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As one of the most private people in the wrestling industry, there is more interest in Brock Lesnar’s real-life behavior behind the scenes than any other Superstar on the WWE roster.
In previous years, it was difficult to find out much information about the person behind the menacing Brock Lesnar character that appears on WWE television.
However, thanks to WWE documentaries and various stories from some of his colleagues, there is hardly a week that goes by without somebody revealing an interesting story about the former UFC Heavyweight Champion.
One of the most famous backstage stories about Brock Lesnar emerged after SummerSlam 2016 when Chris Jericho confronted The Beast after he legitimately busted Randy Orton open in the main event.
Excluding that well-known altercation, let’s take a look at five backstage stories about Brock Lesnar that you might not be aware of.
#5 Someone from Tyson Fury’s team confronted Brock Lesnar
Crown Jewel 2019 revolved around two marquee matches: Brock Lesnar vs. Cain Velasquez (WWE Championship) and Braun Strowman vs. Tyson Fury.
Brock Lesnar made Velasquez submit to the Kimura Lock in a match that lasted just two minutes, while Fury defeated Strowman via countout in an eight-minute match on his WWE debut.
Kugan Cassius, the host of YouTube boxing channel iFL TV, was among the group of people who made the trip to Saudi Arabia with Fury and the rest of the boxer’s team.
Speaking in an interview with Fury’s younger brother, Tommy Fury (12:50 mark of this video), Cassius revealed that somebody on the team – Fury’s long-time friend, Tim Allcock – “offered out” Brock Lesnar backstage at Crown Jewel, resulting in a complaint being made.
“Brock Lesnar, according to Tim, said to him, ‘What are you looking at?’ and he went, ‘What do you mean what am I looking at? What, do you want a fight or something? Come on, then.’ And then there was a complaint made about Tim over that comment, but Tim was saying, ‘I was ready.’”
Fury told Sportskeeda’s Gary Cassidy in October 2019 that he would like to face Brock Lesnar after his match against Strowman, but he has since turned his attention to Drew McIntyre.
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#4 Big Swole told Brock Lesnar she could beat him up
Big Swole recalled on the AEW Unrestricted podcast that she had an interesting interaction with Brock Lesnar at a WWE show in 2016 before competing in a match against Nia Jax on RAW.
At the time, Big Swole – then known as Aerial Monroe – was relatively unknown in the wrestling world, but that did not stop her from trying to stand out when she saw Brock Lesnar.
After noticing that Brock Lesnar was politely being stopped by multiple people in the backstage area, she decided to make sure her first meeting with The Beast was memorable.
“I walked up to him and I was like, ‘Brock, right?’ He was like, ‘Yeah.’ ‘I just want to let you know that I could whoop your a**.’”
Big Swole said Brock Lesnar found it amusing that she had the confidence to say that straight to his face, and she could tell he was “p****d off” with being stopped by everyone.
“And he's like, ‘That's funny. What's your name?’ I'm like, ‘I'm Ariel.’ ‘Ok, I'll remember that. You can whoop my a**?’ ‘Yeah, I can whoop your a**.’ He said, ‘Okay, okay,’ and he walks off.”
While Nia Jax went on to defeat Big Swole in a match that lasted just 69 seconds, Brock Lesnar’s appearance on RAW that night ended with him receiving an RKO out of nowhere from Randy Orton.
#3 Brock Lesnar accidentally injured Bruce Prichard
Followers of Bruce Prichard’s content over the last few years will probably have spotted that a picture of his swollen eye – caused by Brock Lesnar – can be seen in the background when he talks on camera in his home office.
Speaking on a Bob Holly episode of his Something to Wrestle With podcast, Prichard denied that anybody was at fault when Brock Lesnar broke Holly’s neck in a match on SmackDown in September 2002.
Using his own injury experience with Brock Lesnar as an example, the WWE director revealed that The Beast stayed in touch with him for several days after accidentally kicking him in the face while filming something for WWE.
“Brock Lesnar kicked my face in. He kicked a wall in and kicked my face in. By the time I made it home, Brock Lesnar had [sent] s*** in my house and making jokes and calling me and apologizing and checking on me damn near every f***ing day.”
Prichard also said that Brock Lesnar is a “good guy” in real life, even though the eight-time WWE World Champion might not like people to have that perception of him.
#2 Brock Lesnar wanted to work with R-Truth again
One of the most entertaining WWE segments of 2020 came in January when R-Truth interrupted Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar’s promo on an episode of Monday Night RAW before the Royal Rumble.
Although Brock Lesnar held the WWE Championship at the time, he entered the Royal Rumble from the No.1 position in an attempt to prove that nobody else on the roster was deserving of a shot at his title.
As Heyman tried to hype up his client’s past accomplishments during a promo on RAW, Truth appeared and threatened to throw Brock Lesnar’s advocate over the top rope at the Royal Rumble.
Once he realized that Brock Lesnar – not Heyman – was due to enter the Royal Rumble, Truth said “my bad” and un-declared his entry from the match.
Truth revealed to Uproxx in February 2020 that Brock Lesnar, who laughed repeatedly throughout the unscripted segment, told him after their interaction that he wants to work with him again on WWE television in the future.
#1 Superstars can go to Brock Lesnar for advice backstage, including Paige
As Bruce Prichard alluded to, Brock Lesnar has a reputation as somebody who does not mix with others and only sees WWE as a way to make as much money as possible.
Brock Lesnar even said on The Stone Cold Podcast on the WWE Network in October 2015 that he “clocks in and clocks out” when he performs for WWE, and he does not have an interest in having a social life when he goes to work.
Despite those comments, plenty of Superstars have had positive things to say about Brock Lesnar’s backstage behavior, including two-time Divas Champion Paige.
"He's scary, he is definitely scary when you first meet him... he's an intimidating man for sure, like massive. But, like, once you get to know him he's also very sweet. So, if I wanted advice too from him, I could go to him and he would be like, 'Sure I'll give it to you,' you know. He's really wonderful too." [H/T Inside The Ropes]
Superstars including The Big Show, Drew McIntyre, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair have also received behind-the-scenes help from Brock Lesnar over the years.
