5 Things WWE wants you to forget about Brock Lesnar

The Beast Brock Lesnar is no doubt an unstoppable force that leaves carnage wherever he goes. He is the most decorated athlete in combat sports history and all his achievements speak for themselves. He is a former WWE Champion, NCAA Heavyweight Champion, IWGP Heavyweight Champion, UFC Heavyweight Champion, Royal Rumble, King of the Ring and 2019 Men's Money in the Bank contract winner.

He is also the first man to defeat The Undertaker at WrestleMania and he was the first man to give Goldberg his first clean loss in WWE. Lesnar is known for all these accomplishments, but behind that, his inner beast has been unleashed multiple times. He destroyed a car on Raw, left Randy Orton in a pool of his own blood, broke Triple H's arm and destroyed an amputee on an episode of SmackDown.

Lesnar is the biggest draw currently competing in WWE and the company would rather you forget about some of the most heinous things that their biggest draw has done in his career. With that said, here are five things that WWE wants you to forget about Brock Lesnar.

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#5 He broke Bob Holly's neck

Lesnar lifting Bob Holly during their match on SmackDown

Brock Lesnar took on Bob "Hardcore" Holly on an episode of WWE SmackDown in 2002. During the match, The Beast Incarnate botched a powerbomb, dropping Holly on his neck, injuring him in the process. The hardcore wrestler was out of action for a year.

Bob Holly returned as a face at the Royal Rumble PPV in 2004 and took on Lesnar for the WWE Championship. It was a bit unexpected to see Holly in a major match like that because he spent most of his career as a mid-carder. Lesnar won the match and retained the title to end the feud.

#4 His last match with Kurt Angle actually took place in Japan and not in WWE

Kurt Angle applying the Ankle Lock on Brock Lesnar

Kurt Angle was arguably Brock Lesnar's biggest rival in WWE. They had several major matches together including their 60-minute Ironman match on SmackDown and their WWE Championship match in the main event of WrestleMania XIX. Obviously, you might believe that this was the last time that these two wrestled in the ring and WWE wants you to believe that. Actually, that is not the case as The Olympic Gold Medalist and The Mayor of Suplex City last faced each other in Japan in 2007.

The match lasted about 12 minutes. It looked like Lesnar was going to win after he hit his finisher, the F5, but Angle managed to kick out. Angle locked Lesnar in the Ankle Lock, and Lesnar tapped out, suffering a clean loss. Brock Lesnar losing a match clean via submission? I doubt you'll see that happen today in WWE.

#3 He is married to former WWE Diva Sable

Sable has had many issues with WWE

Lesnar is married to former WWE Diva Sable. The two met each other in WWE and went on to get married. They have two sons together as well as a child each from their past relationships. Sable was on the cover of Playboy three times and she was a popular Diva in WWE during the Attitude Era before leaving the company.

Sable was in a dispute with WWE, which lead her to be stripped of the Women's Championship on-screen. She quit the company in 1999 and filed a lawsuit against them. Interestingly enough, her husband Brock Lesnar also left WWE and sued the company as well.

They got married in 2006 after they were out of WWE. Despite the fact the two were very popular during their time as singles competitors, WWE never mentions Sable or the fact that she is married to Lesnar. When Brock was in UFC, Sable was often shown on camera by his side. In WWE, however, nothing of that sort has taken place. Sable seems like someone that should be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by now.

#2 He pushed an amputee down the stairs and destroyed him on SmackDown

Brock Lesnar about to push a one-legged man down the stairs

Brock Lesnar aligned himself with the evil boss Mr. McMahon. Lesnar has done a lot of crazy things in the past, but this was as heinous as it sounds. That's most likely why WWE wants you to forget about it. WWE brought in an amputee named Zach Gowen. He was another victim for The Beast to annihilate.

On an episode of Smackdown in 2003, Lesnar tormented Gowen. He had the one-legged man in a wheelchair with a brace in place of his missing right leg and even covered up his mouth. After Lesnar told Vince that he's the one responsible for the monster he turned into, things escalated further after that.

Lesnar took Gowen over the stairwell and told him that the wheelchair had magic because it could fly. Lesnar choked Gowen out and then he shoved him down the stairs. If that wasn't horrible enough, the following week on SmackDown, he faced Gowen in a match and brutalized him in front of his family. Things got worse as Lesnar went on to bust Gowen open leaving him with blood all over his face.

#1 Brock Lesnar walked out of WWE and sued the comp

Lesnar took WWE to court after leaving the company in 2002

Brock Lensar made his debut for WWE in 2002. After his underwhelming match against Goldberg at WrestleMania XX, Lesnar decided to leave the company to pursue a career in the NFL. In a 2005 article on PWTorch.com, it went into details about Lesnar's departure from WWE:

"Lesnar signed a talent contract extension with WWE in 2003 that took effect July 1, 2003, and was set to last until June 30, 2010. Less than a year later, with a desire to attempt to play in the NFL, he asked to get out of his contract. WWE agreed to let him out of his contract, but only if he signed a non-compete clause."

The no-compete meant that Lesnar couldn't compete in a wrestling or ultimate fighting match until the contract expired. Lesnar agreed to sign the deal because at that point he believed he was going to have a successful career in the NFL but, unfortunately, once the NFL plan didn't work out, Lesnar ended up suing WWE because he needed to make a living and he wasn't allowed to compete in any wrestling promotion.

In 2006, WWE and Lesnar reached an agreement to settle the lawsuit and Lesnar was free to do what he wanted to do. He joined New Japan Pro Wrestling and then in 2007 he started his MMA career and as they say, the rest is history. You won't hear WWE mention the fact that Lesnar not only chose to walk out of the company, but he also sued them. In the end, Lesnar returned to WWE and is making millions even though he is a part-timer.