Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar was born on July 12, 1977 in Webster, South Dakota, USA as Brock Edward Lesnar. He is an actor, known for WrestleMania XIX (2003), Summerslam (2002) and WWE Unforgiven (2002). He has been married to Rena Mero since May 6, 2006. They have two children.
Brock Lesnar was born on July 12, 1977, in Webster, SD. While a student at the University of Minnesota, he won the NCAA individual heavyweight wrestling championship in 2000. After graduation, he trained in the WWF's Ohio Valley Wrestling Facility. He is currently married to former WWE Diva Sable.
Brock Lesnar is a WWE and UFC legend, but there’s a selection of videos that prove he’s only human. From snubbing fans to botching moves, there’s several videos that he’d rather you didn’t see.
But that isn’t necessarily a criticism of Brock. Every superstar has instances of frustrations, and more often than not there’s a camera around to capture these moments. That’s just the nature of Lesnar’s type of work, always being pointed at with a tv camera or a fan waving a mobile phone camera.
It is one of the things that he hates most about the pro wrestling business. Privacy is important to him and the thought of having that violated is why he shies away from the media and showbiz side of WWE. Which is a shame really, because as he proved in his March 24 interview with SportsCenter, he’s actually a really good speaker when he wants to be.
Lesnar’s mistrust of the camera perhaps stems from his early days with WWE, when he was forced into doing some truly questionable things. A decade later, he has learned that those moments can haunt you forever. There’s a wealth of WWE video that shows him in unflattering lights. And of course there’s some videos from the UFC that really expose him in terms of just how tough he is.
When it comes to all the videos floating about the internet, it is just as well that Brock Lesnar is a real technophobe.
Brock Lesnar
Farm boy turned WWE superstar Brock Edward Lesnar was born on July 12, 1977 back in his small native hometown of Webster, South Dakota. He was born and raised on his father's dairy farm. "Edward" was the first name of his paternal grandfather who sadly passed away back in 1989 when Lesnar was still attending junior high school. Lesnar is of German and Polish descent and is a Catholic. He is the third child and third son of Richard and Stephanie
Lesnar. He has two older brothers named Troy and Chad and a younger sister named Brandi Nichol, who currently attends Lesnar's college alma matter University of Minnesota.

Back in his senior year at the University of Minnesota, Lesnar met his now current fiancée Nicole back in 1999. The two also have a daughter named Mya Lynn, who was born back on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (WWE color commentator Jim Ross did a rather humorous Ross Report on her birth). Lesnar, Nicole, and Mya currently live in Excelsior, a suburb of Minneapolis. Lesnar's parents Richard and Stephanie live near him as well and his sister Brandi is also in Minnesota.

While he is now a 6'4 295 lb hulking giant, Lesnar was not always like this. When he was a baby, he was nicknamed "Pork chops" for his rather chubby face and body. Lesnar was even nicknamed "Brock Head" for his rather prominent sized face and head by some of his relatives, but of course that name was disliked. Lesnar's old school friend, Justin, who appeared on the WWE insider program, Confidential claimed that he was the one who started calling Lesnar, "Broccoli" and teasing him on things of how "Hey Brock-oli you have bad taste."

Even at the mere tender age of 5, Lesnar enjoyed wrestling and kicking ass. He even already had his own specialized Bear Hug; he used it for so long that everyone started calling it the Brock Lock. Lesnar was a quiet kid…with glasses. He often kept to himself, still sometimes does even now. He was quiet, but he loved to bully around people (probably came from Troy and Chad bullying him). He woke up sometimes at the crack of dawn, sometimes even a bit before then to help his siblings and father out on the farm. He milked
120 cows every morning. When he grew older, he helped deliver calves. Also in high school, he worked on his high school wrestling coach's pig farm (John Schilley). Lesnar actually scooped up pig manure as a job.

Then as he grew older, by his senior year in high school, Lesnar was 200 lbs but according to he and his mother "scrawny" and "was a string bean, just arms and legs." Confidential footage shows a very freakishly skinny Lesnar competing in a wrestling and we do mean freakish, while he was incredibly tall but skinny he still had incredible strength. Actually, while Lesnar did attend Webster High School, he left in his junior year for a short 1-year stint in the National Guard, but returned home. After graduating, Lesnar moved to North Dakota and lived in the dorms of Bismarck Junior College. This was when he started to bulk up to the physique we're all oh so familiar with now.

At Bismarck, Lesnar continued to wrestle and even won the NJCAA Championships. After 2 years at Bismarck, the wrestling team's funds were cut and Lesnar had no choice but to transfer to his wrestling teams' rival college-the University of Minnesota in 1998 on a wrestling scholarship. He and his family then moved to the Twin Cities. 1998 was the year none other than our Olympic Hero Kurt Angle debuted, an Olympic Gold Medallist amateur
wrestler. This was when Lesnar got addicted to pro-wrestling. Now this was also when Vince and the WWE showed up. They heard about this young phenomenon amateur wrestler and they were greatly intrigued. Actually, Lesnar's wrestling coach was a former roommate of WWE bookie Gerald Brisco, who also attended the U of M, Lesnar himself claims that his coach did not tell him that WWE was interested in recruiting him because he didn't want to
distract or quite possibly disappoint him. WWE originally spoke to Lesnar about him joining them back in his junior year at the U of M, but Lesnar declined stating that he had one more year left and wanted to graduate and obtain a degree to "fall back on" (which he succeeded in!)

While attending the U of M, Lesnar met now-fellow WWE superstar, Shelton Benjamin. Benjamin was a senior while Lesnar had just joined in as a transferred junior. Benjamin was a roommate of Lesnar's and a coach was well. While also at the U of M, Lesnar became great rivals with Wes Hand from Iowa State. Hand defeated Lesnar for the first time in 1999, and Lesnar vowed revenge. And even before their match, Hand showed no sportsmanship at all as Lesnar called him out center to shake his hand-as Lesnar extended his hand, Hand just looked at him and ran back to his team's side of the arena. Lesnar was left standing there humiliated as he did nothing but wave goodbye. Lesnar also first lost the 1999 NCAA Championships to Bakersfield's Steve Nealon. While Nealon celebrated, Lesnar was seen near tears in the center of the arena. Also in 1999, his senior year, Lesnar met his current fiancée Nicole. She also attended most of his wrestling matches back at the U of M as well as SummerSlam 2002, but that comes later. As stated before, Lesnar vowed revenge…and he did get revenge. In 2000, just a few months short of graduation, Lesnar defeated Hand and finally won the NCAA Championship. According to Lesnar himself he felt that he needed to get that "burden" off him before he graduated and he did.

Now…to WWE. Lesnar got into contact with McMahon and WWE soon after graduation. Lesnar left for WWE's Stamford Offices to sign a contract back in August 2000. He then was required to train at OVW, the testing ground for potential WWE superstars in Kentucky. After Lesnar was recruited, so was fellow Minnesota team mate Shelton Benjamin. At OVW, they reunited and formed the tag team the Minnesota Stretching Crew. There they met other fellow and now current WWE superstars, Randy Orton, John Cena, Rico Constantino, Charlie Haas, David Batista, and Lisa Marie Varon (Victoria). Lesnar even developed his devastating finisher the F-5, which many believe to be named after the highest tornado warning level. Lesnar claims that he developed the move after "missing around" and that he probably got the F-5 from watching too many "Japanese wrestling tapes." Lesnar proved to be a natural in the ring, but on the mic and promo skills, however, he needed to improve. OVW actually considered holding him back for his less than stellar mic skills, but thought not (lucky for him and us!) After training for a year, Lesnar then began to appear in dark matches (non-televised pre-show matches) in 2001. (By the way, back then, Lesnar had a bit of a goatee, which many of us did not see and it also took Vince 5 months to think of the concept of Lesnar's heel character as the Next Big Thing. Lesnar also loved and welcomed the idea of being a monstrous killing machine because he had a desire to be "big and scary" and Lesnar was also looking to be recruited by New Japan)

Lesnar officially debuted however on the RAW episode right after WrestleMania X8 back in March 2002. Lesnar was there for WMX8, just roaming around the streets of Toronto and around backstage. He walked into the arena along side former ECW owner, Paul Heyman who played his "agent." For the next couple of months, Heyman even played Lesnar's mouth piece since as mentioned before his mic and promo skills weren't exactly up to par. Lesnar
remained silent, just destroying and pretty much pissing off everything and everyone in his path. Namely the Hardy Boyz, N.W.O, RVD (Robert Szatkowsky), Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea), even the WWE Divas, Lita (Amy Dumas) and Trish Stratus (Patricia Stratigias). It was only two months into his debut when Lesnar was first heard speaking on-camera when he started arguing with Heyman. Lesnar's first words were "Shut up Paul!" which led to a great and incredibly loud uproar from the audience not only because he finally spoke but because people knew all too well how big a mouth Heyman had.

In April 2002, Lesnar's little girl, Mya Lynn was born in Minneapolis at 8lbs 8ozs. Lesnar of course couldn't exactly spend that much time with her because he then had to leave overseas. Lesnar made his PPV debut in Backlash back in May 2002 against RVD whom he of course defeated and later faced once more in a rematch a month later back in June 2002 at the PPV, King of the Ring. Lesnar went through both Test (Andrew Martin) and then RVD to become the 2002 King of the Ring. In winning KOTR, Lesnar also obtained a title shot against then current WWE Champion, The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) at the next PPV, SummerSlam in August 2002. Lesnar of course won and became the youngest WWE Champion in history. On a later Confidential in which there was a special short "documentary" on Lesnar and his SummerSlam victory, we are shown that his parents, Richard and Stephanie were there front row to watch their son become champion. Lesnar's mother even said that he told them he wasn't going to win just to surprise them even more when he did win. Lesnar's fiancée, Nicole was also there to cheer for him front row, she held a sign that said "The Next Big Thing Mya Lynn." Cam shots of her are shown when Lesnar throws and picks up The Rock out ringside.

After SummerSlam, in September 2002, Lesnar faced The Undertaker (Mark Calloway) at Unforgiven, which was a no contest after Taker tossed Lesnar through the wooden sign. The events between Lesnar and Taker that led to Unforgiven were incredibly captivating. Lesnar's character played mind games with Taker by bringing in his real-life wife, Sara Calloway, who was really pregnant at that time. Lesnar not only harassed Sara backstage by placing his hand on her pregnant belly and whispering "Life's a b****!" but also bringing in a woman named Tracy (Playmate Tracy Dali) who claimed to be Taker's mistress and by "breaking" Taker's hand with a fire extinguisher. Then in October 2002 at No Mercy, Lesnar and Taker had a rematch, this time in the most brutal bloodiest match ever in Hell In A Cell. Both Lesnar and Taker were busted open, but Lesnar of course retained his title. After Lesnar won, he was about to walk up the ramp to return back stage, but instead had a change of heart and decided to place the title around his neck and climb to the top of the cage-where he held up his coveted title in triumph high up and above everyone in the arena including a bloodied Taker down below. Lesnar received a major standing ovation despite his heel status. This moment became the very definition of WWE's future.

Then in November 2002, after receiving a handshake and congratulations from Taker on a SmackDown! episode, Lesnar once again had to defend his title this time to the Big Show (Paul Wight) who took out Taker by tossing him down the ramp at Survivor Series. Lesnar was originally supposed to hold on to the championship for a little while longer, but he eventually lost the title to Show after he accidentally injured Lesnar at a house show where he bruised and broke some of Lesnar's ribs. However at Survivor Series, while Lesnar was defeated, he managed to answer the question: "Can Brock Lesnar F-5 the 7'2, 500 lb Big Show?"…The answer was a resounding yes!!! But the loss was made less prominent by having Heyman "screw" Lesnar out of retaining the title by interfering and joining Show as his "client."

Then comes Armageddon, December 2002, Lesnar's actual real-life idol, Kurt Angle faces Show for the title and asks Lesnar for "help" and that in return Lesnar would be the first in line for a title shot. Lesnar did just that by running down the ramp and F-5ing Show in order for Angle to get the cover and become a 3 time WWE Champ. Angle however went back on his word on the next episode of SmackDown! and revealed that he and Heyman were in
cahoots. Heyman even introduced Team Angle composed of Seton Hall's Charlie Haas and none other than Lesnar's former roommate and team mate, Shelton Benjamin.

Then in the new year 2003, in January at the Royal Rumble, Lesnar again had a rematch with Show this time defeating him-but no title! Lesnar then went on to compete in the 30-man (15 Raw, 15 SD) competition-the Royal Rumble itself. Lesnar eliminated last, none other than Taker himself (who returned that night) to become the 2003 Royal Rumble winner. Now…the rivalry between Lesnar and Angle still continues.

Nearly a year and already Lesnar went from being the Next Big Thing to just officially the Big Thing. He has made it to the cover of 4 issues of WWE magazine already and has appeared in numerous other magazines and now of course on the Net. We all hope that he continues his success and wish him nothing but the best.
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.

First scouted by WWE officials while smashing his way through the college wrestling ranks, Brock Lesnar debuted on Raw on March 18, 2002, and singlehandedly destroyed a ring full of unfortunate Superstars. From that night on, the domination was unrepentant. With the sinister Paul Heyman guiding his career, “The Next Big Thing” won the King of the Ring tournament in June and beat The Rock to win the WWE Title at SummerSlam. On that night, the punishing big man became the youngest WWE Champion in history and the fastest rising star sports-entertainment had ever seen.

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.

It became clear that Brock Lesnar held skills that few men possess. He wasn’t just strong, he was built to survive. Drop this man in the middle of the frozen wilderness with nothing but a Swiss army knife and he’ll walk out of the woods a week later wearing a grizzly bear for a coat.

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. Following a controversial loss to Goldberg at WrestleMania XX, the dangerous athlete pursued mixed martial arts where he conquered the cage for more than three years.

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.

Next, The Beast absolutely decimated WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena at SummerSlam 2014, reclaiming the title for the first time in nearly 11 years. He was rewarded for doing so by Triple H and Stephanie McMahon with a brand-new WWE World Heavyweight Champsionship the following night.

Cena enacted his rematch clause for Night of Champions 2014 and brought his game to another level against Lesnar, nearly defeating him. But thanks to the interference of Seth Rollins in a failed attempt to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase, Lesnar won via disqualification. The Beast left Night of Champions still WWE World Heavyweight Champion, but for the first time in a long time, there is doubt as to whether he walked out ... or escaped.

At Royal Rumble on Jan. 25, 2015, Lesnar defied the odds, silenced the critics and stunned the WWE Universe by conquering both John Cena and Seth Rollins and solidifying his road to WrestleMania as the reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion. After a bit of controversy following the Royal Rumble Match, Lesnar and the WWE Universe witnessed Roman Reigns earn the right at WWE Fastlane to challenge The Beast at The Show of Shows.

Lesnar was not impressed by his competition, however, and he showed it at WrestleMania by absolutely dominating Reigns for the majority of the main event. When Reigns turned things around and weakened Lesnar, Seth Rollins showed up to have one of the most shocking Money in the Bank cash-ins in history. Rollins made the contest a Triple Threat Match, pinned Reigns, and stole Lesnar's title away from The Beast.

The following night on Raw, a furious Lesnar demanded Rollins hand his WWE World Heavyweight Championship back via his rematch clause that night. When Rollins refused, Lesnar went berserk, destroying the Raw announce team and an innocent cameraman.

Stephanie McMahon was left with no choice but to indefinitely suspend Lesnar, who announced on ESPN's SportsCenter one week earlier that he had re-signed with WWE on a three-year deal.

After getting re-instating, Lesnar took WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins to Suplex City at WWE Battleground when The Beast delivered 13 suplexes to the Architect. Unfortunately before he could win the title The Beast took a detour to Tombstone City courtesy of the returning Undertaker. Lesnar lost to The Deadman at SummerSlam, passing out in Hell’s Gate. But the decision came with plenty of controversy, as a replay showed Undertaker tapped out to the Kimura Lock moments before locking in the decisive move.

In their final battle at WWE Hell in a Cell, The Beast and The Deadman squared off inside the demonic structure. The bout was one of their most brutal, both Superstars leaving everything inside Hell in a Cell. Ultimately, Lesnar proved he may indeed be unstoppable as he bested The Phenom perhaps for the final time.
In July 2005, in yet another bizarre turn, Lesnar met with WWE head Vince McMahon in what ultimately was a fruitless attempt to resign with WWE. When negotiations with McMahon and the WWE went nowhere, Lesnar returned to Japan and, on October 8th, 2005, defeated Kazuyuki Fujita and Masahiro Chono to win the IWGP Championship.

Lawsuits continued as the WWE remained committed in its attempt to bar Lesnar from wrestling anywhere in the world. Overall their efforts were fruitless as he continued to defend the title for the promotion while also having several non-title appearances. In July 2006, it was announced that the Minnesota-native had been stripped of the IWGP title by NJPW, citing visa issues as the reason. As Lesnar was still in possession of the physical belt, promoter Antonio Inoki still booked him as a champion in IGF during his final defense against Kurt Angle in June of the following year. The Olympian was successful in his challenge and captured the belt, being recognized by TNA and IGF as the champion at the time. He also challenged the former titleholder to a MMA bout, though this never came to fruition.

During his unofficial IWGP title reign, Brock started to venture into yet another sport, expressing his desire to compete in MMA and fight for the K-1 promotion. His first bout was scheduled for June 2nd of 2007 against the giant Hong-Man Choi who sported a 10-3 kickboxing record as well as one Mixed Martial Arts victory at the time. He was replaced shortly before the fight by Min Soo Kim who held a record of 2-5 in the sport. Lesnar claimed his first victory in MMA by TKO a little over a minute into round one.

After his aforementioned unsuccessful title defense, Brock would focus on his new endeavor and signed with the sports biggest company, the UFC in late 2007. He was matched against former Heavyweight titleholder Frank Mir in only his second fight as a professional. Lesnar dominated the BJJ-black belt from the get go with his wrestling and power but ultimately fell to the Las Vegas-native due to a kneebar. The outcome of the fight was controversial as the Minnesotan had his way with the former champion until a questionable standup halted his momentum. Many simply cited Lesnar's inexperience as a reason for the defeat but even with a 1-1 record, he had made his mark and showed his skills in his first outing for the company.

The newcomer was scheduled to return 6 months later, again against a former champion in his own right, Mark Coleman. In the lead up of the fight however, Coleman injured himself in training and was replaced by Pride FC-veteran Heath Herring who held notable victories over Igor Vovchanchyn and Cheick Kongo. The fight was one-sided from the opening bell and once again the former wrestler was able to showcase his speed, strength and agility in the bout, dropping the Texan in the early seconds of the fight and rushing after him in lightning speed for his size. He dominated his foe on route to a unanimous decision and respectively retired him from the sport.

To the chagrin of many fans, Lesnar's next bout was for the UFC Heavyweight title. With only 3 matches and an overall record of 2-1, many questioned the decision but were silenced when the Minnesotan was able to secure the belt by TKO against UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture at UFC 91. Only one event later, his nemesis and only blemish on his record Frank Mir was able to claim the Interim championship after defeating Antonio Nogueira by TKO, being the first fighter to ever finish the legend by punches. The two would finally square off for a rematch at UFC 100 where Lesnar once again dominated the submission grappler before knocking him out less than two minutes into the second frame. After the match, he went cut a heelish promo against not only his opponent but even sponsors of the event. He was forced to apologize for his remarks at the followup press conference.

Lesnar's second title defense against undefeated prospect Shane Carwin was delayed on multiple occasions due to Brock's long lasting battle with mononucleosis and diverticulitis. During his illness, the Minnesotan received treatment in both Canada and the US and started to publicly slam the Canadian health care system after allegedly experiencing "Third World Treatment". A prognosis of his case suggested that he actually fought Randy Couture while suffering from the intestinal disorder. After multiple delays and cancellations it was determined that Carwin would face Lesnar's nemesis Frank Mir, who bounced back from his defeat with a dominant win over Cheick Kongo, for an Interim title. The two squared off at UFC 111 where Shane Carwin kept a trilogy from happening by obliterating Mir. This marked his twelfth victory on an unblemished record and was the longest fight in his career at 3:48, longer than his last three fights combined.

The Colorado-native challenged Lesnar in his second title defense at UFC 116. He rocked Lesnar early and dominated the first frame with ground and pound and superior striking though he ultimately fell to his own stamina as the champion easily took him down in the second round, after being severely hurt in the first, to secure an Arm-Triangle-Choke for the victory. This not only marked Carwin's first defeat but also the first time any fighter survived the opening frame against the power puncher.

Brock's third and ultimately last title defense came at UFC 121 against yet another undefeated prospect in Cain Celasquez who punched his ticket by dominating Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Ben Rothwell and Cheick Kongo to cement his place in the division. As always, Lesnar hyped the fight by trash talking and playing the heel, even sporting a beard at the fight for the first time. He tasted defeat for the second time in his career after being blown out of the water by the Mexican in a TKO loss in the first round.

Because of his popularity and charisma, Lesnar was chosen to coach the 13th incarnation of The Ultimate Fighter against Junior Dos Santos with a followup fight at UFC 131. His team won the show after Tony Ferguson finished Ramsey Nijem in the finals to secure the victory for team Lesnar but he himself had to withdraw from the fight against the Brazilian as he battled another unexpected outbreak of diverticulitis. He was replaced by Shane Carwin who fell to Dos Santos in his last fight of his career. His opponent however was able to use his momentum to dethrone Velasquez, who won the belt off of Brock, in the followup title bout.

After another absence due to illness, Lesnar was scheduled to return against Alistair Overeem at UFC 141. Though still employed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, he also appeared in WWE's 2012 version of their video game, even being unofficially billed as a former MMA fighter in the promotion for the game. Brock tasted defeat once more in his fight against the Dutch kickboxer for back-to-back losses and retired from the sport after the match. His foe particularly targeted his body with knees and punches during the bout, leading to an early TKO stoppage. Lesnar left the sport with a record of 5-3 and a title run in less than 5 years.

The Minnesotan returned to his former home, the WWE in April of 2012 against John Cena. His character was largely based on his MMA background and was to bring legitimacy to the company, even being allowed to use real maneuvers in his matches like cutting his opponent with elbow strikes and using a Kimura to break Triple H's arm during a storyline. After his initial debut against Cena, Lesnar went on to feud with Hunter with Paul Heyman on his side. Due to his new contract, Brock rarely made appearances outside of PPVs and was mostly represented by his manager and legal council Heyman on television. After a contract dispute with Triple H that ended in him breaking his arm, he disappeared from the company due to an alleged breach of contract. He returned against the King of Kings at SummerSlam, defeating him with yet another Kimura. He was also used to injure Vince McMahon who was scheduled to undergo surgery for his pelvis and decided to put over Lesnar on his way out. He went on to feud against Helmsley, culminating in a match at Wrestlemania with the latter's career on the line. He ultimately lost the bout but went out on top in a follow up steel cage match at Extreme Rules to end the feud.

After his storyline against management, Lesnar assisted Heyman in his turn against protege CM Punk. The two attacked each other on multiple occasions before Brock made an official statement, beating CM Punk in a No-DQ match at SummerSlam 2013.