Brock Lesnar

Lesnar on Raw SuperShow of 2012.

Brock Edward Lesnar ( born July 12, 1977 in Webster, South Dakota ) is an American professional wrestler and former MMA fighter who currently is under contract with WWE.

Lesnar was at age 25 the youngest WWE Champion in WWE history. He is married to Rena Mero Lesnar.

  • 3.1 rings
  • 3.2 Wrestling
  • 3.3 Mixed Martial Arts

Career

World Wrestling Entertainment 2000 - 2004

His debut in the WWE, he gave as a cadre of independent wrestler by seemingly arbitrarily interfered in matches and in no time the wrestlers literally took apart - both RAW and Smackdown. After several attacks on wrestlers ( such as The Hurricane, DDP, Mark Henry and Al Snow ), he was then taken from Smackdown under contract. Unusual: As a rookie, he was more or less immediately wrestle at a PPV; namely at Backlash 2002, as he was against Jeff Hardy to the time in a feud with the Hardy Boyz.

After the victory of the King of the Ring tournament in 2002 in the final against Rob Van Dam, he got a title shot against then- WWE Undisputed Champion The Rock at SummerSlam 2002, which he then won. He lost his title at the Survivor Series of the same year by engaging his own manager Paul Heyman, so that the Big Show was the first wrestler who could beat Lesnar.

For the second time, he was the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XIX in March 2003 capture of Kurt Angle. In this match he suffered a concussion when he went for his finishing move against Kurt Angle on the rope and wanted to show a Shooting Star Press. Since Angle was too far away and Brock Lesnar, the action could not be performed properly, he landed unprotected, head first, on the mat. After he had won the match, he did not at first, where he was exactly. Four months later, he lost the title again to Kurt Angle.

In September of the same year he regained the title from Angle and hold him for five months before he lost it again at No Way Out 2004 Eddie Guerrero, due to an intervention by Goldberg. This was followed by a feud with Goldberg, who with a defeat at WrestleMania XX, with Steve Austin as the special referee, came to an end.

Failure in the NFL 2004 - 2005

Shortly before that event it was revealed that Lesnar 's wrestling career (for now) depends on the nail, to investigate a possible football career. Lesnar failed. The Minnesota Vikings, the team from his home, at first wanted him to send for a year in the Euro League, but Brock refused. His football career was therefore closed before it had even begun.

Return to wrestling in Japan 2005 - 2007

In the fall of 2005, there were negotiations for a return to America in the WWE, but that failed.

From October 2005 to mid-2006, Lesnar was active in the Japanese wrestling promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling, like many other wrestlers also previously (eg Bill Goldberg ). In the very first match on October 8, he was able to secure the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. After some problems with the management of his contract was terminated, which resulted in a small mud fight between Lesnar & NJPW in the Japanese press. The title he lost on 29 June 2007 Kurt Angle in his last match for the time being.

MMA 2007 - 2011

After the end of his contract Brock Lesnar abruptly ended his wrestling career and moved to the MMA sport. Lesnar made ​​his debut in the Japanese League K-1, in which he was able to record his first victory. His opponent Min Soo Kim knocked already after a short time due to the strong beats Lesnar. Subsequently, the former professional wrestler at UFC 77 was seen. There he announced that he had signed a contract with the UFC. His first fight in the League, he had 2 February 2008 against former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir. Brock Lesnar lost that already in the first round by a task handle ( Kneebar ) from Frank Mir after 1:30. However, Lesnar was largely dominant up to errors. His next UFC fight Lesnar played 9 August 2008 at UFC 87, where he was in the penultimate fight Heath Herring by unanimous scoring the jury ( 30-26, 30-26, 30-26 ) defeat. Because of this victory, and his convincing portrayal in his previous fights him the place of the main challenger was assured on the UFC heavyweight belt.

As a result, denied Brock Lesnar November 15, 2008 at UFC 91 a title shot against reigning title holder Randy Couture, which he could also opt for a technical knockout in the second round ( 3:07 ) for himself, after Couture against several elbows and blows could not defend. Brock Lesnar was thus the heavyweight champions of the UFC and had to defend on July 11, 2009 for the first time. Ironically, his first challenger Frank Mir, Brock Lesnar was brought in the first defeat in MMA. Frank Mir was at the time of the fight Interim Heavyweight Champion, thus meant that the winner of the fight would combine the two titles, and thus would be " Undisputed Heavyweight Champion ". Lesnar decided the fight 1:48 into the second round with a KO for themselves.

Originally Brock Lesnar to defend his title at UFC 106 against Shane Carwin. Due to an injury but had to cancel the Lesnar fight. The fight was first laid on UFC 108 and finally lifted after an outbreak of Pfeiffer's glandular fever in Lesnar was found. At UFC 116 in July 2010, he was the hitherto undefeated Carwin in the second round of the task force.

On October 24, 2010 he lost the heavyweight belt to Cain Velasquez in the first round by TKO after 4:12 min ( Strikes ).

For the 13th season of The Ultimate Fighter Brock Lesnar has been committed as a coach.

On December 30, 2011 Lesnar resigned after a defeat against Alistair Overeem on MMA.

Return to WWE

In spring 2012, Lesnar returned to the RAW output on 2 April 2012 on the WWE back and feuded first against John Cena and then against triple H.

In the RAW output from the January 28, 2013 Lesnar returned again and attacked Vince McMahon, so the feud against Triple H was continued. Once finished, he feuded with CM Punk.

MMA Statistics

Best Merits

Wrestling

Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Inoki Genome Federation

Ohio Valley Wrestling

  • 3x OVW Southern Tag Team Championship - with Shelton Benjamin

World Wrestling Entertainment

  • 3x WWE Champion
  • King of the Ring winner 2002
  • Royal Rumble 2003 winner

Mixed Martial Arts

Ultimate Fighting Championship

  • UFC Heavyweight Champion ( 1 time)
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