5 WWE Superstars that Brock Lesnar has legitimately hit

#2. Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle is an Olympic Gold medalist, so when Brock Lesnar was christened as "The Next Big Thing" in WWE and immediately seen as one of the toughest guys in the locker room shortly after his arrival, Angle decided that he wanted to put this to the test.

Even though Lesnar was able to defeat Angle to win the WWE Championship in the WrestleMania 19 main event, Angle said that he was eager to see what the outcome would be in a match between the two men that wasn't predetermined.

This led to a shoot wrestling match between the two Superstars in the WWE locker room, a contest that Angle was able to win, as he later explained on Ring Rust Radio:

“When I did wrestle Brock, the rumors fly around, but it was a very close match. Basically, whoever got the first takedown in the match it was going to be over and I, fortunately, got that takedown. It lasted 15 minutes and we went at it for a long time. I knew I would beat Brock. There’s a difference between a NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist even if I did give up 80 pounds. Brock was about 310 pounds back then and I was about to 225, but I’ve always wrestled guys that size. I wrestled heavyweight in college, so I wasn’t new to it.”

As two of the most decorated amateur wrestling stars in WWE history, Lesnar and Angle were always going to be natural rivals. It is pretty wild, though, that the pair actually mixed it up for real. Their meeting will be the stuff of locker room legend for years to come.