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Brock Lesnar is well and truly a phenomenon in the combat sports industry. Whether it be professional or amateur wrestling or MMA, Brock has conquered and slain his way to the throne. As a result, he represents a truly unique talent for the fact that he has dual-sports appeal and a legitimate prizefighter feel.
Since returning to professional wrestling in 2012, Brock Lesnar has fought dream matches against the likes of Triple H, John Cena, Randy Orton, The Undertaker, and Roman Reigns, whom he fought at this past Crown Jewel 2021.
While there remains an extensive list of dream matches for Brock Lesnar to engage in whilst with WWE, the growing and evolving nature of the independent scene makes for a plethora of dream matches for the Beast Incarnate outside WWE.
Let's once again delve into the dream realm and consider five more talents outside WWE for Brock Lesnar to conquer. Check out our previous list here.
#5 Brock Lesnar vs Minoru Suzuki
Part of what makes Brock Lesnar the sporting phenomenon he is is his competitive run in mixed martial arts with UFC. In fact, so much was his success that when you ask fans about wrestlers who have made the switch, his name ranks among the very top.
With that being said, Minoru Suzuki is another name that is so often overlooked despite his proven MMA pedigree. Suzuki holds a 30-19 record in MMA, with wins over fellow dual-sports legends Jushin Liger and Ken Shamrock.
Both men have held championship gold in both sports, and have carved a legacy of broken bodies. The likes of Bryan Danielson (Daniel Bryan) and Jon Moxley (Dean Ambrose) have fallen victim to both Brock Lesnar in WWE and Minoru Suzuki in NJPW in brutal affairs.
And despite Brock's run with NJPW as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, we are still yet to see the two masochists stand opposite one another.
#4 Brock Lesnar vs Adam Scherr (FKA Braun Strowman)
After the brand split in 2016, Monday Night Raw played host to Monsters. Brock Lesnar, of course, was one such monster, but his part-time status left a more permanent spot open to be occupied.
Enter Braun Strowman. The so-called black sheep of the Wyatt Family and the man touted to face The Undertaker at WrestleMania.
Braun was split from his Wyatt brethren and left to carve his own path on the red brand. He started to systematically dismantle the enhancement talent that crossed his path, before turning his attention to the likes of Sami Zayn and Kalisto.
Eventually, Braun had eyes for the Universal Championship. The issue being, the throne was occupied by Brock Lesnar, who finally got his win over Goldberg at WrestleMania 33 for the title.
WWE had a long-term plan in place to have Roman Reigns go over Brock Lesnar after his indestructible run. What that meant, however, was that Brock Lesnar was never going to lose the championship to anyone but Roman.
This came at the detriment of Braun as he had reached peak popularity in 2017, but had a ceiling above what he could really do with Lesnar. Braun is no longer with WWE and operates under the name of Adam Scherr, and in leaving WWE possesses the freedom the independent circuit offers.
Together, they are both very talented individuals capable of producing great work together as seen in the 2017 SummerSlam fatal-4-way. Freed from the boundaries of WWE, Brock Lesnar vs Adam Scherr could prove to be a demolition derby personified.
#3 Brock Lesnar vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
While Brock Lesnar is best known for his time with WWE and UFC, many tend to forget his time with NJPW. The Beast Incarnate would win the IWGP Heavyweight title, before being stripped of it owing to visa issues preventing Brock from defending the belt.
He kept the physical championship, claiming to be the "real" champion even after Hiroshi Tanahashi won a tournament to be crowned the new champion by NJPW.
In the world of wrestling when you have two champions of the same title, one sanctioned and the other not, this usually builds to an eventual match between the two to determine an undisputed champion. That was not the case for Brock Lesnar and Tanahashi, however.
Tanahashi was recognized by NJPW as their champion, but IGF (Inoki Genome Federation) recognized Brock Lesnar as the true champion and therefore their champion.
Tanahashi would eventually lose the title to Yuji Nagata before regaining and losing it again to Shinsuke Nakamura. Brock Lesnar, meanwhile, would lose his championship to Kurt Angle. The two championship titles were unified when Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Angle, returning the title to NJPW.
There remains a question of what could have been if Brock and Tanahashi had collided to determine the legitimate champion. But for now it remains a dream.
#2 Brock Lesnar vs Bray Wyatt
The 2016 Royal Rumble appeared to be the dawning of a WrestleMania feud between Brock Lesnar and Bray Wyatt. Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, and Braun Strowman were all eliminated by Lesnar in the namesake match before they returned the favor to the Beast Incarnate.
The Royal Rumble has long been used as a device to seed rivalries for WrestleMania, and the extended interaction between the faction and Brock Lesnar led fans to believe that we were going to see Wyatt vs Lesnar at the Show of Shows.
Instead, Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt faced Brock Lesnar in a handicap match, where Bray Wyatt sat outside and observed as Brock destroyed Harper. If they had their match at WrestleMania, then you would be forgiven for seeing Wyatt's lack of involvement in the match as saving their collision for Mania.
Alas, trajectories changed and Brock Lesnar took on Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley) in a street fight. Bray Wyatt, on the other hand, had no prior announced involvement in the marquee event.
Bray Wyatt and co. instead came out to confront The Rock during his attendance announcement, where Erick Rowan subsequently suffered a six-second loss to the Brahma Bull.
Fans have to wonder what could have been if Brock Lesnar had indeed gone against Bray Wyatt. This is especially the case when you consider the underwhelming nature of Brock Lesnar vs Dean Ambrose and the sickening impact that such a loss does to a character like Bray Wyatt.
Bray Wyatt has since gone through a tumultuous time, reinventing himself as The Fiend and achieving world title success in between devastating losses before his eventual release from WWE.
Brock Lesnar vs Bray Wyatt remains a dream match, especially for The Fiend character. The history between the two and the element of what could have been adds a further dimension to the fantasy.
#1 Brock Lesnar vs Daniel Cormier
Brock Lesnar vs Daniel Cormier has been a fight that has been mooted for a while now. We came closest to seeing the dream fight when Brock Lesnar confronted DC after his UFC Heavyweight title win against Stipe Miocic.
Cormier called Brock out and the Beast Incarnate entered the Octagon to push the champion and accept the challenge. Their confrontation sparked a massive fan debate as to whether or not their collision would be inside the Octagon or the Squared Circle, for the UFC Heavyweight title or for the Universal title.
Part of what added to the excitement for the clash was Brock Lesnar's fight with Mark Hunt at UFC 200, which occurred even while Lesnar was under contract with WWE. Over three years later, and we are yet to see anything materialize.
Daniel Cormier has been linked with WWE since his retirement from MMA, owing to his passionate fandom of professional wrestling, and will always be a dream collision for the Beast Incarnate.
Even though WWE is a potential venue for their clash, we have seen an evolving independent scene give birth to alternatives like AEW who could stage a dream clash. New Japan Pro Wrestling is stylised as a predominantly sports product and as such a perfect alternative.
But if we are being truly honest with ourselves, the venue to perfect the dream clash sits outside professional wrestling altogether, in the UFC. Their clash would serve as the perfect last dance for wrestling/MMA legend Brock Lesnar in the Octagon, or a perfect first for Daniel Cormier in the Squared Circle.
