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Brock Lesnar is the biggest star in WWE today. In fact, so in demand is Lesnar that the company that pays his wages is allowing him to return to UFC for at least one if not multiple massive paydays in 2019.
He works a part-time schedule which is the envy of the wrestling world; all while being paid very, very handsomely.
In truth, Lesnar deserves it. He was an excellent amateur wrestling; a two time All America NCAA Division 1 Champion which is just about as high an accolade as you can earn in the sport unless you compete in the Olympic Games.
In fact, Lesnar, before he was a star in WWE, in the year 2000, challenged Olympic Gold Medallist Kurt Angle to an amateur wrestling bout backstage, which he won.
Lesnar was the real deal, no doubt.
With his massive 6 feet four inch, 290 Ibs frame and legitimate fighting credentials, Lesnar was the archetypal headliner for WWE boss, Vince McMahon.
When he debuted in WWE on the post-Wrestlemania X-8 Raw, the rocket was strapped to his back and Lesnar shot up the card, even quicker than his great rival and friend, Angle.
Just three months after his debut, Lesnar won the 2002 King of the Ring tournament. Two months after that, he became WWE Undisputed Champion when he beat The Rock, no less in the main event of Summerslam 2002.
Despite losing the title at Survivor Series, Lesnar was not a flash in the pan and he won the 2003 Royal Rumble, last eliminating The Undertaker and regained the WWE Championship from Angle in the headliner of his first ever Wrestlemania event.
However, just over 12 months later, Lesnar walked out of the company on five day's notice.
Lesnar was not a fan of the travel schedule and had a desire to try and make it as a pro-American Football player. He didn't succeed but soon showed up in New Japan Pro Wrestling, becoming their Heavyweight Champion before he changed career and joined UFC in 2008.
In UFC, Lesnar, thanks to his pro wrestling fame became the biggest draw in company history before anyone had heard of Conor McGregor and in 2018 is in high demand by both promotions.
Over the course of his WWE career, Lesnar has contested many thrilling bouts with the likes of Angle, Eddie Guerrero, AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan. However, Lesnar has also contested a number of duds too.
In the following slideshow, SK looks at the five worst WWE matches of Lesnar's entire career:
#5 versus Test - King of the Ring 2002 (June 23, 2002)
King of the Ring 2002 was a lacklustre show. The entire roster had an off night. Brock Lesnar and Test were no different.
Lesnar, just three months into his WWE career was green and inexperienced and needed to be carried to put on anything close to an acceptable match.
His initial WWE bouts had been against lively workers, The Hardy Boyz, who had largely covered for Lesnar's inefficiencies. However, the giant, lumbering Test was not able to do the same.
For eight long minutes, the pair clumsily battered one another with no transitions in a slow, sluggish and boring encounter.
Inevitably, the "Next Big Thing" Lesnar scored the winning pinfall to advance to the King of the Ring final.
That no one remembers how he got there, tells you everything you need to know about this match.
#4 versus Triple H - Wrestlemania 29 (April 7, 2013)
Brock Lesnar and Triple H had contested an exciting match at Summerslam 2012 which was meant to be decisive. The layout of the match was as Lesnar conclusively defeated "The Game" in an entertaining battle. That made the Wrestlemania re-match feel unnecessary.
No one was clamouring for it and the live crowd were not invested, despite the 'Mania audience usually being the most hardcore of the year.
The match did not get off to a great start as Triple H was badly burned by dry ice during his entrance and was visibly in pain throughout.
After some lacklustre brawling in the No Holds Barred encounter, Triple H managed to hit his patented Pedigree on Lesnar on top of the steel steps which proved enough to put the "Beast" down.
Boring, pedestrian effort from both men. For some unknown reason, WWE booked them in another match, the following month at Backlash, this time in a steel cage, which was only moderately better than this poor showing. The chemistry between these two just isn't there. The Summerslam 2012 bout was the aberration, though in truth that encounter is not an all-time classic either.
#3 versus Big Show - Royal Rumble 2014 (January 26, 2014)
Brock Lesnar and Big Show had competed at the Royal Rumble once before, in 2003, in what was a heated and entertaining match with the final spot in the 'Rumble match at stake.
In 2014, with nothing at stake, the magic was no longer there.
Lesnar attacked Show before the match even started, meaning when the bell rang he was a sitting duck for Lesnar.
Almost. Show did land his famed KO punch, but Lesnar was able to shrug it off and land an F-5 for the pinfall victory in just two minutes. Lesnar continued to batter Show with a chair post-match as the live crowd shrugged with complete disinterest.
With no reason for the men to fight, other than they are both big; this one underwhelmed prior, during and after the fleeting two minute match-up.
#2 versus Dean Ambrose - Wrestlemania 32 (April 3, 2016)
Brock Lesnar versus Dean Ambrose in a No Holds Barred match sounds like an epic war and was rightly much anticipated prior to their collision at Wrestlemania 32 in one of the card's featured bouts.
However, their 13 minute collision could not have been any more underwhelming. As Ambrose explained on his infamous appearance on Stone Cold Steve Austin's podcast on August 8, 2016 when he branded Lesnar "lazy" and complained that the "Beast" "didn't want to do anything" when he attempted to talk through the match with him.
The lack of preparation and engagement showed. Lesnar apparently didn't rate Ambrose as a performer and was not interested in working a competitive match-up with him. It was suplex after suplex with very little in the way of hardcore action.
Lesnar defeated Ambrose far too easily, inexcusable as Ambrose was being groomed to become WWE Champion just months later.
It was a poor, poor match and there was no excuse for it on such a grand stage.
Undoubtedly one of Lesnar's worst. Don't expect these two to ever lock up again.
#1 versus Goldberg - Wrestlemania XX (March 14, 2004)
Oh dear. Brock Lesnar does not have a great record in Wrestlemania matches, does he? This clash at Wrestlemania XX is a strange one. A bout between the two men had been heavily hyped and anticipated ever since Goldberg signed with WWE, one year earlier.
Their feud had begun at Survivor Series in a backstage segment and intensified through Royal Rumble and No Way Out in January and February when Lesnar had caused Goldberg to be eliminated from the 'Rumble match and Goldberg responded by costing Lesnar the WWE Championship versus Eddie Guerrero.
With Stone Cold Steve Austin installed as the guest referee, all signs pointed to this one being a wild, chaotic encounter. Only it wasn't. It was dull, dull, dull.
Ironically, it appeared to be by design. Goldberg's one year contract was up and he had refused to sign a new one and five days earlier, Lesnar had informed WWE management that this was would be his final night in the company too. Word had "leaked" out to the WWE audience that both men were departing and they loudly booed both from the outset.
WWE was miffed too and it almost seemed as if they had booked the bout to be as dull as possible as a vengeful going away present to both men; particularly as Shane McMahon was seen singing the "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" song to both men, in the crowd, with the masses.
The pair spent the initial minutes of the bout staring at each other and walking around with zero physical interaction. When they did finally lock up, it was slow and methodical. Goldberg won with his Spear and Jackhammer combination.
Their Wrestlemania 33 clash, some 13 years later, was what this match should have been. It's a shame that their Wrestlemania XX collision did not live up to the hype.
