Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Brock Lesnar

 Brock Edward Lesnar (/'lezn@r/ LEHZ-nur; born July 12 1977) is a professional American-Canadian wrestler and former mixed martial artist (MMA) and professional wrestler, and amateur American football player who holds the American and Canadian citizenship. He currently is signed to the professional wrestling company WWE and, in the the storyline, he's an "free agent" which allows him to appear on both the Raw and SmackDown brands. Lesnar is the only person who has been awarded all the primary heavyweight titles in WWE, Ultimate Fighting Championship, New Japan Pro-Wrestling(NJPW), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He also participated in collegiate wrestling at the University of Minnesota where he was awarded the NCAA Division I National Championship in 2000. Then, he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later renamed WWE in 2002), rising to industry fame in 2002 after winning the WWE Championship at age 25 which set the record for the youngest wrestler to win the title. In 2004 Lesnar left WWE to join the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL), however, he was dropped from the team in pre-season. He won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in 2005 while working for NJPW before resigning to WWE in 2012; his 504-day reign as Universal Champion is the seventh-longest time a world championship has been held in WWE's history. He won the Royal Rumble match twice in 2003 and 2022. He also won and the Money in the Bank ladder match in 2019, and was the headliner of several pay-per-view events, including Wrestlemania five times (XIX and 31 34, 36 and 38). Additionally the Undertaker was able to end his undefeated streak at Wrestlemania in 2014.

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