History Awesome / BrockLesnar

* 3 years after the inconclusive finish to their match at WrestleMania 31[[note]]Seth Rollins cashing in his MITB briefcase during the match, making it a Triple Threat, and pinning Reigns to win the WWE World Title[[/note]], Lesnar ''definitively'' and '''''[[BloodIsTheNewBlack bloodily]]''''' beats Wrestling/RomanReigns after a bevy of suplexes and '''SIX''' F-5s.

** What makes this even more impressive is that Lesnar is fast approaching [[BadassGrandpa forty]]. This kind of strength would have been more at home when he was a genetic freak of nature in his early twenties, but evidently Lesnar ripped Father Time's arms off with [[FinishingMove the Kimura]] and left him lying weeping on the ground.

* Though he ended up losing when he made a mistake most can attribute to inexperience, Lesnar's first fight against Frank Mir counts. Admit it, [[ItWillNeverCatchOn nobody thought that Lesnar was gonna be anything more than a punching bag]] in the UFC, and Frank Mir was a former champion of their weight division. As soon as the bell rings, cue Lesnar [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the]] [[CurbStompBattle ever-loving shit out of Mir]], who was only saved when the referee stopped the fight on account of Lesnar landing a few blows to Mir's head. Forcing a restart on their feet, Brock immediately took him down again. Brock stood above Mir exposing his legs causing Mir to catch Lesnar with a knee bar.

* Brock's fight with Shane Carwin at UFC 116. Carwin was 12-0 in the UFC by that point, with every fight lasting only one round. Lesnar was 4-1 at the time, trying to make his way back after his loss to Frank Mir in his, Lesnar's, second fight, at [=UFC=] 81. In the fight itself, Carwin pounded Lesnar to within an inch of his life. Most fighters would have been completely done for not long into the match. Referee Mario Yamazaki realized that Lesnar was still defending himself, and didn't stop the fight. And for the first time in Shane Carwin's career, the first round ended. As it turned out, Carwin had exhausted himself in the first round, while Lesnar in fact was still comparatively fresh (how, don't ask). Lesnar took Carwin down quickly in the second round and ended the fight.
* Though he ended up losing when he made a mistake most can attribute to inexperience, Lesnar's first fight against Frank Mir counts. Admit it, [[ItWillNeverCatchOn nobody thought that Lesnar was gonna be anything more than a punching bag]] in the UFC, and Frank Mir was the defending champion of their weight division. As soon as the bell rings, cue Lesnar [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the]] [[CurbStompBattle ever-loving shit out of Mir]], who was only saved when he trapped Lesnar with a knee bar. If not for that, Lesnar could've held the heavyweight title in what amounted to his first UFC fight. Think about that one for a second.

* ''[=WrestleMania=] 33''. Brock finally exorcises his demons by defeating {{Wrestling/Goldberg}} for the Universal Championship, and in grand fashion. It took ten German suplexes and an F5 to keep Goldberg down for a three-count, and in the process, Brock managed to jump clear over one spear and did what only Wrestling/HulkHogan had done previously[[note]]and shouldn't have; the kick-out was a botch caused by Wrestling/KevinNash being late to break up the pin[[/note]]; he kicked out of the Jackhammer.

* ''[=WrestleMania=] 33''. Brock finally exorcises his demons by defeating {{Wrestling/Goldberg}} for the Universal Championship, and in grand fashion. It took ten German suplexes and an F5 to keep Goldberg down for a three-count, and in the process, Brock managed to jump clear over one spear and did what only Wrestling/HulkHogan had done previously; he kicked out of the Jackhammer.

** Kind of {{downplayed|Trope}} when it became known he failed two drug tests, which turned out to be for a sort of estrogen blocker.
* ''[=WrestleMania=] 33''. Brock finally exorcises his demons by defeating {{Wrestling/Goldberg}} for the Universal Championship, and in grand fashion. It took ten German suplexes and an F5 to keep Goldberg down for a three-count, and in the process, Brock managed to jump clear over one spear and did what only Wrestling/HulkHogan had done previously; he kicked out of the Jackhammer.

** Kind of {{downplayed|Trope}} when it became known he failed two drug tests, which turned out to be for a sort of estrogen blocker.

* ''Royal Rumble 2015'' was an immediately controversial event, but '''''Brrrrrooooock Lllllllessssnarrrrrr''''' still managed to stand out, in the triple threat match with Cena and Wrestling/SethRollins. Brock overcame broken ribs after a ''huge'' splash onto the announce table, not to mention ''numerous'' [[FinishingMove AAs, Curb Stomps]], and ''briefcase shots to the head,'' to emerge victorious, looking as {{Badass}} as he ever has and creating an instant Match of the Year candidate in the process. After a few months being mostly MIA from storylines, Brock got some momentum and credibility back in one fell swoop.

** As momentous an occasion as this was, ending the streak and getting approval to do so was the ''easy'' part. The hard part was finding the right opponent to do so, which Taker suggested several and they turned it down out of respect. No, the real CMOA was for the two to get past their personal differences backstage and to pull off an event that would virtually guarantee Brock's entry into the Hall of Fame as the greatest of all time.

** Kind of {{downplayed|Trope}} when it became known he failed two drug tests.

* He is the only person in history to hold both the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE's World Heavyweight Championship]] and the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mma/ufc/ufc-h.html UFC World Heavyweight Title]]. Nuff said.

** Kind of [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] when it became known he failed 2 drug tests.

* After five years away, most of it spent under WWE contract, and the past year spent under the assumption that he was retired from MMA for good, Brock Lesnar is announced to be making his return to the Octagon to fight at UFC 200. It's later revealed that his opponent will be "The King of Walk-Offs" Mark Hunt, a very capable fighter with a winning record (7-4-1 in UFC, 12-10-1 overall). In interviews leading up to the fight, Lesnar makes it clear he feels his bout with diverticulitis forced him to cut off his already-remarkable MMA career early and now he feels good enough to take another shot at it. Come the event itself, Lesnar defeats Hunt by unanimous decision. The kicker? All this took place ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs with Brock still under WWE contract]]''.

* Brock Lesnar has faced Wrestling/TheUndertaker one-on-one, on televised/pay-per-view events, six times in his career. He's won four times, all by pinfall ([[DefeatingTheUndefeatable including at [=WrestleMania=], where Undertaker was as close to invincible as any wrestler ever]], and ''twice'' in what most consider "Undertaker's match," Hell in a Cell). Undertaker won one match of the six, only after Brock made him ''tap out'' (Undertaker submitting at all is [[{{Determinator}} completely]] [[MadeOfIron unheard]] [[HeroicSpirit of]]) and the match was restarted due to controversy, and the sixth match was a draw via double disqualification. Long story short: The Undertaker (who is arguably the greatest/most dangerous wrestler of all time) '''''can't beat Brock Lesnar'''''.

* After five years away, most of it spent under WWE contract, and the past year spent under the assumption that he was retired from MMA for good, Brock Lesnar is announced to be making his return to the Octagon to fight at ''UFC 200''. It's later revealed that his opponent will be "The King of Walk-Offs" Mark Hunt, a very capable fighter with a winning record (7-4-1 in UFC, 12-10-1 overall). In interviews leading up to the fight, Lesnar makes it clear he feels his bout with diverticulitis forced him to cut off his already-remarkable MMA career early and now he feels good enough to take another shot at it. Come the event itself, Lesnar defeats Hunt by unanimous decision. The kicker? All this took place ''[[CueTheFlyingPigs with Brock still under WWE contract]]''.

* His return match at ''Extreme Rules 2012'' that was a 20-minute NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of Cena, busting him open ([[EnforcedMethodActing hardway]]) 30 seconds in with elbow strikes, doling out stiff clotheslines, chaining Cena's feet together and ''dumping him upside down off the turnbuckle'', wiping Cena's blood on his chest then ''tasting'' it, even laughing off a knee injury when taking a nasty spill outside. [[spoiler: Although [[CrackDefeat he came up short]],]] there was no denying Brock still had a badass aura in spades unseen in the company in ages.
** What's more awesome is that [[spoiler: the outcome of the match was Brock's EvilPlan to ''hurt'' Cena and bring legitimacy not seen in years]]!

* After taking some time off, Lesnar comes back towards the end of 2013 to attack MarkHenry. Highlights of this assault include Lesnar [[RammingAlwaysWorks spearing Henry through the barricade]], and then hitting him with [[FinishingMove the F-5 outside the ring.]] For context, Henry is ''400 pounds'' and Lesnar [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower picked him up like a child.]]

** One particular really creepy (or awesome, depending on your POV) moment occurred when [[HopeSpot Cena managed to knock Lesnar down.]] John staggers to the corner to recover...and Brock [[NoSell just sits straight up and laughs at Cena.]] As if we needed further reminder that Lesnar is the streak breaker, now he's stealing the Deadman's moves!

* ''Royal Rumble 2015'' was an immediately controversial event, but '''''Brrrrrooooock Lllllllessssnarrrrrr''''' still managed to stand out, in the triple threat match with Cena and Wrestling/SethRollins. Brock overcame broken ribs after a ''huge'' splash onto the announce table, not to mention ''numerous'' [[FinishingMove AAs, Curb Stomps]], and ''briefcase shots to the head,'' to emerge victorious, looking as {{Badass}} as he ever has and creating an instant Match Of The Year candidate in the process. After a few months being mostly MIA from storylines, Brock got some momentum and credibility back in one fell swoop.
* Lesnar came back in the summer of 2015 to work a one-off match in a Japanese house show, billed as ''Beast in the East'' on the WWE Network. His opponent? Wrestling/KofiKingston, who is having a good run as part of Wrestling/TheNewDay but nobody was buying him as a serious contender against Lesnar. The match [[CurbStompBattle went about as you'd expect,]] but Lesnar wasn't done after pinning Kingston, suplexing him some more for good measure. The rest of The New Day ran out to save Kofi, and ate F5s for their effort. Brock's most awesome moment was effortlessly lifting up the 300-pound Big E like a small toy and giving him a killer F5.
* ''[[MemeticMutation "Suplex city,]] [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch!!!]]"''[[labelnote:Explanation]]Brock main-evented ''Wrestlemania 31'' and, much like with Cena, essentially spent the first portion of his match tossing Wrestling/RomanReigns around like a rag doll, punctuating his attack by shouting this at Roman.[[/labelnote]]

** His rematch with Mir was even better. They were scheduled for a rematch (obviously, considering UFC was pretty much printing money from the first fight), and Frank Mir made the radio/talk show rounds, [[ArrogantKungFuGuy bragging about how awesome his submission skills were]] and [[BullyingADragon mocking Lesnar for falling victim to a very simple submission maneuver.]] Lesnar didn't really say much, instead [[TranquilFury spending his time honing his ground game so as to counter Mir's advantage.]] They met again, the bell rings…and Lesnar [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat]] [[CurbstompBattle the unholy fuck out of Mir]]. Just like last time, Mir went to the ground, hoping to goad Lesnar into making another foolish mistake. Instead, Lesnar showed off his newly-honed ground game and pounded Mir into a bloody pulp. That night, there was a new UFC Heavyweight Champion of the world. Don't mess with Brock Lesnar.

** Not only that, but Undertaker was plugging Lesnar to end the Streak all the way back in 2010, and they finally got it together in 2014 after Vince made the call. When you've been given approval by the Phenom himself for that kind of opportunity, you ''know'' you're in another league.

** Not only that, but Undertaker was plugging Lesnar to end the Streak all the way back in 2010, and they finally got it together in 2014. When you've been given approval by the Phenom himself for that kind of opportunity, you ''know'' you're in another league.

!! [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship UFC].

* Brock Lesnar has faced Wrestling/TheUndertaker one-on-one, on televised/pay-per-view events, six times in his career. He's won four times, all by pinfall ([[DefeatingTheUndefeatable including at [=WrestleMania=], where Undertaker was as close to invincible as any wrestler ever]], and ''twice'' in what most consider "Undertaker's match," Hell in a Cell). Undertaker won one match of the six, only after Brock made him ''tap out'' (Undertaker submitting at all is [[{{Determinator}} completely]] [[MadeOfIron unheard]] [[HeroicSpirit of]]) and the match was restarted due to controversy, and the sixth match was a draw via double disqualification. Long story short: '''''The Undertaker (arguably the greatest/most dangerous wrestler of all time) can't beat Brock Lesnar'''''.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXFR3yCjCAs Having a stare down]] with ''all'' the members of [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder the n.W.o]] in a backstage segment.

* One of his finishing moves in OVW was the '''[[HolyShitQuotient SHOOTING]]''' '''[[HolyShitQuotient STAR]]''' '''[[HolyShitQuotient PRESS]].''' There's a guy like Wrestling/EvanBourne doing that...and then there's Brock freaking Lesnar doing that. DeathFromAbove, anyone?

* HesBack. Again! The day after ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble 2013'', Lesnar interrupted [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] before he was able to fire Wrestling/PaulHeyman and gave an F-5 to Vince.

* The next night on ''Raw'', his advocate Wrestling/PaulHeyman, while loudly and proudly singing the praises of Lesnar as usual, cuts one of the most epic (yet likely underrated) heel promos in years simply due to the nuggets of truth and the hostile atmosphere of it all. Heyman calls out the other wrestlers in the back as being "wannabes" who don't respect Lesnar (if reports about their opinion and treatment of the Rock in 2012-2013 are any indication, this may not be strictly kayfabe), throws a short but sharp note of reproach towards the international fans who flew in for the night after Mania "trying to get noticed on television", adds to the quickly growing list of ribs toward Wrestling/HulkHogan mistakenly calling the Mercedez-Bens Superdome "the Silverdome" in the previous night's opening segment, crystallizes the injuries that Undertaker suffered as a means of explicitly spelling out that Brock was his physical superior, and even points out in unmistakable detail how none of the hallowed legends and upstart hopefuls who ever had the chance or potential to end Taker's streak could boast real-life wrestling/combat credentials '''on par with''' Brock's UFC and NCAA Division-1 accolades. In that one segment, Paul E. both completely justified Lesnar to some fans as the sole man credible enough to gain the ultimate rub, and further irritated others into wanting to wring both their necks.

** One particular really creepy (or awesome, depending on your POV) moment occurred when [[HopeSpot Cena managed to knock Lesnar down.]] John staggers to the corner to recover...and Brock [[NoSell just sits straight up and laughs at Cena.]] As if we needed further reminder that Lesnar is the [[TheUndertaker streak breaker,]] now he's stealing the Deadman's moves!

!! [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship [=UFC=]]].

* Lesnar came back in the summer of 2015 to work a one-off match in a Japanese house show, billed as ''Beast in the East'' on the WWE Network. His opponent? KofiKingston, who is having a good run as part of The New Day but nobody was buying him as a serious contender against Lesnar. The match [[CurbStompBattle went about as you'd expect,]] but Lesnar wasn't done after pinning Kingston, suplexing him some more for good measure. The rest of The New Day ran out to save Kofi, and ate F5s for their effort. Brock's most awesome moment was effortlessly lifting up the 300-pound Big E like a small toy and giving him a killer F5.

* Pinning Undertaker clean at ''Hell in a Cell 2015'', with a [[LaserGuidedKarma karmic]] [[GroinAttack nutshot]] to boot near the end. The match itself may have been on par with the one from ''SummerSlam''.

* At SummerSlam 2015, Brock Lesnar went up against the Undertaker again. Not only did he F-5 the Undertaker through an announce table, he also made the Undertaker tap out to the Kimura Lock! (Unfortunately, the Ref didn't see it). And even after taking a low blow from the Undertaker and being latched in the Hell's Gate Submission hold, Brock Lesnar goes down like a badass, flipping off the Undertaker before passing out.