnar for the championship at Survivor Series, which was made official[209] as a No Holds Barred match,[210] where Lesnar retained, despite Dominic's attempt to aid Mysterio during the match. [187] On the July 30 episode of Raw, Lesnar was at the arena but refused to appear in the ring. Lesnar defeated his opponent Mark Hunt via unanimous decision. [26] Lesnar claims that, as a result of his addiction and mental exhaustion, he does not remember "an entire two years" of his WWE career. In 2011, he was once again sidelined due to diverticulitis and underwent surgery. [251], On December 27 at UFC 92, Frank Mir defeated Antônio Nogueira for the Interim Heavyweight Championship and was to face Lesnar for the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 98. [55] As Lesnar and Big Show continued their rivalry, Kurt Angle returned from his neck surgery and began to form a more friendly rivalry with Lesnar, as the two were allies, yet contenders for the title. [130], At Hell in a Cell on October 25, Lesnar defeated Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match after a low blow and F-5 onto the exposed ring floor, ending their feud. [150] At SummerSlam on August 21, Lesnar defeated Orton by technical knockout, leaving Orton with a forehead wound which required ten staples. He became a fan of boxing as a kid, prompting his father to take him to the gym when he was 10 years old, where he was told to come back when he's 12. Coe wrestler Brock Henderson remains driven despite past disappoints Injury and pandemic have kept him from NCAA goals; marriage … Lesnar returned to WWE on April 2, 2012, on Raw, as a heel, by confronting and delivering an F-5 to John Cena. shows and events, prompting Bischoff to establish a new championship for the Raw brand (the World Heavyweight Championship); the WWE Undisputed Championship was then renamed the WWE Championship. brand. [163] On November 20 at Survivor Series, Lesnar lost to Goldberg in 1 minute and 26 seconds,[164][165] marking the first time in three years that Lesnar was pinned. 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[26], Lesnar won the 2000 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I heavyweight wrestling championship his senior year after being the runner-up to Stephen Neal the year prior. [118] Later in the year, Rollins reunited with The Authority and was added to Lesnar's and Cena's championship match at the Royal Rumble on January 25, 2015, making it a triple threat match,[119] which Lesnar won despite (storyline) breaking a rib during the match. Rollins then attacked Lesnar with a low blow while the referee was down and pinned Lesnar, ending his second reign as Universal Champion at 156 days. [70] As a result, Lesnar's match with Goldberg became a fiasco as the fans at Madison Square Garden jeered and heckled both of them vociferously. He also was paid a UFC record $2.5 million purse. [14][236] Lesnar received an invitation to play as a representative for the Vikings in NFL Europa, but declined due to his desire to stay in the United States with his family. [260] After further diagnosis, Lesnar underwent surgery on November 16 to close a perforation in his intestine that had been leaking fecal matter into his abdomen, causing pain, abscesses and overtaxing his immune system to the point that he contracted mononucleosis. In Having a Wailord of a Time, he revealed that his first Pokémon was an Onix he received as a tenth-birthday gift from his father Flint.. He eliminated Matt Hardy and Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Lesnar's former OVW teammate Shelton Benjamin), who at the time, were mentored by Angle as a 3-man stable. Also thank you again for the gift cards! [133], On the January 11, 2016, episode of Raw, Lesnar returned, attacking The New Day, The League of Nations (Sheamus, King Barrett, Rusev and Alberto Del Rio) and Kevin Owens, before performing an F-5 on Roman Reigns. [93][94], Lesnar returned on the January 28, 2013, episode of Raw, confronting Mr. McMahon who was about to fire Heyman, and despite Heyman's pleas, Lesnar attacked McMahon with an F-5,[95] breaking McMahon's pelvis in storyline. General Manager Stephanie McMahon declared that Lesnar was only required to defend the title on SmackDown! At the first-ever SmackDown! [268], Lesnar was advertised as a coach of The Ultimate Fighter Season 13, opposite Junior dos Santos,[269] with the two expected to fight on June 11 at UFC 131,[270] but he was struck with another bout of diverticulitis and had to withdraw from the fight on May 12. [195], After his title win, Lesnar was scheduled to face WWE Champion AJ Styles at Survivor Series in another Champion vs Champion non-title match. WWE would love to have Walter come to the United States, but he doesn’t want to make the move from Europe. [134] The following week on Raw, Lesnar would brawl with Reigns until they were both attacked by The Wyatt Family. Triple H, AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton", "WWE Money in the Bank results: Powell's live review of Seth Rollins vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Universal Championship, Kofi Kingston vs. Kevin Owens for the WWE Championship, Becky Lynch defends the Raw and Smackdown Women's Titles, two Money in the Bank ladder matches", "WWE Extreme Rules results: Powell's live review of Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch vs. Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans in an Extreme Rules match for the WWE Universal Championship and the Raw Women's Championship, Kofi Kingston vs. Samoa Joe for the WWE Championship", "Seth Rollins def. In January 2010, Lesnar revealed on ESPN's SportsCenter that he was scheduled to make a return to the UFC in the summer. Lesnar continued to aggressively pursue the WWE Championship despite his friendship with Angle. The charges were dropped when it was discovered that the substances were a legal growth hormone. “If they come up and offer him this ungodly amount, I don’t know.”. [324], Lesnar was featured on the covers of Flex and Muscle & Fitness magazine in 2004[325][326] and Minneapolis' City Pages in 2008. [213] After retaining the championship against Ricochet at Super ShowDown,[214] Lesnar lost the championship to McIntyre in the main event of WrestleMania 36 Part 2 (which was taped on March 25–26 and aired on April 5). [192] The next night on Raw, Acting General Manager Baron Corbin scheduled Reigns to defend the Universal Championship in a triple threat match against Lesnar and Strowman at Crown Jewel on November 2. He would be eligible to return in July 2017. That night, Lesnar and McMahon were to face each other in a steel cage match with Angle as the special guest referee as per McMahon's orders on the previous week's program. [289] On August 23, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) confirmed that Lesnar had twice been tested positive for the estrogen blocker clomiphene and was suspended. After the match, Rey Mysterio attacked Lesnar with a chair. Following that, he had two non-title victories against Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata. Roman Reigns in a Steel Cage Match to retain the Universal Championship", "WWE Raw: Brock Lesnar to be stripped of Universal title? [233][234][235] Several NFL teams expressed interest in watching Lesnar work out. He was fined $1,725 and given a six-month hunting suspension. Like I said, it's pretty basic: Train, sleep, family, fight. [248] On August 9, Lesnar defeated Herring by unanimous decision. [67] During the feud with Goldberg, Lesnar was also at odds with Stone Cold Steve Austin, who was shown suggesting to Goldberg that he attack Lesnar at No Way Out. [122] The following night on Raw, Lesnar tried to invoke his rematch clause and subsequently attacked commentators Booker T, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Michael Cole, as well as a cameraman after Rollins refused the rematch, which led to Stephanie McMahon suspending Lesnar indefinitely in storyline. After his victory, Lesnar was attacked by former UFC opponent Cain Velasquez, making his WWE debut. Welcome to the #SunDevilFamily! However, he decided to challenge this ruling in court. As Lesnar escaped the cage first, he was declared the winner. [198] At WrestleMania, Lesnar attacked Rollins before the match. [167] The following week on Raw, Heyman addressed the Survivor Series match, stating that they underestimated Goldberg and that the match was a humiliation and embarrassment for him and Lesnar, who would also be in the Royal Rumble as he has something to prove. [131][132] The match was later voted "Match of the Year" during the 2015 Slammy Awards. Last night was the Royal Rumble PPV which means we are officially on the road to WrestleMania 37. In the next round, Lesnar was able to take Carwin down, attain a full mount, then move into side-control and finish the fight with an arm-triangle choke. [329], 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. [51] At WrestleMania on March 30, Lesnar defeated Angle to win his second WWE Championship; during the match, he botched a shooting star press (a move he had used numerous times in OVW) and landed on his head and neck, resulting in a concussion. However, Lesnar is currently a free agent and has even been linked with a shock move to WWE’s rivals, AEW. He has headlined numerous pay-per-view events for both WWE and the UFC, including WrestleMania XIX, WrestleMania 31, WrestleMania 34, WrestleMania 36, six straight SummerSlams (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019), UFC 100, and UFC 116. At the climax of the match, Lesnar ran in, took out Ali, who was on top of a ladder, and won the Money in the Bank contract, granting him either a Universal Championship or WWE Championship match at any time of his choosing within the next year. Now people say I can't play football, that it's a joke. As long as I have that, I don't give a damn what anybody else thinks. Just a quick note to say Thank You to the Brock House Team for catering our Lunch on December 19, 2014. [252] Lesnar won the postponed rematch with Mir at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009, via technical knockout in the second round. [238], On April 29, 2006, after the final match of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas, Lesnar stated his intent to join K-1's mixed martial arts league, Hero's. I'm as good an athlete as a lot of guys in the NFL, if not better. Following his title loss to Eddie Guerrero and his match with Goldberg at WrestleMania XX, Lesnar left WWE and pursued a career in the National Football League (NFL). [274] His return match was scheduled to be at UFC 141 on December 30 in Las Vegas against former Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem. [13] He was named a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, but was cut before the start of the 2004 season. Prior to joining Ash at the end of Showdown in Pewter City, … [20] Lesnar is an eight-time world champion in WWE, a one-time world champion in NJPW and IGF, a one-time heavyweight champion in the UFC, and a one-time heavyweight wrestling champion in the NCAA, the only person in history to win a championship in each of those organizations. 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[15] He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) the following October. The latest wrestling news and rumors, WWE spoilers, WWE rumors & more coverage for over a decade. The feud ended in a match at Backlash on April 27, where Lesnar defeated Cena to retain the WWE Championship. Ambrose returned later in the night, having hijacked an ambulance, and challenged Lesnar to a No Holds Barred Street Fight match at WrestleMania 32 on April 3,[142] where Lesnar defeated Ambrose after an F-5 onto a pile of chairs. [200] After teasing cashing in on Universal Champion Seth Rollins and WWE Champion Kofi Kingston and failing an attempt to cash-in on Rollins at Super ShowDown, Lesnar successfully cashed in his contract to win the Universal Championship from Rollins at Extreme Rules on July 14 right after Rollins and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch had retained their respective titles against Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans in an Extreme Rules mixed tag team match. However, after Lesnar was tested positive for clomiphene, a banned substance on the UFC's anti-doping policy, he was suspended from the UFC by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for one year and fined $250,000, and his victory over Hunt was overturned to a no-contest. [101] At WrestleMania on April 7, Lesnar lost to Triple H after a Pedigree onto the steel steps. [83], The following night on Raw, WWE's Chief Operating Officer Triple H refused to give in to Lesnar's unreasonable contract demands (which included being given his own personal jet and having Raw renamed to Monday Night Raw Starring Brock Lesnar), resulting in Lesnar attacking him and breaking his arm with a kimura lock in storyline. At Vengeance on July 21, Lesnar lost to Van Dam in a WWE Intercontinental Championship match by disqualification. In April 2012, Lesnar returned to professional wrestling, rejoining WWE after an eight-year hiatus. The subsequent title match at No Mercy was won by Lesnar. [158], On the October 10 episode of Raw, Heyman, on Lesnar's behalf, challenged Goldberg to a fight after the pair had been feuding for several months through social media and during promotional work for the WWE 2K17 video game, which featured Lesnar as the cover star and Goldberg as the pre-order bonus. When he was younger, he participated in Little League Baseball, as mentioned in The Little Big Horn.. 1.3 Bodyguarding the Ventures 1.4 Leaving the Ventures 1.5 Returning to the Ventures 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Abilities 5 Equipment 6 Recurring themes 6.1 Brock's List of Cool … Brock was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina in a middle-class family. [47] Despite Heyman begging McMahon not to let The Undertaker use his cast as a weapon, the request was denied and the match went on as planned. Early life. General Manager, Lesnar aligned himself with Heyman. [124][125] On July 4, Lesnar made his first non-televised wrestling appearance for WWE since his 2012 return, defeating Kofi Kingston at The Beast in the East live event in Tokyo in a quick winning effort; he also delivered F-5s to Kingston's New Day stablemates Big E and Xavier Woods after the match. [317] The lawsuit began to enter settlement talks on September 21, but did not get solved. Prelims 7:00 PM CST Watch on TSN 5. 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[114] On the February 24 episode of Raw, Heyman stated that Lesnar had requested a match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXX, but received an open contract to face anyone else of his choosing instead. [72] He won the match by pinning Masahiro Chono after an F-5, which he had renamed the Verdict since WWE owns the trademark on the F-5 name. Brock Lesnar has revealed a new look during his WWE hiatus. [169][170] At the Royal Rumble on January 29, Lesnar entered at number 26 and went on to eliminate Enzo Amore, Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler before confronting Goldberg, who entered at number 28 and quickly eliminated Lesnar after a spear.[171]. [73] After the match, Lesnar stated that this name was referring to his lawsuit against WWE, who filed a motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent Lesnar from continuing to work with NJPW on December 6, but the court did not grant it. 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