Brock Lesnar: Interesting and unknown facts about 'Beast Incarnate'

Brock Lesnar is the youngest WWE World Champion till date winning the championship at the age of 25 defeating 'The Rock' in 2002 SummerSlam. He is the only wrestler to have won NJPW’s IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the UFC Championship, an NCAA Championship, and the WWE World Championship. Only a few professional wrestlers can match his size, speed, strength, and athleticism and one of them is the legendary Goldberg. Kofi Kingston will face Brock Lesnar at SmackDown LIVE FOX debut on October 4, 2019. Well, most WWE followers might know some facts about 'The Conqueror,' but let's talk about facts you didn’t know about Brock Lesnar. 

Top 7 Brock Lesnar facts you didn't know

1.    He had a nickname

Like every other kid, Brock Lesnar had a nickname given by his friends. One of his friends teased him saying, “Hey, Broccoli, you’ve got a terrible taste.” Yes, you are thinking right. Even a man like Brock was called names and teased by his friends. Brock Lesnar is known as the Beast Incarnate. 

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2.    He is colourblind 

Brock Lesnar is colourblind and he has the red/green colour blindness. It is a common form of colour blindness and alters how people see the entire colour spectrum.

3.    Political Views 

Brock is a Conservative Republican. In the past, he has mentioned some strong views about Barack Obama and his Healthcare Reform. He has witnessed the healthcare facility himself in countries outside the USA and was relatively very satisfied with the then present American Healthcare system. He stated that “President Obama is pushing healthcare reform, and I don’t want it. Being a Conservative Republican, I am speaking on behalf of American citizens, doctors who don’t want this to happen."

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4.    He refused Japanese initiation tradition

It was a tradition for grapplers wrestling in New Japan Pro Wrestling for the first time to get slapped by Japanese wrestling legend Antonio Inoki. However, the Beast Incarnate flatly refused saying “No one was going to slap me. Not Inoki. Not anyone.” 

5.    Marriage 

Brock is married to the former WWE women’s champion Rena Greek aka “Sable” and they have two sons together, Turk and Duke. He has two children from his previous relationship as well. The Beast and Sable have now been happily married for over 10 years. 

6.    His teenage dream 

Brock always wanted a job wherein he could fight. He hence joined the military but he was assigned an office job instead of his dream job due to his colour blindness. He hence quit the job.

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7.    Tattoos

Lesnar has a tattoo of a sword across his entire chest. He explained the meaning of his tattoo in his autobiography, Death Clutch. Brock Lesnar got the tattoo in 2005 after briefly leaving WWE, he explained, “I felt like life was holding a sword right up against my throat, so I went under the ink gun because I never wanted to forget exactly how I felt at that time”. “The tattoo on my chest has so much meaning to me. In some ways, it’s funny, because the period of my life that I’m talking about is a time I do want to forget, but I know I can use this memory as motivation.” 

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