Brock Edward Lesnar[4] (pronounced /ˈlɛznər/; born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, actor, former mixed martial artist and amateur wrestler.[5] He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and is ranked the No.5 Heavyweight in the world by Sherdog.[6] Lesnar is an accomplished amateur wrestler, winning the 2000 NCAA heavyweight wrestling championship and placing second in 1999, losing in the finals to 1999 world freestyle wrestling champion and future New England Patriots offensive lineman Stephen Neal.[7] He then gained prominence in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he was a three-time WWE Champion, becoming the youngest WWE Champion at age 25 with his first reign. Lesnar was the 2002 King of the Ring and the winner of the 2003 Royal Rumble.[8][9] After leaving WWE in 2004, Lesnar pursued a career in the NFL.[10] He played during the preseason for the Minnesota Vikings, but ended up being a late cut.[11] Les! nar returned to professional wrestling at the end of 2005, and joined New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first match.[12] He was stripped of the title in July 2006, although he held the physical belt until June 2007.[13] Lesnar started a career in mixed martial arts and won his first fight in June 2007.[14] He then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in October 2007 . He lost his UFC debut against Frank Mir. He captured the UFC Heavyweight Championship from Randy Couture on November 15, 2008, then avenged his loss to Mir at UFC 100 to become the Undisputed Champion. After being sidelined from fighting in late 2009 due to diverticulitis, Lesnar returned to defeat the Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Shane Carwin at UFC 116. Lesnar lost the Heavyweight belt against Cain Velasquez at UFC 121. He was once again stricken with a bout of diverticulitis in May 2011 and had surgery to try to cope with the ailme! nt.[15] In August 2011, Lesnar stated that he is ready to retu! rn to fi ghting in the UFC.[16] Lesnar retired from the UFC following his loss to Alistair Overeem at UFC 141. Contents 1 Early life 2 Professional wrestling career 2.1 World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (2002–2004) 2.1.1 Training and debut (2000–2002) 2.1.2 Main event status (2002–2003) 2.1.3 Feuding with Goldberg and departure (2003–2004) 2.2 New Japan Pro Wrestling (2005–2006) 2.2.1 Lawsuit 3 National Football League (2004–2005) 4 Mixed martial arts 4.1 Hero's (2007) 4.2 Ultimate Fighting Championship (2008–2011) 4.2.1 Illness 4.2.2 Return 4.2.3 Losing the title 4.2.4 Coaching on The Ultimate Fighter 4.2.5 Highest paid MMA athlete 4.2.6 Overeem Fight and Retirement 5 Personal life 6 Mixed martial arts record 7 In wrestling 8 Championships and accomplishments 8.1 Collegiate wrestling 8.2 Mixed martial arts 8.3 Professional wrestling 9 See also 10 References 11 External links Early life Brock Lesnar was born in Webster, South Dakota. He attended Webster High Sc! hool in Webster, where he had a wrestling record of 33–0–0 in his senior year.[17] Lesnar admits he graduated last of 54 students in his class.[18] Lesnar later attended the University of Minnesota on a full wrestling scholarship for his junior and senior years of college; his roommate was fellow professional wrestler Shelton Benjamin who served as Lesnar's assistant coach.[19] Lesnar won the 2000 NCAA wrestling championship as a heavyweight after placing second in 1999. Prior to joining the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Lesnar wrestled at Bismarck State College in Bismarck, North Dakota.[2] Lesnar finished his amateur career as a two-time NJCAA All-American, 1998 NJCAA Heavyweight Champion, two-time NCAA All-American, two-time Big Ten Conference Champion, and the 2000 NCAA heavyweight champion with a record of 106–5 overall in four years of college.[20] Professional wrestling career World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (2002–2004) Training and debut (2000–2002)! In 2000, after leaving college, Lesnar signed up with the Wor! ld Wrest ling Federation. He was sent to its developmental territory. Ohio Valley Wrestling. There, he formed a tag team known as "The Minnesota Stretching Crew" with his former college roommate, Shelton Benjamin. Lesnar and Benjamin won the OVW Southern Tag Team Championship on three occasions.[21] He wrestled several dark matches in 2001 and 2002 before being called up to the main roster.[12] Lesnar debuted on WWF television on the March 18, 2002 episode of Raw, the night after WrestleMania X8, coming through the crowd and attacking Al Snow, Maven, and Spike Dudley during the course of a match. He was accompanied by Paul Heyman, who was seen giving instructions to Lesnar.[22] When the brand extension was introduced in the WWF, Lesnar was drafted to the Raw brand.[23] Later, Heyman was confirmed to be Lesnar's agent and gave Lesnar the nickname "The Next Big Thing".[24] Brock's first feud was with the Hardy Boyz. Lesnar and Jeff Hardy squared off at Backlash in Lesnar's first offici! al televised match.[12] He won the match by knockout.[25] The next night on Raw Lesnar faced off against Matt Hardy, defeating him in the same fashion.[26] At Judgment Day, Lesnar once again gained the upper hand on the Hardy Boyz before tagging his partner, Heyman, in to make the pin.[27] Main event status (2002–2003) In June 2002, Lesnar won the King of the Ring tournament, defeating Rob Van Dam in the final round.[8] This victory earned him a shot at the WWE Undisputed Championship at SummerSlam.[27] On July 22, Lesnar joined the SmackDown! brand.[28] After a quick feud with Hollywood Hulk Hogan in August 2002, Lesnar began feuding with the Undisputed Champion The Rock.[29] At the main event of SummerSlam, Lesnar defeated The Rock to become the WWE Undisputed Champion.[27] With his victory at age 25, Lesnar became the youngest WWE Champion in history (a record that was previously held by The Rock and stands to date).[27] With the WWE Undisputed Championship being defen! ded on both brands, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff expected! Lesnar to be able to return to Raw the following night. However, SmackDown General Manager Stephanie McMahon announced that Lesnar's contract only required him to defend the title on SmackDown!, forcing Bischoff to establish a new world championship for his brand. With the new World Heavyweight Championship on the Raw brand, the now disputed WWE Undisputed Championship simply became known as the WWE Championship.[30] Lesnar's rapid rise to the top of WWE in 2002 led to a feud with The Undertaker, which involved a match at Unforgiven.[27] It ended in a double disqualification leading to Lesnar retaining the title. The next month, at No Mercy, he faced The Undertaker again, this time in a Hell in a Cell match. Leading up to the match, Lesnar broke the Undertaker's hand with a propane tank.[31] 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.[32] In a match that saw both wrestlers and even Heyma! n covered in blood, it ended when Lesnar reversed an attempted Tombstone piledriver into his finishing F-5 maneuver for the win.[27] Six days after his Hell in a Cell match with The Undertaker, Lesnar successfully retained his WWE title in a Handicap match with Heyman at the Rebellion pay-per-view against Edge.[33] Lesnar's next opponent was The Big Show. Heyman was convinced more than anyone that Lesnar could not win, trying to talk him out of defending the title.[34] Lesnar refused and lost the championship in Madison Square Garden at the Survivor Series pay-per-view to Big Show, Lesnar's first pinfall loss in WWE. When the champion tried to pin the 500-pounder following an F-5, he was betrayed by Heyman who pulled the referee out of the ring allowing Big Show to capitalize and win the title. As a result, Lesnar became a fan favorite.[35] Following Survivor Series, Heyman made it clear that Lesnar would not get a rematch, even going so far as to sneak a special clause in ! his contract.[36] At the Royal Rumble event in January 2003, L! esnar de feated The Big Show in a qualification match. Lesnar later entered the Rumble as the No.29 entrant where he eventually won by eliminating The Undertaker.[35] Lesnar suffered a concussion after botching a shooting star press at WrestleMania XIX. After winning the Royal Rumble match, Lesnar spent the next two months in a scripted feud with WWE champion Kurt Angle, who Lesnar had helped win the title and who was represented by Paul Heyman. Angle had Heyman, and Team Angle (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) behind him, but Lesnar overcame these opponents.[35] Lesnar regained the WWE Championship in the main event of WrestleMania XIX. Toward the end of the match, he botched a shooting star press; despite having landed the move successfully several times in OVW, in this match he overestimated the distance he was capable of jumping for the move and under-rotated, slamming his head into Angle's side and ribcage. This stunned Lesnar and forced Angle to improvise the finish of the ma! tch. Lesnar suffered a severe concussion from the botched move.[35] Following WrestleMania, John Cena began targeting Lesnar for almost ending his career (by using the F-5 to propel his leg into a ring post) after a previous match between the two.[37] This led to Cena receiving a title match at Backlash in which Lesnar successfully retained the title. Earlier at the Backlash pay-per-view, Big Show had injured Rey Mysterio badly, resulting in Mysterio being carried out on a stretcher.[35] This injury led to Lesnar renewing his feud with Big Show, which led to a Stretcher match at Judgment Day for the title. Lesnar successfully retained his title with help from Rey Mysterio and a forklift.[38] During the scripted rivalry, on SmackDown!, Lesnar lifted Big Show over in a Superplex, which caused the ring to collapse on impac
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