Six Best Moments of Brock Lesnar in the WWE 

Brock Lesnar has been one of the most dominant superstars of the 21st century
Brock Lesnar has been one of the most dominant superstars of the 21st century

While he may not be the most popular superstar with the WWE universe right now, there is no denying that Brock Lesnar has had more impact in the WWE than any other superstar, except for maybe John Cena, over the past 15 years.

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Lesnar achieved more in his initial two years run with the company than most superstars achieve in their whole careers and since his return to the company in 2012, he has been a force of nature, breaking records, ending streaks and suplexing superstars into oblivion.

Few superstars have made the impact that Lesnar has done on the WWE and with his time in the company looking as if it is going to be coming to a close before the end of 2018, what better time to take a look back at six of his best moments during his WWE career.


#6 An emphatic debut

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Only a few wrestlers have made a debut as dominant as Lesnar's. Interrupting a match on the March 18th, 2002 Raw between Al Snow, Maven and Spike Dudley, Lesnar casually slid into the ring and laid waste to all three men in emphatic fashion before being joined by his advocate Paul Heyman in the middle of the ring. Fans were shocked at what they had just witnessed and this was merely the beginning.

Lesnar would continue to do this in the coming weeks before being drafted over to SmackDown during the WWE's first ever draft in April 2002.

He instantly established himself as a main event star and has never been seen as anything other than that since.

#5 Destroying John Cena

Lesnar's destruction of Cena at SummerSlam 2014 shocked the wrestling world
Lesnar's destruction of Cena at SummerSlam 2014 shocked the wrestling world

Lesnar and John Cena have fought each other many times over the course of both of their careers but few of their matches were as surprising as the one that took place at SummerSlam 2014.

Lesnar and Cena locked up in the ring and within a matter of minutes, it became clear that this wasn't going to be an ordinary Cena match.

The 16-time world champion was dominated by Lesnar, who threw him around the ring like a rag-doll, hitting him with 16 suplexes and introducing the world to the phrase 'suplex city'.

Lesnar's emphatic destruction of Cena established him as the man to beat in the WWE, and he has only been defeated twice since that match, which took place nearly four whole ye

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#4 First Mania Main Event

Lesnar and Angle put on a match for the ages at WrestleMania 19
Lesnar and Angle put on a match for the ages at WrestleMania 19

Lesnar's feud with Kurt Angle was one of the finest of the early 2000's and while they may have had better encounters, their match at WrestleMania 19 has become one of Mania's most iconic matches of all time.

Most fans will probably remember the match for Brock Lesnar's infamous shooting star press attempt but the match itself is a technical masterclass and was a fine example of just how excellent Lesnar was in the ring at the time.

The Beast Incarnate had only just been with the company for a year at this point and he was already a bonafide star.

The two men would go on to dominate 2003 and there is an argument to be made that Lesnar has never been involved in a better feud than this one.

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#3 Youngest WWE Champion Ever

Lesnar captured the WWE title less than six months after making his debut
Lesnar captured the WWE title less than six months after making his debut

Few superstars have made such an immediate impact as Brock Lesnar. Within months of making his WWE debut, he was crowned King of the Ring and was set to headline SummerSlam, the WWE's second biggest show of the year.

Lesnar's opponent that day was The Rock and the match is one of the biggest in the event's illustrious history.

In what many fans saw as a passing of the torch moment, with The Rock Hollywood bound, Lesnar hit The Great One with an F5 to become the youngest WWE champion of all time at the age of 25. He had only made his debut 126 days before the event.

The Rock and Lesnar have never met in the ring again, and it is a match that would be even bigger now than it was then, but this was the moment that Brock Lesnar really established himself as a star.

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#2 The Beast Returns

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The Raw after WrestleMania is, for many wrestling fans, the most exciting show of the WWE year.

While Mania may have all the big matches and be the culmination of months of story-telling, the post-Mania Raw is often full of huge surprises and there are few greater moments in the night's history than the return of Lesnar in 2012.

Lesnar had been absent from the company for eight years at this point, and it seemed unlikely that he would ever step foot back in a WWE ring.

As the old saying goes, you can never say never in wrestling and the arena exploded when Lesnar's music hit as Cena stood in the middle of the ring.

A truly authentic pop like that one is one of the things that makes wrestling so special and I still get chills when I hear the crowd's reaction to Lesnar's return that night.

#1 Ending the streak

Brock Lesnar ending the streak was the biggest surprise in Mania history
Brock Lesnar ending the streak was the biggest surprise in Mania history

In my 20+ plus years as a wrestling fan, I have never been more surprised than I was on April 6th, 2014 when Chad Patton's hand hit the mat for the third time, bringing to an end The Undertaker's legendary WrestleMania streak.

Most wrestling fans knew it would come someday, but few expected it to end to Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 30.

The match itself is a bit of a bore, with Taker picking up a concussion halfway through the match and Lesnar having to carry the rest of the bout, but the ending goes down as perhaps the most shocking in-ring moment in wrestling history and years after both men have hung up their boots, this moment will still be discussed by wrestling fans the world over.

This also established Lesnar as the unstoppable force that he is now and further elevated a star who was already head and shoulders above the rest of the roster.

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