Brock Edward Lesnar

Brock Edward Lesnar
(/ˈlɛznər/; born July 12, 1977) is an American-

Canadian professional wrestler,[11] retired mixed martial artist, and
professional football player best known for his time in WWE and UFC. He is the
longest reigning WWE Universal Champion.
After his successful amateur wrestling career at Bismarck State College and
the University of Minnesota, Lesnar signed with WWE (then the World Wrestling
Federation) in 2000. He was assigned to its developmental promotion Ohio
Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he was a three-time OVW Southern Tag Team
Champion with Shelton Benjamin. After debuting on WWE's main roster in 2002,
Lesnar won the WWE Championship[Note 1] five months after his debut at the age of
25, becoming the youngest champion in the title's history. Following his title loss
to Eddie Guerrero at No Way Out in 2004 and his match
with Goldberg at WrestleMania XX, Lesnar left WWE and pursued a career in
the National Football League (NFL).[12] He was named a defensive tackle for
the Minnesota Vikings, but was cut before the start of the 2004 season.[13] 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. After a contractual dispute with NJPW, he also wrestled as IWGP
Heavyweight Champion in the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF).
In 2006, Lesnar pursued a career in mixed martial arts (MMA), as he signed
with Hero's and won his first fight, against Min-Soo Kim, in June 2007.[14] He then
signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) the following October.
Lesnar lost in his UFC debut against Frank Mir and then won his second fight
against Heath Herring. In November 2008, Lesnar defeated Randy Couture to
become the UFC Heavyweight Champion. Shortly after a successful title defense
in a rematch with Mir, Lesnar was sidelined due to 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.[15] Lesnar then lost the championship
to Cain Velasquez at UFC 121. In 2011, he was once again sidelined due
to diverticulitis and underwent surgery on May 28.[16] Lesnar returned at UFC
141 in December, losing to Alistair Overeem and promptly retiring from MMA.
[17]
Lesnar was a box office sensation in UFC, as he took part in some of the
bestselling pay-per-view events in UFC history, including UFC 100 and UFC 116.
[18]
In April 2012, Lesnar returned to professional wrestling, rejoining WWE after an

eight-year hiatus. Two years later, at WrestleMania XXX, Lesnar defeated The
Undertaker to end his undefeated streak at WrestleMania. He achieved world
champion status five times after this, having won the WWE (World Heavyweight)
Championship in 2014 and 2019 as well as the WWE Universal Championship in
2017, 2018, and 2019. His first reign as Universal Champion was the longest
world title reign in WWE since 1988 at 504 days (though recognized as 503 days
by WWE), the sixth-longest world championship reign in the promotion's history.
In June 2016, at UFC 199, the UFC advertised Lesnar's return to fight at UFC
200 even though he was still contracted with WWE. Lesnar defeated his
opponent Mark Hunt via unanimous decision. 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. Lesnar then retired from MMA for the second time in 2017.
Lesnar is the only person in history to hold a UFC championship and WWE world
championship.[19] 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.[20][21] In
addition, Lesnar has won the 2002 King of the Ring tournament, the 2003 Royal
Rumble,[22] and the 2019 Money in the Bank, the third wrestler
(after Edge and Sheamus) to achieve those three accomplishments. He has
headlined numerous pay-per-view events for both WWE and the UFC,
including WrestleMania XIX, WrestleMania 31, WrestleMania 34, WrestleMania
36, eight SummerSlams with six straight
(2002, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019), UFC 91, UFC 100, UFC
116 and UFC 121. Lesnar has been managed by Paul Heyman throughout the
majority of his professional wrestling career. A 2015 ESPN.com article referred to
Lesnar as "the most accomplished athlete in professional wrestling history",
[23]
and fellow WWE wrestler John Cena has called Lesnar "the best in-ring
performer of all time".[24]

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(/ˈlɛznər/; born July 12, 1977) is an American-

In April 2012, Lesnar returned to professional wrestling, rejoining WWE after an

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