8 Incredible real life stories about Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar is one of the most feared Superstars to have ever set foot inside the squared circle. He was so highly regarded that he won the WWE Championship within a year of his WWE debut and has gone on to become a pro wrestling and combat sports legend.

We all know about Lesnar's exploits inside the ring but in this article, we roll back the curtain a little bit and take a look at some real lie stories from Brock Lesnar's life. As you'd expect, it's been quite a ride for the WWE Universal Champion.

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#8 The time Brock spent some quality time with a puppy

Brock Lesnar backstage at ESPN

Brock Lesnar had just announced his return to the UFC ahead of UFC 200 and had dropped by ESPN for an interview when we got to see the softer side of Lesnar as a video of him playing with a puppy backstage went viral.

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#7 Threatening to quit WWE if he wasn’t called up to the main roster

Brock Lesnar was tag-team partners with Shelton Benjamin at one point in OVW

We move on to Brock Lesnar during his time in developmental in OVW. About a year into his time in developmental, Brock decided that he was good enough to be called up to the main roster. He went as far as quitting OVW and threatened to go home to Minnesota if WWE didn’t call him up to main.

In an interview many years later, Gerald Briscoe spoke about a conversation he had with Brock at the time:

“One day I get a call, and it’s Brock. He’s really frustrated. He wanted to leave. Brock said, ‘I’ve got other options. It wasn’t an ultimatum or anything, it was just him giving me his lay of the land and telling me what’s going on. He said, ‘I want to be out of here in two months. We’re ready for the main roster.’”

Frustrated, Brock then quit OVW and threatened to move back home to Minnesota. Amazingly, WWE gave into the young Lesnar’s demands and called him up. Instead of repercussions, Brock was WWE Champion within a year of his main roster debut.

#6 He suplexed a player in the NFL

Lesnar had a brief stint in the NFL

Brock Lesnar was briefly a part of the NFL as a part of the Minnesota Vikings roster. During one of the Vikings’ preseason games against the Kansas City Chiefs, one of the Chief’s had some choice words for one of Brock Lesnar’s teammates.

Lesnar didn’t have any of this and he suplexed his opponent, probably forgetting for a moment that he was no longer inside a wrestling ring.

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#5 Brock’s childhood nickname

Brock Lesnar's nickname as a kid was a lot less intimidating

Although Brock Lesnar is now called “The Beast Incarnate” his childhood nickname wasn’t quite so awe-inspiring.

In the 2003 DVD, Brock Lesnar: Here Comes The Pain, WWE interviewed Brock’s childhood friend Justin Gaikowski. While speaking about his childhood friend, Gaikowski revealed what Brock’s nickname was:

“’I used to call him ‘Broccoli’. When you’re young, nobody likes to eat broccoli. I’d be like, ‘Hey, Broccoli! You’ve got bad taste!’”

Thankfully, this never came to light during his feud with John Cena, because if it had, the WWE Universe would have never heard the end of it as the 'Leader of the Cenation' made it his business to point it out to the Beast Incarnate.

#4 Brock Lesnar joined the National Guard as a teenager

Brock Lesnar joined the National Guard as a teenager but ended up quitting later

One thing a lot of WWE fans may not know about “The Beast Incarnate” is the fact that Brock Lesnar is color blind. Brock has a common form of color blindness called red-green color blindness.

At the age of 17 when Brock Lesnar joined the National Guard after a military recruiter came by his school. However, his career in the military was brought to a halt because of his color blindness. Lesnar was the kind of person who wanted to defend his country and be in the heat of battle. Instead, he was forced to take up a desk job and he soon realized that wasn’t something he wanted to do. Lesnar ended up leaving the National Guard and we all know what happened after that.

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#3 Brock Lesnar was mistakenly arrested in a steroid bust in 2001

Brock Lesnar was arrested and charged with possession of steroids in 2001

The year was 2001 and Brock Lesnar was still in Ohio Valley Wrestling, training to make his main roster debut for the WWE. Brock was arrested by police that year and charged with possession of steroids after Lesnar received a parcel of “steroids”.

The police stated that the contents of the parcel were steroids and charged Lesnar with a felony. However, Lesnar was cleared four months later. Lab tests later proved that Lesnar was innocent of any wrongdoing and that the contents of the package were not steroids. This was what Lesnar and his attorney had stated throughout and Brock was cleared of all wrongdoing.

Thankfully, Lesnar’s career was not adversely affected by this and he’s gone on to become a pro wrestling and combat sports legend.

#2 Wrestling Curt Henning on an airplane

A number of WWE Superstars were fired after the 'Plane ride from hell'

We start off our story with the extremely infamous ‘Plane Ride From Hell’ in 2002. A number of WWE Superstars were returning to the United States on a chartered flight after a tour of mainland Europe and the United Kingdom.

Things got out of control on the flight and it led to several WWE Superstars getting fired including the ever-controversial Scott Hall. However, we’ll focus on what happened with Brock Lesnar and Curt Hennig for today.

Lesnar was minding his own business when the late Curt Henning came up to him and teased him about his amateur wrestling props. This led to Henning goading Lesnar into having an actual wrestling match on the aisle while the airplane was flying over the Atlantic.

While wrestling around the two of them even slammed against the Emergency Exit door, which could have blown open, leading to a far more serious incident. Several people had to get involved to separate the duo. This incident led to Henning getting fired from WWE.

Lesnar was innocent and thus there was no action taken against him.

#1 Brock Lesnar almost quit WWE after his first match back at Extreme Rules 2012

Brock Lesnar and John Cena wrestled at Extreme Rules

Brock Lesnar returned to WWE in 2012, on the night after WrestleMania. He quickly got into a feud with the ‘Face that runs the place’ John Cena – their heated feud leading to a match at Extreme Rules 2012. This was Brock Lesnar’s first match since his return and despite being booked to lose, Brock was supposed to be made to look like a monster. This included Lesnar dominating most of the match and Cena having to be carried to the back in a stretcher after the match despite winning to get over what a beast Brock was.

However, after Cena won the match, he broke script and decided to cut a promo before walking to the back on his own. Needless to say, Brock was fuming. He screamed at producers backstage and accused WWE of trying to make his character look weak. Brock was so angry he even threatened to leave the company but he was eventually calmed down.

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