Line #3 Awesome/BrockLesnar


1	* 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 Heavyweight Championship]]. Nuff said.
2	!! Wrestling/{{WWE}}
3	* 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," Wrestling/HellInACell). Undertaker won one match of the six, only after Brock ''made him submit'' (Undertaker submitting at all is [[{{Determinator}} completely]] [[MadeOfIron unheard]] [[HeroicSpirit of]]) and the match continued due to the referee not seeing him tap out; 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'''''.
4	* At one point in the early 2000s, Brock came face-to-face with the entire nWo (then consisting of X-Pac, Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, and The Big Show) and ''refused to back down'', only retreating at Heyman's request. And the reason he stepped to the group in the first place was [[GoThroughMe in defense of his advocate]].
5	* Defeating [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] at ''Wrestling/{{SummerSlam}} 2002'' to become the youngest WWE Champion in history (at 25 years old), a record he still holds to this very day. [[note]] At 24 years old, Wrestling/RandyOrton technically is the youngest World Champion in WWE, but he did so by winning the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-h.html WWE RAW World Heavyweight Championship]].[[/note]]
6	* [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame Defeating]] Wrestling/TheUndertaker in a Wrestling/HellInACell at ''No Mercy 2002''.
7	* His Stretcher match with Wrestling/TheBigShow at ''WWE Judgment Day 2003''.
8	* The day when Brock superplexed The Big Show, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY_21GvLf0U leading to the ring collapsing]], is still one of the most memorable moments from WWE Smackdown.
9	-->'''Audience''': Ho-ly shit! Ho-ly shit! Ho-ly shit! Ho-ly shit!
10	* Although he lost the match, Brock held his own in a 3-on-1 handicap match against The Big Show and Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam during a 2003 edition of Smackdown!.
11	* Generally most of his matches with Wrestling/KurtAngle throughout 2003.
12	** Their ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} XIX'' main-event match. While it became infamous for Brock's botched Shooting-Star press, the entire match was nonetheless awesome.
13	** Their Iron Man match on the September 18 edition of Smackdown! which won PWI's 2003 match of the year award.
14	* HesBack. The day after ''[=WrestleMania=] 28'', Lesnar interrupts Wrestling/JohnCena's promo, and hits the F-5 on Cena, and in Wrestling/MichaelCole's words, "drastically changed the landscape of the WWE."
15	* The next week on Raw, Lesnar gets into a fight with Cena at the top of the show, and manages to land a punch hard enough to make Cena bleed from the mouth.
16	* One of his finishing moves in OVW was the '''SHOOTING STAR PRESS'''. There's a guy like Wrestling/EvanBourne doing that...and then there's Brock freaking Lesnar doing that. DeathFromAbove, anyone?
17	** Not to mention the fact that when Brock did it he was able to fly '''halfway across the fucking ring'''.
18	** Speaking of which, the botched SSP mentioned above? Brock flew halfway across the ring that time as well. He only missed it because the ropes were greasy from his climb to the top and he slipped as he left the turnbuckle, and even then he was able to barely graze Kurt.
19	* 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. Although [[CrackDefeat he came up short]], there was no denying Brock still had a badass aura in spades unseen in the company in ages.
20	** What's more awesome is that the outcome of the match was Brock's EvilPlan to ''hurt'' Cena and bring legitimacy not seen in years!
21	* HesBack. Again! The day after ''Wrestling/RoyalRumble 2013'', Lesnar interrupted Wrestling/VinceMcMahon before he was able to fire Wrestling/PaulHeyman and gave an F-5 to Vince.
22	** Even as heels, you have to credit how often he steps in to save Heyman. The [=McMahons=] and Hunter are more than willing to "shoot the messenger" throughout their feud (especially a venomous loudmouthed one such as Paul), and each time [[OhCrap stop in their tracks]] the moment "Here Comes The Pain" blares on the Titantron.
23	** His ''[=SummerSlam=] 2013'' match against Wrestling/CMPunk is a very good candidate for Match of the Year. 25 minutes of back and forth, hard-hitting action that saw Lesnar come out on top, if only barely (and even then only due to various assists from Paul Heyman).
24	* After taking some time off, Lesnar comes back towards the end of 2013 to attack Wrestling/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'' of WorldsStrongestMan and Lesnar [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower picked him up like a child]].
25	** What makes this even more impressive is that Lesnar is fast approaching 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.
26	* ''[[Wrestling/TheUndertaker He ended the]] [[Wrestling/{{Wrestlemania}} Streak]].'' '''''Cleanly.''''' Say hello to the future first-ballot Hall of Famer.
27	** 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. Sure, Vince made the call in the end, but when you've been given approval by the Phenom himself for that kind of opportunity, you ''know'' you're in another league.
28	** 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 (even Brock himself turned it down before being overridden by Vince, up to the point that he reportedly asked if Taker was sure he wanted to go through with the plan while they were backstage before heading to the ring). 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.
29	* 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 Mercedes-Benz 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.
30	** As controversial as it is, Brock was a fair choice because he never had much of a wrestling gimmick. Unlike WWE "legends" of past and present, Lesnar does not have to get into a character. He doesn't give the fans what they want, because he just doesn't care. He doesn't coast on reputation or history. He simply dominates. It's a bigger surprise when Lesnar loses, cleanly, to an opponent.
31	* Summerslam '14: Lesnar beats Cena clean to win the WWE World Heavyweight championship. And by beat, we mean '''[[SquashMatch absolutely mauled him]]'''.
32	** For perspective's sake: Brock could have ended the match in about five minutes, maybe even less. His first F5 was delivered in under 1. The only reason the match went on longer was because Brock wanted Cena to give up. Half of the time was just Brock and Heyman shouting for the ref to ask Cena if he wanted to quit. The other half? It was Brock delivering german suplexes like they were going out of style. [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill 16 in total.]]
33	** 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!
34	** Cena didn't just knock him down. Cena hit him with the ''[[FinishingMove Attitude Adjustment]]''! Brock ate Cena's best shot and ''laughed'' at it.
35	* ''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.
36	** Michael Cole and JBL's reactions to seeing him get back in after the above mentioned splash through the announce tables also qualify:
37	-->'''Cole:''' How the hell is Lesnar up!? How the hell is Lesnar back in this match!?
38	-->'''JBL:''' He's not human, that's how!
39	* ''"[[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]]
40	* 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 Wrestling/{{Big E\|Langston}} like a small toy and giving him a killer F5.
41	* The 7/6/15 episode of RAW was dedicated to Brock getting his revenge on The Authority for the previous week's beatdown, and boy did he deliver. Seth Rollins hatched a plan to call out Lesnar, and brought backup in J&J Security wielding axe handles, while displaying their brand new car on the entrance ramp. Lesnar countered with ''double-wielding axes'' and went to town on the car, at one point '''ripping off a car door with his bare hands and throwing it into the crowd.''' He also broke Jamie Noble's arm (in storyline) and suplexed Joey Mercury onto the windshield, taking out J&J for good.
42	* 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.
43	* Pinning Undertaker clean at ''Wrestling/HellInACell 2015'', with a [[LaserGuidedKarma karmic]] [[GroinAttack nutshot]] to boot near the end. The match itself may have been on par with the one from ''Wrestling/SummerSlam''.
44	* ''[=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; Hogan's kick-out was a botch caused by Wrestling/KevinNash being late to break up the pin[[/note]]; he kicked out of the Jackhammer.
45	* ''Great Balls of Fire''. Just as Brock was about to tap out or pass out to Wrestling/SamoaJoe's Coquina Clutch, Brock escapes the Clutch and finally grabs Joe in the fireman's carry and drop him with the F5 to retain the Universal Championship.
46	* 3 years after the inconclusive finish to their match at Wrestling/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.
47	* During the 2018 Royal Rumble, Wrestling/BraunStrowman accidentally delivered a real knee to Lesnar's head. Lesnar proceeded to deliver two real punches that sent the ''6'8'' giant reeling as payback.
48	* Making a [[HesBack stunning return]] at ''Money in the Bank 2019'' and winning the match.
49	* Brock Lesnar would go on to cash in his Briefcase on an exhausted Seth Rollins at Extreme Rules 2019, winning his third Universal Championship.
50	** This also fits in as perfect vengeance. Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank On Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns back at Wrestlemania 31, taking the WWE Championship from then champion Lesnar. Lesnar would then go on years later to do exactly that on Rollins. [[LaserGuidedKarma Sheer Poetry.]]
51	* Brock's dominance in the 2020 Royal Rumble. Declaring himself as Number 1, he plowed through nearly half of the entries one by one, racking up a total of 13 eliminations, tying with Braun Strowman for the most eliminations in a single rumble match, while also setting a new record for most consecutive Rumble eliminations done by the same wrestler. He only got eliminated due to team work of [=Drew McIntyre=] and Ricochet, the latter of which low blowed Lesnar to cause Drew to capitalize on it.
52	* In 2022 Brock returned to the Rumble after losing the WWE title to Bobby Lashley (with some help from Roman Reigns) earlier in the night, entering last and once again proceding to absolutely ''clean house'', racking up five eliminations to win the match in just over two and a half minutes, setting a new record for shortest time in the Rumble while winning. He became the fourth man to win the Rumble from the number 30 entry, joining John Cena and Triple H in winning multiple Rumbles with at least one coming as the number 30.
53	* Brock Lesnar makes his entrance to SummerSlam 2022 riding a tractor and staring down Roman Reigns from the bucket before the two absolutely tear into each other from bell to bell in the Last Man Standing match. Just when you've seen it all however, Brock decides to stop playing around and uses the tractor to tip over the ring. Silly? Yes. An awesome sight nonetheless? Absolutely.
54	* Brock Lesnar enters the 2023 Royal Rumble and as usual wrecks shop, but before he could continue to torment everyone, including Bobby Lashley, The All Mighty gets his revenge and throws Lesnar out of the ring like he's nothing!
55	* Cody Rhodes defeating Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2023 in their final match. After the match, Brock gets up and congratulates Cody by raising his hand and a hug. This moment was actually not planned, so Brock is telling everyone, including everyone in the back, Cody is The guy with the Beast Incarnite's respect.
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57	!! [[UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship UFC]].
58	* Brock Lesnar hitting Heath Herring at UFC 87 [[MegatonPunch with a single punch]] to the face so hard that he spun backwards!
59	* Brock's fight with Shane Carwin at UFC 116. Carwin was 12-0 in MMA and 4-0 in the UFC by that point, with every fight lasting only one round. 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.
60	* 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 the back of 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.
61	** 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.
62	* 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]]''.

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