Brock Lesnar has faced The Undertaker one-on-one, on televised/pay-per-view events, six times in his career. He's won four times, all by pinfall (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 submit (Undertaker submitting at all is completelyunheardof) 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.
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 in defense of his advocate.
Defeating The Rock at 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, Randy Orton technically is the youngest World Champion in WWE, but he did so by winning the WWE RAW World Heavyweight Championship.
Although he lost the match, Brock held his own in a 3-on-1 handicap match against The Big Show and The World's Greatest Tag Team during a 2003 edition of Smackdown!.
Generally most of his matches with Kurt Angle throughout 2003.
Their WrestleMania XIX main-event match. While it became infamous for Brock's botched Shooting-Star press, the entire match was nonetheless awesome.
Their Iron Man match on the September 18 edition of Smackdown! which won PWI's 2003 match of the year award.
He's Back!. The day after WrestleMania 28, Lesnar interrupts John Cena's promo, and hits the F-5 on Cena, and in Michael Cole's words, "drastically changed the landscape of the WWE."
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.
One of his finishing moves in OVW was the SHOOTING STAR PRESS. There's a guy like Evan Bourne doing that...and then there's Brock freaking Lesnar doing that. Death from Above, anyone?
Not to mention the fact that when Brock did it he was able to fly halfway across the fucking ring.
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.
His return match at Extreme Rules 2012 that was a 20-minute No-Holds-Barred Beatdown of Cena, busting him open (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 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 the outcome of the match was Brock's Evil Plan to hurt Cena and bring legitimacy not seen in years!
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 stop in their tracks the moment "Here Comes The Pain" blares on the Titantron.
His SummerSlam 2013 match against CM Punk 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).
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 the Kimura and left him lying weeping on the ground.
He ended theStreak.Cleanly. Say hello to the future first-ballot Hall of Famer.
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.
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.
The next night on Raw, his advocate Paul Heyman, 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 Hulk Hogan 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.
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.
Summerslam '14: Lesnar beats Cena clean to win the WWE World Heavyweight championship. And by beat, we mean absolutely mauled him.
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. 16 in total.
One particular really creepy (or awesome, depending on your POV) moment occurred when Cena managed to knock Lesnar down. John staggers to the corner to recover...and Brock 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!
Cena didn't just knock him down. Cena hit him with the Attitude Adjustment! Brock ate Cena's best shot and laughed at it.
Royal Rumble 2015 was an immediately controversial event, but Brrrrrooooock Lllllllessssnarrrrrr still managed to stand out, in the triple threat match with Cena and Seth Rollins. Brock overcame broken ribs after a huge splash onto the announce table, not to mention numerousAAs, 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.
Michael Cole and JBL's reactions to seeing him get back in after the above mentioned splash through the announce tables also qualify:
Cole: How the hell is Lesnar up!? How the hell is Lesnar back in this match!?
JBL: He's not human, that's how!
"Suplex city,bitch!!!"Explanation Brock main-evented Wrestlemania 31 and, much like with Cena, essentially spent the first portion of his match tossing Roman Reigns around like a rag doll, punctuating his attack by shouting this at Roman.
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? Kofi Kingston, 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 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.
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.
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.
Pinning Undertaker clean at Hell in a Cell 2015, with a karmicnutshot to boot near the end. The match itself may have been on par with the one from SummerSlam.
WrestleMania 33. Brock finally exorcises his demons by defeating 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 Hulk Hogan had done previouslynote and shouldn't have; Hogan's kick-out was a botch caused by Kevin Nash being late to break up the pin; he kicked out of the Jackhammer.
Great Balls of Fire. Just as Brock was about to tap out or pass out to Samoa Joe'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.
3 years after the inconclusive finish to their match at WrestleMania 31note Seth Rollins cashing in his MITB briefcase during the match, making it a Triple Threat, and pinning Reigns to win the WWE World Title, Lesnar definitively and bloodily beats Roman Reigns after a bevy of suplexes and SIX F-5s.
During the 2018 Royal Rumble, Braun Strowman 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.
Making a stunning return at Money in the Bank 2019 and winning the match.
Brock Lesnar would go on to cash in his Briefcase on an exhausted Seth Rollins at Extreme Rules 2019, winning his third Universal Championship.
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. Sheer Poetry.
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.
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.
Brock Lesnar makes his entrance to Summer Slam 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.
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!
Cody Rhodes defeating Brock Lesnar at Summer Slam 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.
Brock Lesnar hitting Heath Herring at UFC 87 with a single punch to the face so hard that he spun backwards!
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.
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, 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 beating theever-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.
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 with Brock still under WWE contract.
Kind of downplayed when it became known he failed two drug tests, which turned out to be for a sort of estrogen blocker.
and the UFC Heavyweight Championship