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Top 6 Accomplishments of a Young Brock That Shaped His Career 

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Last Updated on March 8, 2024 by Avik Das

Brock Lesnar is a generational athlete in combat sports as well as professional wrestling. Looking at his gigantic size at a weight of nearly 300 pounds, it’s inconceivable how he moves like a lightweight. His impressive strength is integrated with amazing agility making him an explosive athlete. At the age of 25, he became the youngest WWE Champion in WWE history, a record still untouched today. 

Today, Brock Lesnar is 46 years old. He is not exactly young anymore, but he is still physically capable of going toe-to-toe with any younger individual in the squared circle. Brock Lesnar’s young career had tons of achievements. He also had accomplishments beyond the squared circle that helped him to be one of the biggest stars in sports entertainment. 

#6 Brock Lesnar Won The NCAA Divison I Heavyweight Champion

The cornerstone of Brock Lesnar’s athleticism was built due to his success in amateur wrestling, making it a key factor in his recruitment to WWE through the University of Minnesota. He played two sports in high school, football, and amateur wrestling, taking the latter more seriously. After Brock Lesnar moved to the University of Minnesota,  he ended up being runner-up in NCAA Division I Heavyweight wrestling. He, however,  bounced back with a powerful performance in the following year to win the NCAA Divison 2000 Heavyweight Championship. His amateur wrestling career finished with an excellent record of 106-5. 

#5 Brock Lesnar Was The Youngest WWE Champion By Beating The Rock 

With a visually striking back and traps, Brock Lesnar looked like a monster who could wreak havoc on the WWE roster. As he was paired with Paul Heyman during his debut, the savvy mouthpiece of Brock Lesnar hyped him up by mentioning him ‘ The Next Big Thing’. Following his debut in March 2002, he rose to the main-event scene, first winning the King of the Ring 2002 tournament and then getting a title shot against then-WWE Champion, The Rock. They locked horns at SummerSlam, with The Beast Incarnate dominating a majority of the bout against The Great One to win the most coveted prize in WWE at the age of 25. With that victory, Brock Lesnar became the new face of the Ruthless Aggression Era.

#4 WrestleMania 19 Mainevent & 2nd WWE Championship Win 

WrestleMania main-event is a prestigious honor that every wrestler yearns to achieve one day to establish the main event status. For example, CM Punk longed for the WrestleMania mainevent spot for years but failed to get it. Lesnar, however,  received the opportunity of main-eventing the Grandest Stage of Them All within a year after his debut in WWE, making it one of his significant achievements. A 26-year-old Brock Lesnar wrestled in the main event of WrestleMania 19 and won a place among the biggest stars of WWE. He wrestled Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle, then the WWE Champion, and beat him in a highly competitive and grueling physical match, which was evenly matched between two elite-level wrestlers with a background in amateur wrestling. Lesnar’s botched Shooting Star Press was the talking subject from that match. 

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#3 Signing For An NFL Team In 2004


Brock Lesnar’s WWE career came to an abrupt end in 2004 when he decided to part away from the company, citing his unhappiness due to excessive workload, travel, and hectic schedule. Given his prior experience as a football player in high school, he decided to pursue a career in the NFL. Minnesota Vikings signed the former WWE Champion. Despite showing promise as a football athlete, Lesnar did not go far in the NFL after he suffered injuries due to a motorbike accident. Even though he featured in some pre-season games of the Vikings, he was eventually released by the team. At Brock Lesnar young age, he tested his potential as an athlete. Making it to a top-tier NFL team was one of the most notable accomplishments of Lesnar’s career.

#2 A UFC Deal In 2007


The career feat that changed the trajectory of Brock Lesnar’s career was his prosperity as an MMA fighter. With a great background in amateur wrestling, UFC offered Lesnar a contract in 2007 when he was 30 years old. From the world of scripted professional wrestling to the real deal of UFC inside the cage, Lesnar was the first former WWE Superstar to be signed by UFC. Initially, he had a one-fight contract to fight Frank Mir. Despite losing the debut UFC match, The Beast Incarnate showed promise by dominating most of the bout. Seeing his talent, UFC finally offered him a long-term multi-fight contract.

#1 Brock Lesnar Became The UFC Heavyweight Champion

The Most noteworthy accomplishment of a young Brock Lesnar’s career was winning the most coveted crown of the UFC Heavyweight division, the UFC Heavyweight Championship. It happened at UFC 91 when he challenged Randy Couturer. He asserted his dominance inside the Octagon after winning the bout Technical Knockout.Following the victory, The Beast had two successful title defenses against Frank Mir and Shane Carwin respectively. The Beast avenged his first loss in MMA and UFC by annihilating Frank Mir while preventing a Kneebar from the challenger, which was the reason behind his loss in the first fight.

Conclusion


These are the momentous feats of Brock Lesnar’s wrestling as well as the MMA career. By the time he ended his UFC career in 2011, he was already 34 years old. A year after he departed from UFC, Brock Lesnar arrived in WWE. He was not young at that point but an accomplished athlete with numerous remarkable accolades to his name. Unlike his first WWE tenure, the second one was lengthy, whilst he worked as a part-timer, wrestling only in big events. As a major star, the older version of Brock Lesnar not only won the World Title many times but also broke The Undertaker‘s iconic WrestleMania streak in 2014.

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