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It’s been the worst-kept secret in WWE over the last year that the company is building towards a Universal Championship match between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 34.
The inevitable encounter will almost certainly see “The Big Dog” pick up another torch-passing win on the big stage, just like he did in the previous two years against Triple H and The Undertaker.
With Lesnar due to leave WWE later in 2018, there’s every chance that Vince McMahon & Co. could decide to have him lose via pinfall at ‘Mania – something that has only happened against six previous opponents in WWE.
In this article, we run through the six men who have been able to pin “The Beast” during his two spells in WWE and look at how they were able to do so.
#6 The Big Show
At Survivor Series 2002, relative newcomer Brock Lesnar was three months into his first WWE Championship reign when he came face-to-face with the almighty Big Show.
Towards the end of the four-minute match, a second referee was forced to intervene after the increasingly popular Lesnar inadvertently knocked the original official through the ropes.
Just as the second referee was about to count 1-2-3 after an F5 from Lesnar, Paul Heyman – the agent of “The Next Big Thing” – dragged him out of the ring and sided with Big Show, who then chokeslammed Lesnar onto a steel chair.
The first referee then counted 1-2-3 and the man we now know as “The Beast” suffered his first pinfall loss in WWE.
#5 Kurt Angle
Three weeks before their memorable WrestleMania XIX main event, Kurt Angle pinned Brock Lesnar on an episode of SmackDown in March 2003.
Just like four months earlier at Survivor Series, Lesnar’s second pinfall loss wasn’t a clean one, with Kurt requiring help from Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin), as well as from his lookalike brother, Eric.
After chasing Haas and Benjamin up the ramp, Lesnar returned to the ring and was rolled up for a quick 1-2-3 by Angle – only the man who pinned him was actually Kurt, who had craftily swapped places with Eric while the referee wasn’t looking.
Kurt also pinned Lesnar on two more occasions during their 60-minute Iron Man match on SmackDown in September 2003. However, as Lesnar won 5-4 overall, he didn’t officially lose via pinfall.
#4 Eddie Guerrero
It would be another 11 months before Brock Lesnar lost via pinfall in a singles match, with Eddie Guerrero defeating him 1-2-3 for the WWE Championship in a memorable match at the No Way Out pay-per-view in February 2004.
With the referee down (this seemed to be a theme in Lesnar’s early matches!), Goldberg interfered in the match by delivering a spear to “The Next Big Thing”.
Shortly after, Lesnar tried to hit an F5 on Eddie, but he was able to reverse it into a DDT before landing a Frog Splash on his opponent to pick up the biggest win of his career.
#3 Goldberg
Goldberg is the only man to have pinned Brock Lesnar in two different singles matches, with his first 1-2-3 over “The Beast” coming at WrestleMania XX and the second coming at Survivor Series 2016.
The first meeting was both performers’ last WWE match for several years and fans let them know they were unhappy about their departures by chanting “You sold out” and “This match sucks”, among other things, throughout the match.
Goldberg was able to get the win after hitting his trademark spear and Jackhammer on Lesnar, while both men received Stone Cold Stunners from special referee Steve Austin after the match.
Fast forward to November 2016 and “Fantasy Warfare Got Real” when the two WWE 2K17 stars did battle at Survivor Series, where Goldberg produced one of the biggest upsets in recent memory when he pinned Lesnar in just 86 seconds.
#2 John Cena
After eight years away from WWE, during which time he became one of the biggest MMA stars on the planet, Brock Lesnar made his long-awaited return to the company in April 2012.
His first match back was against John Cena at Extreme Rules 2012 – widely regarded as one of the best WWE pay-per-views of the decade – and the encountere headlined the show ahead of two major title matches.
Many expected Lesnar to win on his return, but the pinfall victory went to “The Face That Runs The Place” after he struck his opponent with a metal chain and hit him with an Attitude Adjustment onto the steel steps.
#1 Triple H
In a match that Bret Hart famously rated 4/10, Brock Lesnar and Triple H met in one of three featured matches at WrestleMania 29.
The No Holds Barred match, which carried a stipulation that “The Game” would have to retire if he lost, was the second time the two men had fought since Lesnar’s return, with “The Beast” picking up the win in their first encounter at SummerSlam 2012.
In their second meeting, HHH used Lesnar’s Kimura Lock before hitting his opponent with a Pedigree onto the steel steps to pick up a 1-2-3 victory.
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