Best Matches: Brock Lesnar

2002:

• Brock Lesnar Vs Rob Van Dam – Vengeance 2002 – Intercontinental Championship - 3 ¼*
• Brock Lesnar Vs The Rock – Summerslam 2002 – WWE Championship - 3 ¼* - With less than 6 months since his WWE debut in 2002 Lesnar made big impact, by becoming an unbeatable beast, he won the Annual King of the Ring Tournament, he defeated various legends including Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan – and now he would lock his predator eyes on The Rock and his WWE Championship.
• Brock Lesnar Vs The Undertaker – Unforgiven 2002 – WWE Championship - 3*
• Brock Lesnar Vs The Undertaker – No Mercy 2002 – Hell in a Cell - WWE Championship - 4* - One of my favourite Hell in a Cell matches of all time; don’t see people post about it much. Brutal and bloody; it’s really good to see an established star like Undertaker really putting Lesnar over in his first year in WWE.
• Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman Vs Edge – Rebellion 2002 – WWE Championship - 3 ½*

2003:

• 30-Man Royal Rumble Match – Royal Rumble 2003 – 3 ¼* - Add this to the list of Brock Lesnars accomplishments within the first 12 months of his WWE Career.
• Brock Lesnar & Chris Benoit Vs Charlie Haas, Kurt Angle & Shelton Benjamin – No Way Out 2003 – 4*
• Brock Lesnar Vs Kurt Angle – Wrestlemania 19 – WWE Championship - 4 ¼* - Two of the best amateur wrestlers in WWE history get the opportunity to showcase their skills and abilities in the main-event of the greatest spectacular in sports-entertainment. Unfortunately behind the scenes Angle was walking into this match with a banged up neck, and after this match Lesnar would walk out with an injured neck and concussion.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Big Show – Judgment Day 2003 – Stretcher Match - WWE Championship - 3 ¼*
• Brock Lesnar Vs Big Show Vs Kurt Angle – Vengeance 2003 – WWE Championship - 3 ¼*
• Brock Lesnar Vs Kurt Angle – Summerslam 2003 – WWE Championship - 4 ¼*
• Brock Lesnar Vs Kurt Angle – Smackdown 18/09/2003 – 60 Minute Iron Man Match - WWE Championship - 4 ¼* - Following the interference of the Taker, Lesnar would get another opportunity at the WWE Championship he lost to Angle a few weeks later. During the original brand split it’s easy to say that Smackdown was winning. Great storylines. Great matches. But in 2003, they made the decision to have the first ever 60 minute Iron Man Match on television. It would be for the WWE Championship against two of the greatest all around professional wrestlers Brock Lesnar & Kurt Angle. This is the final match in their trilogy of matches.
• Brock Lesnar & John Cena Vs Kurt Angle & The Undertaker – Smackdown 02/10/2003 - 3 ¾*
• Brock Lesnar Vs Chris Benoit – Smackdown 04/12/2003 – WWE Championship - 4 ¼* - This is a very underrated gem from the great Smackdown era from 2002-2004. Two of the best athletes of all time compete in the squared circle for the WWE Championship; previous to this Benoit had made Lesnar tap out at the Survivor Series PPV. This match gives us a tease of how Benoits 2004 would go.

2004:

• Brock Lesnar Vs Eddie Guerrero – No Way Out 2004 – WWE Championship - 4* - (I’m gonna steal a quote/paraphrase from Scott Hall - again) Dreams do come true, hard work does pay off and bad times don’t last and that was true for Eddie Guerrero. Eddie Guerrero wins the big one against Brock Lesnar. Ignore the interferences and all that nonsense; this is just a special moment for everyone who saw Eddie Guerrero overcome his addictions. This math would also further help set up the Lesnar Vs Goldberg match from Wrestlemania 20.

After his match at Wrestlemania 20, Brock Lesnar would leave WWE to pursue a career in NFL for the Minnesota Vikings, however he was cut from the team before the 2004-2005 season. He would return to professional wrestling briefly for New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2005, around this time there were miscellaneous reports of legal disputes between Lesnar/WWE. In 2006 he pursued a career in MMA, he was signed to UFC in 2008 and was signed until the end of 2011. In 2012, in shockingly fashion he returned to WWE after being away for 8 years.

2012:

• Brock Lesnar Vs John Cena – Extreme Rules 2012 – Extreme Rules Match - 4 ½* - Brock Lesnars first back match in 8 years, it’s bloody and absolutely brutal. Plenty of people complain about the ending being another ‘LOLCENAWINS’ but in terms of reasoning for why they did it I completely understand it. Plus Lesnar would get redemption just two years later.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Triple H – Summerslam 2012 – No Disqualification, No Count Out - 3 ½* - In Brock’s previous run in WWE, he and Triple H never got to have a one on one match with each other, so this was treated as a special deal. It’s pretty brutal (something that becomes a major pattern in almost every Brock Lesnar Match since he’s returned). This would be the first of their three matches.

2013:

• Brock Lesnar Vs Triple H – Extreme Rules 2013 – Steel Cage Match - 4*
• Brock Lesnar Vs CM Punk – Summerslam 2013 – No Disqualification - 4 ½* - This match was branded as ‘The Beast Vs. The Best’, two Paul Heyman guys facing each other in the co-main event of one of the greatest ppvs in the modern era. A lot of people state that this was the last match that Punk ever really cared about, because after this match he has a pretty forgettable run until he leaves the company.

2014:

• Brock Lesnar Vs John Cena – Summerslam 2014 – WWE World Heavyweight Championship - 4 ¼* - As King (or JBL, honestly I forgot) would say on the next night on Raw – this match ‘is the most one-sided World Championship Match in the history of WWE’. That is completely right, within the first 15 seconds Lesnar lays Cena out with an F-5. Then for the next 20 minutes Lesnar would beat the living hell out of Cena including giving him 16 German Suplexes in the process. This totally redeemed his fight at Extreme Rules against Cena.
• Brock Lesnar Vs John Cena – Night of Champions 2014 – WWE World Heavyweight Championship - 3 ½*

2015:

• Brock Lesnar Vs John Cena Vs Seth Rollins – Royal Rumble 2015 – WWE World Heavyweight Championship - 4 ¾* - Arguably one of the best WWE Matches of 2015 – really showcased all three mens skills and abilities. Also, one of the best triple threat matches in history, really recommend people rewatch this match/watch this match.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Roman Reigns (Vs Seth Rollins) – Wrestlemania 31 – WWE World Heavyweight Championship - 4 ½* - This match was originally stated as 1 on 1 match but then a shocking occurrence happened – Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Briefcase.. in the Main Event of a Wrestlemania.. and won in which is called ‘the Heist of the Century’. This was the complete opposite of what everyone expected – very little hype/predicted ending and it completely caught everyone by surprise with how good it was.
• Brock Lesnar Vs The Undertaker – Summerslam 2015 – 4* - 16 months after Brock Lesnar defeated Undertaker at Wrestlemania (ending his 20+ year undefeated streak) Undertaker would make his return to WWE in shockingly fashion to cost Lesnar the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. So the official rematch was set for Summerslam in the main-event and it was a great match between the two, however there is some nonsense with the ending but that would lead to a third-match in Hell in a Cell.
• Brock Lesnar Vs The Undertaker – Hell in a Cell 2015 – Hell in a Cell Match - 4 ¼*

2016:

• Brock Lesnar Vs Dean Ambrose Vs Roman Reigns – Fastlane 2016 – 4 ½*
• Brock Lesnar Vs Randy Orton – Summerslam 2016 - 3*

Honourable Mentions:

• Brock Lesnar Vs Jeff Hardy – Backlash 2002 - Brock Lesnars first WWE PPV Match.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Ric Flair – Raw 01/07/2002
• Brock Lesnar Vs Rob Van Dam – King of the Ring 2002 - Lesnar wins King of the Ring in what is the last King of the Ring tournament for four years.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Hulk Hogan – Smackdown 08/08/2002 - Brock Lesnar was billed as ‘the Next Big Thing’ and that was sure shown when he defeated arguably the biggest Wrestling personality of all time – Hulk Hogan in shockingly fashion.
• Brock Lesnar Vs The Rock Vs Triple H – Global Warming 2002
• Brock Lesnar Vs Big Show – Survivor Series 2002 - WWE Championship - After almost a year of partnership, Paul Heyman his agent would turn against Lesnar and cost him the championship.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Big Show – Smackdown 12/06/2003 - WWE Championship - Thought I’d include this for the big ‘ring break’ spot.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Rey Mysterio – Smackdown 12/12/2003 - WWE Championship
• Brock Lesnar Vs Goldberg – Wrestlemania 20 - This was both mens last matches in WWE (until they would return 8 years later, and 12 years later). News leaked earlier about both mens departure from WWE so it invoked anger in the Madison Square Garden crowd who absolutely shat on this match – and rightfully so. The match takes about 7 minutes before a move is actually made and then it’s just rest-holds for a bit. Stone Cold Steve Austin (who was special-guest referee) would receive the most positive chants from the fans. I should also include that in a weeks time this rematch will be happening at Survivor Series.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Kazuyuki Fujita Vs Masahiro Chono – NJPW 2006
• Brock Lesnar Vs Kurt Angle – IGF 19/03/2007
• Brock Lesnar Vs Frank Mir – UFC 81 - UFC Debut Match
• Brock Lesnar Vs Randy Couture – UFC 91 – Winning the UFC Heavyweight Championship
• Brock Lesnar Vs Frank Mir – UFC 100 – Main-Eventing the 100th UFC PPV.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Alistair Overem – UFC 131 – Brock Lesnars last match in UFC before returning to WWE.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Triple H – Wrestlemania 29 - No Holds Barred Match
• Brock Lesnar Vs Undertaker – Wrestlemania 30 - Brock Lesnar would do the most shocking thing in the modern era when he conquered the Undertakers Undefeated Streak at Wrestlemania which had be going on for almost 20+ years, thus becoming the '1 in 21 and 1'. If Lesnar needed anything to establish him as a 'legitimate fighter' in WWE during his return in 2012 this definitely helped skyrocket him to the promise land. Everything after this fight would go on to prove that he would demolish Cena to become champion, then easily defeat nearly all his opponents with multiple suplexes.
• Brock Lesnar Vs Kofi Kingston – WWE Network Special: Beast in the East
• Brock Lesnar Vs Dean Ambrose – Wrestlemania 32 - No Holds Barred Match
• Brock Lesnar Vs Mark Hunt – UFC 200
• Brock Lesnar Vs Goldberg - Survivor Series 2016